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Decoration (1923) by Mainie Jellett in a light oak frame leaning against a white wall in diagonal sunlight

Irish Abstract Art: A Short Guide

How abstract painting reached Ireland in 1923, why it was contested, and where to see the work of Mainie Jellett and Evie Hone.

Irish Abstract Art: A Short Guide

How abstract painting reached Ireland in 1923, why it was contested, and where to see the work of Mainie Jellett and Evie Hone.

A View of the Killaries by Bartholomew Colles Watkins, a Connemara landscape print in a black frame

Connemara and the West in Irish Art

How painters saw Connemara and the west of Ireland — Watkins at Killary, Craig at Leenane, Osborne in Galway — and how to choose a print of the west.

Connemara and the West in Irish Art

How painters saw Connemara and the west of Ireland — Watkins at Killary, Craig at Leenane, Osborne in Galway — and how to choose a print of the west.

The Meeting on the Turret Stairs by Frederic William Burton, a framed print in a black frame on a textured plaster wall

Irish Art Gifts for Christmas: Choosing a Print...

How to choose an Irish art print as a Christmas gift for a particular person, with practical guidance on size, framing and delivery timing.

Irish Art Gifts for Christmas: Choosing a Print...

How to choose an Irish art print as a Christmas gift for a particular person, with practical guidance on size, framing and delivery timing.

Sláinte (Cheers) – Irish Language Print | Art Print

Irish Words and Phrases As Gaeilge — What They ...

As Gaeilge means in Irish — said or written in the Irish language rather than in English — and the Irish phrases people most often look up as Gaeilge are...

Irish Words and Phrases As Gaeilge — What They ...

As Gaeilge means in Irish — said or written in the Irish language rather than in English — and the Irish phrases people most often look up as Gaeilge are...

Breton Boy in Profile by Roderic O'Conor, 1893, Musée d'Orsay

Roderic O'Conor: the Irishman who said no to Ga...

Gauguin expected him to sail for the South Seas. He stayed in Brittany, painted in stripes of raw colour a decade before the Fauves, and died almost unknown.

Roderic O'Conor: the Irishman who said no to Ga...

Gauguin expected him to sail for the South Seas. He stayed in Brittany, painted in stripes of raw colour a decade before the Fauves, and died almost unknown.

Shades of Evening by Mildred Anne Butler in a black frame above a fireplace

Mildred Anne Butler: the garden at Kilmurry

She painted one Kilkenny garden for fifty years, was bought for the nation in 1896, and was nearly forgotten until four hundred works came out of her studio in 1981.

Mildred Anne Butler: the garden at Kilmurry

She painted one Kilkenny garden for fifty years, was bought for the nation in 1896, and was nearly forgotten until four hundred works came out of her studio in 1981.