Classical

Patrick Scott had a roundabout journey to the Biennale in 1960, writes Marc O’Sullivan

Moving to West Cork proved a creative renewal for artist John Kingerlee, one which went hand in hand with his spiritual awakening, writes Arts Editor Marc O’Sullivan

Love, Peace and Robbery

MY friend Mike Dwyer recalls meeting the late Séamus Heaney and the playwright Brian Friel at Stonehill College in Easton, Massachusetts.

CLASSICAL REVIEW: Messiah - Triskel Christchurch, Cork

Live music: Ms Mr - Academy, Dublin

Live music: Travis

Theatre - Eden

Your reviewer, Marc O’Sullivan disqualified himself from critiquing The Wall by stating his dislike of it at the beginning of the article.

Theatre: Break, Project Arts Centre, Dublin

LIVE MUSIC: Leonard Cohen - O2, Dublin

Live music: Jimmy Eat World, Olympia, Dublin

By Declan Burke, Pól Ó Conghaile, Richard Fitzpatrick, Ed Power, Marc O’Sullivan, Anne Marie O’Connor and Des O’Driscoll

Live music: James, The Olympia, Dublin

Live music - Kraftwerk - Longitude Festival, Dublin

Byzantium, partly filmed in Ireland, is Neil Jordan’s second film in the genre he has loved since Bram Stoker’s home first spooked him as a child, says Marc O’Sullivan

Seán Scully traces the subversive streak in his painting to the trials of growing up in an immigrant Irish family in London in the 1960s, says Arts Editor Marc O’Sullivan.

Boomtown Rats singer Bob Geldof is bringing the band back to Cork, and feels their music deserves more respect, writes Marc O’Sullivan

The Irish Examiner’s Denis Minihane was among the winners at last night’s AIB Photojournalism Awards.

THE return of David Bowie with a new single on his 66th birthday was completely unexpected.

From film to visual art, from theatre to pop, our critics pick the highlights of the year in arts

Legendary photographer Terry O’Neill will present a major exhibition of his work in Cork in January.

What I do: Actor/Singer

A bloody end to the Corona Cork Film Festival saw Martin McDonagh reign supreme, write Carl Dixon and Marc O’Sullivan

What I do: I’m the manager of the Corona Cork Film Festival, which is happening right now.

Just coming up on 10 years old, in great shape and superbly finished is this Allihies 2,800 sq ft home — painted white, and that’s really atypical of the West Cork village and its colourful hinterland.

What I do: I’m a graphic designer, photographer and web designer

Sinéad O’Connor talks to Arts Editor Marc O’Sullivan about overcoming mental illness

A highlight of Midsummer Festival was a series of plays performed in unlikely locations about Cork city, says arts editor Marc O’Sullivan

The highlight of this year’s Degree Show at the Crawford is undoubtedly Olivia O’Mahony’s installation in and around the staircase in the college.

IN THE PAST few years, the Irish have taken to camping like never before.

What I do: 2012 has been good. I finished art college last year expecting to have to work in an unrelated field, but ended up working in a gallery and as a freelance arts writer.

New Order were the festival circuit veterans at Forbidden Fruit in Kilmainham.

Lismore Music Festival had much to contend with at the weekend.

THE shortlist for the fourth annual Irish Council for Civil Liberties Human Rights Film Awards has been announced in Dublin by a celebrity jury that includes Oscar winner Brenda Fricker, Oscar nominated director Kirsten Sheridan and Senator David Norris.

What I do: I am a singer with the Vocal Ensemble Gentlemen Singers from the Czech Republic.

No-one could ever have accused Lucian Freud of being a sentimental painter.

Arts Editor Marc O’Sullivan met the late artist a few years ago and discovered to his delight that they shared a mutual admiration for each other’s work

Joya Kuin

Jackson Pollock

The Innocent Eye Test by Mark Tansey makes John Vaughan smile every time he sees it.

Conor Dwane