Tavares Strachan: ‘What else am I going to say other than I got my name through slavery?’
The artist’s Encyclopedia of Invisibility restores the histories of thousands of people. Now his sculptures are bringing some of those stories to Dublin
Touring exhibition reimagining Palestinian artist’s lost work comes to Belfast
Exiled from Haifa months later, Maroun Tomb lost all but the names of oil paintings featured in his 1947 hometown exhibition
Art to travel for: From Rothko in Florence to David Lynch in Berlin and Abramović in Copenhagen
There’s plenty to spice up a city break across Europe in the first six months of the year
‘You can never replace it’: The artist capturing precious memories from dementia patients
Mick O’Kelly’s powerful stained-glass art gives a view into the minds of people with cognitive impairment
A Dublin salvage yard’s treasures: ‘These would have cost around €1,000. We’re selling them for €80’
At Mac’s Warehouse, Dublin’s oldest family-run salvage yard, nothing goes to waste
A visit to the land the colonists forgot: ‘We are glad you came, but we don’t need you’
On Rapa Iti, in French Polynesia, visitors are rare, land is collectively owned, the fishing catch is shared, and bread is cooked in communal ovens. It’s an unforgettable experience
Art in 2026: 10 shows to watch out for, from Phil Collins to Hilma af Klint
Echoes of the past haunt the year ahead. Are there lessons to be learned?
50 people to watch in 2026: From film and music to arts, activism, sport and more
The artists, entrepreneurs, activists and musicians set to shake things up in the new year
2025 in art: Our 10 favourite Irish exhibitions of the year
Mainie Jellett and Evie Hone at the National Gallery of Ireland, Kunstkammer in Waterford and Lisa Fingleton in Tralee are among the highlights
RDS Visual Art Awards 2025: A showcase for 10 impressive new creative voices
Dealing with subjects such as our online existence, the housing crisis, and interior lives, these artists have emerged almost fully formed
The Art of Status; Leonardo Da Vinci; Who Owns Beauty? - Art books about plundering dilemmas and fabricated back stories
Two books show that creating a museum with a clear conscience isn’t always straightforward; another shows how we do love a good historical mystery
Cecilia Vicuña: ‘Democracy allowed a teenager like me to be free. When that was removed, it was like the end of the world’
The renowned Chilean artist, whose first Irish solo show is at Imma, on the inspiration for her work
Warm welcomes: 17 of Ireland’s cosiest places to stay this winter, from Donegal to Kerry
Shelter from wild weather with a sojourn in famously snug settings around the country
How did a small Irish architectural firm come to design one of the world’s biggest museums?
Heneghan Peng beat stiff competition to design Cairo’s Grand Egyptian Museum partly by luck, they say, but mostly by ‘looking’
Bram Stoker, the corncrake and ‘folklore as resistance’: Making Macnas’s Halloween parade
Louise Lowe and Owen Boss of Anu are swapping intimate immersive theatre for this year’s Macnas parade, An Truen: The Summoning of the Lost













