Sculptor’s collection unveiled

A MAJOR collection of work by sculptor Seamus Murphy was unveiled yesterday by the country’s newest national cultural institution.

Murphy’s widow, Máiréad, and their children Colm, Bebhinn and Orla donated the massive collection of portrait busts to the Crawford Art Gallery in Cork.

Arts Minister John O’Donoghue, who yesterday addressed the first meeting of the gallery’s new board since its designation as a national cultural institution, praised the Murphy family for their generosity.