When Jesus met John the Baptist – a new exhibition of 16th-century art
Displays include Renaissance works, and art by Mick O’Dea, Sam Keogh and Fergus O’Ryan
Oil paint can imitate anything but John Noel Smith pushes it beyond mimicry
And in Tableau, Eithne Jordan shows why she needs to paint
Paul Doran in Dublin: You won't see a livelier display of painting all year
Plus: Finnish women let us into their lives with humour
Visual art: James Joyce’s box of tricks reopened
Elaine Byrne’s foray into the wordplay of Ulysses is ingenious and entertaining
Visual art round-up: Thoughtful films about artifice and architects
Amie Siegel’s essay films are full of ideas, and Eddie Kennedy’s paintings are informed by Mayo
Visual art round-up: Sheila Rennick takes aim at hedonistic excess
The characters Rennick paints are deluded but she refuses to ridicule them; and exhibitions by Julie Merriman and Maeve McCarthy have plenty to recommend them
Italian fables and the records of a break-up | Visual art round-up
Three artists at Hillsboro share a love for a great Italian tradition; and Catherine Barron throws herself into her work
Mick O’Dea redraws Irish history
Books about the work of O’Dea and Robert Armstrong are, respectively, provocative and sumptuous
Mark Garry’s thread rainbows and the elephant in the room
The sense of something fleeting and fading gives exhibitions by Garry, Tjibbe Hooghiemstra and Nick Miller their strength
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