Eve Kelliher takes a look at what’s happening in the worlds of art, interiors and gardening.

The New York sale of a 1917 nude painting by Amadeo Modigliani is believed to have earned horse stud owner John Magnier close to €120m.

Jeff Gordinier has lunch with Massimo Bottura, the man voted the number one chef in the world.

An exhibition of set and costume designs by great artists for the Ballets Russes are currently on display at the UCC gallery, writes Colette Sheridan

Three students chased and detained a man who police believe tried to steal five paintings from a Boston art gallery, including etchings by Pablo Picasso and Rembrandt.

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

First Dates Ireland begins on RTÉ2 on Thursday at 9.30pm.

Iran is divided between those seeking to embrace a Western way of life and the tradtionalists, writes Janine Di Giovanni

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A painting by Amedeo Modigliani fetched $170.4m at an auction, setting a world record for the artist and achieving the second highest price ever garnered for a work of art at auction.

The story of Peggy Guggenheim was of a life less ordinary, writes Richard Fitzpatrick

A team of Spanish police experts flew to the French island of Corsica to retrieve a masterpiece by Pablo Picasso which was smuggled out of Spain.

Spanish police have sent a team of experts to the French island of Corsica to retrieve a Pablo Picasso painting owned by a Spanish banker.

A vibrant, multi-hued painting from Pablo Picasso set a world record for artwork at auction, selling for $179.4m (€159.5m), while a sculpture by Alberto Giacometti set a record for most expensive sculpture, at $141.3m (€125.6m).

A painting Vincent van Gogh created while briefly working side-by-side with his friend Paul Gauguin in the south of France has brought in $66.3m (€59m) at auction.

RORY O’CONNELL has been teaching people to cook for more than 30 years, ever since he co-founded Ballymaloe Cookery School with his sister, Darina Allen.

P Diddy was saddened after being outbid on a $1.2m Pablo Picasso painting.

Scientists and art experts have discovered a hidden painting beneath one of Pablo Picasso’s first masterpieces, The Blue Room, using advances in infrared imagery to reveal a bow- tied man with his face resting on his hand.

Scientists and art experts have found a hidden painting beneath one of Pablo Picasso’s first masterpieces, The Blue Room, using advances in infrared imagery to reveal a bow-tied man with his face resting on his hand.

Leonardo DiCaprio has auctioned off a space voyage with him for $1.5 million.

Cornelius Gurlitt, a reclusive German whose long-secret hoard of well over 1,000 artworks triggered an international uproar over the fate of art looted by the Nazis, died yesterday, aged 81.

If you’re heading to Marseille for Munster’s Heineken clash with Toulon, you’re in for a tourist treat with fine food and a proud history.

An American looking for art to hang in his new home has won a €734,000 Picasso painting – with a €100 charity raffle ticket.

A $1m drawing by Pablo Picasso was snapped up by a 25-year-old US art lover at an online charity raffle for a mere €100.

For aspiring art collectors everywhere, there is hope.

A hoard of art found in Germany last year, some of which was apparently seized by the Nazis, included works ranging from Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall, Max Liebermann and dates back to the 16th century.

Picasso and Truth

Three Romanians have pleaded guilty to stealing seven paintings, including works by Picasso, Monet and Matisse, from a Dutch museum in a raid that shocked the art world.

Christie’s first mainland China auction raised $25m (€18.5m), with sales led by a Picasso, Patek Philippe watches and bottles of Chateau Lafite.

When I was a boy, I lived in a poor Irish community in London.

An auction at Fota House in aid of conservation work on Cork’s iconic St Fin Barre’s Cathedral, saw a Maternité etching by Pablo Picasso make €2,300 and a Picasso engraving make €500.

AN auction in aid of conservation work on Cork’s iconic, St Fin Barre’s Cathedral, includes a limited edition print by Pablo Picasso, an Arcadian painting by William Irving, rare items of Cork and Limerick silver and a bottle of Chateau Petrus donated and signed by Michael Flatley.

A top British university has been criticised for spending £1.4m (€1.65m) on art including works by Pablo Picasso and Andy Warhol while it charges students £9,000-a-year (€10.600) and pays hundreds of staff less than the Living Wage.

Ronnie O’Sullivan has revealed the warmth of his relationship with artist Damien Hirst was a major factor behind his decision to return to snooker after almost a year out.

‘Analysing Cubism’ is a major exhibition of Irish Cubist painting at the Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin.

The Lavit Gallery is celebrating 50 years of promoting the visual arts, says Tina O’Sullivan

SHE’S probably the most successful neophiliac ever.

Artists fought the censorship of France’s cultural life, writes Tracy McNicoll

Police hunting the art thieves who stole paintings worth tens of millions from a Rotterdam museum say they are following up several tips from the public.

Thieves yesterday broke into a Rotterdam museum and walked off with works from the likes of Picasso, Monet, Gauguin, and Matisse potentially worth hundreds of millions of euro.

What I do: Paint in oils. Lately I’ve been writing plays and acting (of sorts)

Antonio Banderas will play Pablo Picasso in '33 Days'.