Talks to explore idea of permanence in architecture

Turner prize-nominated collective, Assemble, is a mix of architecture and public art. Now its co-founder joins a judging panel for a Ballyfermot playground

London-based Carmody Groarke architects is forging a reputation for innovation by collaborating on short-term builds and art projects. This in turn is inspiring more adventurous long-term projects

Eliminate the biggest variable in gift shopping: the other person

19th century artist is still ‘box-office’ more than 160 years after his death

Patrick Scott’s early works, seen in his retrospective, cast a spell

Films at Imma by the Dublin-born artist approach their subjects – including Bernadette Devlin McAliskey – obliquely, including the one that earned him this year's Turner prize

Graduate of the Glasgow School of Art wins for his series of films It For Others

A new international art prize in Belfast’s Mac has a mix of great and indifferent material

Prestigious art award presented in Derry, its first time outside Britain

Why does the art world love jargon? It adds up to an impenetrable language that puts people off visiting galleries they might otherwise love

Derry has delivered as a venue for the prestigious art award show – and is in danger of eclipsing the work by David Shrigley, Tino Seghal, Laure Prouvost and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye