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British contemporary artist David Hockney dies aged 88
3+ hour, 25+ min ago (101+ words) Mary Minihan, Irish Times Features Editor, outlines the categories in this year's Ireland's Greenest Places competition. Video: Bryan O'Brien/Eoin Ronayne Kevin Kilbane was speaking to Paul Howard for the America 2026 podcast. Aidan Donnelly was speaking to Cliff Taylor for…...
Artist Jim Fitzpatrick's Captain Americas murals up for grabs at auction
5+ day, 5+ hour ago (1034+ words) Former habitu's of Captain Americas, the restaurant on Grafton Street in Dublin city centre " once described as the "only remotely hip place in Dublin" by Philip Chevron of The Pogues and The Radiators from Space " will be able to bring…...
The child's version of Culture Night': Over 1, 000 events under way for Cruinni" na n'g
5+ day, 22+ hour ago (566+ words) More than 1, 000 events are taking place around Ireland on Saturday for Cruinni" na n'g, which organisers describe as the only national day of free creativity for children in the world. Among them are mural workshops, dance parties, youth theatre groups,…...
Get outside with art and sculpture at the Castlemartyr Resort in Cork " The Irish Times
1+ week, 6+ day ago (527+ words) Looking for a good buying opportunity in the world of antiques? Go for decorative art objects and ceramics, which are now selling for less money than in the past, is the view of the BBC's Antiques Roadshow expert, Steven Moore....
Amazingly fantastic: Painting by Irish artist Gerard Dillon sells for record "1. 375m
2+ week, 1+ day ago (477+ words) A world-record price of "1. 375 million, almost seven times its estimate, has been made for a painting by renowned Belfast-born artist Gerard Dillon at auction in Dublin. Tea Party, an oil on board, was bought by an unknown online bidder after…...
New Irish Works 2026 review: Complex group show tackles photography as an ever partial endeavour
2+ week, 2+ day ago (229+ words) Miriam O'Connor's Fox=Cow presents of series of night-time shots taken using a wildlife camera. Images are frequently decentred in frames and presented with text that reveals the work to be part of a larger balancing act between the competing…...
Irish architect N'all Mc Laughlin: "Home is home, but moving to London felt like home in a different kind of way
2+ week, 3+ day ago (1599+ words) N'all Mc Laughlin has been revisiting one of his buildings, a quarter of a century on. Jacob's Ladder was built in woodlands, in the Chilterns area of southern England. Its most recent owners wanted some changes. "The new client said…...
The Art Riddler, Dublin's anonymous art patron: "People must think I'm a millionaire, but I'm not'
2+ week, 5+ day ago (674+ words) About 35 exhibitors took part that first year in Studio 10 on Wicklow Street. Needless to say, there was some scepticism " who is this guy and why is he doing this? But the Art Riddler " who remains anonymous to most, including the…...
Co Down bookmakers" art collection, "one of the finest in Ireland", on sale at Adam"s
2+ week, 6+ day ago (561+ words) Buyers of art are often intrigued when an art sale includes works held as part of a lifetime collection. And so it is with the Adam's Important Irish Art auction on Wednesday, May 27th, when 11 works owned by the late Reeta…...
The year of "God's architect': divisive Sagrada Fam'lia finally nears completion on the centenary of Gaud's death
2+ week, 6+ day ago (970+ words) For much of its history, the Sagrada Fam'lia basilica has drawn crowds and inspired awe. The vast, outlandish, vision of architect Antoni Gaud' is seen as his crowning " albeit unfinished " achievement and is a must-see for any visitor to Barcelona....