It seemed that on a global level, with each country’s eventual lockdown, many were inspired to launch themselves into creative productivity. Painting or writing became an avenue for many to direct fears and frustrations through, but Frieda Hughes does this … Continue reading Coronavirus Paintings // Frieda Hughes in Lockdown.
Illustration by Keegan Adrullis. Originally published in the Summer Issue 2020. In September of 1983, a 25-year-old man by the name of Michael Stewart died at the hands of a police officer in New York’s East Village. Stewart was … Continue reading What Jean-Michel Basquiat’s ‘Defacement’ (1983) Means Today
Newgrange is a prehistoric passage tomb located in Meath. If you’re Irish you’ll probably recognise it from two different places— the influx of media that it attracts during the Winter Solstice and the leaving cert art curriculum. When I was … Continue reading Art at Home: Newgrange Originally published in print March 2020.
‘The Finkbeiner Test’, developed by journalists Christie Aschwanden and Ann Finkbeiner, is a seven-part checklist used to avoid superfluous gender discussion in academic articles. In reflecting upon using the test in her writing, Finkbeiner noted: “The fact that she’s the … Continue reading Female Representation in Irish Art Institutions Originally published in print March 2020.
It almost comes as a shock to hear that throughout its long history, the National Gallery of Ireland has never hosted an exhibition totally dedicated to photography. Now, more than ever, the medium of photography has proved to be an … Continue reading Sarah McAuliffe // Interview Originally Published in Print February 2020
The roaring 20s have returned, and among Twitter’s cries for the comeback of elaborate parties straight out of The Great Gatsby are a multitude of reactions to the new set of problems facing us in this decade. Political strife, rising … Continue reading Dadaism, Dali and Distortion: 1920s art and design a century later Originally Published in Print February 2020
First published in 1605, with the second installment appearing in 1610, Miguel de Cervantes’s Don Quixote is widely considered to be the most influential text of the Spanish Golden Age, and an institution in the Western literary canon. Alonso Quixano’s … Continue reading Drawing on Don Quixote // Review
Art and activism have often gone hand and hand. Art as a vehicle for free speech has allowed artists to comment on society, politics, and culture through visual media. Making art can bring awareness to modern issues, but it is … Continue reading Art, Activism, and the AIDS Crisis Originally Published in Print November 2019
The Bauhaus school was founded by Walter Gropius in 1919. First set up in Weimar, Germany, the school was known as the Staatliches Bauhaus. Between 1919-1933, the official end of the school, it found its home in Weimar, Dessau, and … Continue reading Your Guide to 100 Years of Bauhaus Originally Published in Print November 2019
How does art horrify us? Blood and gore may be gross, or a strange figure in the shadows may be creepy, and still visual mediums do … Continue reading Horror in Edvard Munch’s The Scream and Beyond Origianally Published in Print November 2019
“Museums are democratising, inclusive and polyphonic spaces for critical dialogue about the pasts and the futures. Acknowledging and addressing the conflicts and challenges of the present, they hold artefacts and specimens in trust for society, safeguard diverse memories for future … Continue reading What Makes a Museum? An inquiry into a new definition of ‘museum’ and what drives the backlash
Words by Larissa Brigatti The Mona Lisa (1503–1506) or La Gioconda by Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci is the most famous Renaissance painting in the … Continue reading Mona Lisa