Irish collectors secure strong prices for British works
Auctions, results and fairs dates for your diary
Auctions, results and fairs
Banksy and Andy Warhol works are among the pieces on sale in the coming weeks
Mary Swanzy, one of Ireland’s leading modernist painters
Artist achieved success in her lifetime only to be relatively forgotten in death
Cambridge: Whether town or gown, it passes with distinction
The English town is as much a tourist hub as a centre of learning, and has lots to do
Colm Tóibín walks the ‘intense, haunted’ streets of Dublin
The city is full of ghosts ... in the house where Wilde grew up, the library where Yeats studied
Two Irish museums shortlisted for prestigous international award
National Gallery of Ireland and EPIC Irish Emigration Museum in final nominees for European Museum of the Year
Valuable images rescued from the scrap heap
Ronan McCrea found a a set of BBC instructional films for mechanical engineering students and from them made something entirely new and full of ideas
Advice for book collectors: get into local and family history
PJ Tynan of Courtwood Books, Stradbally, Co Laois gave up farming to become an antiquarian bookseller
San Sebastian: Basque in the culture
As the international film festival arrives this weekend, it’s the perfect chance to visit the Spanish city that revels in its natural gifts and life’s pleasures
Life’s Work: Martina Noonan, art & antiques valuer, Dublin
“I have a distinct memory of the intrigue I felt – aged about nine – attending a country house sale with my mother”
Elizabeth Shaw: unknown in Ireland but fondly remembered in Germany
Belfast-born artist’s story encompasses Churchill, communism and children’s books
New exhibition remembers rugby players killed in war
Lansdowne ‘posh pals’ joined fight but many died in battle
Surfers arrive on Irish west coast to catch big waves
Kite Surfers also out during the gale force winds
Crime involving heritage and art in UK costs upwards of £300m annually
Stealing important works is less risky and more profitable than the drugs trade
An innovative sculptor of industrial steel
Sir Anthony Caro: Born: March 8th, 1924; Died: October 23rd, 2013
Warpaint, by Alicia Foster
A debut novel about the artists who painted Britain’s wartime experience is both a gripping thriller and a fascinating picture of women working in extraordinary circumstances
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