Reviews

A new exhibition at the innovative Four gallery invites the public to reinterpret artworks, hoping to create an endless flow of ideas. By Billy Leahy

'A Month in the Country' is less fin-de-siecle, more end-of-summer, writes Colin Murphy

Rubens is seen as the great painter of the Counter-Reformation and looking at 'The Descent from the Cross' in Antwerp Cathedral, his mastery of sacred theatre is unquestionable. Nicodemus and his workmen, John the Apostle, Mary, Mary Magdalene and Mary Cleophas, move in unison to take the wounded body of the dead Christ carefully and lovingly from the cross. It evokes feelings of sadness, pity and guilt in the eyes of the viewer.

Darina Allen tells us of her love for gooseberries, which began with a first taste in her grandfather's garden

The RHA's annual show is always impressive and a huge event on the social calendar, but the more innovative works are overshadowed, says Billy Leahy

Billy Leahy on Alexis Harding's site-specific exhibition, a display of dripping, crumbling works currently flowing onto the floor of the Rubicon gallery

The audience loves this couple of hours in the company of a resident of St Conal's mental hospital, but Colin Murphy feels left out

One of the mysteries of the modern world is the intense personal sympathy many people seem to have for the stingy, crabb...

Traditional or modern, a fresh sandwich
is always great to grab, gobble and go

An English farce about Sigmund Freud fails to appeal to Colin Murphy's ego or his id