Karl Weschke: Postwar modernist painter who remains criminally under-recognised
Review: Painting order out of chaos - Severe, brooding paintings deserve a wider audience
Review: Painting order out of chaos - Severe, brooding paintings deserve a wider audience
Gestures ubiquitous at Irish funerals before the pandemic ravaged the world were no longer allowed during the most surreal period in a generation
Belfast rappers' choice of word may have been crass but at least they were using their artform to create a space for politics
Plus: Big moves for Irish abroad, and the shadowy boffins taking over League of Ireland fantasy football
April 19th-25th: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week
James Birch and Michael Hodges’ book on London art duo a riotous, rollicking read with swashbuckling rock’n’roll spirit
My introduction to art happened in my hometown of Athy, Co Kildare. It was an age of belief; religion dominated everyday thinking and behaviour
Maylis Besserie’s novel lays bare the cruelty of Bacon’s father as seen through the eyes of the family’s domestic servant Jessie Lightfoot
From whiskey to a Waterford Crystal chandelier, and art for every budget, this week’s auctions have much to appeal
Portable designed to restrict ability of those profiting from, or fuelling war, to move fortunes around world
New fiction from Brazil, Angola, Hong Kong, Finland and France
Television: In his film about Francis Bacon, the U2 bassist convincingly argues that this great ‘British’ artist is a lot more Irish than we might think
Sale also features significant work by Patrick Caulfield
Bacon’s bleak vision is more in tune with the times than Bond Street’s glitzy shops
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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