Cristín Leach

skip to main content

Cristín Leach

Art critic and cultural commentator

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 …

Fresh Irish painters: 10 under 30 to watch

A new generation of Irish artists are pushing the boundaries and potential of paintbrush and paint. From abstraction to photorealism, here are ten of the most notable painters under the age of thirty, working in Ireland right now.
visual arts • 27 Jan 17

Passing time, time passing - Ireland's time-based artists

Ireland has a relatively long, if somewhat unacknowledged history of producing artists who excel at making time-based work, writes Cristín Leach.
Time-based art • 10 Jan 17

Duncan Campbell at IMMA - The Welfare of Tomás Ó Hallissy

Cristín Leach views a major new work at the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) by Dublin-born Duncan Campbell, the first Irish artist to win the prestigious Turner Prize.
Culture • 09 Feb 17

Putting Ireland's groundbreaking Women on Walls at the RIA

On 7 December, the Women on Walls project unveiled five new portraits of ground-breaking women at the Royal Irish Academy (RIA). No portrait of a woman had hung in the RIA in its 231-year history.
Culture • 06 Mar 17

Search RTÉ.ie

Cant find what you're looking for?
Showing 81 - 84 of 84 stories

7

8

9