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Artist, cartoonist and muse: Grace Gifford Plunkett

The woman behind the song: Grace Gifford Plunkett's long legacy

The popular RTÉ series Aistear an Amhrán tell the fascinating stories behind songs we all know and love; a recent episode explored the life and times of Grace Gifford Plunkett, the subject of the popular ballad Grace

History • 02 Jul

A scene from the Riga Workers' Theatre production of Catherine the Great (1934) Image: the Latvian Museum of Literature and Music

Self-Determination: A Global Perspective - inside IMMA's new show

In recent times, all of our national institutions have been engaged in looking back with the Decade of Centenaries.

Visual Art • 22 Dec 23

Get Ireland Making: Learn about clay and construction

We're delighted to present the latest in a series of Get Ireland Making videos, created in association with the Design & Crafts Council Ireland with clay and construction with Jodi Coyne.

Get Ireland Making • 16 May 20

Get Ireland Making: Design your Thumbprint Family Tree

We're delighted to present the latest in a series of Get Ireland Making videos, created in association with the Design & Crafts Council Ireland - see how to make your own Thumbprint Family Tree.

Culture • 07 May 20

NHS charities will benefit from the sale of the work

Banksy's Game Changer honours nursing superheroes

A new artwork created by Banksy during lockdown has gone on display in a hospital corridor in England.

Culture • 06 May 20

Get Ireland Making: discover the skill of feltmaking

We're delighted to present the latest in a series of Get Ireland Making videos, created in association with the Design & Crafts Council Ireland. Vivienne Martin on the art of feltmaking.

Get Ireland Making • 03 May 20

Art Love #2 - 5 of the best Instagram artworks

Looking for some inspiration? From photography and painting to installations and moving image, the world of Instagram offers many delights. I select the 5 of the best artworks discovered on Instagram every fortnight. This fortnight's theme is Submerged.

Instagram • 24 Jul 17

How Ireland's street artists went global

Over the past number of years, Irish street art has been moving slowly mainstream. The best of it is now embraced not only by the public, but by commercial and branding interests, and traditional galleries.

Visual Art • 21 Feb 17

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610)
The Taking of Christ, 1602 - on indefinite loan to the National Gallery of Ireland from the Jesuit Community, Leeson St., Dublin, who acknowledge the kind generosity of the late Dr Marie Lea-Wilson. Photo © NG

Fresh Paint: The National Gallery of Ireland reopens

For almost six years now, the vast majority of the exhibition space in the sprawling complex that is the National Gallery of Ireland (NGI) has been closed for refurbishment.

Visual Art • 09 Mar 17

Artist Amanda Coogan, pictured performing I'll Sing You a Song from Around the Town at the RHA, Dublin in 2015

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

A detail from Keith Anderson's splendid painting 'Pure Cork, Like'

Painting The Nation Update: Canvasing Across Ireland

Now entering its third week, Painting The Nation's Big Picture Competition has had a massive response with paintings being sent in from all corners of the country.

Visual Arts • 19 Oct 16

Pictured: The Rock of Cashel by Helen Bowes

Painting The Nation Update: The Nation Paints!

Presenting another choice selection of entries from Painting The Nation's popular Big Picture competition.

Culture • 12 Oct 16

Artist Siobhan McDonald at the Arctic Circle

My Arctic Voyage of Self Discovery

In June 2015, artist Siobhan McDonald travelled to the Arctic Circle to gather inspiration for a forthcoming exhibition. This week’s Lyric Feature, Crystalline, tells the story of that remarkable journey. Here, Siobhan writes about her travels.

Culture • 11 Oct 16

Pauline McLynn and Painting the Nation contestant Sinead Lawless in Carlingford

Painting The Nation Preview: Watercolour Moment

The six remaining painters visit the coastal town of Carlingford in County Louth where they face a watercolour challenge good enough to eat and they take inspiration from the beautiful Mountains of Mourne.

Culture • 07 Oct 16

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