Person: Frank McKelvey

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

'Vista from Balcony' by Bob Dylan at Whyte's.

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Game of catch-up has begun in the world of Irish art and antiques

Schedules are filling up rapidly as lockdown eases, says Des O'Sullivan

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Preview of the Irish selection on offer at two sales in Dublin

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LS Lowry in the picture

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A cheerful bank-holiday scene by Kernoff at Dolan’s auction

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London viewings to bring bidders to Dublin art auction

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Art, collectables and furniture to tempt imaginative collectors

Local history background to items at Woodward’s next sale

The connection to the Dwyer family of Sunbeam Wolsey should draw the crowds, writes Des O’Sullivan.

Sat, 25 Feb, 2017

Paul Henry landscape expected to fetch up to €120,000

A fine West of Ireland landscape by Paul Henry is the most expensively estimated lot at Whyte’s sale of Important Irish Art at the RDS next Monday at 6pm.

Sat, 26 Nov, 2016

Antique in brief

ANTIQUE FAIR

Sat, 10 Sep, 2016

Value still to be had in Irish art market

Des O’Sullivan finds top names for sale in Skibbereen auction.

Sat, 03 Sep, 2016

Optimism around Whyte’s sale of Irish art at the RDS

Des O’Sullivan reports on renewed confidence in the rising Irish art market on the basis of encouraging sales.

Sat, 20 Feb, 2016

Michael Flatley works sell for €120k

Michael Flatley stole the show at Morgan O’Driscoll’s Irish and International art auction at the RDS in Dublin last evening.

Tue, 21 Apr, 2015

Affordability the key at Adam sale of important Irish art

Des O’Sullivan says a 1936 oil by Jack B Yeats, ‘Hearing The Nightingale’, is exciting featured lot.

Sat, 28 Mar, 2015

Still life and Photorealist art a feature of Whyte’s RDS sale

Des O’Sullivan reports on the important sale of Irish and International art in Dublin on February 23.

Sat, 14 Feb, 2015

ESB art collection sale dominated by affordable Irish landscapes

Highlights from the sale of 148 lots from the ESB Collection at James Adam in Dublin next Tuesday include works by Patrick Collins, Norah McGuinness, Patrick Hennessy and Frank McKelvey.

Sat, 13 Dec, 2014

Yeats, Henry, Osborne works feature in important Irish sales

Des O’Sullivan reports on a major sale of Irish art which includes a widely exhibited painting by Jack Yeats.

Sat, 29 Nov, 2014

Art on show in Skibb for local fundraiser

The August weekend is normally the busiest one of the year in Skibbereen and this year there is plenty to attract art lovers. 

Sat, 02 Aug, 2014

Art for art’s sake at O’Driscoll sale

Paintings from Morgan O’Driscoll’s online auction of Irish art are being sold to help fund the new West Cork Arts Centre, the building of which is now nearing completion at Skibbereen.

Sat, 26 Jul, 2014

O’Conor masterpiece highlight of Adam’s sale

AN early masterpiece by Roderic O’Conor will highlight the James Adam’s sale of Important Irish Art in Dublin next Wednesday, May 28, at 6pm.

Sat, 24 May, 2014

Dillon and Reid works lead sale

MASTER works by Gerard Dillon and Nano Reid lead Whyte’s sale of Important Irish Art at the RDS on Monday at 6pm.

Sat, 24 May, 2014

Artistic gems from Irish legends past, present

Des O’Sullivan unfolds a treasure trove of art sales that include a rare Joseph O’Reilly and work by modern artists

Sun, 24 Mar, 2013

Quality collection from well-known impressarios

THE art collection of the man who first recorded Rory Gallagher and Van Morrison forms the backbone of Whyte’s sale of Irish and British art at the RDS next Monday at 6pm.

Sun, 03 Mar, 2013

Art for everyone at Dublin sale

THE last time an original work by Sean Scully was sold at auction in Ireland was in 2008, according to Morgan O’Driscoll.

Sun, 17 Feb, 2013

Le Brocquy work at Adams sale

A detail of Indoors Outdoors by Louis le Brocquy, estimated at €500,000-€800,000 for Adams’ sale on Wednesday.

Sat, 26 May, 2012