Kneecap should be commended rather than condemned
Belfast rappers' choice of word may have been crass but at least they were using their artform to create a space for politics
Francis Bacon
Painter Francis Bacon’s childhood home on the market in Dublin for €1.6m
Plus: Big moves for Irish abroad, and the shadowy boffins taking over League of Ireland fantasy football
The Guide: Sugababes, Chubby Cat, Rachel Galvo and other events to see, shows to book and ones to catch before they end
April 19th-25th: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week
Gilbert & George and the Communists: Back in the USSR
James Birch and Michael Hodges’ book on London art duo a riotous, rollicking read with swashbuckling rock’n’roll spirit
John Minihan: Many of my most iconic photographs have a religious connection – even Lady Diana Spencer
My introduction to art happened in my hometown of Athy, Co Kildare. It was an age of belief; religion dominated everyday thinking and behaviour
Francis Bacon’s Nanny: A peek into the darkness of the artist’s childhood
Maylis Besserie’s novel lays bare the cruelty of Bacon’s father as seen through the eyes of the family’s domestic servant Jessie Lightfoot
Percy French painting for sale in Cork and a significant Francis Bacon in London
From whiskey to a Waterford Crystal chandelier, and art for every budget, this week’s auctions have much to appeal
Francis Bacon triptych included in database of art linked to sanctions-hit Russians
Portable designed to restrict ability of those profiting from, or fuelling war, to move fortunes around world
June’s best new translated fiction: Crooked Plow; Whites Can Dance Too; Owlish; Eunuch; Ultramarine
New fiction from Brazil, Angola, Hong Kong, Finland and France
U2’s gobsmackingly quiffed Adam Clayton brings us on a true adventure
Television: In his film about Francis Bacon, the U2 bassist convincingly argues that this great ‘British’ artist is a lot more Irish than we might think
Get shaken - and a little stirred - with antique cocktail cabinets
Sale also features significant work by Patrick Caulfield
Hilary Fannin: Francis Bacon offers a kind of therapy away from London opulence
Bacon’s bleak vision is more in tune with the times than Bond Street’s glitzy shops
Lavery, Yeats and le Brocquy beat estimates in first sales of the year
Irish banknotes also beat expectations in strong sale
Hockney, Hirst and Banksy in Gormley’s most valuable exhibition yet
Signed lithographs, etchings and screenprints in Dublin gallery’s British art sale
Crosswords & Puzzles
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
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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