Out Now | March April 2026 issue of The Visual Artists’ News Sheet
VAN March/April 2026 issue foregrounds visual art projects, events, exhibitions, and screening programmes happening around the country and overseas. For the international section, John Graham considers the Gerhard Richter retrospective at the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris; Cian Duggan discusses his recent exhibition in Ho Chi Minh City and the wider art scene in Vietnam; and Brenda Moore-McCann reports on an event in Rome with Na Cailleacha for St Brigid’s Day.
Among feature articles for this issue, Helena Tobin reflects on the evolution of South Tipperary Arts Centre over the last 30 years; Aengus Woods considers several recent photography exhibitions in Dublin; Emma Battlebury outlines ‘Desire Lines’, a screening programme organised by aemi; while member profiles explore the art practices of Charys Wilson, Mary St. Leger, and Marie Phelan.
This issue also includes timely coverage of recent exhibitions nationwide: ‘WAAG: An Archive’ at Mermaid Arts Centre in Wicklow; Oliver Jeffers at Naughton Gallery in Belfast; Elinor O’Donovan at Triskel Arts Centre and Sirius Arts Centre in Cork; ‘It’s Not Clear from Here’ at CCA Derry ~ Londonderry; Naomi Sex at VISUAL Carlow; and ‘Songs to the Siren’ at The Model in Sligo.
On The Cover
Na Cailleacha, The School of Hibernia (After Raphael), 2024 [detail], tableau staged in the Museum Building, Trinity College Dublin, 9 March 2024; photograph by Ros Kavanagh, courtesy of the artists and Trinity College Dublin.
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