About

Joanne Laws is an art writer, editor and researcher based in County Roscommon. She is a member of the International Association of Art Critics (AICA) and a regular contributor to contemporary art publications including Art Monthly.  As Editor of The Visual Artists’ News Sheet – Ireland’s bi-monthly publication for the visual arts – Joanne commissions new writing for an Irish arts readership.

Joanne has worked in an editorial capacity on catalogues and monographs for various publishers, museums, and festivals including Thames & Hudson, Mousse Publishing, the Irish Museum of Modern Art, and TULCA Festival of Visual Arts. Among other professional commitments, Joanne currently serves on the board of directors of The Dock and Leitrim Sculpture Centre, and is programme external examiner for the Fine Art Department at Atlantic Technological University Sligo.

This website archives selected writing, which has previously been published in:

Afterimage Journal of Media, Arts and Cultural Criticism (U.S), Allotrope (N.I), Art Papers (U.S), Art Monthly (UK), Art Review (UK), Axis (U.K),  Cabinet (U.S),  Enclave Review (IRL), Frieze (UK), Photomonitor (U.K), Source (N.I), Variant (UK), and Visual Artists News Sheet (IRL), as well as Irish online publications such as Paper Visual Art Journal  and Billion Online Art Review Journal.

Featured image taken by Brian Farrell at The Dock, July 2025.