The society painter who wanted to reshape Irish art
Sarah Purser’s reputation faded after her death, but an exhibition at the Hugh Lane in Dublin is putting her back in the frame
Stage presence – the theatrical paintings of John Lavery
The artist could be a touch wooden at times, but a survey in Dublin shows that his best work is full of theatrical flair
The haunted paintings of Patricia Hurl
Bold brushstrokes and strong colours add up to a powerful sense of unease in the artist’s cryptically titled portraits of modern Ireland
All aboard – the transporting art of Jack B. Yeats
Although grounded in actual places and actual people, the artist’s subjects were always utterly transformed by his imagination, writes Tom Walker
An unlikely couple? Lucian Freud and Jack B. Yeats, reviewed
It may sound like an implausible pairing – but this exhibition on the two painters succeeds by not making forced connections
Harry Clarke’s uncanny visions of Ireland
The illustrator and designer of stained glass fused Irish and European traditions to create an intriguing new idiom
Mary Swanzy – a modern Irish master?
The work of this accomplished painter has long been hiding in plain sight
What Roderic O’Conor learned from Van Gogh
The Irish painter takes his place among the Post-Impressionists in the first major survey of his work in many years
Brian O’Doherty gets his due in Dublin
The 90-year-old polymath’s artistic output is being celebrated in his native Ireland
How the Pre-Raphaelites reflected on the past
What did the Pre-Raphaelite painters see when they looked at the Old Masters – and how did they use what they saw?
A hidden highlight at the National Gallery of Ireland
A small exhibition of Margaret Clarke’s work proves that the best shows aren’t always the blockbusters
‘Many of those involved in the Easter Rising were art school kids’
The 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin was in part a rebellion of artists – and Dublin museums and galleries are making that clear this year
Leading light – the stained-glass windows of Wilhelmina Geddes
A key figure in the Irish Arts and Crafts movement, the designer should also be seen in the context of European modernism
Celts exhibition holds a mirror up to our uncertain Europe
Today’s fragile United Kingdom and Europe are thrown into relief at the British Museum
Show and Tell
Leonora Carrington may be a ‘literary painter’ and a surrealist storyteller, but we should not forget the formal qualities that underpin her best work
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