Culture
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Sean Rainbird
Rónán Lynch interviews the desk-tied Director of the expanding and improving but still independent, democratic and free National Gallery which has 11 galleries open out of 60 but maintains visitors at over 600, 000 annually despite 40% cuts
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The IT gang
The backslapping of the Irish Times revisionist literary fraternity is smug and provincial
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Vegan up, George
Monb[id]iot Give it up, hero George, and learn how to cook. By Frank Armstrong In an article published in the last edition of Village George Monbiot exhibits a surprising naiveté towards veganism for a writer who is generally authoritative, and clearly a big Village favourite. He recalls how he had “tried it for […]
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Installing politics through art.
By Rod Stoneman. Ethics seem very distant for most discussion of Irish art which has been depoliticised, like much contemporary art internationally. In returning any kind of ethical debate to the domain of the visual arts we can usefully examine multi-screen films – film and audio-visual installations which have extended and replenished notions of fine […]
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By Kevin Kiely. Public sculpture in Ireland includes many monstrosities that are heavy and clumpy in their use of materials and ultimately non-artistic. The heavy-gang includes Edward Delaney, John Behan, Rowan Gillespie and Conor Fallon, but there are plenty of others. Delaney is egregious; his ‘Wolfe Tone’ and ‘Thomas Davis’ are part of street-lore. Tone […]
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By Shirley Clerkin. While viewing the images in The Photo Album of Ireland exhibition, currently showing in the Gallery of Photography in Dublin’s Temple Bar, it occurred to me that we know exactly who we are. We just do not always want to admit it, or show it. Photos can make judgements just like words; […]
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By Niall Crowley. Sheila Pratschke, chairperson of the Arts Council, has boldly declared that the Arts Council needs “to conceive of our activities in a different way. We can’t keep shrinking to fit the budget. We have to be more imaginative and proactive”. This ambition is now being tested as the Arts Council publishes […]