At the start of the pandemic, I—like many others—found myself wanting to escape the seemingly fictitious surroundings that we had found ourselves in. Books were a significant source of relief from the ensuing chaos and I …
Arts & Culture
The Real Deal: your only guide to Van Gogh Dublin – An Immersive Journey
Elena McCrory gets the inside scoop on this one of a kind art event with Project Director Jillian Wilson
This exhibition uses high intensity flashing lights. As advertised on vangoghdublin.com, it may irritate or even trigger seizures for people with photosensitive epilepsy. Viewer discretion is advised.
Van Gogh Dublin – An Immersive Journey is not what people are expecting. …
A roundup of upcoming music events to kick off your summer
Ria Walls explores Dublin’s best music events to start off your summer right
As we near the summer months, the long-awaited outdoor concerts are just around the corner. It’s been a while since we bought overpriced ponchos and ruined our shoes in a packed, muddy field while sipping on a pint. If you …
What’s on the market: Three to visit this spring
Róisín Finnegan walks us through her top three crafty marketplaces to visit this spring
Markets remain an integral part of Dublin culture. In archival footage of the city, the lives of Dubliners seem to be embodied by the clamour and bustling of our vibrant market spaces, much like at Christmas, when the festivities are …
Dramatising the end of the world
Caitlin Kawalek reviews Samuel Beckett’s Endgame at the Gate Theatre, on show until March 26
Despite the comedic tilt of Danya Taymor’s Endgame, nobody laughed at Hamm’s heavy declaration: “You’re on Earth. There’s no cure for that.” The performance tightroped between humour and austerity, carefully depicting the concurrent self-pacification and dread of humanity post-catastrophe—…
Direct Provision operator ‘Aramark’ at the National Gallery
Caroline Costello discusses key issues with Aramark being awarded the café contract at the National Gallery of Ireland
The National Gallery of Ireland (NGI) has recently awarded its catering contract to the American corporation, Aramark, which provides food, facilities and uniform services to various industries. This company earned $16 billion in revenue alone during 2019, several million euros …
Revising the past to write a new Irish history
James Mahon examines Fintan O’Toole’s new book We Don’t Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Ireland since 1958
Fintan O’Toole, in his most recent book We Don’t Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Ireland since 1958, proposes a drastic, new way of approaching Irish history. Part historical account and part personal memoir, O’Toole subverts the structured rigidity of …
Scampolo! at The Douglas Hyde Gallery
Ava Chapman discusses Eric N. Mack’s exhibition in Trinity
Trinity’s on-campus contemporary art gallery, The Douglas Hyde, is hosting Eric N. Mack’s first solo exhibition, Scampolo!, until May 29 2022. Mack is an American artist whose work has been shown at the Whitney Museum of American Art, Serpentine Gallery …
Sally Rooney has a knack for creating relatable characters
Alice Woods discusses Sally Rooney’s new novel Beautiful World, Where are you? alongside her acclaimed Normal People
Since the release of her debut novel Conversations with Friends in 2017, Sally Rooney has become somewhat of a household name, not just in Ireland but on a worldwide scale. Hailed by the New York Times as “The First Great …
Sunday Longread: Vicky Smith’s complex portrayal of womanhood
Ciarán Drohan discusses Vicky Smith’s exhibit The Cold Bark Against My Back curated at the Olivier Cornet Contemporary Gallery
On a first visit to the Olivier Cornet Contemporary Gallery, it is immediately impressive. Facilitated by its large windows, it is a bright open space that invokes a grander scale than this single room in a Georgian town house, normally …