Des O’Sullivan previews Whyte’s sale which features a number of leading names from the Irish art world

The Birth of Modernism in Irish Art 1920-1960 is the title of an exhibition running at the State Apartment Galleries in Dublin Castle until August 18.

The role played by women in the history of Irish art is the focus of the summer loan exhibition at James Adam.

Exhibition shows how female artists were often more innovative, writes Colette Sheridan

Cork-born Patrick Scott, who died yesterday aged 93, enjoyed a long and illustrious career as one of Ireland’s best-loved visual artists.