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Inside the designer’s home

Inside the designer’s home

Architects care passionately about their houses, even if, for many of them they are on-going projects, never quite completed. A new coffee-table book gives a fascinating insight to the houses architects build

Thu Apr 25 2013 - 05:00
Mountpleasant surprise in Dublin 6 for €495,000

Mountpleasant surprise in Dublin 6 for €495,000

The renovation and extension of this Victorian house was a labour of love by the owners who have struck the perfect balance between contemporary and classical

Thu Apr 25 2013 - 05:00
Stunning sea views on Howth Road for €895,000

Stunning sea views on Howth Road for €895,000

Four-bedroomed detached house with sea views and a swimming pool

Thu Apr 18 2013 - 06:00
Delgany showhouse for €995,000

Delgany showhouse for €995,000

Five bedroom home at a quarter of its original price

Thu Apr 18 2013 - 06:00
Artistic flair  on Belgrave Square

Artistic flair on Belgrave Square

The Brother sells six-bedroom period Monkstown home for €1.7m

Thu Apr 11 2013 - 06:00
Rathgar redbrick in need of work is worth the €625,000 AMV

Rathgar redbrick in need of work is worth the €625,000 AMV

Five bedroomed period house in need of with original features is in need of modernisation and for sale through Gunne

Thu Apr 11 2013 - 06:00
Heavenly  Hillside in Kilmacanogue

Heavenly Hillside in Kilmacanogue

Four-bedroomed country house with gorgeous gardens

Thu Mar 28 2013 - 06:00
Period drama in French style on Canal bank

Period drama in French style on Canal bank

Thu Mar 14 2013 - 00:00
Dream home cast in Belgravia style

Dream home cast in Belgravia style

Rathmichael €1.18 million  How many of us have whiled away hours conjuring up visions of our perfect, fantasy homes? The owners…

Thu Feb 28 2013 - 00:00
Making a difference, from Dutch to DaDa

Making a difference, from Dutch to DaDa

When it comes to creating art, is there any reason for treating those with disabilities differently?

Thu Feb 28 2013 - 00:00
Bright day at Blackrock

Bright day at Blackrock

Blackrock €1,075,000 High-spec and clever design features are everywhere in this double-fronted period house, ideal…

Thu Feb 28 2013 - 00:00

Period property with Victorian details where cosy mod-cons rule

Terenure €595,000 At one end of the quiet road, I can see the snow-covered tops of the mountains beyond Stepaside

Thu Feb 07 2013 - 00:00
Did Leonardo give 'Mona Lisa' a younger sister?

Did Leonardo give 'Mona Lisa' a younger sister?

She has the most-photographed, most-reproduced, and the most-parodied face in the world

Tue Feb 05 2013 - 00:00

Historic homes holding their own

It’s (nearly) always sunny in the pages of Mary Leland’s At Home in Ireland; and there’s a beguiling sense of timelessness to…

Thu Jan 31 2013 - 00:00

Stage is set for airing of the green

What does Irish culture look like? Are we best reflected in the writings of Yeats, Beckett, O’Casey and Synge; or by Kevin Barry…

Fri Jan 04 2013 - 00:00

A positive look at negativity

Existentialism isn’t the cheeriest philosophy but an exhibition in Florence shows how uplifting it can be

Wed Jan 02 2013 - 00:00

The tree at the heart of Christmas

I can’t remember when it was, but one year, walking on a bitterly cold night through College Green in Dublin, I turned a corner…

Thu Dec 20 2012 - 00:00

It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that bling

The boom changed what art, architecture, television, theatre and society looked like

Sat Dec 15 2012 - 00:00

Show and tell: the art of running a gallery

How do museums decide what to display? Should they charge? And what are their dream exhibitions? Eight directors give us the …

Sat Dec 08 2012 - 00:00

Flexible semi full of surprises

80 Braemor Road, Churchtown, D14: Description : Four-bed semi on three levels, with large extension, backing onto Milltown golf…

Thu Nov 29 2012 - 00:00

Old-style charm with a new twist

Blackrock €995,000: Though it was only built in the 1990s, this renovated family home, with its reclaimed floorboards and facade…

Thu Nov 22 2012 - 00:00

The good, the bad, the overpriced

Have the ideas run out? And are all the best artists now designing iPhones?

