Jan McCullough, I Took a Hammer in My Hand, Butler Gallery, Kilkenny, 21 February–3 May 2026

Francis Halsall

21 July 2026

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Andy Fitz, Now now, VISUAL, Carlow, 31 January–10 May 2026

While I found myself taken by the work’s aesthetic pull, I could not escape the anxiety and fragility Fitz makes so viscerally present.

Sara Muthi

16 June 2026

6 Minutes

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    Statues were in the main a little too small fry for the Nazis, who preferred the more ambient terror of architecture and spectacle ...

    Rebecca O'Dwyer

    4 June 2026

    10 Minutes

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    Phillip Allen, Deep Waiting, Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, 31 January–7 March 2026

    These multi-coloured accretions function like a frame, encasing the pictorial plane ... To my eye, they resemble chewed-up wads of tissue paper...

    Tom Lordan

    22 May 2026

    6 Minutes

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    Fiona Marron, The centrality of bodies, Pallas Projects/Studios, 12 March–28 March 2026

    There is the sense that Marron is trying to capture some sense of her role as a potential contaminant within these systems.

    Dennis McNulty

    16 April 2026

    8 Minutes

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    Berlin in a Constant State of Shifting

    Berlin-based Irish artist Enda O’Donoghue discovered the city as a hot spot for contemporary art when he moved there seven years ago.

    Ferial Kasmai

    13 April 2010

    4 Minutes

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    Pat Foster & Jen Berean: The Problem with Stability, Pallas Contemporary Projects, 30 January – 13 March 2010.

    Over the last few years, Dublin has undergone social and economic changes – from the booming economy of the late 90s to the current economic slump.

    Niamh Dunphy

    6 May 2010

    2 Minutes

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    Paul McCarthy: The King, The Island, The Train, The House, The Ship, Hauser & Wirth London, Savile Row, Piccadilly and St James’s Square, 16 November, 2011 – 14 January, 2012

    The prominence of the exposed mechanics in Paul McCarthy's work reveals that the process of the production is integral to its interpretation...

    Ruth Hogan

    1 March 2012

    3 Minutes

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