THIS month sees Cork designer-maker Joseph Walsh being honoured in New York by a world leader in contemporary craftsmanship.

What to do with an unexpected €40,000?

Did he anticipate that the critics would claim that the work, in its partially shredded state, would climb in value to at least $2 million?

Some of the most famous artists in history may have left subtle clues to brain disease in their work, scientists have found.

Rotterdam is presently undergoing a renaissance of sorts, specifically in the areas of arts, culture, night life and fashion.

Two Andy Warhol portraits of superstars Elvis Presley and Marlon Brando have sold for more than $151m (€121.2m) at an auction in New York.

Two Andy Warhol portraits of superstars Elvis Presley and Marlon Brando have sold for more than 151 million dollars (€121m) at an auction in New York.

A winning bid of €75,000 proved to be the most successful sale at Morgan O’Driscoll’s online art auction, which ended last Monday evening.

Enter Night: Metallica

A classic drip work by Jackson Pollock may have become the world's most expensive painting, it was reported today.

Fashion designer Stella McCartney is embroiled in a legal battle over the fate of her late grandfather’s multi-million-pound art collection.

Bob Dylan, the unofficial poet laureate of the rock ’n’ roll generation, has now been officially placed alongside such literary greats as Philip Roth and Adrienne Rich, not to mention biographies of Shakespeare and Willem de Kooning.