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Michael Flatley takes centre-stage in art world

Michael Flatley takes centre-stage in art world

Highest-priced painting of 2015 Irish art auctions is by former Lord of the Dance

Sat Apr 18 2015 - 00:00
Dublin conference  inspired by Chicago exhibition

Dublin conference inspired by Chicago exhibition

Dublin Castle to host day-long forum which will focus on art in Ireland’s ‘Big Houses’

Sat Apr 18 2015 - 00:00
Auction of modern Iraqi art at Bonhams is world ‘first’

Auction of modern Iraqi art at Bonhams is world ‘first’

Sale will showcase country’s best and most influential artists and artistic movements

Sat Apr 18 2015 - 00:00
New world record for Giacometti sculpture  likely

New world record for Giacometti sculpture likely

‘Stick man’ bronze estimated by Christie’s at $130m

Sat Apr 18 2015 - 00:00
Picasso painting poised to break world auction record

Picasso painting poised to break world auction record

Painting has estimate of $140m ahead of Christie’s sale in New York

Sat Apr 18 2015 - 00:00
Jackie Kennedy silk maternity dress up for  auction in Dublin

Jackie Kennedy silk maternity dress up for auction in Dublin

Dress given by Kennedy to White House nanny Maud Shaw in 1965

Tue Apr 14 2015 - 01:00
JFK visit: Files show Garda told to spruce up for occasion

JFK visit: Files show Garda told to spruce up for occasion

Russian reporters were to be ‘discreetly watched’ while US president in Ireland

Mon Apr 13 2015 - 01:00
Exhibition recalls WB Yeats

Exhibition recalls WB Yeats

The Dublin Painting & Sketching Club to hold its 137th show in Dún Laoghaire, Co Dublin

Sat Apr 11 2015 - 02:00
What’s inside €10m Kildare house?

What’s inside €10m Kildare house?

Adam’s to auction contents of Courtown House from telephone box to torchères

Sat Apr 11 2015 - 02:00
Auctions & Fairs

Auctions & Fairs

Sat Apr 11 2015 - 02:00
Card for Grand National race that never was

Card for Grand National race that never was

A race card for the ‘Martell’ Grand National on April 3rd, 1993, signed by all the jockeys, is a reminder of the race that officially never took place

Sat Apr 11 2015 - 01:00
Auctions and Fairs

Auctions and Fairs

Sat Apr 04 2015 - 05:00
Jack B Yeats tops the lot at Adam’s

Jack B Yeats tops the lot at Adam’s

‘Hearing the Nightingale’, a 1936 painting by Jack B Yeats, sells for €42,500

Sat Apr 04 2015 - 05:00
Sacred Irish first World War memento found in car-boot sale in England

Sacred Irish first World War memento found in car-boot sale in England

Print of famous painting inscribed by chaplain, Fr Gleeson

Sat Apr 04 2015 - 05:00
From Ted Kennedy to Lauren Bacall

From Ted Kennedy to Lauren Bacall

A print of late US senator’s painting of daffodils – which was given to the Hollywood star – sells for €7,000

Sat Apr 04 2015 - 04:30
Busy Dublin salesrooms

Busy Dublin salesrooms

Good results from three big auctions in Dublin

Sat Mar 28 2015 - 02:00
Auctions and Fairs

Auctions and Fairs

Sat Mar 28 2015 - 02:00
Jack Vettriano paintings go on sale at Edinburgh auction

Jack Vettriano paintings go on sale at Edinburgh auction

Plenty of interest expected in 12 works by one of Britain’s most successful modern artists

Sat Mar 28 2015 - 02:00
Adams offers broad range of Irish art

Adams offers broad range of Irish art

Cross-section of paintings from contemporary to traditional on view

Sat Mar 28 2015 - 02:00
Robert Boyle’s ‘Sceptical Chymist’ sells for near €0.5m

Robert Boyle’s ‘Sceptical Chymist’ sells for near €0.5m

New record for highest price ever paid at auction for book by an Irish-born writer

Thu Mar 26 2015 - 19:56
Auction news

Auction news

Sat Mar 21 2015 - 00:00
William Comyns’ silver at Adam’s

William Comyns’ silver at Adam’s

Biggest and most prestigious private collections of silver to be auctioned in Dublin

Sat Mar 21 2015 - 00:00
18th century ‘man-bag’ at Mealy’s auction

18th century ‘man-bag’ at Mealy’s auction

Three-day auction in Castlecomer, Co Kilkenny

Sat Mar 21 2015 - 00:00
Jack B Yeats leads new era at de Veres

Jack B Yeats leads new era at de Veres

Smart new viewing gallery opens at the Kildare Street auction house

Sat Mar 21 2015 - 00:00
A home in the golden triangle for  €2.7m

A home in the golden triangle for €2.7m

This six-bedroom family home is on Merrion Road, in the heart of Dublin 4. Its price has dropped almost 50 per cent since it was sold in 2005

