“It’s giving colonialism”: Ireland still owes rent to dukes and earls
Although, even though the OPW lists these rents as payable, some of the named beneficiaries say they haven't been getting them.
“For me, cinema is the gateway to the rich and detailed view of the world that those more fortunate than myself experience every day,” writes Luke Maxwell.
Inspired by emigration, artist Adelle Hickey’s work is meant to “create fragile atmospheres, perhaps to suggest that a . . . piece of us is constantly emerging or slowly ebbing away”.
What’s on this week? Mudhoney’s playing at Whelan’s, Fried Plantain Collective’s putting on a night of Black female performance at Beerhouse, there’s a gender-and-sexuality conference at Trinity, and more.
Like someone scratching steadily at a dull, tarnished surface, Brennan reveals, without ceremony, bright glints of what lies beneath. Suddenly the reader is confronted with the terror of isolation that comes with being human.
On Molesworth Street, James Gorry restores paintings the old-fashioned way.
Artist Kate O’Loughlin wants those who see this work to feel how she did when, riding the subway each day in New York, she fell, briefly, for those she saw.
Are these short stories, or 14 episodes culminating in one vertiginous mindscape? Author Elske Rahill reviews the latest collection from Joanna Walsh.
What’s on this week? Art at MART Gallery Rathmines, Carl Craig at Opium Rooms, illustration at Filmbase, an all-ages daytime gig hosted by the Bohs, and more.
After learning the trade in New York and London, Jonathan Ellis King opened a gallery in the White Swan Business Centre, targeting international artists and collectors.
In this evocative video, Aoife Hester captures the nostalgia of summers at Bray Beach. It’s the latest in our series on works by contemporary Dublin artists.
A translation of Elias Bouhéreau’s diary tells the story of the first keeper of Marsh’s Library, who fled France, travelled Europe and made Dublin his home.
When One Day International released their debut album in 2008, they seemed marked for a giddy, melodious success that never came. What happened?