Chester Beatty Library

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Kevin McLoughlin is curator at the Hong Kong University Museum and Art Gallery

Programme aims to enable children’s creative potential

Revised plan includes extra measures such as opaque glazing

Maria Browne had expressed worries over seven-storey building overlooking her offices

Maria Browne says proposed nearby block is too tall and could jeopardise State privacy

Last of the tycoon developers sells up on the capital city’s priciest strip

A masterpiece of Japanese scroll painting shines through the centuries

It’s 50 years since the philanthropist’s extraordinary donation. Now his library is showcasing its treasures

Irish chefs are embracing plant-based food, and there are some surprises to be found on Dublin’s vegan food tour

Many Irish tourist spots charge more than more famous global counterparts

Priorities include renovating cultural institutions and digitising national collections

A tour at the Chester Beatty uses artefacts as a visual springboard into past events

Nest week, the Chester Beatty Library puts on display one of the greatest art works from the 15th century

National Development Plan: €75m a year will go a long towards making the main national cultural establishments fit for purpose

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The career options available in the public sector are many and varied

National Gallery of Ireland and EPIC Irish Emigration Museum in final nominees for European Museum of the Year

From ancient pagan carvings to Michelangelo’s masterpieces, the stories that art has left as a legacy can bring greater understanding of different belief systems

The designer, cook, mother and creative director of homewares for Dunnes Stores shares recipes and tips from her new book

Artist anticipates the approach of war correspondents and photographers

Artists have a rich history of activism, using their talents to take their messages out of the gallery and into the street

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Exclusive plot on 0.9 acres that was home to Chester Beatty Library

These Japanese prints were often made by groups rather than individual artists, and the result is a stunning attention to detail

Pakistan’s ambassador to Ireland who fostered cultural links and learning

Kathlyn O’Brien speculates on identity and mortality in ‘Altered Light’, while Michael Beirne creates strange, hallucinatory visions of his own inner world in ‘Sahasrara’

Welcome the arrival of the year of the rooster with a rousing celebration

The Miele massive sale, upcycled gems, Merrion Square open doors, bedroom inspiration and seeking eclectic collectibles

Huangshan region and landscape informs Hong Ling’s work

Star Wars and Game of Thrones have raised Ireland’s profile in Japan, says Niall Gibbons

The designer who has a best-selling range with Dunnes Stores, has furnished her home with carefully chosen things that have a past – a story to tell – and the kitchen, where she cooks and bakes, is her favourite room

Drug gangs mean Republic is still not safe, event in memory of journalist is told

A copper-bearing pigment was burning through the 890-page 16th-century Koran, but the manuscript has been saved and is on display in the Chester Beatty Library

President to open Chester Beatty exhibition of ‘extraordinarily beautiful’ Islamic art

The influence of Japan on our design culture is deep and pervasive, so what is it that has so enraptured some of our most creative artists and makers?

Not much is known about London husband-and-wife satirists the Darlys, but their work remains sharp

Library conservators combine science and creativity in protecting and restoring the collection of 20,000 objects

Irish filmmaker Bryony Dunne is making a the desert bloom on screen, linking the land of Moses to the Aran Islands

Rite and Reason: Fascination with Jesus of Nazareth, as shown by Pearse and McDonagh in 1916, continues