Zurich Portrait Prize 2020: Winners announced by National Gallery of Ireland
Coronavirus-themed works win both main prizes in national portrait competition
Ib Jorgensen gives personal touch to Adam’s auction
Celebrated Danish-born designer’s furniture and art collection feature at upcoming sale
Andy Warhol’s ‘Cow’, Lord Byron’s garnet gifts sell well in July auctions
Fine Art & Antiques auction results
Chance to bag a bargain online from Whyte’s
Bank art with low estimates and paintings by David Clarke among items for sale from €100
Testing times for Irish art in London as RTÉ auctions le Brocquys
Broadcaster’s tapestries, paintings among pieces in Sotheby’s auction of Irish works
Journalist and broadcaster Eamonn Mallie publishes collection of poetry
Journalist’s first collection ‘anchored’ in his upbringing in south Armagh
New ad campaign seeks to double North’s tourism income to £2bn
Attractions from Titanic Belfast to the Seamus Heaney HomePlace are set to play leading role in campaign to woo more tourists over the next decade
Bill Clinton concerned about impact Brexit will have on NI
Clinton says Stormont politicians cannot make deal until they know what Brexit is
Modern greats at deVeres from Yeats to Joseph Walsh
Walsh’s furniture designs have made their way from Kinsale into private and public collections worldwide
The Lyric Theatre at 50: a cultural bridge in a divided city
It opened its doors on the cusp of the Troubles, but Belfast’s Lyric has survived
At home with artist Ruthie Ashenhurst in Beara and Ballsbridge
‘My favourite thing? My mother’s face carved in a piece of driftwood”
Belfast Agreement anniversary to be marked by arts events
Literature, music and film among cultural events 20 years after historical accord signed
‘Diamond standard’ Dr Maurice Hayes remembered at funeral
Late former senator ‘a giant who strode the stage of life in so many and varied roles’
Bill Clinton predicts restoration of Stormont after meeting leaders
Former US president held separate meetings with Arlene Foster and Michelle O’Neill in Belfast
Thousands ‘silently enduring anxiety and stress’ because of Troubles
The son of a victim of sectarian violence needed help to recover from the trauma
Exhibition of 18 portraits focuses on those affected by Troubles
Colin Davidson’s ‘Silent Testimony’ work captures grief of victims who lost loved ones
Sinn Féin meeting that brought political crisis to a head
In Belfast’s Felons Club they cheered a call to ‘bring the [Stormont] institutions down’
Fine Art: Portraying former US presidents in a new light
Photo installation by Jonathan Horowitz turns the presidential portrait on its head
The best places to experience Irish culture overseas
From Joyce manuscripts in Buffalo to Bacon paintings in Bilbao, a globetrotter’s guide
A mission to bring Irish art to the wider world
Mother’s Tankstation and the Oliver Sears Gallery have designs on the international art fairs
Funeral of Basil Blackshaw hears he found ‘wonder in the ordinary’
Celebrated Co Antrim painter described as man who was rooted in rural life
Pieces of me: Oliver Sears, gallery owner
This Dublin gallery owner describes his style as contemporary with strong classical influences, but for all his eclectic interests he favours painting over other art forms
Northern Ireland’s violent past remains unresolved
Stormont negotiations mean questions over legacy issues have yet to be answered
Ideas for 2016: A year to paint a portrait
No selfie or Instagram picture can capture the essence of a person the way a painting can. Here, experienced portraitists give some pointers so you can have a go yourself
Irish culture in Paris: ‘I’m not a diplomat. My take is personal’
In 2013 Nora Hickey M’Sichili got her dream job of running the Centre Culturel Irlandais in the French capital. Have recent events changed the tone?
Troubles portraits that capture the pain of those left behind
Viewing Colin Davidson’s paintings of 18 people who suffered during the Troubles has a disturbing effect: it feels like intruding on private grief
Belfast artist examines Troubles through portraits
Colin Davidson’s Silent Testimony exhibition explores themes of loss and suffering
Civil servant jailed for embezzling €35,000 in court service fines
Jonathan Gilmore (42) had effectively ‘built the case against himself’, garda told court
12 portraits, 12 stories: Colin Davidson’s picture of Jerusalem
The Belfast-born painter went to Israel to portray the plurality that a divided city needs
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