The Model launches new series in celebration of Jack B. Yeats
The Model arts centre in Sligo has launched a new series of podcasts and radio plays to celebrate the work of Jack B. Yeats. The six-episode series, titled Encounters with Jack B Yeats, began this week to mark the 150th Anniversary of the artists birth and is curated by The…
Arts North West – The Blue Raincoat Theatre’s Hunting Darwin, Sligo Live and Jack B. Yeats exhibition
This week on Arts North West we chat with John Carty of Blue Raincoat Theatre about its current production, Hunting Darwin, which opened this week. We look at the line-up for this weekend’s Sligo Live and there is a fascinating interview with curator Donal Maguire of The National Gallery of Ireland and its exhibition…
Jack B Yeats piece highest paid price for a work of art in 2018
A Jack B Yeats painting fetched the highest paid price for a work of art in Ireland in 2018. The piece called ‘Pilot, Sligo River’ was sold at auction by Whyte’s in October for a price of 370,000 euro. The painting is a portrait of a bearded figure in peaked…