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News Askeaton Contemporary Arts It's been a busy week for Askeaton Contemporary Arts, who since 2006 have been commissioning, producing and exhibiting contemporary art in the small town of Askeaton in County Limerick.  An annual…

News This week we're taking a look at some 'scandalous' stained glass newly acquired by Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane. An original stained glass artwork by Harry Clarke, which outraged the Irish Government in 1930, will go on…

Brian O'Doherty (aka Patrick Ireland) What better way to start this St. Patricks Day list of inspirational Irish artists than with Brian O'Doherty (aka Patrick Ireland). Brian O'Doherty was born in 1928 in Ballaghaderreen, County…

News This week I recommend checking out the new show opening at RUA RED, A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH, new work by Glasgow based artist Stephen Skrynka which deals with the obsession, risk and human cost associated with following a…

News This week YBA Tracey Emin has some big news with the move of her most famous work to Tate Britain. Interestingly it's currently being displayed alongside two paintings by Francis Bacon, a painter well-known for also being a bit messy;…

News This week we've got news of the most expensive painting ever sold, beating the 2011 record of $259m for a Cezanne painting. Nafea Faa Ipoipo (When Will You Marry?) by Paul Gauguin is said to have been sold to a museum in Qatar for…

News This week I'm looking forward to the opening of Dream Lover at Eight Gallery, an exhibition by Sean Guinan, Ramon Kassam and Aidan O'Sullivan. All three are classmates and graduates of LSAD and each have kept up a strong painting…

Here are my picks for the top 5 best, worst and just plain interesting things that happened in Visual Culture in 2014. Limerick City of Culture We kicked off 2014, Limerick’s year as City of Culture with a little controversy after…