Letter said recovered painting was a prank made by two artists and a forger

The former Sex Pistol on Sam Neill, ‘nutty’ Tokyo and the star-studded restaurant The Wolseley

The bookseller and his husband Leon have filled their Dublin cottage with vintage finds

Music, musicals and movies to entertain you

Art in focus: The great realist’s work is on show in IMMA’s Freud Project

Winners and losers in the autumn art auctions

‘This painting gives me a shiver down my spine,’ says Christie’s chairman

Ten highlights from the summer auctions

Pieces of me: Ruth Ní Loinsigh, boutique owner

The 50 pieces in Freud Project are invaluable opportunity to assess British painter’s work

The reclusive singer taps the fragility, beauty and discomfort of the emotionally afflicted

Artist’s portrait has been discovered on the reverse of works by Irish artist Tony O’Malley

The artist says he coped fine with the death of both his parents in Auschwitz – but does his modus operandi suggest otherwise?

The convent schoolgirl fell for the artist, and they had two daughters

The book will list all of Francis Bacon’s works, including 100 previously unpublished paintings

Nick Miller was inspired by working in the late Edward McGuire’s donated studio

The 40 pieces from the UK’s Arts Council Collection on show in Drogheda are expertly chosen

‘Nu Couché’ by early 20th century Italian artist makes second-highest price ever at auction

In his memoir Michael Peppiatt describes Bacon’s hedonistic and masochistic lifestyle