WITH cutting-edge contemporary art at Art Evolve in Dublin, the annual members exhibition at the Lavit Gallery in Cork and online art auctions in full swing, Irish collectors are spoiled for choice right now. More than 60 galleries and artists are assembled under one roof this weekend at Art Evolve, making the RDS a great … Read more
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
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
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
At this time of year, with its focus on the newest interior fashions and the latest colour trends, what is overlooked is that beloved paintings changed around at home almost always end up being looked at anew. Try it. If your favourite painting has been hanging in the same place for so long that it … Read more
Affordable art and one expensive rarity feature at online sales ending at Adam’s and de Veres in Dublin next week. A collector wishing to enhance their holding or someone wanting to dip their toe into the market will find these sales a great place to uncover the unending joy and discovery of a journey into … Read more
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
An array of exciting choices will come up at major sales of Irish art in Dublin by Whyte’s, deVeres and James Adam on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Art worth a couple of million euro is set to change hands at sales headed by Paul Henry (Whyte’s), Gerard Dillon (de Veres) and Roderic O’Conor (Adam’s). All … Read more
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
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