The Irish Times

First look at renovated Russborough House as it reopens after €1m renovations

Art and furniture not seen for decades from Alfred Beit collection on display after refurbishment

Sat Mar 17 2018 - 06:00

Dining 1990s-style: €1,000 wines, copious courses and butlers by the dozen

A book published in 1996 gave insights as to how the great and good of Ireland entertained

Sat Mar 10 2018 - 06:00

Stolen, found – an Old Master nativity with a colourful past

Over four centuries "The Adoration of the Shepherds" has turned up in places as diverse as Delft in Holland, a royal palace in Germany, a French château, an attic in Clondalkin and a stately home in Co Wicklow

Sat Dec 16 2017 - 05:00

Beit Foundation settles death duty dispute with a painting

The Cornfield by Jacob van Ruisdael will now go to the Ulster Museum in Belfast

Thu Dec 14 2017 - 16:33

Review ordered into tax reliefs for owners of historic homes

Section 482 review follows high-profile cases of ‘big houses’ in trouble

Mon Feb 13 2017 - 21:23

Beit paintings purchased by Denis O’Brien and Lochlann Quinn to go on view next month in the National Gallery of Ireland

Two years after they were sent to London to be sold, the paintings are back in Ireland for good

Sat Jan 14 2017 - 06:00

Monet, Munch top sellers in 2016 art sales

David Bowie’s collection included ‘Sleep Sound’ by Jack B Yeats which sold for £233,000

Sat Dec 31 2016 - 00:00

Further €500,000 pledged to Russborough House

Funding follows on from €7m raised in sale of old master paintings from Beit Collection

Thu Dec 29 2016 - 15:16

Sale of old masters saves Russborough House

Sell-off of paintings has raises €7m for stately home

Mon Dec 19 2016 - 07:08

What became of Russborough House’s Old Masters for sale?

Of the Beit paintings controversially earmarked for auction, three avoided the hammer

Sat Dec 17 2016 - 06:00

Auction results and forthcoming sales

Three Beit Old Masters sold at Christie’s in London, including a Rubens for £1.3m

Sat Jul 09 2016 - 00:00

Rubens painting from Alfred Beit collection sold for £1.3m

Venus Supplicating Jupiter by Flemish Old Master acquired by an unnamed bidder

Thu Jul 07 2016 - 21:42

Drawing from Beit art collection sold for €87,500

Sale of ‘Aurora and Cephalus’ precedes auction of paintings by Guardi and Rubens

Wed Jul 06 2016 - 01:00

It’s Groundhog Day as Beit Old Masters go back on sale

Three paintings from Russborough House head back to auction

Fri Jul 01 2016 - 16:30

Original Beit art collection catalogue comes to light

The catalogue is likely to appeal to art historians, researchers and collectors interested in the Beit collection

Sat Mar 12 2016 - 05:45

Quinns gift €2m painting to State

Lochlann and Brenda Quinn to donate Beit painting to National Gallery of Ireland

Sat Jan 09 2016 - 00:00

The art market: recovery in Ireland while international boom continues

Auctioneers confidence restored as demand returns

Sat Jan 02 2016 - 02:00

Denis O’Brien spends €2m-plus on Rubens to donate to State

Alfred Beit Foundation selling paintings to fund upkeep of Co Wicklow house

Wed Nov 18 2015 - 14:15

Russborough would get ‘full tax relief’ if based in Limerick

Dáil exchange: Coalition accused of allowing Alfred Beit Foundation ‘cannibalise itself’

Thu Sept 24 2015 - 20:39

FF says Russborough wouldn’t have tax ‘difficulty’ if in Limerick

Claims that trust would have tax relief if based in Minister for Finance’s constituency

Thu Sept 24 2015 - 12:22

Contents of Guinness family home go on sale at auction

Items from Furness House, Co Kildare, include family heirlooms, art and antiques

Mon Sept 07 2015 - 01:00

Moment of truth as Lucas Cranach painting makes €13.3m

The artist’s intriguing ‘La Bocca della Verità’ sells for a record price at Sotheby’s

Sat Aug 15 2015 - 05:40

‘High art items’ never considered for Beit sale

Minutes state trust ‘veered’ towards disposal of non-essential assets such as furniture, porcelain and eastern ceramics

Wed Jul 15 2015 - 01:00

Christie’s formally withdraws auction of Beit pictures

Six paintings, including two Rubens, were set to be sold on July 9th

Thu Jun 25 2015 - 14:36

Brendan Howlin welcomes ‘white knights’ in Beit art sale

Board set to postpone London auction after emergence of Irish donors

Tue Jun 23 2015 - 09:55

Beit Foundation board set to postpone art sale

Board to meet to discuss pulling of paintings from auction after private donors make offer

Mon Jun 22 2015 - 23:01

Auction results

Sat Jun 20 2015 - 00:00

Hayes denies Russborough trustees warned of paintings sale

‘I’m flabbergasted at suggestion it was put to us in 2013 they had to sell part of collection’

Fri Jun 19 2015 - 13:28

Beit trust says it asked Government for aid twice in 2013

Foundation says it notified of financial situation before plans to sell Russborough art

Wed Jun 17 2015 - 20:53

Alfred Beit Foundation statement on sale of paintings

Board: ‘The challenges in funding a house such as Russborough are immense’

Wed Jun 17 2015 - 18:22

Russborough House refuses request to delay Beit sale

Heather Humphreys asked trust to reconsider auction of paintings from collection

Tue Jun 16 2015 - 22:10

Two Russborough Beit paintings sell for £112,500

Paintings sell at low end of expectations at auction in London

Tue Jun 16 2015 - 17:50

Court hears export licences for Beit paintings unlawfully issued

An Taisce takes legal challenge over fate of 10 artworks

Tue Jun 16 2015 - 15:37

Questions over authenticity of Russborough painting

Rubens’s The Monk was apparently rejected for auction and is returning to Ireland

Tue Jun 16 2015 - 08:38