Evolution of women composers a missing link in new concert series
Why does the NCH need €20,000 before it will bother exploring music by women?
First look at renovated Russborough House as it reopens after €1m renovations
Art and furniture not seen for decades from Alfred Beit collection on display after refurbishment
Beit Foundation settles death duty dispute with a painting
The Cornfield by Jacob van Ruisdael will now go to the Ulster Museum in Belfast
Shane Ross fails to launch, but St Patrick’s Festival sets out its stall
More than 3,000 performers to take part, with 100,000 overseas visitors expected
Brendan Howlin welcomes ‘white knights’ in Beit art sale
Board set to postpone London auction after emergence of Irish donors
Beit Foundation board set to postpone art sale
Board to meet to discuss pulling of paintings from auction after private donors make offer
Heather Humphreys says ‘door still open’ to Beit trustees
Difference of opinion exists over what Ministers were told by the foundation in 2013
Russborough House records €395,000 loss in 2014
Charity previously relied on grant support from Fáilte Ireland and Wicklow council
The sale of important artworks from the Alfred Beit collection reflects poorly on the Irish State
Not only does this sale threaten the integrity of this important collection, but in flying in the face of the clearly expressed intentions of Sir Alfred and Lady Beit it may jeopardise the possibility of future similar donations
Fintan O’Toole: The ‘deaccessioning’ of art – an ugly word for an ugly deed
‘The tale of the Beit paintings merely puts some more glamorous touches to a drearily familiar canvas’
The flight of the Beits
The Alfred Beit Foundation’s proposed sale of nine paintings that were supposed to be ‘for the enjoyment of the Irish people’ caused outrage.
National Gallery powerless to act on Beit paintings in London sale
Gallery interested in acquiring some paintings but no funds for purchases since 2010
Russborough to sell Old Masters to fund upkeep of house
Sale of paintings by Christie’s in London could raise €11 million
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