A love of art and its history formed the basis of Anne Crookshank’s integrity, writes Edward McParland in this tribute to the indomitable art historian
With the obituaries written, the tributes paid, the details of the CV and career publicised and the eulogies delivered in the months since Anne Crookshank died in October 2016, what impression are we left with of her remarkable personality? It was easy to spot Anne in a crowd (indeed it was difficult to miss her). There was the voice. There was the laughter. There were the clothes, not fashionable but always stylish. And there were the opinions, being volubly and fearlessly expressed. This was the public Anne, and there seemed to be no great difference between the public and the private: in her Dublin and Ramelton homes, surrounded by the books and paintings (and cats) which were at the centre of her life, she was laughing, stylish, opinionated and hospitable.
Eddie Rafferty’s love affair with Africa is manifest at his first major survey exhibition on view this summer at the FE McWilliam Gallery, Banbridge, writes Riann Coulter.
