I recently watched Manhattan again. It is an ingenious movie with a perfect score accompanying splendid images of New York City. It has couples on park benches, watching the moon’s reflection on the Hudson River. It has innovative and playful cuts and sequences, and a nostalgic yet optimistic feel throughout. From the first second of…
Tattoo culture is undoubtedly a thing. The tattoo trend isn’t a modern phenomenon though; the tradition of tattooing dates way back, as far back as the prehistoric era, to 12,000 BC. Most if not all cultures practiced some form of tattooing and body art, but each culture had its own reasons for and meanings behind…
Despite the weather in Cork remaining cold, wet and windy, the world of fashion has launched fully forward into its Spring/Summer couture collections. Fashion shows have already begun to appear in Paris, and will eventually spread across the globe. Autumn/Winter 2017 menswear collections have already graced the catwalks, but it is the couture side of…
A subversive genius. An anonymous contrarian. My most recent Halloween costume. It’s a name that recalls a gritty aesthetic and a bleak subject matter, plus a myriad of fantastic tales – from being shot at in the West Bank to sneaking his own art into MoMA. Though his identity remains unknown, his work certainly doesn’t….
“Each morning when I awake, I experience a supreme pleasure – that of being Salvador Dalí” A madman. An extraordinary artist. A fame-obsessed, money-obsessed maverick. Whatever your conceptions about Salvador Dalí, there’s no denying that the man led an exceptional life, and it’s a life that has produced some of the most thought-provoking artwork of…
Life is hard for Katurian K. Katurian: he’s an unsuccessful writer living in a totalitarian dictatorship, he’s a murder suspect, and he just so happens to be the central character in Martin McDonagh’s latest twisted masterpiece, which doesn’t really bode well for him. At first glance, The Pillowman is another McDonagh classic; the play is…
Kilts. Popcorn. Witchcraft. Cowboys who hate modern technology. What do all these things have in common? Edinburgh, is what. If you’ve ever been on the fence about whether travelling to the Scottish capital is worth it, thistle convince you that it most certainly is (‘thistle’, get it? Scottish humour). This UNESCO City of Literature is…
Taking the time to visit an art gallery is something most of us would often like to do, but rarely get around to doing. Strolling about, staring really hard at an abstract and pretending you ‘kind of get it’; looking at pictures of men in frilly collars; and racking your brain for some Leaving Cert…
Méabh McMahon speaks to Fiona Kearney, Director of the Lewis Glucksman Gallery, about Irish attitudes towards art, the Repeal the 8th campaign, and previous exhibitions at the Glucksman. Ms Kearney has won scores of accolades over her career, including the Jerome Hynes Fellowship on the Clore Leadership Programme, which is the highest individual award offered…
Portraits of marriage equality campaigners are to be on display at K-Fest over the June bank holiday weekend in Killorglin, Co Kerry. Cork College of Art & Design student Stephen Doyle painted the series of portraits of the campaigners, who include Senator David Norris, Grainne Healy, Darren Kennedy, and Tonie Walsh, to mark the one year…