Money, women and power wove the threads of the year

The Hugh Lane Gallery’s new exhibition is a chance to see art that recalibrated the concepts of celebrity and aesthetics across image, film and music

City council and Google partner up to make the capital ‘first city in the world’ to use AR technology for tourism

Bluebeard’s Last Wife sold to Brian Clarke for €165,000 – double its lower estimate

A new biography sheds new light on the enigma that is Francis Bacon

Galleries and museums set to open alongside hairdressers in Government’s plans

As funding for the arts continues to erode, here are the questions to ask on the doorstep

Also known as the Art Olympics, this vast exhibition features works from 89 countries

The sales feature a selection of nude styles, from the stark anatomical realism of John Luke’s Nude Male to Louis le Brocquy’s subtle Being

Walsh’s furniture designs have made their way from Kinsale into private and public collections worldwide

A fine new show re-establishes the painter as a leading impressionist but miscasts her as a feminist icon

Jones’s idea for Ireland’s entry into the Venice Biennale was to create a fictional lost past where women held power

Jazz guitarist Hugh Buckley’s instrument was taken from his car in Dublin on Tuesday

The book will list all of Francis Bacon’s works, including 100 previously unpublished paintings

Street processions, bodhrán sessions and fireworks displays help to announce 2016

Artist’s hand-decorated certificate to go under the hammer for €2,000-€3,000

A fascination with Europe as a ritual cultural entity is reflected in these paintings from 1980 onward

From goats to music festivals, the bank holiday weekend has something for everybody

Pieces were made for churches in Ireland, Wales and New Zealand but never installed

British architect Edwin Landseer Lutyens, who died 100 years ago, had strong Irish connections. He once proposed to replace the Ha’penny Bridge with an art gallery