Sat Nov 10 2012 - 00:00

The big Frieze

IT CAN BE hard to spot a trend when you’re in one, particularly at the beginning

Fri Oct 19 2012 - 01:00

My 5-year-old could have done that

But she didn’t. Why does so much modern art annoy people who accept experimentation and ambiguity in music and fashion but want…

Sat Sept 15 2012 - 01:00

Building Georgian from the ground up

WICKLOW: €2.65 MILLION The owners of Oaklands House – which was burned out in the 1920s – have built a house of Georgian proportions…

Thu Sept 06 2012 - 01:00

Life on the water

WATER IS AN inescapable part of life in Ireland, and not just the water that falls, with dismaying regularity, from the sky

Thu Aug 23 2012 - 01:00

Capturing time and motion

A new exhibit at the Glucksman Gallery in Cork asks us to consider the vital connections between drawing and film and also the…

Tue Aug 07 2012 - 01:00

Get art in that garden

Recent installations at Bloom and Chelsea show how well art works outside the white cube of the gallery

Sat Jun 09 2012 - 01:00

Between the darkness and the light

DARKNESS AND LIGHT can be very close to one another, and it’s not always clear which is which

Wed Apr 18 2012 - 01:00

Building blocks: What happens when architects turn their hand to art?

Unlike artists, architects have practical responsibilities to the people who enter their buildings

Sat Feb 04 2012 - 00:00

Are we terrorised by abstract art?

The ‘Rocky Road’ exhibition outlines some of the attacks on contemporary art in this country and asks why it often makes us feel…

Thu Dec 08 2011 - 00:00

Patrons of the revolution: Why the art world has always relied on bankers' cash

The Renaissance was underpinned by the support of bankers

Sat Dec 03 2011 - 00:00

A tale of two cities, two exhibitions and one catchy slogan

Dublin Contemporary and Lyon Biennale both supply moments of wonder – and are linked also by a gratuitous Yeats reference

Mon Oct 24 2011 - 01:00

And now back to the studio

Artists’ studios have nothing of the mystique of galleries

Sat Oct 22 2011 - 01:00

Why heading for the bookies doesn't guarantee a winner in art

Two art exhibitions draw on literature for inspiration, but the results vary widely, from thesis-like installations to a moving…

Mon Sept 26 2011 - 01:00

The ghosts of old garrisons sing in Crosshaven fort

Five artists were invited to spend several months at Fort Camden in Cork to create their own work, the fruits of which are now…

Fri Sept 09 2011 - 01:00

What you see is what you get - or is it?

WHETHER or not it is true that early film-goers actually fled the cinema in panic at the sight of the Lumière brothers’ 1896 …

Wed Aug 24 2011 - 01:00

The heist: down to a fine art

‘The Judgement’, stolen from a California museum last week, wasn’t the first Rembrandt to fall victim to a heist, and it won’…

Sat Aug 20 2011 - 01:00

Art confronts female sexuality, power and porn

Ruth Power’s ceramics are inspired by an odd source: Japanese tentacle pornography

Tue Jun 07 2011 - 01:00

Designs on a brighter future

After independence, the ‘bankrupt, scarred’ Irish State used design and our ‘visual culture’ to redefine the country and attract…

Fri Apr 08 2011 - 01:00
The Irish artist who captured the image of Che Guevara

The Irish artist who captured the image of Che Guevara

Why has it taken Jim Fitzpatrick, best known for his intricate illustrations of Celtic mythology, …

Sat Feb 19 2011 - 00:00

Progress report

He’s the man who is planning to pay off €42 billion of the national debt, euro by euro, simply by selling posters and bags. So…

Sat Feb 05 2011 - 00:00

An inconvenience truth

Getting caught short is trickier these days, with public conveniences being replaced by ‘privatised’ loos in cafes and pubs. …

Sat Feb 05 2011 - 00:00

Can modern art keep the faith?

Art and religion share a long and fruitful history, but the relationship between the two has become strained, despite the fact…

Sat Feb 05 2011 - 00:00

Can ads be art?

ON A frosty day in Stockholm in October an audience of journalists and art writers assembled to see Rikrit Tiravanija being presented…

Mon Dec 13 2010 - 00:00

The art of putting paintings under the hammer

The downturn should have seen the art market flooded as the cash-strapped sold up

Sat Nov 27 2010 - 00:00

In the market for art

WHAT KIND OF person would open a gallery in a recession? A very young person.

Sat Nov 20 2010 - 00:00

Improving your home to sell? She'll show you how

HOW can you get buyers to see the potential in your home if you don’t have the spare cash to realise that potential? That’s the…

Thu Oct 28 2010 - 01:00

How the bust painted artists into a corner

How beneficial was the boom for Irish artists? And in the bust, with institutions’ funding being cut and collectors’ money running…

Sat Sept 25 2010 - 01:00

Artists put children first

More than 100 artists have donated works to an event with a difference at Dublin’s Royal Hibernian Academy (RHA)

Sat Sept 04 2010 - 01:00
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