Busting out: art at Electric Picnic 2018This year’s festival will include the work of more than 70 artists and art groupsSat Aug 18 2018 - 05:00
‘It’s really important’: casting women in roles traditionally played by menTaking on Homer’s Odyssey in its first translation by a woman is all about facing up to uncomfortable truths, says actor Maxine PeakeWed Aug 08 2018 - 05:00
Culture clusters: Do cities need cultural hubs?At Kilkenny Arts Festival young architects imagine what the city might look like in the futureWed Aug 01 2018 - 05:00
Building Enda Walsh’s world: ‘I like the danger of having a blank piece of paper’Jamie Vartan’s set designs transport audiences – and that’s before the crows move inSat Jul 21 2018 - 05:00
16th-century castle with 21st-century looks for €1.85mDesigner and artist’s riverside dream country home has contemporary twistThu Jul 19 2018 - 09:35
David Mach: ‘I feel that I need to fight something’The Scot rails against aspects of modern life as he brings his big, pugilistic art to GalwayWed Jul 11 2018 - 05:00
Arizona: a small piece of unforgettable heavenCowboys and cacti, deserts and creeks, horses and hiking – your holiday is sortedSat Jul 07 2018 - 06:00
‘The boatyard was behind our home. We walked out of our door and into the water’The McDonald brothers are the last of a line of boatbuilders – and subjects of a new playSat Jun 30 2018 - 06:00
Art of the head: the portrait bust is having a momentA new exhibition at Castletown House proves the portrait bust is very much back in vogueWed Jun 27 2018 - 05:00
Should LGBTQ identity be proud to be mainstream?As Dublin Pride kicks off, an exhibition looks at those still hiding in plain sightSat Jun 23 2018 - 05:00
The skin we’re inTwo exhibitions in Lismore are a timely look at race, culture and conniving corporationsTue Jun 05 2018 - 05:00
Art in Focus: Finding Power – Joe CaslinThe Irish street artist’s best-known work has always engaged with social issuesSat Jun 02 2018 - 05:00
Graduates show their stuff: This week’s visual arts highlightsIt's degree show time, so dive into the art of the future at colleges around IrelandSat Jun 02 2018 - 05:00
Artist’s hidden murals emerge after 20 yearsThe Art of Being Here: Brian O’Doherty’s restored murals at Sirius in Cobh are a revelationTue May 29 2018 - 05:00
Can Ireland’s market towns be brought back from the dead?A team of Irish architects in Venice want to make Irish rural towns great againSat May 26 2018 - 05:00
Prawn-head smoothies from The Domestic Godless: this week’s visual arts treatsAlso: Brendan Early, The Fragmented Mind, Imma Collection and ‘Breadwinner’ drawingsSat May 26 2018 - 05:00
RHA Annual: No wallflowers at this rowdy art partyWith 600 pieces to fit in, famous names jostle for space with newcomers, but there’s no one at this party you wouldn’t be happy to go home withTue May 22 2018 - 05:00
Céad míle fáilte? The true meaning of hospitalityFrom land of the thousand welcomes to direct provision, an exhibition explores the idea through artMon Apr 30 2018 - 05:00
A picture-perfect hideaway in KinsaleThe Cork town is so picturesque it seems to be screaming out to be photographedSat Apr 28 2018 - 06:00
Sail into the finest sea views in Kinsale for €2.45mSeascape, a fine five-bed property built in 2008, sits on a landscaped third of an acreThu Apr 05 2018 - 06:00
Can Parnell Square become Dublin’s cultural hot spot?New Poetry Ireland HQ will add Seamus Heaney library to artistic environmentSat Mar 10 2018 - 05:00
Irish crafts are ready for their close-upWorldwide opportunities are opening up for Irish craftspeopleSat Mar 10 2018 - 00:00
Hidden beauty in west Cork wilderness for €695,000Coorannel House is perfectly located on the edge of Glengarriff Woods Nature ReserveTue Feb 20 2018 - 15:00
Patrick Pye, stained-glass artist and ‘one of the great individualists’, has diedPatrick Pye, religious painter and stained-glass artist, died on ThursdayFri Feb 09 2018 - 19:05
Presumed innocent: a history of adolescent sexualityFrom acknowledged reality to hidden taboo, the representation of sexuality in art and culture has a long and difficult historySat Feb 03 2018 - 14:46
