At his recent retrospective in the Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery, most of Pat Scott’s paintings were on show, but only a few of his tapestries were exhibited. Peter Lamb redresses the balance
Patrick Scott (b. 1921) has had two complementary careers as an artist: he is most famous for his exquisitely simple abstracts in gold and white on unprimed canvas, yet, as a designer of tapestries, he revels in all the colours of the rainbow. At the recent retrospective in Dublin, all of his important paintings were on show but only a few of the tapestries were exhibited. This article will attempt to redress the balance
The National Library of Ireland recently acquired an album of thirty-six watercolours and prints made by James Cavanah Murphy in Portugal between 1789 and 1790. Michael McCarthy recalls the career and travels of this unusual draughtsman
The Smurfit Art Collection spans three continents and contains some of the best 20th-century Irish art. Ciaran MacGonical reviews a new catalogue of the collection