Originally published in print November 2020. This past summer of ‘staycationing’ and travelling around Ireland has led me to become more familiar with the incredibly unremarkable network that is the Irish motorway system than I think is at all necessary. … Continue reading The Cultural Significance of Ireland’s Roadside Art
‘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.
●●●●○ Editor Enid Conway has brought together an impressive collection of talent in the first issue of her new journal Bloomers: Emerging Female Artists In Ireland. Structured around three longform illustrated essays, Bloomers dives deep into the insights that the … Continue reading New Irish Art Magazine, ‘Bloomers’, Highlights Female Artists Issue one focuses its lens on illustrations and the interpretation of the artists’ internal worlds
The pieces in the exhibition are in one sense interactive, as the viewer must move through the space to experience the full effect of each piece, following on from Garry’s usual interest in how humans navigate the world. (●●●●○) Continue reading A New Quiet – review
The entrance to the Lecky Library has a new welcome mat in the form of Eileen Gray’s Castellar. The wool, long-pile rug has been mounted on the wall to allow for the fullest appreciation and replaces Robert Ballagh’s Three People … Continue reading Public Space: Eileen Gray’s Castellar
Art Editor Stephen Moloney discusses public artworks around Dublin. This month: Eilis O’Connell’s Atoms & Apples. Continue reading Public Space: “Apples and Atoms”
Art Editor Stephen Moloney selects five must-see mid-century Modernist gems in Dublin. Continue reading Modernist Dublin: our pick of the best