Famous painting hanging upside down for 77 years For the past 77 years, Piet Mondrian's famous artwork 'New York City I' has been hanging upside down. News Lens • 28 Oct 22
Shredded Banksy canvas sells for record £18.6m A partially shredded canvas of one of Banksy's most celebrated works has sold in London for £18.6 million (€21.9m), a record price for the artist. News Lens • 14 Oct 21
Modern art: How Non-Fungible Tokens have mushroomed NFTs have become a hot investment property in recent months; but what are they, and what's so valuable about a digital file? Business • 05 Sep 21
Van Gogh painting fetches €14m at auction A Vincent Van Gogh painting of a Paris street scene, held in a private collection for over a century, sold for €14m at auction today. News Lens • 25 Mar 21
Agreement made for display of Hugh Lane's collection A new partnership has been agreed between the National Gallery in London and the Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin, regarding the 39 paintings in the Sir … Ireland • 26 Feb 21
€600,000 commission for Dublin city sculptures launched The commissioning of six sculptures for Dublin city costing a total of €600,000 has been launched. News • 06 Jul 20
Social distancing circles roundly praised at IMMA Social distancing circles are proving to be a popular addition to the Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin. Ireland • 03 Jul 20
Tralee artist paints magnificent murals during lockdown An artist in Tralee has been making the most of the Covid-19 restrictions by creating striking murals on the town's streets. Munster • 27 May 20
Belfast artist aims to inspire 'hope' A street artist in Belfast has used his talent to create what he calls "a message of hope in desperate times", as he attempts to … News • 25 Mar 20
Cork artist inspires shutdown children around the world A Cork artist's online initiative which began as a response to the coronavirus shutdown has become a social media hit. Coronavirus • 17 Mar 20
Red noses painted onto Banksy piece on homelessness A new Banksy mural in Birmingham has been covered in protective perspex after someone painted red noses onto it over night. News Lens • 10 Dec 19
Art work proves too appealing as visitor eats it A work of art by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan titled "Comedian" and sold to a French collector for $120,000 has been taken off a gallery … News Lens • 08 Dec 19
Exhibition celebrates Limerick artist Thomas Ryan The work of Thomas Ryan, one of Ireland's oldest working artists, is being exhibited in his native Limerick city to mark his 90th year. Munster • 09 Nov 19
Masterpiece found in French kitchen fetches €24m A rare masterpiece by Italian early Renaissance master Cimabue that was discovered in a French kitchen has been sold for €24m, about five times the … World • 27 Oct 19
Banksy painting of MPs as chimpanzees sold for €11.1m A Banksy artwork depicting MPs in the House of Commons as chimpanzees has been sold for just under €11.1 million (£9.9 million), in what organisers … UK • 03 Oct 19
Missing Rubens sketch goes for $1.4m at auction A lost sketch by Flemish Baroque master Peter Paul Rubens has been sold at auction for $1.46 million (€1.3 million) after being rediscovered due to … World • 01 Apr 19
Hockney painting sells for €70m at auction A David Hockney painting has been sold for €70 million, smashing the auction record for a living artist. World • 16 Nov 18
Rare Irish art goes on display in Dublin Rare Irish art has gone on display in Dublin as part of a new Sotheby's exhibition. Ireland • 30 Aug 18
Major famine exhibition being transported to Ireland Work is under way to transport the world's largest collection of famine-related art from a museum in Connecticut in the US to Ireland. Ireland • 19 Feb 18
Gauguin painting sells for 'record $300m' A painting by French artist Paul Gauguin has become the most expensive art work ever sold after it was bought for close to $300m (€265m), … News • 07 Feb 15
Everything is Art A video installation at the main gallery of the TULCA Festival in Galway says: "Everything is Art". Special Reports • 12 Nov 14
ECB picks Italian, Bulgarian, UK artists for HQ The European Central Bank said today it has commissioned new works from three leading contemporary artists to adorn its spectacular new headquarters in Frankfurt. Business • 10 Nov 14
Manet masterpiece sells for $65m in New York A stunning 1881 masterpiece by Edouard Manet sold for $65 million (€51.8m) at auction in New York, a record for a work by the French … News • 06 Nov 14
Restored Monet returned to National Gallery The restored Claude Monet painting 'Argenteuil Basin With A Single Sailboat' has been returned to the National Gallery and has gone on public view. News • 01 Jul 14
Appeal over recovered artworks worth over €100K Gardaí have recovered more than 70 pieces of artwork which they believe were stolen over the past 40 years. News • 19 Jun 14
