Cristín Leach

Art Critic

Cristín Leach is an art critic and cultural commentator, writing about art for The Sunday Times Ireland since 2003 and contributing to RTÉ TV, radio, and digital since 1998. She co-presented the award-winning RTÉ Lyric FM series Through the Canvas …

A detail from The Startled Bird (1961) by Norah McGuinness

Through The Canvas: Cristin Leach on The Startled Bird

Every week, critic Cristin Leach talks us through a different artwork for Through The Canvas on RTÉ lyric fm - this week, in the final episode, she's taking a closer look at The Startled Bird (1961) by Norah McGuinness.

visual arts • 04 Apr 22

Through The Canvas: Cristin Leach goes Through the Looking Glass

Every week, critic Cristin Leach talks us through a different artwork for Through The Canvas on RTÉ lyric fm - this week, she's taking a closer look at William McKeown's Hope Painting (Going Through the Looking Glass).

visual arts • 03 Sep 18

Through The Canvas: Cristin Leach on a Jack B. Yeats classic

Every week, critic Cristin Leach talks us through a different artwork for Through The Canvas on RTÉ lyric fm - this week, she's taking a closer look at Jack B. Yeats' iconic painting The Liffey Swim.

visual arts • 14 Aug 18

Walter Osborne, In a Dublin Park, Light and Shade (1895) - photo © National Gallery of Ireland

Through The Canvas: Cristin Leach on a classic Dublin view

Every week, critic Cristin Leach talks us through a different artwork for Through The Canvas on RTÉ lyric fm - this week, she's taking a closer look at Walter Osborne's 1895 painting In a Dublin Park, Light and Shade.

visual arts • 04 Apr 22

Through The Canvas: Cristin Leach goes Out Here

Every week, critic Cristin Leach talks us through a different artwork for Through The Canvas on RTÉ lyric fm - this week, she's taking a closer look at Oliver Comerford's Out Here III (2003).

Through The Canvas • 11 Sep 18

Nathaniel Hone the Younger, Waves Breaking on the Rock's Kilkee (c1890)

Through The Canvas: Cristin Leach on breaking the Waves

Every week, critic Cristin Leach talks us through a different artwork for Through The Canvas on RTÉ lyric fm - this week, she's taking a closer look at Nathaniel Hone the Younger's sketch Waves Breaking on the Rocks, Kilkee (c1890).

visual arts • 18 Jul 18

Through The Canvas: Cristin Leach on a rainy day to remember

Every week, critic Cristin Leach talks us through a different artwork for Through The Canvas on RTÉ lyric fm - this week, she's taking a closer look at Gwen O'Dowd's 1992 painting Rain II.

Through The Canvas • 04 Apr 22

Artwork from the Degree Show at Gorey Art School (via GAS Instagram)

2018 Degree Shows - the next generation of Irish art

Earlier this month, the delightfully irreverent duo of sassy British art critics, collectively known as The White Pube tweeted a handy play-it-yourself art college Degree Show Bingo Card, which hit home in all the right places.

visual arts • 21 Jun 18

Through The Canvas: Cristin Leach on Sonny's Day

Every week, critic Cristin Leach talks us through a different artwork for Through The Canvas on RTÉ lyric fm - this week, she's taking a closer look at Martin Gale's 1980 painting Sonny's Day.

Through The Canvas • 11 Sep 18

'What happens when you go out into the world and bring the artwork with you – virtually, emotionally, psychologically?'

Through The Canvas - bringing art into the real world

RTÉ Culture's visual arts correspondent Cristín Leach writes about her new radio series, Through The Canvas, which begins on RTÉ lyric fm this week.

visual arts • 26 Jun 18