Irish art

Trump turns on museums and libraries, the art market’s 12% fall, Evie Hone and Mainie Jellett—podcast

What are the implications of the US president’s attempts to gut and transform arts organisations? Plus, discussions about the Art Basel and UBS Art Market Report 2025 and works by two leading Irish modernists

Hosted by Ben Luke. Produced by Julia Michalska, David Clack and Alexander Morrison

Booksreview

A new book explores the life of a pioneering Irish stained-glass artist through his glorious creations

Michael Healy’s reclusiveness belied his trailblazing role in Ireland's most prestigious studio of its kind

Maev Kennedy

Irish artnews

The room where it happened: John Lavery’s studio

Cromwell Place opens up the former studio of the Irish artist, where he painted prominent Anglo-Irish Treaty negotiators

Maev Kennedy

Book Shortsreview

The story of an Irish family’s history and its porcelain service are woven together in this fascinating book

The recovery of a Worcester soft-paste collection sheds light on 18th-century Anglo-Irish culture

Aldo Scardinelli

Booksarchive

Books in brief: British and Irish Art, 1945-51

Despite some factual inaccuracies, this is a refreshing and invigorating presentation that challenges assumptions

Andrew Lambirth

Auctionsarchive

The market for Irish art has matured: collectors are buying more selectively and hunting for bargains

Yeats and Orpen run out of steam

Anthony Thorncroft