Brian O’Doherty

Foley defends rollout of requirement for children over certain age to wear masks

Holohan appeals to parents to follow new rules as masks now mandatory in school from third class up

Wed Dec 01 2021 - 10:45

HSE plays down concerns about change to Covid-19 checks on children

Teachers fear parents will ‘drop their guard’ in wake of changes to close contact guidance

Mon Sept 27 2021 - 04:55

Changes to close contact rules for under-13s sparks ‘consternation’

Teachers and principals note ‘confusion’ as no detailed guidance on how changes will work

Thu Sept 23 2021 - 18:59

Covid-19: Principals optimistic schools will remain low-risk settings

Hope for tours, sports matches and indoor activities to resume in months ahead

Tue Aug 31 2021 - 20:10

Dunfanaghy: ‘Local families have older kids living at home, they can’t afford to move out’

‘There are an awful lot of people looking to move to Dunfanaghy. It’s a cool place to be now’

Sat Aug 21 2021 - 01:00

Patrick Scott: New An Post stamp marks centenary of the artist’s birth

Scott’s elegant work had a major modernising influence on Irish art and design

Wed Jan 20 2021 - 05:00

Dublin Dance Festival review: A riot of movement and sound

From individual empowerment to groupthink, dancers tackled disparate themes

Tue May 14 2019 - 05:00

Not a shamrock in sight: Building a new vision of Ireland in New York

The city’s Irish Arts Center is changing perceptions of Ireland and Irish America

Sat Dec 22 2018 - 05:00

Shortlist for national portrait prize to go on show at National Gallery of Ireland

Photography features strongly, with Kim Haughton’s study of the late JP Donleavy, Fionn McCann’s Cezanne’s Apple and Mandy O’Neill’s striking study, Diane

Tue Oct 02 2018 - 05:00

Robert Ballagh: ‘Betty was really good at assessing things. I don’t have that any more’

The artist and political activist has written his ‘reluctant memoir’ at 75. It’s dominated by one major absence: his wife and artistic compass, Betty, who died in 2011

Sat Sept 15 2018 - 05:00

Review: ‘Man At The Door (Number 54)’ and ‘Pilgrimage’ at Cork Midsummer Festival

The common theme at the Sunbeam Bingo Hall and Sirius Arts Centre performances was personal identity

Thu Jun 28 2018 - 05:45

Artist’s hidden murals emerge after 20 years

The Art of Being Here: Brian O’Doherty’s restored murals at Sirius in Cobh are a revelation

Tue May 29 2018 - 05:00

Prawn-head smoothies from The Domestic Godless: this week’s visual arts treats

Also: Brendan Early, The Fragmented Mind, Imma Collection and ‘Breadwinner’ drawings

Sat May 26 2018 - 05:00

Freedom of Roscommon conferred on artist Brian O’Doherty

‘Last thing I expected, God knows. Then the unexpected has been a great part of my life’

Fri Apr 27 2018 - 18:47

Matilda to Beckett: the best in this week’s theatre

Like its protagonist, Matilda the Musical is not afraid to be clever, while Beckett’s words are put to music in Gare Saint Lazare’s Here All Night at the Abbey and beyond

Sat Apr 14 2018 - 05:00

Artist Brian O’Doherty to receive Freedom of Roscommon

Ballaghaderren-born Booker-shortlisted author best known at home as Patrick Ireland

Tue Jan 23 2018 - 21:07

How a magazine became a piece of experimental art

Art in Focus: ‘Aspen 5+6’ is an exhibition in a cardboard container rather than a gallery

Sat Jan 06 2018 - 05:00

Why are artists intoxicated with Samuel Beckett?

Beckett’s legacy endures, and reaches far beyond the written word

Sat Dec 09 2017 - 05:00

Calls for Freedom of Roscommon for artist Brian O’Doherty (89)

Renowned international artist has said ‘Ireland does not appreciate its foreign achievers’

Mon Oct 30 2017 - 21:46

Remembering when Abebe Bikila took a blistering run at Fascism

Visual Art: In 1960, Bikila won Olympic gold, while running barefoot through a Fascist showcase in Rome. Mart's latest show recalls the deed and its impact

Tue Sept 12 2017 - 05:00

Brian O’Doherty: ‘Ireland does not appreciate its foreign achievers’

The artist, doctor and Booker-shortlisted author is as busy as ever in his 90th year, with projects in Ireland, Italy and his adopted New York

Wed Sept 06 2017 - 05:00

The strange and intangible attraction of colour

Two abstract exhibitions explore how differently humans perceive colour

Tue Aug 15 2017 - 05:00

Leading works of art popping up in Sligo schools

Model arts centre outreach scheme takes paintings out of gallery to inspire children

Mon Jan 16 2017 - 01:00

Ireland’s most magnificently controversial art exhibitions

ROSC events were extraordinarily ambitious but to reprise them would be a mistake

Sat Dec 03 2016 - 05:00

Pieces of Me: David O’Donoghue, fine art printer

An industrial dishwasher, a vintage car and a “soggy-bottom” chair

Sat Aug 13 2016 - 06:00

Cuala festival hoists an Irish cultural flag in New York

Susan McKeown has been exporting Irish culture her whole career. So can her festival of Irish arts become part of the fabric of New York City and beyond?

Thu Apr 07 2016 - 06:00