Damien Hirst

Treasa O’Brien’s film explores a Galway town transformed by immigration

The artist has always rammed home the fragility of life. It makes his work perfect for a pandemic

Signed David Bowie self-portrait and print by Bob Dylan perfect for music lovers

The shoemaker to the rich and famous, finds inspiration in childhood, conversation and collecting

An Irishman’s Diary

Showbiz accountant who became the charismatic business manager for Damien Hirst

Struggling airline will offer 17 artworks in two auctions at Sotheby’s

The painting of a Celtic cross was among Irish art that sold in an online only auction

Review: A fascinating documentary about art dealer Michel Cohen gets its sums wrong

Four Weddings and a Funeral was, for a while, the highest grossing British film of all time

Top of the bill at O’Reillys is a sapphire and diamond necklace with an estimate of €24,000-€26,000

Key pieces being sold from the late singer’s art collection reflect his life and demons

Theme of natural world features in forthcoming auctions

Doha Letter: Country intent on showing it is more liberal and modern than its neighbours

Glasgow-based artist’s film ‘Bridgit’ praised by judges as ‘unexpectedly expansive’

The artist’s controversial Qatar sculptures are a rare celebration of women’s bodies

Sarah Thornton has been asking artists about myths, muses and their ‘less normal’ lives

The Irish chef on his London restaurants, Brexit, and the project that almost sank him

Ideas take shape when the mind is drifting, so give kids room ‘to let their minds wander’

Fame, failure, assualt, getting high: nothing is off limits in the singer’s memoir

The London-based Cork painter Conor Harrington now commands five-figure sums for his work

This year’s festival will include the work of more than 70 artists and art groups

A new app allows prospective buyers to visualise paintings on their own walls

Three duelling, headstrong royals at the centre of a dispute that threatens to escalate

Michael Lafferty’s three-bed apartment comes with 2005 A4 sweetener for €700,000

The work of Iriish artist Eilís O’Connell features in a major exhibition in England alongside artists Damien Hirst, Lynn Chadwick, Antony Gormley and Elisabeth Frink

Take advantage of cheap transatlantic flights or stay at home in Connemara

Artwork auctioned to help raise funds for HIV and Aids prevention and awareness

Pieces of me: Shaun Davin

Shining a light on recent history and exploding reductionism from a backroom

Rock musicians know what to buy, but even U2 can make a mistake on values

The British-Nigerian artist’s work is laden with complex identity conundrums

Artworks are like people: you don’t have to like all of them. The best buying tip is to to trust your gut instincts

A kiss is not just a kiss in this big Imma show about a big emotion

The world of art authentication is a murky one and with hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of euro riding on the outcomes, is increasingly vexed by legal challenge

This week: the ‘Case of the Magic Cheese’, M&S’s ‘bad dream’ and how the force is with Cineworld

Are all the characters in Hilary Fannin’s new play toxically self-involved or has our national plummet from prosperity left everybody isolated?

Is selling Alec Soth’s ‘intangible’ photographs a cynical ploy to feed the First World’s need to need, or does it reveal something about the parts of us that only art can reach?

Works by Takashi Murakami and Damien Hirst sold at Sotheby’s fundraising auction

Lazarides helped make Banksy’s career but now he’s focusing his energies on other artists, such as Conor Harrington