Francis Bacon

Bluebeard’s Last Wife sold to Brian Clarke for €165,000 – double its lower estimate

For a second Easter, Covid finds us with frayed nerves and weariness

First sales of the year can be a good time to find value in auction houses

A new biography sheds new light on the enigma that is Francis Bacon

Superb paintings by Walter Osborne, Paul Henry and Jack B Yeats included in four sales

Auction will be first Irish sale to offer a body of work by bohemian artist Reginald Gray

. . . autumn

A Sunny Day, Connemara is regarded as one of the artist’s most iconic West of Ireland scenes

London sale includes 12 works offered directly from the Yeats family

Gerry Dalton, originally from Athlone, quietly built a fantastical world of figurines, models, statues and art

Feast your eyes on the classic works, or check out some completely new visual art

Auction rooms are opening again, but bids will continue online for now

Galleries and museums set to open alongside hairdressers in Government’s plans

Those of us disappointed at the lack of a total ban must admit there is some good news

A painting of George IV’s embarkation at Dún Laoghaire, renamed Kingstown in his honour, captures grand social occasion

Englishman defied popular wisdom with his research of blood circulation system

Tina Callaghan’s gothic mystery set on an island off Ireland heaps drama upon drama

The artist’s work is visceral yet beautiful, as a major new show in Paris makes clear

MoLI in Newman House, Dublin opens this month featuring Joyce’s notebooks and more

Chronicler of the life and work of Picasso, Quinn became famous in his own right

Review: Guillermo del Toro produces a very agreeable horror romp to appeal to teens

Laura Kennedy: When one person tires and grows heavy the other leans down to carry them

Forthcoming sales include a Dublin 6 house clearance and a dodo skeleton from 1690

Forthcoming auctions and sales

Upcoming sales feature antique garden furniture and rare Chinese bowls

This small outcrop on the edge of Europe, with its reefs, promontories and blankets of bog is steeped in artistic history

Artists whose work was once considered too unorthodox for 1940s Ireland are well represented in spring auction

First of the year’s art and furniture auctions and Orpens for sale in London

RTÉ broadcaster on seeing David Morrissey tread the boards and his love of Francis Bacon

Feast and famine: food grows, gives life, rots – no wonder artists see its power to reveal life’s truths

Sarah Thornton has been asking artists about myths, muses and their ‘less normal’ lives

Liam O’Flynn and Garech de Brún enriched and strengthened our musical tradition

Early version of ‘The Meeting on the Turret Stairs’ makes €24,000 in Kilkenny auction

Three duelling, headstrong royals at the centre of a dispute that threatens to escalate

In Conversation: broadcaster and fashion designer Brendan Courtney and Tropical Popical CEO Andrea Horan

Gorse Hill on Vico Road, Killiney, former home of solicitor Brian O’Donnell, Dublin’s top sale this year

Salvator Mundi expected to fetch $100m when it is auctioned at Christie’s in New York

The art market is a piranha pool. Here’s how to safely dip your toes in the water

Memorial unveiled at London coach house on 108th anniversary of Irish artist’s birth

Winners and losers in the autumn art auctions