Sir, - In the review of Jane O'Malley's exhibition at the Taylor Galleries by Luke Clancy (November 13th), the sneers directed at the artist's privileged lifestyle were presumptuous and inaccurate. Had he any knowledge of her struggles and those of her husband, Tony O'Malley, he wouldn't have made them. But since he doesn't seem to like painting anyway, it is perhaps not surprising that he should be as careless about the painter as he is about manners. - Yours, etc.,
From Brian Lynch
Seafield Road, Killiney, Co Dublin.