Selling season for Irish art notches up a gear this month

War in Ukraine notwithstanding there is at this stage little to suggest that 2022 will not equal or even surpass the stellar year that was 2021, says Des O'Sullivan

Albert Hartland's painting of Gougane Barra, Co. Cork, at Morgan O'Driscoll.

WITH big sales in the offing by Whyte's, Morgan O'Driscoll, de Veres and Adams and Sotheby's actively seeking works for a big sale in Paris in May the selling year for Irish art really notches up a gear this month. 

War in Ukraine notwithstanding, there is at this stage little to suggest that 2022 will not equal or even surpass the stellar year that was 2021 when the market performed in a rock-solid fashion.