Sean Scully: 'I am an Irishman and I love a good fight'
Irish abstract artist’s pandemic work goes on display in Paris with price tags close to €2m
Irish abstract artist’s pandemic work goes on display in Paris with price tags close to €2m
US president praised for talking tough with China as conspiracies about Biden embraced
This store cupboard staple can be transformed into the star attraction with just a few extra ingredients
German Democratic Republic’s secret police had a pair of eyes and ears for every 230 East Germans
The artist hopes raising his profile online will provide protection for him and his work
If sector was funded to level of European norm there would be no need for allowances
For design lovers the best travel plans involve a feast for the eyes
Sarah Thornton has been asking artists about myths, muses and their ‘less normal’ lives
The Aleppo Paintings: dismay at scale and intensity of the destruction, of place and people
Chinese dissident Ai Weiwei’s film emphasises common humanity over suffering
The a/political’s provocative art is setting up shop in Dublin for a year
‘Starchitect’ Jean Nouvel discusses his design for the immense gallery
Artists have a rich history of activism, using their talents to take their messages out of the gallery and into the street
News of democracy proponent’s death prompts rage online among rights activists
German banks say asking prices out of step with reality
Fintan O'Toole visits the cell where Wilde was imprisoned, and finds it haunted by the ghosts of more anonymous victims
Prominent human rights lawyer Xia Lin sentenced in Beijing on fraud charges
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, reopened after a $305 million expansion, is now the biggest gallery of its kind in the US and has been transformed into a suitably blue-chip space
A trip along Australia’s Bellarine Peninsula turned out to be an amazing holiday
Jia Jia disappeared after publication of open letter calling for President Xi Jinping to quit
Dahlin had been detained on subversion charges and made confession on state TV
Chinese artist had accused the toymaker of censorship after it refused bulk order
Diplomats also jostled as they try to gain entry to the three-hour trial in Beijing
Police block diplomats, foreign reporters and protesters from the Beijing court
Attorney who has represented dissidents faces eight years for ‘provoking trouble’
Max Baucus urges Beijing to see rights lawyers as partners, not enemies
Dissident artist posts images of suspected bugs on Instagram after returning to China
Believe all the hype, the German capital is a hipster idyll – but in a good way, writes Charly Wilder
Beijing leadership in denial about scale of problems the country is facing, warns artist
Dissident Chinese artist initially refused six-month stay over ‘criminal conviction’
Dissident artist told he failed to declare a ‘criminal conviction’ in visa application
Surprise move comes over four years after Beijing authorities confiscated document
The Irish-born artist doesn’t do creative block. Nor, as Beijing hosts a retrospective of his work, does he have time for westerners who ‘keep banging on about Ai Weiwei’
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices