Des O’Sullivan casts an eye over the paintings at de Veres sale.

Brian Kennedy is selling a sizeable amount of his private art collection.

Collectable yet affordable Irish work is going for sale online, says Des O’Sullivan

The late tycoon Edward Haughey was a keen collector with deep pockets, writes Des O’Sullivan.

Des Breen looks at a landmark book which not only shines a light on the creativity of Irish artists and writers, but also on the philistinism of the nation.

Des O’Sullivan takes a look at the forthcoming auction of furniture and art at Lynes and Lynes in Co Cork.

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

Best of Sotheby’s

 

The influence of Cezanne can be clearly seen in Roderic O’Conor’s Still Life with Apples on a White Cloth. 

LT Meade penned over 300 books in a long career, writes Des O’Sullivan.

Cork born artist Thurloe Conolly is set to bring two collections of work back to his hometown.

What might amount to a resurgence of the Irish art market could emerge next week. Advance interest in Morgan O’Driscoll’s Irish and International art auction at the RDS next Monday at 6 pm is heavy. 

Tommy Barker reports on an exceptional harbourside home, in impeccable order inside and out.

Jacqueline Stanley tells Alan O’Riordan about the legacy of her late husband Campbell Bruce, former professor of fine arts at NCAD

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

Finding good Irish-made gifts under €20 for the page today was easy. 

IRISH literature, myth and legend inspired the Westerness series by the celebrated Northern Irish painter Colin Middleton (1910-1983).

Variety on offer at the Ib Jorgensen Collection, writes Des OSullivan.

Cork artist Fin Dac is building quite a reputation with his impressive murals, writes Marc O’Sullivan.

FRESH from a very well attending viewing in Skibbereen last weekend Morgan O’Driscoll’s Dublin viewing of Irish art gets underway at the RDS at 11 am today.

Sarah Walker remembers her family’s friendship with the late artist Patrick Scott

The achievements of the West Cork artist Patrick Scott were celebrated on Saturday at the launch of the retrospective exhibition, Image Space Light, at the Irish Museum of Modern Art, in Dublin.

Patrick Scott had a roundabout journey to the Biennale in 1960, writes Marc O’Sullivan

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

The Cork artist Patrick Scott has died at the age of 93.

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The veteran West Cork-born artist Patrick Scott is the subject of a major retrospective in Dublin and Carlow, Tina Darb O’Sullivan reports

Retrospective opens simultaneously at Dublin’s IMMA and Carlow’s Visual, says Des O’Sullivan.

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A long-running love story culminated yesterday in the marriage of Cork-born artist Patrick Scott, at the ripe old age of 93, to 57-year-old Eric Pearce, his companion of 37 years.

Séamus Heaney was a great friend of my parents Robin and Dorothy Walker.

In one of his last published pieces, Séamus Heaney recalled his friendship with the art critic Dorothy Walker, currently the subject of an exhibition in Dublin.

Jack B Yeats, Leo Whelan, Roderic O’Conor, Tony O’Malley, Patrick Scott, Harry Kernoff and Gerald Dillon are among a roll call of leading Irish artists whose work will feature at Whyte’s sale of Irish and British art at the RDS in Dublin next Monday (Oct 1) at 6pm.

ONE of Ireland’s best known hotels, which has counted Princess Grace, Charles de Gaulle and George Bernard Shaw as guests, reopened yesterday following a multi-mullion euro refurbishment.

President Mary McAleese will confer the prestigious Saoi of Aosdana on Cork-born painter Patrick Scott today.

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.