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What is “Art”? Aisling Grace explores the dichotomy between "art" and "craft" and questions the established convention that sculpting and painting are superior to weaving and knitting.

Can embroidery be art? Ever? Or is to destined to remain relegated to the confines of the decorative, the domestic, “mere” craft? For centuries, “Art” and “craft” have been considered as two very different categories in the West. The former … Continue reading What is “Art”? Aisling Grace explores the dichotomy between “art” and “craft” and questions the established convention that sculpting and painting are superior to weaving and knitting.

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Frederic William Burton: For the Love of Art The National Gallery of Ireland’s latest major exhibition offers visitors an opportunity to discover the impressive career of this home-grown talent, alongside works of friends, contemporaries and masters.

●●●●○ Despite his status as creator of Ireland’s most beloved painting, Irish nineteenth-century watercolourist Frederic William Burton is often a forgotten figure. While The Meeting on the Turret Stairs has been widely acclaimed, his other works evoke significantly less recognition. The … Continue reading Frederic William Burton: For the Love of Art The National Gallery of Ireland’s latest major exhibition offers visitors an opportunity to discover the impressive career of this home-grown talent, alongside works of friends, contemporaries and masters.

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Forgotten Faces What ties the portraits together to create the exhibition at the National Gallery is the lack of a story behind each portrait.

●●●●○ While much of the recent coverage surrounding the National Gallery of Ireland has centred on the remodelling and re-opening of the old wing and the much lauded Vermeer exhibition, a smaller and humbler affair resides, for a short period … Continue reading Forgotten Faces What ties the portraits together to create the exhibition at the National Gallery is the lack of a story behind each portrait.