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Peter Murray is a freelance writer, curator and art historian.

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The Marriage of Strongbow and Aoife
Painting

The Marriage of Strongbow and Aoife


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Country Life
Heritage

Country Life


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Parallel worlds
Photography

Parallel worlds


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Everyday heroes
Sculpture

Everyday heroes


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Crusades in art
Heritage

Crusades in art


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Ghost in the machine
Sculpture

Ghost in the machine


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Winter nocturne
Painting

Winter nocturne


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Between heaven and earth
Heritage

Between heaven and earth


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No hothouse flower
Heritage

No hothouse flower


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Restless spirit
Heritage

Restless spirit


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Book Review: Art History after Francoise Henry 50 Years of UCD 1965-2015
Books

Book Review: Art History after Francoise Henry 50 Years of UCD 1965-2015


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Unearthing the Past
Artists

Unearthing the Past


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Book Review: Roland Penrose The Life Of A Surrealist
Books

Book Review: Roland Penrose The Life Of A Surrealist


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Hibernian Odyssey
Artists

Hibernian Odyssey


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The Language of Dreams
Arts Lives and Exhibitions

The Language of Dreams


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Foreign Service
Heritage

Foreign Service


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Book Review: FOUNTAINSTOWN AND MONTENOTTE
Books

Book Review: FOUNTAINSTOWN AND MONTENOTTE


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Rediscovering Seamus Murphy
Sculpture

Rediscovering Seamus Murphy


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A White Stag in France
Painting

A White Stag in France


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The Hero with a Thousand Faces
Arts Lives and Exhibitions

The Hero with a Thousand Faces


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MARITIME PAINTING IN IRELAND
Heritage

MARITIME PAINTING IN IRELAND


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William and Joan Roth: a history of art
Museums and Collections

William and Joan Roth: a history of art


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A swan song for Edward Sheil
Artists

A swan song for Edward Sheil


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The miniature art of Frederick Buck
Artists

The miniature art of Frederick Buck


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Triskel Christchurch
Architecture

Triskel Christchurch


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Mapping the map-maker
Arts Lives and Exhibitions

Mapping the map-maker


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Poetic licence
Arts Lives and Exhibitions

Poetic licence


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The Locks at Edenderry
Curators' Choice

The Locks at Edenderry


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Victorian enchantment
Artists

Victorian enchantment


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Strangers abroad
Prints and Drawings

Strangers abroad


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Humane witness
Artists

Humane witness


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LIVING LARGE AT CHATSWORTH
Artists

LIVING LARGE AT CHATSWORTH


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LANDSCAPE ARTIST
Artists

LANDSCAPE ARTIST


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Behind the lines
Arts Lives and Exhibitions

Behind the lines

Peter Murray remembers the talented artist, Robert Gregory, son of Lady Gregory of Coole Park, whose surviving works are testament to unfulfilled promise


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Book Review: Between the Mountains and the Sea: Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown County
Books

Book Review: Between the Mountains and the Sea: Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown County


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Book Review: EV + A Reduced: Exhibition of Visual + Art 1999
Books

Book Review: EV + A Reduced: Exhibition of Visual + Art 1999


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Book Review: Building for Government: The Architecture of State Buildings, OPW Ireland 1900-2000
Books

Book Review: Building for Government: The Architecture of State Buildings, OPW Ireland 1900-2000


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Book Review: Henry Jones Thaddeus
Books

Book Review: Henry Jones Thaddeus


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Book Review: The Life and Work of Robert Gibbings
Books

Book Review: The Life and Work of Robert Gibbings


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A Transcendental Timelessness: The Paintings and Sculptures of Liam Belton
Sculpture

A Transcendental Timelessness: The Paintings and Sculptures of Liam Belton


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A Noble Path
Sculpture

A Noble Path


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The Language of Stone
Sculpture

The Language of Stone


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An Ideal Witness
Painting

An Ideal Witness


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19th-Century Renaissance Man
Arts Lives and Exhibitions

19th-Century Renaissance Man


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A Classical Ideal
Sculpture

A Classical Ideal


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Modular Infinity
Sculpture

Modular Infinity


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Refiguring Delaney
Sculpture

Refiguring Delaney


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Cultural Exchange
Sculpture

Cultural Exchange


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Cresting the Waves
Painting

Cresting the Waves


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Primary Forms
Sculpture

Primary Forms


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James Barry: Artist and Thinker
Painting

James Barry: Artist and Thinker


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Whipping the Herring
Arts Lives and Exhibitions

Whipping the Herring


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Taste & Sensibility: The Patronage of Cooper Penrose
Museums and Collections

Taste & Sensibility: The Patronage of Cooper Penrose


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Statuesque Splendour at Lismore
Heritage

