Visual Art of the decadeBy the end of the 1960s, the artistic avant-garde had embraced the austerity that was implicit in many of the decade's developments…Mon Nov 08 1999 - 00:00
Visual Art of the decadeThe recently mooted theory that Andy Warhol was mildly autistic is oddly plausibleMon Nov 01 1999 - 00:00
ArtTHE sea is a subject of perennial fascination for artists and Shore, the Rubicon Gallery's new exhibition opening next Thursday…Sat Oct 30 1999 - 01:00
Looking twice at ManetThe Tuileries Incident, Mick Wilson, Hugh Lane Gallery until December 12thWed Oct 27 1999 - 01:00
Visual Art of the decadeWith Jackson Pollock, the Dutch-born painter Willem de Kooning is widely credited with the establishment of Abstract Expressionism…Mon Oct 25 1999 - 01:00
Moore powerFor many years the name of Henry Moore was synonymous in the public imagination with modern sculptureSat Oct 23 1999 - 01:00
Unlikely bedfellowsRemember Jim Kemmy: contemporary juxtapositions should be a popular exhibition, not just because Jim Kemmy was a popular man …Wed Oct 20 1999 - 01:00
Visual Art of the decadeWhile the camera, through the media of both still and moving images, had supplanted any documentary role painting might have …Mon Oct 18 1999 - 01:00
Breaking the rulesSean Scully, whose latest exhibition is running at the Kerlin Gallery is, as he says himself, a painter who has made a career…Sat Oct 16 1999 - 01:00
Remembering Big JimJim Kemmy was one of those rare politicians who rise above ideological and party political divisions and inspire universal warmth…Sat Oct 16 1999 - 01:00
Back to the drawing boardReviewed: Drawing, Thinking, RHA Gallagher Gallery, until November 7thWed Oct 13 1999 - 01:00
Visual Art of the DecadeMention Surrealism and the chances are you'll think of Salvador Dali with his preposterous waxed moustache and virtuoso paintings…Mon Oct 11 1999 - 01:00
Stunning stage for sculptors' workYou can visit Sculpture in Woodland in the Devil's Glen at any time throughout the year, but today the project is holding an …Sat Oct 09 1999 - 01:00
Salmon carries history on its scalesAn unusually large salmon has begun its journey northwards from the Firestation Artists' Studios in Dublin to Belfast where, …Thu Oct 07 1999 - 01:00
Hughes's huesReviewed: Ronnie Hughes at the Rubicon Gallery; Alison Pilkington at the Kevin Kavanagh Gallery; Rosie McGurran at the Temple…Wed Oct 06 1999 - 01:00
Visual Art of the DecadeBy the early 1920s increasing political control had begun to dampen the euphoria of the Russian avant garde, but their forward…Mon Oct 04 1999 - 01:00
ArtAS part of the Gallery of Photography's Education Programme, over 30 secondary school students north and south of the Border …Sat Oct 02 1999 - 01:00
City clickersGerard Byrne, in the strikingly titled Theatre-Bunker-Archives- Reception Area at Green on Red, makes photographs of anonymous…Wed Sept 29 1999 - 01:00
Visual Art of the DecadeMarcel Duchamp (18871968) invented the idea of the "ready-made" around 1915Mon Sept 27 1999 - 01:00
ArtDanny McCarthy (right) is one of Ireland's leading performance artists but, appropriately, he is only indirectly present in The…Sat Sept 25 1999 - 01:00
The layering of modernity over mythAt the Galway Arts Centre, Meeting-Rencontre- Begegnung marks the culmination of a series of residencies and exhibitions begun…Tue Sept 21 1999 - 01:00
Visual Art of the DecadePablo Picasso painted Les Demoiselles d'Avignon in 1907 when, inspired by Cezanne, he and George Braque, "like two climbers roped…Mon Sept 20 1999 - 01:00
ArtIf you attended the outdoor screening of Matthew Barney's film Cremaster 5 in Meeting House Square earlier this year, you'll …Sat Sept 18 1999 - 01:00
