The five-decade love story of a forgotten Irish literary power couple
Padraic Colum’s death made front-page news in the New York Times in 1972, while F Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway feared his wife Mary’s rapier wit
Jack B Yeats
This extraordinary sale will undoubtedly be the most talked-about auction of 2026
Record-setting sale of Gerard Dillon’s Tea Party among the biggest surprises so far
No reservation: John Mulqueen on a Dublin restaurant that set the standard for fine dining
It was once dubbed one of Europe’s best by Vogue magazine
Jack B Yeats’s home studio paintboxes, brushes and watercolours for sale
Roderic O’Conor and David Hockney works also going under the hammer in Dublin auctions of Irish and international art
In pictures: Jack B Yeats home studio contents up for auction
The collection includes paintbrushes, paints, pencils, chalks, palettes, blank sketchbooks and lots of vintage office ephemera
Lyric Theatre at 75: ‘It was as improbable then as it is now. It took real vision’
The Belfast cultural institution began life in 1951, when the indomitable Mary O’Malley formed Lyric Players Theatre
Works by John Luke, Barrie Cooke and Eva Hamilton feature in upcoming Irish art sales
Pre-Christmas sales offer a good opportunity to consider Irish artists from the 19th to the 21st century
Irish art from private collections of former politicians at deVeres and Adam’s
Paintings by Mainie Jellett, Mary Swanzy and Paul Henry among works in collections of Gemma and Derry Hussey and John A Costello
I tried to stare at this painting for three hours. And something odd happened
Should art be useful and retrain our brains or is it more important than that?
Dog collars, a toilet seat and my favourite blue jeans: how a Victorian artist went viral
A long-time fan of William Morris on the enduring appeal of his floral designs
Hilary Weston obituary: Dublin-born businesswoman who played central role in Canadian business empire
Former model whose interests ranged from art and business to books and gardening
Peruse a lifetime’s worth of art and antiques in the Dún Laoghaire home of their collector
A contents sale of a period home in south Dublin features a lifetime’s collection of antique furniture, oriental art, antique clocks and mirrors
Jack B Yeats’s painting of mournful scene after Bloody Sunday 1920 is acquired by National Gallery
Picture once owned by late Ben Dunne was acquired with taxpayers’ money and help of a donor
Inside Dublin’s United Arts Club: ‘I probably walked by this building hundreds of times without knowing what it was’
The United Arts Club, on Fitzwilliam Street Upper, has been supporting its members for more than a century. After some quiet years, it’s growing again
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Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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