From a sword to a tea set, French chateau’s treasures at Irish auction

A Louis XIV sword, 17th-century portrait miniatures, an 18th-century silver tea service, a portrait of a noblewoman in the robes of the Order of Malta, a Book of Hours and collectible glass by Gallé, Daum and Baccarat will feature at the Sheppard’s Irish Auction House live and online Paradigms and the Unexpected auction in Durrow … Read more

West Cork artists seek ‘audiences that may not typically visit galleries’

Six artists. One stretch of West Cork countryside. From paint to clay to woven bramble, this is a collective rooted in landscape, friendship and a shared obsession with making. Each artist brings decades of experience. (All bring muddy boots and green fingers!)  A collective of Rossmore artists and makers is set to debut its first … Read more

Irish and international art in the frame at Whyte’s

FROM Roderic O’Conor to David Hockney and Paul Henry to Ciaran Clear, the Irish and International art sale at Whyte’s on March 9 offers many exciting opportunities for collectors. The museum-quality Le Loing at Sundown by O’Conor leads an auction of 129 lots with a combined estimate of in excess of a million euro. Painted … Read more

Prampolini abstract, Scott lithograph and Warhol Marilyns at Lismore sale 

An abstract by Italian futurist Enrico Prampolini, a lithograph by William Scott, three classic Andy Warhol Marilyns and a collection of mobile works on paper by Alexander Calder feature at the online modern and contemporary art sale by Lismore-based Lot 100, which runs from January 29 to February 10. Prampolini’s Compoizione Speziale B was exhibited … Read more

Strong sense of the contemporary in this 1835 work by James Arthur O’Connor

A surprisingly strong sense of the contemporary belongs to an 1835 work by James Arthur O’Connor at Morgan O’Driscoll’s Irish and International art sale on April 8.  There is something almost surreal in the calm atmosphere of this depiction of a park with a neo classical building in the background. It antecedes the much later … Read more

Exhibition gives a wider audience to artists obscured by their gender

Centuries of discrimination cannot be overturned in a blink but as the search for overlooked artists gathers pace the small steps being taken at The European Fine Art Fair (TEFAF) might herald a giant leap for womankind. In Maastricht next month, TEFAF will highlight the work of women artists. This trend is firmly established and … Read more