Irish Romanticism: A Literary History by Claire Connolly – A lively tradition that still has much to teach us
Claire Connolly’s ambitious study captures well both the gradual development of Irish Romanticism and its ‘copiousness’
Hugh Lane
Basil Blackshaw’s angels appear in De Vere’s Irish Art Auction
Works by Nathaniel Hone and Daniel O’Neill also among selection from 20th century
Cliff Taylor: Time to plan for implications of working from home
Pandemic labour trends may boost living standards, output and balanced development
Hatch & Sons closes both cafe locations citing drop in Dublin footfall
‘Simply not enough tourists or office workers’ to sustain sales, say Kemp sisters
The year of Jack B Yeats: artist’s 1950 ‘masterpiece’ could fetch record €2m
‘Shouting’ described as one of artist’s greatest achievements ahead of Whyte’s auction
Pen used by Collins to sign Anglo-Irish Treaty goes on display
Lavery paintings of treaty signatories are now exhibited at Collins Barracks
Embassy musical event will show Dublin and London still in tune
London Letter: Other Voices amplifies interwoven musical world of Britain and Ireland
Exhibition of Anglo-Irish Treaty portraits marks centenary of talks
Lavery portraits of both sides on view at Irish Embassy in London – ‘The Art of Negotiation’
Anglo-Irish Treaty set for public display to mark State centenary
Contentious document signed on December 6th, 1921, establishing the Irish Free State
Dublin: An insiders’ guide to walks, activities, food, drink and hidden gems
If you want to stretch your legs, there are great walks north and south of the city
Hugh Lane Gallery collaborates on street art in honour of lives lost to Covid-19
Mural is part of wider initiative to move gallery’s summer programme outdoors
First-edition Gulliver’s Travels expected to fetch close to €100k
Bonham’s also selling bust of Jonathan Swift and holding sale celebrating male form in art
Doug Fishbone show at the Crawford couldn’t be more timely
Reopening Culture: The Crawford Art Gallery, Cork
Tánaiste says Glasnevin memorial wall should be finished
Commemorations will remember everybody who died ‘irrespective of uniform’, says Taoiseach
Centenary events to remember all who died ‘irrespective of uniform’, says Taoiseach
Micheál Martin warns against use of history to fuel ‘intolerant nationalism’
Patriot Games – Frank McNally on political art theft, football as opera, and Lenin’s Irish accent
An Irishman’s Diary
Memory Lane – Ray Burke on the audacious theft of Berthe Morisot’s Impressionist masterpiece and the Hugh Lane bequest
An Irishman’s Diary
Bronze by sculptural artist John Behan an antidote to hype of NFTs
Maquette of well-known public sculpture Arrival among works in Morgan O’Driscoll art sale
Emma Dabiri and Hazel Chu: ‘This is a real, important moment in Ireland’
Race, inequality and how we have a unique opportunity to create a better country
Painting Dublin: A visual history of Ireland’s capital city
Before now, emphasis was placed on rural landscape and western seaboard in Irish art. This book takes a very different approach
‘This is my favourite place in Dublin’: National Gallery and Museum reopen
‘I became unemployed during the pandemic. I am excited to educate myself culturally here’
The misunderstood, useless and brilliant artists of the Irish diaspora
Post-Famine identity and the diaspora are the focus of a book rich in anecdote and detail
Go west for great art at summer auction in Connemara
Dolan’s art sale is going virtual due to Covid-19, but there are real treasures on sale
The best artworks to see in Ireland’s reopened galleries
Feast your eyes on the classic works, or check out some completely new visual art
The ultimate parents’ survival guide to summer 2020
Activities are curbed due to Covid-19, but there’s plenty of ways to keep kids occupied
No headsets, one-way systems: Reopening Ireland’s museums
Galleries and museums set to open alongside hairdressers in Government’s plans
Coronavirus: Full list of all closures and cancellations
Taoiseach announces closure of schools, colleges and other public facilities
Paul Hogan obituary: Design pioneer who took a painting from the Tate
The Dublin-born designer and trade adviser had a lasting impact in multiple regards
Jack B Yeats: More than 30 works to go on display ahead of RDS sale
Collection held by Ernie O’Malley to be sold, as de Vere’s also hold major Irish art sale
Birth. Sex. Death: Francis Bacon’s tragic vision of mankind
The artist’s work is visceral yet beautiful, as a major new show in Paris makes clear
‘I stopped caffeine a few years back as I came to realise it just didn’t agree with me’
My Daily Diet: Lauren Kinsella (36) is a vocalist, composer and lecturer
In search of Una Watters and her ‘lost’ paintings
Many works by the Irish artist, born in 1918, have disappeared
The Blunden sisters: Last of the great adventurers
Sisters Caroline and Jane are selling the contents of Castle Blunden, their family home
Crosswords & Puzzles
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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