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

Simone Collins is an actress from Dublin. She is playing Dorothy in Cork Opera House’s summer production of The Wizard of Oz (July 19 to August 26.

Francis Bacon is among the artists featuring in a major new exhibition of an eclectic range of nudes at Crawford in Cork, writes Ellie O’Byrne.

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

Morgan O’Driscoll’s sale is on view all weekend, writes Des O’Sullivan

Ian Humphreys has avoided the major art centres of the world to join the small band of residents on Heir Island, writes Colette Sheridan

No 1 Berkeley is a suburban showstopper with one-of- a-kind craftsmanship, says Tommy Barker

Deirdre O’Donovan is development consultant with West Cork Music and event organiser of the inaugural West Cork Chamber Music Fringe Festival which will take place in and around the town of Bantry from tomorrow.

Saoirse Ronan’s favourite nail salon will be painting works of art on to fingernails at the National Gallery of Ireland.

London. 4 pm. I’m on my way to meet James, the man I lived with before I met my husband.

Gareth Reid has won a career-enhancing commission to paint chat show host Graham Norton, with the end product to hang in the National Gallery of Ireland.

Works by Caravaggio, which have never been seen in Ireland, will feature at an exhibition at the National Gallery in Dublin.

A man jailed for damaging a Claude Monet painting estimated to be worth €10m has lost an appeal against conviction.

Aaron Monaghan, from Cavan, is currently playing Estragon in Waiting for Godot for Druid until July 23 in the Mick Lally Theatre, Galway, before embarking on an ‘Unusual Rural Tour’.  Druid.ie.

From some of the world’s greatest galleries and museums, to the treasure-filled bookshops of Charing Cross Road, London is a city packed with choice for a city break says Suzanne Harrington.

Des O’Driscoll on the best things to do this week

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Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams has dismissed suggestions he was not “savvy” on financial matters or his party’s manifesto during the general election campaign.

Des O’Sullivan on the work of 19th century artist, James Mahony, who painted the major events of his time.

Sean Scully is the subject of the most significant exhibition in Cork for many years. Not surprisingly, he’s dismissive about the recent controversy about his work on RTÉ’s Liveline, writes Alan O’Riordan.

As we all get ready to head home to our corners of the country - or the globe - to see family and friends this Christmas, Dublin is already getting an early present.

The man who damaged a Claude Monet painting, estimated to be worth €10m, at the National Gallery of Ireland has been sentenced to six years in jail.

A Dublin man has been given a six-year sentence after being convicted of damaging a Claude Monet painting estimated to be worth €10m at the National Gallery of Ireland.

A man on trial for allegedly putting his fist through a Monet painting accused gardaí of trying to get a false confession, a jury has heard.

You have got to follow what’s in your heart. If more people did what they love every day there would be a lot less trouble in the world.

Two New Zealand tourists have described how they saw a man’s fist go through a Monet painting estimated to be worth €10m in the National Gallery two years ago.

A man has gone on trial accused of damaging a €10m Monet painting in the National Gallery and damaging two paintings in the Shelbourne Hotel.

OUGHT just this year The Friends of the Model by the Cork artist Harry Jones Thaddeus (1860-1929) is on display in the Masterpieces from the Collection exhibition now on at the National Gallery of Ireland.

100 years ago today Bernard Shaw’s ‘Pygmalion’ shocked class-ridden Victorian Britain, writes Robert Hume.

GIG WISE: You may have missed the news released just before Christmas that Longitude will return to Marlay Park in Dublin on Jul 18-20, with confirmed acts including Disclosure and Ben Howard.

The trial of a Dublin man accused of putting his fist through a Claude Monet painting at the National Gallery has ended with the jury in deadlock.

The jury in the trial of a man accused of putting his fist through a €10m Claude Monet painting has retired to consider its verdict.

The trial of a man accused of causing €7m worth of criminal damage to a Monet painting at the National Gallery has heard that he had paint stripper in his bag.

A court has heard a tourist from New Zealand saw a man lift his "fist like a hammer" to a Monet painting in the National Gallery.

The trial has begun of a man accused of knocking a hole through a Claude Monet oil-painting at the National Gallery of Ireland, causing €7m worth of criminal damage.

A Dublin man accused of punching a hole in a valuable Monet oil painting is due to stand trial today.

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