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On touchstones, and Ana Mendieta
I’m still trying to figure out why I keep coming back to Ana Mendieta in my writing.
 • Sinéad Gleeson
On artistic friendships: Mainie Jellett and Evie Hone
​I've been an admirer of Mainie Jellett and Evie Hone since I first encountered their work in Dublin’s National Gallery as a teenager.
 • Sinéad Gleeson
Hagstone paperback out this week
Books have their own time, but it’s still hard to fathom it’s been a whole year of Nell, Cleary, The Iníons, the island, Maman, the sound, Nick, …
 • Sinéad Gleeson
On Edna O'Brien and Blue Road
I was offline for a few weeks last summer when Edna O’Brien died.
 • Sinéad Gleeson
On past lives, new futures
Despite the gloomy weather here at the moment, I spent the morning walking by the sea with two friends.
 • Sinéad Gleeson
On time, illness and photography
Annie Ernaux and Marc Marie's The Use of Photography
 • Sinéad Gleeson
On art, money and impermanence
The performance art of Carolee Schneemann, Amanda Coogan, Ana Mendieta
 • Sinéad Gleeson
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