Peter Murray remembers the talented artist, Robert Gregory, son of Lady Gregory of Coole Park, whose surviving works are testament to unfulfilled promise
Peter Murray pays tribute to the scholar and artist whose meticulous recording of Irish antiquities in the 19th century remains an invaluable resource today
Peter Murray charts the work of Irish marine artist, Edwin Hayes, whose bicentenary falls this year
The artist Patrick Swift and his wife founded a pottery in Portugal in the 1960s that is still thriving today, writes Peter Murray
Olivia Musgrave’s interest in the Classics greatly informs her sculptures, writes Peter Murray
The ethos of Quakerism informed the impulse to establish Waterford’s Municipal Art Collection, writes Peter Murray
Peter Murray highlights paintings from the recent collection donated to the Crawford Art Gallery by the Port of Cork Company
Peter Murray visits the Irish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, where artist Niamh O’Malley is on show
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
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
Peter Murray considers an exhibition of work by contemporary artists that celebrates the inspirational Italian, Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Peter Murray explores the life and work of sculptor John Byrne
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
Peter Murray journeys to sculptor Michael Quane’s studio in Cork, which provides an insight into his inspirations and method of working
In Clodagh Emoe’s art practice, sculpture, performance art and philosophy hold equal sway, writes Peter Murray