Luchita Hurtado obituary: Artist ‘discovered’ at age of 97

Venezuelan-American painter listed in Time magazine’s 100 most influential people last year

Mary Swanzy, one of Ireland’s leading modernist painters

Artist achieved success in her lifetime only to be relatively forgotten in death

2019 cultural highlights: You’ll laugh, you’ll picnic, you’ll plough

The best music, theatre, comedy, film and spoken word in the coming year

‘I swore off auctions on account of there being no more room, and the threat of divorce’

Jennifer O’Connell: ‘Your first successful bid at an auction is like an alcoholic’s first sip of booze’

Paintings may contain Alzheimer’s clues, claims Maynooth researcher

Study of work by major artists could help in earlier diagnosis of degenerative illness

Panama Papers shed light on secret deals of art world

Buyers, sellers of art use same hidden corners of global finance as dictators and fraudsters

Visual Art round-up: Bent knees and a strange nostalgia for the future

Installations, painting, etchings and photography: four Dublin shows have it all

Reclusive German Cornelius Gurlitt, who hoarded Nazi-looted art, has died

The 81-year-old from Munich died after heart surgery

Mane frame: equine art in the Year of the Horse

From ancient cave paintings to modern images, the horse and its representation have remained central to art and artists

Bavarian police criticised for silence on Munich art find

Investigators have no contact with elderly man who hoarded 1,400 priceless art works for decades

Pope calls for church that ‘keeps the doors open’

Pope Francis addresses many of the hottest issues of his pontificate

Michael Farrell: an international artist who never forgot his roots

Micheal Farrell, one of the greatest Irish artists of his generation, is well served by a new show

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