Tom Walker is Associate Professor in Irish Writing at Trinity College Dublin.
What did the Pre-Raphaelite painters see when they looked at the Old Masters – and how did they use what they saw?
A small exhibition of Margaret Clarke's work proves that the best shows aren't always the blockbusters
The 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin was in part a rebellion of artists – and Dublin museums and galleries are making that clear this year
A key figure in the Irish Arts and Crafts movement, the designer should also be seen in the context of European modernism
Today's fragile United Kingdom and Europe are thrown into relief at the British Museum
Leonora Carrington may be a 'literary painter' and a surrealist storyteller, but we should not forget the formal qualities that underpin her best work
