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
Renovating your kitchen? Top tips from experts on getting it right
Don’t have your head turned by trends, but leave a little room for falling in love -you’ll spend upwards of €8,000 on a new kitchen, so think before you leap
Pablo Picasso’s personal artwork that he refused to sell comes to Ireland
A landmark National Gallery of Ireland exhibition tells the story of the artist’s life through the works he chose to keep
Irish architects have designed a new London neighbourhood. What could they do here?
A newspaper on a Tube journey led Sheila O’Donnell and John Tuomey to work on the flagship East Bank project
Escape to the châteaux: live a gilded life on a trip to the Loire Valley in France
The châteaux of the Loire Valley are glorious. Just watch out for amorous peacocks
How to Art by Kate Bryan and David Shrigley: An engaging primer
If you require emotional support to go to a gallery, this could be a book for you
Culture Night 2025: Where to head on Friday, September 19th
The big events book out quickly, but here are a few you might have missed
Is Valencia the holy grail of holidays?
The Spanish city, home to the reputed Last Supper chalice, is a fascinating and tasty trip through time
Lisbon is sinfully good fun during the feast of St Anthony
The city’s exuberant charm is in overdrive as a carnival atmosphere takes over its very walkable centre
EVA International 2025: ‘It’s a poor city for art where you can’t start a quarrel’
Brian O’Doherty’s remark dates from his time as curator of the Limerick biennial. Will the 2025 edition ignite squabbles?
An Alaskan adventure: Someone whispers ‘bear’ – then we see him: huge, dark and ambling towards us
On a cruise from Seattle to the glaciers of Alaska, we admire coastlines too beautiful for words, encounter a bear and take a polar plunge
Cities of the World: Around the globe in 282 artworks
Kathy Prendergast and Chris Leach are showing their work together for the first time at a special exhibition opening at the Kilkenny Arts Festival
State of the art: ‘My dream is to be in the studio working solidly. Having a full-time job is a distraction from that’
Faigh Amach, at Temple Bar Gallery in Dublin, spotlights work by Ella Bertilsson, Kathy Tynan and Emily Waszak
Lost for words: Dublin-born artist Jenny Brady explores the world of interpretation
Watching The Glass Booth we discover the subtle, complex and fascinating interplay of power and trust that mediating language orally involves
Ready for launch: Mark O’Connell and Jennifer Walshe on Mars, their new collaboration
Galway International Arts Festival stages the premiere of an Irish opera in which four women astronauts embark on a Martian voyage