John Gerrard

2023 in art: The 10 best exhibitions of the year

Money, women and power wove the threads of the year

Sat Dec 23 2023 - 05:15

Venice Architecture Biennale’s Irish Pavilion explores our role in the data revolution

Entanglement by Annex reflects Ireland’s long-standing, complicated role in global tech ecosystem

Sat Jul 03 2021 - 05:00

Irish Book Awards among winners in virtual Business to Arts Awards

Awards celebrate impact of creative collaborations in supporting the arts

Wed Apr 21 2021 - 18:00

‘Even in a pre-Covid world, Mirror Pavilion would have been spectacular’

John Gerrard’s spectacular new work in Galway reflects worlds we cannot usually see

Sat Aug 29 2020 - 05:00

Galway International Arts Festival: Like a phoenix from the flames

Despite Covid-19, key elements from the summer line-up are ready for an autumn showing

Tue Aug 04 2020 - 05:00

The tricky art of carbon footprints

Artists tackling the climate catastrophe in their work tread a delicate line

Tue Feb 25 2020 - 05:00

Philip King: On My Culture Radar

The Other Voices founder on podcast The Brexit Club and the importance of Lankum

Sat Nov 16 2019 - 05:00

A matter of life and death: the startling lifelike sculptures of Sam Jinks

Artist Sam Jinks’s exhibition gets to grips with life (the universe and everything)

Sat Jul 06 2019 - 05:00

A matter of taste: when art and food collide

Food is central to our lives, so how do artists engage with its symbolism and meaning?

Wed Nov 21 2018 - 05:00

Maire Geoghegan-Quinn resigns from Galway 2020 board

Organisation said former EU Commissioner left due to unavailablity for board meetings

Thu Oct 04 2018 - 16:42

Galway 2020: The implosion of the capital of culture project

Key people have left, only half its budget is in place, and its vision is unclear. What went wrong?

Sat Sept 29 2018 - 06:00

Review: New talent at the Kerlin and 23 artists at Ellis King

From absinthe inflected star gazing to shy violets, two shows capture the spirit of art right now

Tue Aug 01 2017 - 05:00

We’re all deeply weird and 'normal' can be a crushing concept

The visual art at this year's Galway International Arts Festival has lots of odd junctures, strange characters and weird journeys

Wed Jul 26 2017 - 05:00

Galway arts festival marks 40th opening, while Fringe celebrates sixth year

Syrian conflict and mother and baby homes among political themes in the two events

Sun Jul 16 2017 - 20:54

What’s hot this week: city breaks and bluebells

What’s not: the myriad of moths and seriously underweight high street mannequins

Fri May 05 2017 - 12:00

Brian Wilson and two major operas for Galway Arts Festival

Galway International Arts Festival marks its 40th birthday with biggest ever line-up

Tue May 02 2017 - 10:12

John Gerrard on sculpting smoke, false flags and how it all comes down to petroleum

The Irish artist's latest, extraordinary work, about the legacy of oil, has been timed to coincide with Earth Day and will be seen by millions

Sat Apr 22 2017 - 05:00

Joy Gerrard: ‘I was thinking about how crowds react to a space of fear’

Shot Crowd’s large-scale paintings of protests are overwhelming and empowering

Wed Feb 01 2017 - 05:00

The best places to experience Irish culture overseas

From Joyce manuscripts in Buffalo to Bacon paintings in Bilbao, a globetrotter’s guide

Sat Nov 26 2016 - 06:00

Give Me a Crash Course In . . . Ecoc 2020

Prefer plain English? Galway will be Ireland’s European Capital of Culture for 2020

Fri Jul 15 2016 - 17:00

Super-gallery puts San Francisco at the centre of the art world

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, reopened after a $305 million expansion, is now the biggest gallery of its kind in the US and has been transformed into a suitably blue-chip space

Wed Jun 22 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