Claremorris is streets aheadLast year the Claremorris Open Exhibition came up with a drastic solution to a problem that had dogged it since its inception…Wed Sept 15 1999 - 01:00
ArtBetween Paul Seawright at the Kerlin, Gerard Byrne at Green on Red and Bright Young Things at the Gallery of Photography, colour…Sat Sept 11 1999 - 01:00
And then there were nunsWalk into the Kevin Kavanagh Gallery at the moment and, if you are not warned, your first impression might well be that it's …Wed Sept 08 1999 - 01:00
ArtThe German painter Karl Horst Hodicke is one of the figures who put the expressionist into neo-expressionism in the late 1970s…Sat Sept 04 1999 - 01:00
A magician's tricks revealedThe late Patrick Heron maintained that painters influence the way we see the world and, true enough, drive west from Cork towards…Wed Sept 01 1999 - 01:00
She wears it well`No painter, dead or alive, has ever made us more aware of our eyes than Bridget Riley", wrote critic Robert Melville in 1971…Sat Aug 28 1999 - 01:00
ArtIn his photographic work, Belfast-born Paul Seawright takes an approach that is both brash and obliqueSat Aug 28 1999 - 01:00
Call of the wildThe exhibition by two celebrated "primitive" or unschooled artists, Two Painters: Works by Alfred Wallis and James Dixon, that…Sat Aug 28 1999 - 01:00
Two exhibitions are more than the sum of their partsWith Control/Corrupt, the Paul Kane Gallery has come up with a cracker of an exhibitionWed Aug 25 1999 - 01:00
Death of sculptor GouletThe sculptor, Yann Renard Goulet RHA, who died last Sunday, was born in St Nazaire in Brittany in 1914, but became an Irish citizen…Wed Aug 25 1999 - 01:00
Fairy tales and hairy tailsSooner rather than later as you look at Ana Maria Pacheco's sculptures, you find yourself drawn to the open mouths of her figures…Wed Aug 18 1999 - 01:00
Dark undercurrents run in festival artThere is a distinctly dark undercurrent to the work of Brazilian-born artist Ana Maria Pacheco, whose big polychromed wood sculptures…Sat Aug 14 1999 - 01:00
Playing in the ruins of western cultureDespite one brief stab at razzmatazz, the Ormeau Baths Gallery's annual open submission exhibition, Perspective 99, is a subdued…Wed Aug 11 1999 - 01:00
Innes exposedThe American sculptor Janine Antoni established her reputation with a sly piece of deconstructionTue Aug 03 1999 - 01:00
You've got a FriendIf you visit any of the country's public galleries and museums you will probably have noticed, from time to time, small inscriptions…Sat Jul 31 1999 - 01:00
ArtThe beautiful Beara peninsula in west Cork is one of those places that seems to hold a particular fascination for artists, judging…Sat Jul 31 1999 - 01:00
Bus across the MerseyTom Wood's All Zones Off Peak is the record of "a 15-year photographic odyssey" around LiverpoolWed Jul 28 1999 - 01:00
Taking a bite of the big appleModern art may not regard the realistic representation of the world around us as a priority, but the imitative power of art still…Sat Jul 24 1999 - 01:00
The bottle for artAbsolut Vodka has been involved with the art world since 1985, when Andy Warhol made a painting inspired by the brand's distinctive…Sat Jul 17 1999 - 01:00
Photographer wins Glen Dimplex artists' awardAn English artist, Catherine Yass, won the 1999 Glen Dimplex Artists' Award last night at the Irish Museum of Modern ArtThu Jul 15 1999 - 01:00
The other le BrocquyMelanie le Brocquy is not as well known as her brother, the painter LouisWed Jul 07 1999 - 01:00
Getting the most out of videoIn virtual Belonging at the Temple Bar Gallery, Mary Avril Gillan takes on the challenge of balancing an ambitious video installation…Wed Jun 30 1999 - 01:00
Modernist manIn his lifetime, Thomas McGreevy managed to be both at the heart of Irish cultural life and to stand slightly apart from itSat Jun 26 1999 - 01:00