Jeff Koons
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Italy covers up nude statues for Iran leader’s visit
- Europe
- January 26, 2016, 18:26
Italian officials keen to spare the Iranian president, Hassan Rouhani, any possible offence on his visit to Rome covered up nude statues at the city’s(...)

Saoirse Ronan puts Tropical Popical on the map
- People
- January 22, 2016
‘We wanted more than nails. We wanted to have the craic agus ruaille buaille too. So we went out of our way to find some outrageously talented nail a(...)

People to watch in 2016: Arts
- People
- January 9, 2016, 00:00
Caoimhe Kilfeather Artist One of a generation of sculptors from Ireland steadily gathering international acclaim, Caoimhe Kilfeather had a busy 2015(...)

How to buy a masterpiece and get free flights for life
- Art & Design
- November 24, 2015, 11:52
Even as the cost of his quarry pulled away from the $100 (€93) million mark, Liu Yiqian remained calm. “I was on the phone with a girl from Christie’s(...)

Hedge fun in Dublin suburbia
- People
- November 6, 2015
There’s something pleasingly eccentric about topiary. And it is more pleasing still when found in unlikely places. Seeing beautifully carved hedges(...)

Quick be offended! When ‘shock art’ does its job
- Art & Design
- May 16, 2015, 05:00
Pickled sheep; blocks of turf; sculptures made from human blood: art can be many things. At this year’s Venice Biennale, Swiss artist Christoph(...)

Culture Shock: Would you pay $100 for 25 Snapchats?
- Art & Design
- May 1, 2015, 12:30
It’s a First World problem that is insignificant in the face of life’s major traumas, but a defining malady among those who have enough is the nagging(...)

Dad’s the word: The Edge, Bob Geldof, Paul McCartney and more famous sons on their fathers
- People
- April 11, 2015
"Two summers ago, Bono spoke to me about drawings he had made of his father. He asked if they could be used to raise money for the Irish Hospice Fo(...)

The market where fame and overhyped art meet
- Art & Design
- November 4, 2014, 01:00
In the museum business – if you can look on it as a business for a moment – it is said that if you want a surefire winner of an exhibition, one tha(...)

Rebooting Hunter: why wellington boots are sexy
- Fashion
- October 25, 2014, 01:00
Alasdhair Willis, the storm force gusting through British wellington brand Hunter remembers the first time he wore a pair of the boots growing up i(...)