Visual-Features

Animation has been around for decades. It has fuelled our imaginations and allowed us to journey into new and exciting worlds, escaping from our reality. What many people don’t realise, however, is the amount of work that goes into the…

Anyone who’s seen Planet of the Apes will remember the climactic scene at the end of the film where George Taylor discovers the ruins of the Statue of Liberty, promptly realising that the dystopian Ape-ruled planet he’s on is in…

In March 2018, emerging Irish artist and runner-up in Sky Arts’ ‘Portrait Artist of the Year’ Hetty Lawlor appeared on RTE?’s ‘The Ray D’Arcy Show’. While showcasing her talent, D’Arcy quizzed Lawlor on why she prefers to paint…

The Renaissance was one of the greatest periods of creative and intellectual achievement in world history. It was an extraordinary upsurge of learning and artistic activity that spread throughout Europe in the 15t?h ?and 16th…

June is here, and summer is hot on its heels! What better way to spend the long days than checking out some amazing artworks? Here’s our top pick of exhibitions and festivals happening around the country this month. Exhibitions: Lift…

A beam of blinding spring sunlight shone through the trees into the empty schoolyard. Even this place, with brightly coloured walls and hopscotch markings on the ground, seems to bear the ghostly remnants of the lives who once…

And other withered stumps of time Were told upon the walls; staring forms Leaned out, leaning, hushing the room Enclosed. –T.S Eliot Staring forms is a group show at Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, a collaboration between artists…

A few weeks ago I went to Florence. I visited the Uffizi Gallery. I saw Botticelli’s the Birth of Venus. I got the picture and I shared it on my Instagram story. Like the Louvre in Paris or the MET in New York, the Uffizi attracts millions…

Looking for something to do this weekend? Here's over 30 events you can attend for free as part of the Culture Date with Dublin 8 Festival. The festival runs from Saturday 18th to Sunday 19th of May. Now in it's third year, Culture Date…

Check out our top picks of visual arts events in May taking place around the country! Fore, fold | Marie Farrington Pallas Projects 10 - 25 May 2019 Fore, fold uses a ghost story, embedded in the history of Marsh’s Library, to unpack…