There’s a definite validity to the conceptual, but art still tends to work best when there’s something to look at. Assembly by Louise Cotter and Luke Naessens at Ireland’s pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2025[ How did a small Irish architectural firm come to design one of the world’s biggest museums?Opens in new window ][ Irish architects have designed a new London neighbourhood. [ Irish artist Michael Kane: ‘Patrick Kavanagh did nothing else but create art. Photograph: Bryan O’BrienKane, who also had work in simultaneous group exhibitions at Hillsboro Fine Art and the Irish Museum of Modern Art, died on the eve of the Taylor opening, three days shy of his 90th birthday. Dublin Gallery WeekendVarious venues, NovemberAfter two years in its current incarnation, Dublin Gallery Weekend finally took the obvious step of including the public galleries and institutions, such as Imma, Project, Temple Bar and the Douglas Hyde, alongside their commercial cousins.

Source: The Irish Times December 20, 2025 17:14 UTC