Sylvia Thompson

Sylvia Thompson

Features Writer

Sylvia Thompson is a Features Writer at The Irish Times

Previously unsold Paul Henry painting among wealth of Irish art up for auction

Jack B Yeats, Louis le Brocquy, Gerard Dillon and Mary Swanzy works among highlights

Could Ireland’s food insecurity be solved with a basic income scheme for local growers?

Providing a basic income to 600 eligible small-scale food producers would cost €8.3 million per year, it is estimated

I have a visceral sense of fear of revealing such a painful chapter of my family’s history

Remembering my uncle Arthur Thompson, whose RAF plane was shot down in Italy during the second World War

Art where you sleep: Major art and sculpture exhibit at The Marker

Works by Andy Warhol, Salvador Dalí, Damien Hirst, Banksy and Tracey Emin to feature

Blasta cookbook publisher Kristin Jensen: ‘Food and stories are what we all have in common’

The US native explains how a fanciful Covid dream led to her becoming a leading Irish food publisher

Is the Irish boarding school becoming a thing of the past?

Glenstal Abbey announcement has sent shockwaves through the sector

Crafted-to-last Norman Cherner chairs among mid-century design treasures at auction

Plus Dublin Gallery Weekend sees venues in the city open their doors late for special exhibitions, artists talks and more

Dún Laoghaire artist Johnman’s cancer story: ‘I’m a big man and I’m used to being strong’

The spray-paint artist on why he decided to share his health updates on Instagram

Paul Henry painting fetches world-record price for the Irish artist

The Potato Harvest has sold for more than €1 million at auction in London

Inside Ireland’s only boarding school offering the Leaving Cert and International Baccalaureate

With more than 60 nationalities represented in the student body, Villiers School in Limerick prides itself on a diverse and inclusive ethos

Dublin Zoo and Bruges paintings by Walter Frederick Osbourne feature in online art sale

Plus 54 works by Connemara-based Charles Vincent Lamb go under the hammer

Victorian silver tea service from the Maud Gonne collection for auction

Meissen porcelain, landscape paintings and a stunning marble chimney piece are some of the finds at country house sales this month

Irish-made watches showcased and a 1960s microcar goes under the hammer

Timepieces by Oileán, Nomadic and Dodecagon to feature in Smock Alley event, while diamonds, sapphires and pearls feature at auctions around Ireland

‘US business people buy properties in Ireland because they love everything about it’

Westmeath-born, Palm Beach-based Desmond Keogh, president of the Irish Georgian Society in the US, owns Oakley Park House in Co Meath

Art and Antiques: Collection of rediscovered Irish painter at deVeres

Dublin-born Frank Phelan was at the centre of the 1960s and 1970s international art movements

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