What are the strange artworks popping up all over Mayo?An American architect from the Catholic University of America is building art around the countySat Jan 06 2018 - 05:00
Swiss fantasy in Gstaad PalaceThe Disney-esque castle has attracted the likes of Elizabeth Taylor and Princess DianaSat Dec 09 2017 - 06:00
Some viewers may find this offensive: do we need warnings in galleries?The New York Met is being criticised over a ‘sexually suggestive’ painting of a girlSat Dec 09 2017 - 06:00
Why are artists intoxicated with Samuel Beckett?Beckett’s legacy endures, and reaches far beyond the written wordSat Dec 09 2017 - 05:00
Former cottage with big ideas in Dún Laoghaire for €995,000This detached former two bed has been supersized with serious styleThu Nov 23 2017 - 06:00
Is Cork still the best place to survive the apocalypse?When nuclear war loomed in the 1960s, Cork was deemed the safest place to beSat Nov 18 2017 - 05:00
Did you know there was an unused theatre under Busáras?The lost theatres of Dublin revealedWed Nov 15 2017 - 05:00
The woolly wonderland of a sheep farmer and artistOrla Barry is both, and her latest exhibition draws pleasingly from both worldsMon Nov 06 2017 - 05:00
Don’t just buy what you love - follow these 10 tips for buying artThe art market is a piranha pool. Here’s how to safely dip your toes in the waterSat Nov 04 2017 - 05:00
Tuam house that was once an ‘object of wonder’ for €420,000Front garden of 1912 house was the talk of the Galway cityThu Nov 02 2017 - 06:00
Sunny semi in Milltown for €1.15mFour-bed in Ramleh Park is solid and spaciousThu Nov 02 2017 - 06:00
Six architects to represent Ireland at Venice Biennale 2018 announcedCollective of Irish architects will explore how common spaces in market towns in Ireland can be restored and reinvigoratedThu Oct 26 2017 - 14:00
What's a protest arts group backed by a rich Russian doing in Tallaght?The a/political’s provocative art is setting up shop in Dublin for a yearSat Oct 21 2017 - 06:00
Sri Lanka: A tear-drop-shaped island that’s heaven on EarthHappy accidents leading to good conclusions an apt way to describe 'this beautiful country'Sat Oct 21 2017 - 06:00
Grand proportions on secluded Rathmichael lane for €1.295millionSpacious six-bedroom Westfield House on half-acre site in walk-in conditionThu Oct 19 2017 - 06:00
Passage West cottage will float your boat for €480,000Victorian two-bed at water’s edge lovingly restored with impressive resultsTue Oct 17 2017 - 14:32
Why not teach children about religion through art?From ancient pagan carvings to Michelangelo’s masterpieces, the stories that art has left as a legacy can bring greater understanding of different belief systemsSat Oct 14 2017 - 05:00
Open House 2017: Everything you need to knowMore than 80 buildings are on view, but here are our top 10 must-see destinationsFri Oct 13 2017 - 11:17
Latest phase of Cairn homes in Lucan from €315,000 off plansMore than 40 homes in the Cairn Shackleton scheme to be releasedThu Oct 12 2017 - 06:00
‘If a painting gets too pretty, drag it across the studio’Elizabeth Magill makes works of tremendous beauty, but she’s not averse to a little rough treatment to get to the heart of the workWed Oct 11 2017 - 05:35
The Ticket High Art: this week’s choicesThe best of photography, painting, and installations from around the galleriesFri Sept 29 2017 - 07:00
Secluded haven on Ranelagh’s secret street for €2.95mSandford Terrace, where Mary Robinson lived, is hidden away but close to the cityThu Sept 28 2017 - 05:00
Women artists ‘reclaiming history we were written out of’Artists have a rich history of activism, using their talents to take their messages out of the gallery and into the streetThu Sept 28 2017 - 05:00
Future-proofing our bodies and drawings from the planet MarsIn the future, will humans bio-engineer their bodies to suit our changing environment and fashions? The Lab’s new show has some suggestionsTue Sept 26 2017 - 05:00
Got the blues? Plunge right in to this week’s art highlightsWorks by Vera Klute, Janet Mullarney, Bassam Al-Sabah and Nigel Rolfe are on showFri Sept 22 2017 - 05:00