Tue Mar 17 2015 - 15:00
Jackie Kennedy’s  career as a photojournalist brought her  to the Irish Embassy to do a St Patrick’s Day feature

Jackie Kennedy’s career as a photojournalist brought her to the Irish Embassy to do a St Patrick’s Day feature

An early assignment put the future wife of JFK in touch with ‘sweet’ diplomats

Tue Mar 17 2015 - 01:01
Last call for  treasures of Ryanair founder

Last call for treasures of Ryanair founder

Remaining items from the late Tony Ryan’s Kildare mansion, Lyons Demesne, to be auctioned by Adams Blackrock

Sun Mar 15 2015 - 15:15
William Orpen pencil sketches to go under hammer

William Orpen pencil sketches to go under hammer

Four drawings of mistress’s dog found in west Cork house clearance

Sat Mar 14 2015 - 02:00
Three-day spring antiques and art fair

Three-day spring antiques and art fair

Thousands of items will be on sale at RDS event in all price ranges

Sat Mar 14 2015 - 02:00
Auction Results

Auction Results

Sat Mar 14 2015 - 02:00
Spring goes to auction

Spring goes to auction

Sat Mar 07 2015 - 18:31
Spring begins at Adam’s

Spring begins at Adam’s

‘Sunday Interiors Auction’ at Adam’s will feature some 450 eclectic lots with estimates beginning at just €50

Sat Mar 07 2015 - 05:30
William Orpen’s portrait of working-class girl who became a countess

William Orpen’s portrait of working-class girl who became a countess

Painting of an Edwardian lady by the Anglo-Irish artist is expected to sell for up to €55,000

Sat Mar 07 2015 - 05:00
Online bidding sweeps Sheppard’s sale

Online bidding sweeps Sheppard’s sale

More than 70 per cent of lots sold were bought by online bidders

Sat Mar 07 2015 - 05:00
Auctions and Fairs

Auctions and Fairs

Sat Mar 07 2015 - 05:00
Paul Henry leads Whyte’s art auction

Paul Henry leads Whyte’s art auction

‘Landscape Connemara’ painting was the top lot in art auction

Sat Feb 28 2015 - 01:00
Auction Results

Auction Results

Sat Feb 28 2015 - 01:00
Native American costume makes €320,000 at Kilkenny auction

Native American costume makes €320,000 at Kilkenny auction

Other ‘sleepers’ at lively auction included Chinese lots

Sat Feb 28 2015 - 01:00
Interesting lots in opening spring season sale at Sheppard’s

Interesting lots in opening spring season sale at Sheppard’s

Revamped website will make auction browsing easier

Sat Feb 28 2015 - 01:00
Francis Bacon crockery fails to sell

Francis Bacon crockery fails to sell

Auctions, fairs and results

Sat Feb 21 2015 - 05:30
Dublin’s first major art auction of 2015

Dublin’s first major art auction of 2015

Mix of Irish and international art at Whyte’s auction at RDS in Dublin

Sat Feb 21 2015 - 05:00
Paintings of Lionel Messi raise more than €900,000 for One in 11 campaign

Paintings of Lionel Messi raise more than €900,000 for One in 11 campaign

Works by Takashi Murakami and Damien Hirst sold at Sotheby’s fundraising auction

Sat Feb 21 2015 - 05:00
Jonathan Swift’s ‘two-pronged forks’ for auction

Jonathan Swift’s ‘two-pronged forks’ for auction

Cutlery belonging to Anglo-Irish satirist and a portrait of Obama ancestor among mememtos of Ascendancy in fine art sale

Sat Feb 21 2015 - 04:30
A spanking old take on ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’

A spanking old take on ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’

Vintage poster for McLintock! – a 1963 Western “comedy” starring John Wayne and Maureen O’Hara – at Whyte’s auction

Sat Feb 21 2015 - 02:00
‘Plain packaging’ for soldier’s cigarettes

‘Plain packaging’ for soldier’s cigarettes

Mementoes from first World War soldiers include brass boxes with tobacco and cigarettes presented as Christmas presents for the troops at the request of Princess Mary

Sat Feb 21 2015 - 01:00
French brought bottle and bias to 1930 international

French brought bottle and bias to 1930 international

Irish team and supporters astonished as French players drank wine at half-time

Mon Feb 16 2015 - 10:35
Can’t afford Francis Bacon? Buy the plates

Can’t afford Francis Bacon? Buy the plates

Famous artist’s crockery to be auctioned in England

Sun Feb 15 2015 - 05:45
Irish Art Déco bronze at Whyte’s

Irish Art Déco bronze at Whyte’s

Tóstal plaque made by Gabriel Hayes goes on view next Saturday

Sat Feb 14 2015 - 07:00
Auctions and Fairs

Auctions and Fairs

Sat Feb 14 2015 - 06:31
The art of love?

The art of love?

There’s little affection on display in Graham Knuttel’s painting ‘Happy Valentine’

Sat Feb 14 2015 - 06:00
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