Art

The Irish Times literary editor Fintan O'Toole selects 100 artworks to narrate a history of Ireland.

A beautiful collection of paintings depicting women of elegance and style who have inspired artists throughout history.

The book presents an unfamiliar side of Sean Scully: a series of large-scale figurative paintings, material from his private archive, and essays on his new painterly freedom.

Micheal O Gaoithin was born 3 January 1904 on the Great Blasket island, one of the six surviving children of renowned storyteller Peig Sayers and her husband, Padraig 'Flint' O Guithin. This book presents a selection of 55 out of O Gaoithin's paintings and drawings from his collection of 200.