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

Two major art exhibitions that commemorate the Famine have gone on display in Skibbereen, West Cork.

Des O’Sullivan looks forward to some of the exhibitions that are due to open in the coming weeks.

A new catalogue details the impressive collection of artwork that has been donated by artists to Cork University Hospital over two decades.

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William Crozier may have been born in Scotland, but the late artist spent many happy years in West Cork. Tina Darb O’Sullivan previews a major exhibition of his work in Skibbereen

GIG WISE: Coldplay is the biggie this weekend as Chris Martin and co perform at Croke Park tomorrow.

A Paul Henry painting is among the works going under the hammer at the RDS, writes Des O’Sullivan.

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

Des O’Sullivan says an upsurge in interest at some sales might indicate a change in Irish buying patterns.

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

Des O’Sullivan looks at an auction that is drawing the crowds.

At first glance, the painting ‘On the Run, War of Independence’ by Sean Keating appears to depict a volunteer checking his mobile phone.

Irish art will come under the hammer in Dublin and London next week. Fresh from his viewing in Skibbereen last weekend Morgan O’Driscoll will bring 124 lots to the RDS for auction on Monday at 6 pm.

DESPITE the rebound in the hotels sector in Dublin echoes of the crash can be found in The Hotel Sale Part II in Naas on Tuesday at 2pm

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.

GET the point? It might cost you a bit, but West Cork’s €1.5m Drishane Point is a sort of place apart, while also anchored to a Special Area of Conservation, near famed marine lake Lough Hyne.

A sale of Irish art at the RDS will see some top lots under the hammer.

Stand out pieces in collector’s silver sale are highly prized, says Des O’Sullivan with high values included.

THE pair of George IV specimen marble top tables for €195,000 at the IADA fair at the RDS in Dublin this weekend capture a current antique market moment.

A PASSIONATE engagement with the subject matter is evident in the first ever survey of the graphic work of the late and much liked artist, William Crozier (1930-2011), which runs at the Lavit Gallery in Cork from Jul 3-24.

A COLLECTOR in London bought the top lot at Whyte’s sale of important Irish art in Dublin on Monday evening.

A hospital charity fundraising to refurbish one of the country’s largest children’s wards has received a major shot in the arm.

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.

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

THE 2013 January exhibition of watercolours by JMW Turner at the National Gallery of Ireland includes the entire Vaughan bequest and five other watercolours acquired in recent years.

A massive auction of dream trips abroad, luxury breaks, sports tickets, art, and antiques could help fund the extension of a vital cancer research project at Cork University Hospital.

THE summer Irish art sale by Morgan O’Driscoll in Skibbereen on August Bank Holiday Monday is already attracting interest and advance bidding.

Andy Warhol’s unique screenprint ‘Martha Graham, Letter to the World (The Kick) 1986’, estimated at €10,000-€14,000, is one of the most expensive lots at Morgan O’Driscoll’s art sale at the Radisson Hotel, Little Island, Cork next Monday at 6.30pm.

Some of the most valuable paintings in state-owned AIB’s vast corporate art collection were unveiled to the public at Cork’s Crawford Art Gallery yesterday.

TEACUPS clicked at the cafe in Cork’s Crawford Art Gallery at a breakfast in honour of caretaker Joe Murphy, who is retiring after 25 years of service.

TWO famous neighbours, a pre-Famine cottage awaiting renovation and an acre of grounds, all add to the appeal of this Kilcoe, West Cork property.