Up on a pedestal: Repurposing plinths as public art space

Derry’s Walker Plinth points enlightened way ahead after kicking over the statues

Art in focus: Bloodline by Andrei Molodkin

Molodkin is best known for his deliberately highly provocative blood works

Bust to empty boom: What shaped our public spaces in the past decade

The Decaste in Culture: The 'quarterisation' of our cities reached a ludicrous peak with derided Grafton Quarter

The skin we’re in

Two exhibitions in Lismore are a timely look at race, culture and conniving corporations

‘In England they ask: What is it’ In Ireland they ask: What does it mean?’

The work of Iriish artist Eilís O’Connell features in a major exhibition in England alongside artists Damien Hirst, Lynn Chadwick, Antony Gormley and Elisabeth Frink

Jupiter Artland: An out-of-this-world experience in Edinburgh

Robert and Nicky Wilson’s incredible sculpture park in the grounds of Bonnington House, a restored Scottish manor, has to be seen to be believed

Carmody Groarke architects: Temporary structures, permanent ideas

London-based Carmody Groarke architects is forging a reputation for innovation by collaborating on short-term builds and art projects. This in turn is inspiring more adventurous long-term projects

Damien Hirst to build a town in Devon

Samuel Beckett’s old school ties

Sean Doran wants to make Happy Days a ‘destination festival’, turning Enniskillen, where the playwright and novelist went to school, into a Mecca for his fans

Sizing it up: when it comes to art, bigger isn’t always better

Large-scale art, a global trend that Antony Gormley’s ‘Angel of the North’ can take some blame for, often doesn’t work, but sometimes, as with Dublin’s Spire, the gamble pays off

Higgins visit: Eight key Coalition advisers and top civil servants attended banquet

Details on royal occasion published on British monarchy’s official website

Countries should live together as friends, says queen Elizabeth

President Higgins thanks monarch for her kind, generous welcome and warm hospitality on first day of State visit

Around The Block: Design vibe continues at landmark Central St Martins apartments

Imma comes back with a bang

The Irish Museum of Modern Art is reopening its main building, at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham, with a weekend of family-friendly events – and a terrific Eileen Gray exhibition