During preparations for the 2023 edition of EVA International鈥擨reland鈥檚 biennial Exhibition of Visual Art, based in Limerick since 1977鈥攁 fire at one of the key venues destroyed a body of artworks by Irish artist Orla Barry.
Visual鈥檚 programme of summer exhibitions looks to the gallery鈥檚 location in a way that has not really happened up until now. Not so much its immediate setting in Carlow town, rather its rural surroundings and the fact that, although it is a cultural facility on a national...