contemporary art

Irish artist Marie Varley searches the country for the very best in Irish design to bring to you here on HeadStuff. This week she spoke with Gráinne Nagle a.k.a. Nounua, a visual artist from Cork. She has recently returned home from…

Kathy Prendergast was educated in NCAD, Dublin and RCA London. An artist of quiet but immense sophistication Prendergast's work has persistently revolved around a potent cluster of issues chief among which are sexuality, identity,…

On entering the newly dubbed ‘Freud Gallery’ on IMMA’s grounds and finding yourself in the inaugural room of its first floor, you are welcomed by Lucian Freud’s portrait of his mother, helpfully called The Painter’s Mother Resting I (1976).…

We're a few days into the month but never fear, there's still plenty of amazing exhibitions in October to come! Here's our top picks for what's on around the country.  Someone You Love | 11 October @ 18:00 - 22:00 The Copper House…

Jill Quigley grew up in Inishowen in Donegal, on a dairy farm, and most of her work is made in and around this environment. After studying art history and ancient history in college, she subsequently spent "quite a few years doing nothing…

The contemporary art world is a weird and wacky place. It's often filled with abstractions and confusion, and artists can get away with pretty much anything. One of the most controversial art trends of the past hundred years, was the…