Statuesque Splendour at Lismore


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Book Review: Irish Paintings
Books

Book Review: Irish Paintings


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Book Review: The Works Series on Modern Irish Art
Books

Book Review: The Works Series on Modern Irish Art


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Book Review: Visual Politics: The Representation of Ireland 1750-1930
Books

Book Review: Visual Politics: The Representation of Ireland 1750-1930


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The Architectural Year Reviewed: The AAI and RIAI Awards
Prizes and Awards

The Architectural Year Reviewed: The AAI and RIAI Awards


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Rose Barton’s Talent Displayed
Arts Lives and Exhibitions

Rose Barton’s Talent Displayed


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A Win for Ireland
Arts Lives and Exhibitions

A Win for Ireland


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The Cooper Penrose Collection
Architecture

The Cooper Penrose Collection


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Natural Wonder
Artists

Natural Wonder


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Book Review: Dr James Barry, A Woman Ahead of her Time
Books

Book Review: Dr James Barry, A Woman Ahead of her Time


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Three Dimensions in Modernism
Sculpture

Three Dimensions in Modernism


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Damnation memoriae
Arts Lives and Exhibitions

Damnation memoriae


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Anne’s Grove from the past to the present
Heritage

Anne’s Grove from the past to the present


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Book Review: The Life and Work of John ffrench Irish Ceramic Artist (1928-2010)
Books

Book Review: The Life and Work of John ffrench Irish Ceramic Artist (1928-2010)


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Book Review: Brian O’Doherty/Patrick Ireland: Word, Image and Institutional Critique
Books

Book Review: Brian O’Doherty/Patrick Ireland: Word, Image and Institutional Critique


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Petrie’s magnum opus
Antiquities

Petrie’s magnum opus


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Margaret Stokes Celtic Connoisseur
Arts Lives and Exhibitions

Margaret Stokes Celtic Connoisseur

Peter Murray pays tribute to the scholar and artist whose meticulous recording of Irish antiquities in the 19th century remains an invaluable resource today


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John Mulcahy 1932-2018
Art Comment

John Mulcahy 1932-2018


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Edwin Hayes (1819-1904)
Artists

Edwin Hayes (1819-1904)

Peter Murray charts the work of Irish marine artist, Edwin Hayes, whose bicentenary falls this year


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Swift in the sun
Heritage

Swift in the sun

The artist Patrick Swift and his wife founded a pottery in Portugal in the 1960s that is still thriving today, writes Peter Murray


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Dear…Selected letters from Brian O’Doherty 1970s-2018
Books

Dear…Selected letters from Brian O’Doherty 1970s-2018


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Metamorphosis
Artists Sculpture

Metamorphosis

Olivia Musgrave’s interest in the Classics greatly informs her sculptures, writes Peter Murray

 


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Municipal art
Museums and Collections

Municipal art

The ethos of Quakerism informed the impulse to establish Waterford’s Municipal Art Collection, writes Peter Murray


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New Irish Architecture the Architectural Year Reviewed
Architecture

New Irish Architecture the Architectural Year Reviewed


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Leewards
Heritage

Leewards

Peter Murray highlights paintings from the recent collection donated to the Crawford Art Gallery by the Port of Cork Company


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O’Malley at Venice
Artists

O’Malley at Venice

Peter Murray visits the Irish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, where artist Niamh O’Malley is on show


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Juvenile genii
Artists

Juvenile genii

John Trotter was a bright star in the Dublin Society’s drawing school in the mid-18th century, but his failure to achieve the success expected of him remains something of a mystery, writes Peter Murray


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An Irishman in Italy
Artists

An Irishman in Italy

Solomon Delane made his name in Rome, where ‘milords’ from Britain and Ireland, making the Grand Tour, would acquire works of art and antique, writes Peter Murray


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On a pedestal
Artists

On a pedestal

Peter Murray considers an exhibition of work by contemporary artists that celebrates the inspirational Italian, Giovanni Battista Piranesi


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Full circle
Artists Sculpture

Full circle

Peter Murray explores the life and work of sculptor John Byrne


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Wayfarer
Artists

Wayfarer

Anthony Carey Stannus was skilled in capturing the excitement and energy of vessels at sea, and also adept at depicting buildings, landscapes and genre scenes, writes Peter Murray


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Mythic terrain
Exhibitions Sculpture

Mythic terrain

Peter Murray journeys to sculptor Michael Quane’s studio in Cork, which provides an insight into his inspirations and method of working


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A Man for all Seasons
Artists

A Man for all Seasons


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Oh, ye dead!
Artists

Oh, ye dead!

In Clodagh Emoe’s art practice, sculpture, performance art and philosophy hold equal sway, writes Peter Murray


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