The Guide: CMAT, Fontaines DC, Sophie Ellis-Bextor and other events to see, shows to book, and ones to catch before they end
May 17th-23rd: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week
Seán Keating
Irish artist Michael Kane: ‘Patrick Kavanagh did nothing else but create art. And that was my ideal’
The Project Arts Centre founder, who is marking his 90th birthday with a solo show, is a firm believer in the idea that art truly matters. He lives fully surrounded by it
Irish culture’s remarkable response to the political turmoil from 1891 to 1922
Irish art during the period both mirrored and shaped events in the political sphere
Private treasures of Betty Ann Norton to be auctioned
Drama teacher was an avid collector, and sale includes jewellery, clothing and furniture
Centenary of turning point in Irish history to be marked
1922 World Congress of the Irish Race announced the Free State to the world
Irish art works from Michael Smurfit’s collection for auction at Sotheby’s
Retired businessman says climate of Spanish home not suited to works of Irish artists
A €15.9m 1933 Double Eagle coin among record-breaking sales
Strong six months in antiques and fine art industry despite Covid and lockdowns
Tom Hanks' Airstream trailer used during filming of Forrest Gump for auction
Silver bullet American Airstream estimated to fetch €210,000 at Bonham's
Anti-modernist Seán Keating would have strong words for non-fungible tokens
Adam’s and Whyte’s art sales both feature paintings by the Limerick-born artist
How the most famous painting of the Irish War of Independence was staged
Conspicuous by his absence was the column commander, who feared being identified
Painting Dublin: A visual history of Ireland’s capital city
Before now, emphasis was placed on rural landscape and western seaboard in Irish art. This book takes a very different approach
The misunderstood, useless and brilliant artists of the Irish diaspora
Post-Famine identity and the diaspora are the focus of a book rich in anecdote and detail
Art viewings are back for high summer sales
Auction rooms are opening again, but bids will continue online for now
Chinese artefacts and Irish furniture sell well in Durrow and Dublin
Auction results and forthcoming auctions and fairs
Dublin views on the block at Whytes and a chance to win miniature art for a good cause
Valentine jewellery sale, contents of Piercetown House, online art sales
Auctions and fairs: a guide to this week’s events
Sotheby’s auction includes items from Luggala estate, Birr Castle and Carton House
Sotheby’s €3.4m sale sets new records for Irish artists
Jack B Yeats paintings also perform well; 34 of his works are set to make auction debut
Jack B Yeats: More than 30 works to go on display ahead of RDS sale
Collection held by Ernie O’Malley to be sold, as de Vere’s also hold major Irish art sale
Plea for rare painting of road bowling to be bought for ‘public display’
Oil painting ‘Cork Bowler’ by Gabriel Hayes is up for auction at Sotheby’s in London
Magic carpet result in London, Cartier gems in Clontarf
Ming vase fetched €610,000 at Sheppard’s sale – almost €500,000 over estimate
From a baby grand piano in Waterford to rare Irish silver in New York
Auctions, results & fairs: upcoming sales include a diamond galloping horse brooch
Auctions, Results & Fairs
Set of Ian Fleming first editions, Tiffany yellow diamond cluster ring, Waterford Crystal
Auctions, results and fairs
Signed edition of James Joyce’s Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man fetches £17,000
Scenes of everyday Irish life at affordable prices in deVere's auction
Sale includes lesser-known works by Patrick Leonard, George Campbell and May Guinness
May Guinness proves sleeper lot as Woman with Red Hair makes €34,000
Auctions, Results & Fairs: Strong prices for jewellery
What’s coming up in the auction rooms
Religious statues and a photo album depicting Victorian country life
Shells, Cohen’s bell and Paul Henry’s cottages: the best of the summer sales results
Artworks by Seán Keating and Louis le Brocquy sold high and there was a glimmer of hope for brown furniture in Bray
What it went for: auction results
Adam’s Important Irish Art Sale to include a substantial work by Sean Keating
Yeats’s very first oil painting to go on sale next month
Adam’s and De Vere’s sales offer a chance to purchase work from Ireland’s top artists
Metaphors of power: Infrastructure, cultural identity and the Irish State
Opening next week, Limerick’s 38th EVA International takes as its starting point the nation-building construction of the Ardnacrusha hydroelectric power station
New university archive will store film documenting Ireland’s past
Thousands of hours of film will be safeguarded from decay
Yeats’s wild swimmers on sale for €40-60,000 at Whyte’s
Auction includes Iraqi painting depicting a peaceful Baghdad before the Gulf War
Thomas Ryan: an artist with an eye on politics
Gallery honours 88-year-old painter with show of a lifetime’s work
King of the Castle review: An overlooked work steps into the canon
Druid’s production picks away at the tensions of rural life with a savage eye
President Higgins opens route to new relationship with Vatican
Analysis: Higgins says pope ‘indispensable voice of humanity’
Eugeen Van Mieghem: Docklands denizen who drew a world on the move
The Belgian artist was inspired by poor people emigrating at the port of Antwerp
Pearse ‘surrender letter’ and major Yeats painting fail to sell at Adam’s
Paul Henry and Sean Keating paintings sell for €135,000 and €130,000 at Morgan O’Driscoll auction
Vintage Porsche tractor – for the farmer who has everything
Mealy’s auction includes Rolex pendant owned by Countess Markievicz
Life’s Work: Penny Day, head of Irish art, Bonhams, London
‘I’m secretly a bit of a petrol-head so a Lotto windfall might mean a vintage Jaguar’
Paul Henry painting tops Adam’s art auction with €52,000 sale
Artist’s ‘In the Western Mountains’ among the 194 lots that sold for total of €450,000
Life’s Work: Ted Hegarty, antiques auctioneer, Bandon, Co Cork
Hegarty and his wife specialise in the sale of Irish furniture, silver, glass and paintings
Visual Art: When the gallery becomes a disconcerting garden
Things resonate in Caoimhe Kilfeather’s work but usually confound your expectations
Crosswords & Puzzles
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
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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