Yinka Shonibare: ‘I thought I was a republican until I went to Buckingham Palace’
The British-Nigerian artist’s work is laden with complex identity conundrums
Direct provision is ‘a generation in a type of cage’
‘Blessings’ Moyo, who lives in Salthill, on asylum process and taking part in Exhibit B
Skywhale takes off at Galway Arts Festival
Wind hampers cetacean’s show but event sees record footfall at visual arts exhibitions
Exhibit B: An unnerving exploration of racism and brutality | GIAF review
Black actors hold our gaze as their fixed poses recall colonial brutality and the marginalisation of refugees
Galway International Arts Festival opens for public
This year’s series brings theatre, music and an eye-catching hot air balloon to the city
The trials of Brett Bailey: ‘I was seen as a racist South African. That typecast me’
‘Exhibit B’, at Galway arts festival, re-creates 19th-century ‘human zoos’. Are its critics right to say it replicates the wrongs its creator set out to damn?
Galway International Arts Festival programme revealed
Biggest talking point likely to be Patricia Piccinini’s giant Sky Whale, which created quite a stir when it appeared in Melbourne in 2013
Quick be offended! When ‘shock art’ does its job
The controversial mosque at the Venice Biennale by Swiss artist Christoph Büchel is the latest work in a long line to test the limits of art
Irish shows conquer Edinburgh’s hilly terrain
In the largest international festival on earth, artists from Ireland have proven themselves disproportionately successful
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