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Lifestyle: Art
All entries for Art
Dublin gallery set for a Munch of Bacon
Dr John Wallace | 08 October 2009
Major twentieth-century artists, Francis Bacon and Edvard Munch, are now on show in Dublin, Dr John Wallace reflects on two new important exhibitions running this autumn... Read more
Southern views on display from accidental artist
Niamh Mullen | 19 June 2009
Niamh Mullen speaks to Prof Colin Bradley, whose photographs are on exhibition in UCC, along with those of Dr Colman Casey and Dr Frank van Pelt Accidental artist Prof Colin Bradley’s first exhibition of photography runs at the Jennings Gallery... Read more
Tragedy in a landscaped paradise
Dr John Wallace | 15 June 2009
Dr John Wallace looks at the major exhibition in Dublin of the work of the short-lived Wexford painter Thomas Roberts. Roberts is considered to be a painter of European significance — despite being virtually unknown outside of Ireland. Thomas Roberts,... Read more
Three masterpieces from Holland’s Golden Age on show in Dublin
Dr John Wallace | 20 March 2009
Dr John Wallace looks at a small but exceptional exhibition that is currently running at the National Gallery of Ireland in Dublin. Three renowned works painted by artists from the city of Delft in Holland are now on display at... Read more
A five-star collection of Irish and European art
dr John Wallace | 30 November 2008
Dr John Wallace takes a look at a superb art collection of works by European and Irish artists, which is located in the Merrion Hotel and Restaurant Patrick Guilbaud in central Dublin. The five-star Merrion Hotel is located just off... Read more
An investor's guide to the art market
Dr John Wallace | 12 November 2008
Dr John Wallace looks at a new book that analyses the Irish art market from an investment perspective and offers an understanding as to how the art market works in this country. Works of art are unique, portable, storable and... Read more
Impressionist interiors, moments lost in time
Dr John Wallace | 25 July 2008
Dr John Wallace looks at the current Impressionist exhibition in the National Gallery, which includes some of the best-known exponents of the style: Monet, Renoir, Degas and Morisot. Impressionism’ was coined as a term of derision. By 1900, there was... Read more
Art intervention in Big Apple
26 March 2008
The ‘Open Window’ group from St James’s Hospital was invited this month to present its project, ‘Art Intervention in the Stem Cell Transplant Unit’ at the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York. When the Stem Cell Transplant... Read more
Paris: a showcase of masterpieces
Dr John Wallace | 20 March 2008
Dr John Wallace enjoys some of the delights on offer at a small Parisian art gallery - a 'must-see' in the City of Lights. The Orangerie is a small yet very important gallery in central Paris that houses the famous... Read more
Great libraries of the world
Dr John Wallace | 06 March 2008
Dr John Wallace looks at a lavish book of photographs detailing the interiors of some of the greatest libraries in the world, which includes a few wonderful examples from Ireland Of necessity, we have all spent some time in libraries,... Read more
Sculpture evolution in modern era
Brenda Moore McCann | 01 February 2008
When American minimalist sculptor Carl Andre’s stacks of bricks or tiles were first shown over thirty years ago, they caused outrage. How could a row of 120 stacked sand-lime bricks or metal tiles on the gallery floor be considered sculpture?... Read more
Six year gallery display for new tax break masterpieces
Dr John Wallace | 11 January 2008
The National Gallery of Ireland now temporarily holds two highly controversial pictures, Omai, by Joshua Reynolds, and Reclining Nude, by Modigliani. Omai has already caused a major row with the Tate Gallery in London and also with the British government.... Read more
Raphael's Mother and Child images
Dr John Wallace | 14 December 2007
Raphael, Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci were the three Italian creators of the High Renaissance. Raphael, the youngest, was the one who most vividly expressed its ideals. Throughout his brief career, Raphael was very much associated with the image of... Read more
The Portraits on Paper exhibition
Dr John Wallace | 16 November 2007
The challenge of creating a good likeness has proved irresistible to artists down through the ages. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde is the most renowned example in literature of an image so powerful that it becomes a... Read more
What did the Etruscans ever do for us?
Brenda Moore-McCann | 02 November 2007
Two of the striking phenomena in Tuscany over the last decade are the ubiquity of Irish voices and the growth of Etruscan Museums. For the former, we have to thank the vision of the late Tony Ryan and Ryanair. The... Read more
A life of quiet tragedy
Dr John Wallace | 19 October 2007
Walter Osbourne was born at 5 Castlewood Ave, Rathmines in Dublin in 1859 to a family that produced doctors and the occasional writer or painter. His father, who was also an artist, specialised in painting animals and made a modest... Read more
He, who altered the history of art
Dr John Wallace | 10 August 2007
The art dealer Ambroise Vollard played a decisive role in the development of modern art. Incredibly foresighted, he defended unknown or ‘banned’ artists and was the first to organise a one-man show devoted to Paul Cezanne. He also supported the... Read more
Da Vinci's art revitalising Dublin
Dr Brenda Moore McCann | 01 June 2007
This summer Dublin will feel the presence of one of history’s greatest figures when a Leonardo da Vinci Codex takes up residence in an exhibition in the city centre. The ghost of Leonardo da Vinci, who some have called the... Read more
Medical advances over centuries explored in artistic masterpieces
Dr John Wallace | 06 April 2007
This book on the relationship between art and medicine explores the evolution of treatments, physical and psychological, from ancient to modern times, and records how artists illustrated these advances. Surgical And Medical Treatment in Art is written by Prof Alan... Read more
Hospital of Santa Maria della Scala links art and history of medicine
Dr Brenda Moore McCann | 23 March 2007
With so much talk about a new national children’s hospital, and the inadequacies, vested interests, politics and philosophy surrounding our national healthcare system, it might be instructive to look at the one of the world’s oldest hospitals- Santa Maria della... Read more
Sir John Lavery painted Queen Victoria and befriended Irish rebels
Dr John Wallace | 09 February 2007
The most important Irish exhibition of the year, Irish Paintings from the Ulster Museum, will be held at the National Gallery of Ireland in March. Also starting in March, is a significant exhibition at the Musee d’Orsay in Paris on... Read more
A sophisticated genius and master craftsman
Dr John Wallace | 01 December 2006
Paolo Uccello is regarded as one of the most distinctive artists of the early Renaissance period and his painting Virgin and Child in the Irish National Gallery is regarded as one of his masterpieces. He was called ‘Uccello’, meaning ‘bird’... Read more