Kilkenny Arts Festival mixes risk and safe-bets in search of magical chance
From Rough Magic’s Tonic to Mozart’s Requiem, the festival starts August 6th
‘If you want to be an artist with a career, don’t have children’
A network, The Mothership Project, aims to develop supports for artists with children
A matter of taste: when art and food collide
Food is central to our lives, so how do artists engage with its symbolism and meaning?
Performance artist Marina Abramovic attacked with a portrait of herself
Picture-wielding assailant at Florence retrospective claims he did it for his art
Meet KÁRYYN, the digital adventurer who inspired Björk
The Syrian-Armenian-American’s minimal music captures childhood memories of Aleppo and seems to come from a another dimension
The power of silence in an always-on world
Explorer and writer Erling Kagge’s latest book was inspired by a solo walk to the South Pole
Go with your gut: eat right and alleviate stress – it’s worth a thought
Research taps into ‘idea of foods that can be repulsive but also quite beneficial’
Five-star review: Domesticity rendered wonderfully weird
In Aideen Barry’s work divisions between human, animal, automaton and mechanical devices blur
Pieces of me: Designer Helen James
The designer who has a best-selling range with Dunnes Stores, has furnished her home with carefully chosen things that have a past – a story to tell – and the kitchen, where she cooks and bakes, is her favourite room
Crazy, big, surreal thing called love | Visual art
A kiss is not just a kiss in this big Imma show about a big emotion
A high-risk performance from Amanda Coogan | Visual art
For those who are wary of performance art, Coogan’s approach may sway you
Quick be offended! When ‘shock art’ does its job
The controversial mosque at the Venice Biennale by Swiss artist Christoph Büchel is the latest work in a long line to test the limits of art
Culture shock: When art and madness take centre stage
On the surface it was an act of self-harm, but Pyotr Pavlensky, a performance artist of growing renown, presented himself as a metaphor
A Valentine for Lady Gaga
“In a time when the women of pop are a depressing mess of childish coquettishness and tawdry pornification, Gaga stands alone as an almost sexless carnival of the bizarre.” Jennifer Gannon is definitely buying a ticket for Lady Gaga
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Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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