Prominent Irish art from collection of former postman for sale at deVeres
Nano Reid, Sean McSweeney and John Shinnors feature in collection of the late Alan Conroy
Barrie Cooke
Artist
‘Thanks to the bogs, life will continue. Just not ours’: The Irish bog and our national psyche
BogSkin, an exhibition by the Royal Hibernian Academy, prods us by showing that Ireland’s bogs aren’t simply repositories for our collective unconsciousness, they are precious sustainers of life and, in a hugely destructive inflection of past habits, we are sacrificing them
Irish painter’s estate includes unpublished Heaney poem
Cambridge University pays ‘six-figure sum’ for material belonging to late Barrie Cooke
From a baby grand piano in Waterford to rare Irish silver in New York
Auctions, results & fairs: upcoming sales include a diamond galloping horse brooch
Auctions, Results & Fairs
Set of Ian Fleming first editions, Tiffany yellow diamond cluster ring, Waterford Crystal
Auctions, results and fairs
Signed edition of James Joyce’s Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man fetches £17,000
Lorraine Keane: ‘My bathrooms are a bit Celtic Tiger’
Pieces of me: The broadcaster bought her Victorian home 13 years ago
Hong Ling: retrospective of a great living Chinese artist
Huangshan region and landscape informs Hong Ling’s work
Visual art round-up: Brian Ballard’s paintings get better with age
The Belfast painter's work has aged very well
List of the week: 10 great Irish paintings on public display
A new weekly column brings you curated lists from Irish Times experts. Here, our art critic suggests 10 Irish paintings worth seeking out
Sligo-based Nick Miller wins inaugural Hennessy Portrait Prize
Painting of the late Barrie Cooke is selected from shortlist of 12 works
Joe Wilson will bring the mountain to you
Visual Art: The Twelve Bens are vividly captured in Wilson’s picture book; plus reviews of Kevin Cosgrove and selected works from the collection of Pat and Antoinette Murphy
Dorothy Cross’s all-seeing shark’s eye
Bits of shark and a barrister’s wig: there is no mistaking Cross’s work
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Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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