Jill Unkel selects a plate from Journal des Dames et des Modes from the Chester Beatty Collection
Peter Somerville-Large recalls the largesse of Sir Alfred Chester Beatty as highlights from his bequest to the National Gallery of Ireland go on view at the Chester Beatty Library this autumn.
As the directors of several National Cultural Institutions prepare to retire this year JOHN MULCAHY poses the question: is there an intention to downgrade their roles to executive managers – and if so, why?
In his livre d’artiste, a selection from which are on display at the Chester Beatty Library, Matisse sought to create a graphic equivalent to the facing page, writes Emily Mark-FitzGerald
Shane McCausland explores the rich narrative themes of Ming-Qing era art from the Shanghai Museum on view at the Chester Beatty Library
‘Contrary to common assumption, painters in the Islamic world frequently portrayed the Prophet Muhammad’, writes Serpil Bagci in this assessment of a number of Ottoman treasures from the Chester Beatty Library
A good print is the sum of an artist’s stamina and vision, writes NIALL NAESSENS ahead of the Graphic Studio’s print show at the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin in January 2009
Charles Horton discusses two contrasting, yet intimate portrayals of the birth of a child from a 16th-century prayer book
Fionnuala Croke presents a selection from the panoply of objects d’arts on view at the Chester Beatty Library’s ‘A to Z’ exhibition