Performing Arts
Resale Rights Revisited
Visual Artists Ireland (VAI) is committed to promoting the visual arts and the interests of all artists in Ireland. As…
Theatre talks to Tyranny
When Ibsen’s 'Ghosts' premiered in London in 1891, it was lambasted by critics and denounced by the London Daily Telegraph…
3 W’s of cultural policy
"It is useful to think about cultural policy across many different fields; that we should be aware it can be…
CinemAfrica
When 'Tsotsi', the powerful film about the quest for redemption in the life of a black teenage African thief, won…
Take me to the architect
It’s sobering to think about how fundamentally architecture affects and rules our lives. For millennia we as a species have…
Actor in sex horror death shock
Theatre 'shockers' will tend to divide audiences and critics alike: some will speak positively about almost anything that makes granny's…
To Smoke or not to Smoke? That is the question!
The issues surrounding the banning of smoking in public and the more recent flurries about banning on-stage smoking have been…
Artists with borders
After September 11 and the ensuing ‘war on terror’, the United States and many of its Western allies went into…
The Wild Gift of Live Art
The upcoming Wild Gift Festival, 26th May-1st June, 2006 is a festival of live art which features new work by…
Artists clustered around creative industries
In the past artists were supported and directed by patrons. Today it is clients and arts boards that dictate an…