John Kindness

Popping with colour, singing with ideas: John Kindness retells the Odyssey

School can make you think art has to be difficult to be good. The artist’s visual take on Homer’s epic is, in part, just a damn good yarn

Wed Jan 31 2024 - 05:15

Edwardian house on Sydenham Road with charm and potential for €1.95m

Ex-guesthouse in heart of Ballsbridge with six bedrooms and garden studio

Fri Nov 24 2023 - 05:45

Imma at 30: Reframing the role of exhibitionist in a changing landscape

The Irish Museum of Modern Art celebrates its 30th birthday at a tricky time for museums

Sat Aug 21 2021 - 05:00

Art&Antiques: Affordable art in spring sales

First sales of the year can be a good time to find value in auction houses

Sat Feb 27 2021 - 06:00

The cultural quotes of the year: madness, middle age and mother’s advice

A selection of the best, oddest and most memorable musings by some of the world’s artistic greats, as told to Irish Times writers

Mon Dec 22 2014 - 01:00

Serving up an Italian architectural confection on a plate

Asked to create art works around the 18th-century Casino in Marino, artists came up with a delicious project, ‘Meditation on Plates’

Sat Jul 19 2014 - 01:00

Galway’s festival of pictures, pop, opera and soundscapes

Broad in scope and well presented, the exhibitions of Galway International Arts Festival reward visitors of all stripes

Sat Jul 19 2014 - 01:00

Flush with meaning: John Kindness finds the epic in the everyday

Kindness cites James Joyce as his greatest influence, and he shares the writer’s fondness for building layers of meaning. His exhibition in Galway tells Homer’s Odyssey via decorated toilet seats and other mundane objects

Thu Jul 17 2014 - 01:00

‘Wild thing’ and lobsters kick off Galway festival

Galway celebrates two arts festivals in one fortnight

Tue Jul 15 2014 - 01:00

Fantasies in borrowed spaces as Galway Arts Festival opens tonight

Former ‘Connacht Tribune’ printworks is festival’s main gallery venue

Mon Jul 14 2014 - 01:00

What do a dragon, aliens and a giant red ball have in common?

Galway International Arts Festival announces programme for July event

Wed May 28 2014 - 01:00

If you can’t stand the art, get out of the kitsch

A piece we admire in a gallery might not look so good at home, and vice versa. How do we decide what we like, and what does it say about us?

Sat May 04 2013 - 06:00