Des O’Sullivan previews the Irish art on offer at upcoming Dublin and London sales

The summer has begun well for sellers, reports Des O’Sullivan

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

Des O’Sullivan previews major sales of classic and modern art in London and Dublin.

Anne Madden’s artistic success in France allowed her get away from just being seen as Louis le Brocquy’s wife, writes Alan O’Riordan

Des O’Sullivan previews an Irish and international art auction with an embarrassment of riches.

Former press baron Tony O’Reilly is understood to have sold some of his art collection, with a number of works having gone under the hammer at auction last week.

Sales at Whyte’s, de Veres, Adams and Morgan O’Driscoll will offer plenty of choice, writes Des O’Sullivan.

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

A MAJOR painting from le Brocquy’s celebrated Tinker series will lead the 23 Irish works at Sotheby’s sale of British and Irish art in London on December 10. 

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350 lots include Le Brocquy and de Bardyere works, Des O’Sullivan reports.

THE Irish art market will be tested on the international stage in London next Thursday.

ART sales in London over the next fortnight could approach £600 million in value.

An early masterpiece by the late legendary Irish artist Louis Le Brocquy is expected to fetch €500,000 at auction this week.

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

Fireside is the title of this work by Mark O’Neill at Dolan’s art auction in Galway next Tuesday (May 22).

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Art dealers, the Waddingtons, are selling up their elevated Ballycotton home, Tommy Barker reports on a seaside house that's chock full of collectibles.

Leading names from the world of art and culture gathered in Dublin over the weekend to celebrate the life and works of the late artist, Louis le Brocquy.

Louis le Brocquy, who died yesterday aged 95, was so venerated a figure in the Irish arts world that it is often forgotten how controversial a figure he had sometimes been.

Louis le Brocquy, who died yesterday aged 95, was so venerated a figure in the Irish arts world that it is often forgotten how controversial a figure he had sometimes been.

Arts Editor Marc O’Sullivan met the late artist a few years ago and discovered to his delight that they shared a mutual admiration for each other’s work

President Michael D Higgins has led tributes to the one of Ireland’s most renowned artists, Louis le Brocquy, who died at home in Dublin aged 95 with his wife, Anne Madden, at his side.

Artists, writers, and people of culture have long been afforded a special place in the hearts and minds of the Irish people.

One of Ireland’s most renowned artists, Louis le Brocquy, has died, a family source has confirmed.

BANK of Ireland is tostart selling its art collection after Standard & Poor’s estimated that the Government-backed recapitalising of the banking system may cost as much as €50 billion.

Legal eagles are expected to be among those hoping to swoop on a top barrister’s art collection when it goes under the hammer later this month.

Nobel prize winning poet Seamus Heaney has joined Hollywood actress Charlize Theron and artist Louis le Brocquy in the campaign against the M3 motorway.

A HUMOUROUS painting paying homage to the best-known pubs around Dublin in the 1940s will be the toast of an auction house when it goes under the hammer this week.

WORKS by some of Ireland’s most celebrated artists are on display in Dublin just weeks before going under the hammer.

Stunning works by some of Ireland’s most celebrated artists are on display in Dublin just weeks before going under the hammer.

Part of a rediscovered private art collection including unseen paintings by Jack B Yeats and Louis le Brocquy was tonight sold for €2.5m – a million euro over its pre-sale estimate.

Part of a rediscovered private art collection including unseen paintings by Jack B Yeats and Louis le Brocquy will be auctioned tonight.

A private art collection including unseen paintings by Jack B Yeats and Louis le Brocquy will be auctioned this week.

Thomas Kinsella and Louis le Brocquy will be bestowed with the Honorary Freedom of the City of Dublin in a ceremony tonight.

Valuable works by some of Ireland’s most sought after artists are to be sold off next month in London’s two most famous auction houses, Sotheby’s and Christie’s.

A valuable painting discovered on the BBC’s Antiques Roadshow is among over 170 works up for auction this week in Dublin in a sale expected to break all Irish records.

A painting from a highly-acclaimed portrait series by Louis le Brocquy is expected to fetch the highest price at a major sale of post-war Irish art which goes on display today.

THE Guinness family is to open its doors to the famous Luggala Estate in County Wicklow this week as hundreds of antiques and paintings are auctioned off.