Robert O’Byrne is a writer specialising in the fine and decorative arts. He blogs at www.theirishaesthete.com
The NGI is 150 years old. Its holdings have been enriched by several benefactors. If only the state were as generous
Limerick's first week as Ireland's City of Culture has been a deliciously absurdist shambles as both the artistic director and CEO resign
The Bard Graduate Center's marvellous exhibition 'William Kent: Designing Georgian Britain' arrives at the V&A this spring, and should not be missed
The Irish are a sentimental people, and the sale of Alfred Grey's clumsy painting 'The Emigrants' Farewell' at Adam's last week just proves it
The New-York Historical Society's 'The Armory Show at 100: Modern Art and Revolution' actually reveals a measured side to the legendary show
Why the retrospectives to Eileen Gray (IMMA, Dublin) and William Scott (Ulster Museum, Belfast) shouldn't dwell on their Irish roots
The standard of Ireland's latest clutch of public statues ranges from poor to dreadful
