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  • 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 …

    EVA International 2018: Peju Alatise's Flying Girls (2016). Photo: Ibeabuchi Benson, courtesy of the artist

    EVA International 2018 - the highlights

    Limerick city is home to Ireland's most consistently significant, large-scale, international art exhibition, EVA, which takes place now every second year.

    visual arts • 23 May 18
    A Ship against the Mew Stone, at the entrance to Plymouth Sound (1814) by JMW Turner

    Turner at the National Gallery of Ireland - sunlight and feeling

    Another year, another January and JMW Turner's watercolours are back like an old friend at the National Gallery of Ireland.

    visual arts • 31 Dec 17
    An Atlantis Commune member, circa 1980

    They Call Us the Screamers - art festival returns to Atlantis

    The TULCA Festival of Visual Arts has run into controversy in the lead up to its 3 November opening due to this year's theme, which references a commune formed in Donegal in the mid-1970s.

    visual arts • 30 Oct 17
    Detail from Boy (2008) by Geraldine O'Neill

    21st Century Ireland in 21 Artworks: Boy

    Critic and broadcaster Cristín Leach selects 21 artworks for RTÉ Culture that define Modern Ireland. Number 21 is Geraldine O'Neill's Boy (2008)

    visual arts • 26 Oct 17
    Sean Hillen - detail from Evidence of Controlled Demolition in the Rose Garden, Tralee, Co Kerry (2007)

    21st Century Ireland In 21 Artworks: Searching For Evidence

    In an ongoing series of articles, critic and broadcaster Cristín Leach selects 21 artworks for RTÉ Culture that define Modern Ireland. Number 20 is Sean Hillen's Evidence of Controlled Demolition in the Rose Garden, Tralee, Co Kerry

    visual arts • 20 Oct 17
    Vera Klute - detail from Flesh & Blood II, 2016, Glazed porcelain

    21st Century Ireland in 21 Artworks: Flesh & Blood II

    In an ongoing series of articles, critic and broadcaster Cristín Leach selects 21 artworks for RTÉ Culture that define Modern Ireland. Number Nineteen is Vera Klute's Flesh & Blood II (2016).

    visual arts • 14 Oct 17
    Joe Hogan - Primal Energy No.2 (2016)

    21st Century Ireland In 21 Artworks: Primal Energy No.2

    In an ongoing series of articles, critic and broadcaster Cristín Leach selects 21 artworks for RTÉ Culture that define Modern Ireland. Number Eighteen is Joe Hogan's Primal Energy No.2 (2016)

    Culture • 06 Oct 17
    21st Century Ireland in 21 Artworks: L'Université

    21st Century Ireland in 21 Artworks: L'Université

    In an ongoing series of articles, critic and broadcaster Cristín Leach selects 21 artworks for RTÉ Culture that define Modern Ireland. Number Seventeen: Alice Maher's L'Université (2012)

    visual arts • 04 Oct 17
    Mick O'Dea - The Britannia (2015), RHA Dublin, 2016

    21st Century Ireland in 21 Artworks: The Britannia

    In an ongoing series of articles, critic and broadcaster Cristín Leach selects 21 artworks for RTÉ Culture that define Modern Ireland. Number Fifteen: Mick O'Dea's The Britannia (2015)

    visual arts • 15 Sep 17
    Ann Quinn - My Father's Cows Making Their Way Back Down To The Burn Field After Milking Time (2013)

    21st Century Ireland in 21 Artworks: My Father's Cows...

    In an ongoing series of articles, critic and broadcaster Cristín Leach selects 21 artworks for RTÉ Culture that define Modern Ireland. Number Thirteen: Ann Quinn's My Father's Cows making their Way back down to the Burn Field after Milking Time (2013).

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