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 …

Cork Midsummer Festival art preview - nuthin' but a Lee thing

CristÍn Leach previews a quartet of must-see art events at this weekend's Cork Midsummer Festival.

visual arts • 21 Jun 17

Pictured: Vivienne Dick, Lydia Lunch, Production still from Guérrillere Talks, 1978, Super 8/Video © Vivienne Dick.

Vivienne Dick at IMMA - stardust memories from a No Wave icon

"It's the first time that Nan and I have shown work together and we've often talked about it," said Irish film-artist Vivienne Dick in advance of her major exhibition opening at the Irish Museum of Modern Art.

visual arts • 16 Jun 17

Nan Goldin, 'Gerald with bloody hand' - an image from her new show at IMMA.

Nan Goldin at IMMA - there will be blood

Nan Goldin takes frequently explicit, occasionally disturbing, always visceral photographs - Sweet Blood Call, her new show at IMMA, will feature never before shown photographs taken by Goldin in Ireland in 1979 and 2002.

visual arts • 14 Jun 17

Detail from Settlement (2011), by Anthony Haughey

21st Century Ireland in 21 Artworks: Settlement

Anthony Haughey's photographs of half-finished houses and abandoned residential building-sites have a near-supernatural, spiritual glow about them.

visual arts • 08 Jun 17

Still from Remains (2013), by Willie Doherty

21st Century Ireland in 21 Artworks: Remains

In a new series of articles, critic and broadcaster Cristín Leach selects 21 artworks for RTÉ Culture that define Modern Ireland. This week: Remains by Willie Doherty (2013)

visual arts • 31 May 17

A detail from Psychosis, by Dónal Geheran.

21st Century Ireland in 21 Artworks: Psychosis

In a new series of articles, critic and broadcaster Cristín Leach selects 21 artworks for RTÉ Culture that define Modern Ireland. This week: Psychosis by Dónal Geheran.

visual arts • 25 May 17

Still from Here After, ©2004 Inger Lise Hansen, Rebecca Trost & Patrick Jolley Estate

21st Century Ireland in 21 Artworks: Here After

Furniture, clothes and domestic appliances fall to the floor through a hole in the ceiling of an abandoned living room as a piano cacophony plays in Paddy Jolley's Here After.

visual arts • 21 Jul 19

Detail from Palm Trees and Bungalow, Carlow (2010) by Mairead O'hEocha

21st Century Ireland In 21 Artworks: Palm Trees and Bungalow

Critic and broadcaster Cristín Leach selects 21 artworks that define Modern Ireland. Number One: Palm Trees and Bungalow, Carlow (2010) and Garden, Duncormick, Co Wexford (2011) by Mairead O'hEocha.

visual arts • 15 May 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 - an introduction

In 1930, the French painter and provocateur Francis Picabia said, "A picture should not belong to any age; it should concentrate on its own needs rather than those of an age. It should rise above its age."

visual arts • 05 May 17

Actress Olwen Fouéré features in Jesse Jones' 'Tremble Tremble'. Photo Ros Kavanagh.

Jesse Jones' Tremble Tremble at the Venice Biennale

Irish artist Jesse Jones will represent the country at the world's biggest and oldest international art exhibition this year.

visual arts • 15 May 17