Get shaken - and a little stirred - with antique cocktail cabinets

Sale also features significant work by Patrick Caulfield

‘I’d go for a pint with Willem de Kooning and dinner with Francis Bacon’

A new biography sheds new light on the enigma that is Francis Bacon

'This brute stupidity gripped the whole world' - the broad canvas of Christian art

Rite & Reason: Methodists have a more positive attitude towards religious art than Calvinists and members of other reformed churches

Noel Whelan: A political junkie’s guide to surviving Christmas

The books, movies, podcasts and programmes to get you through the downtime

Elizabeth Shaw: unknown in Ireland but fondly remembered in Germany

Belfast-born artist’s story encompasses Churchill, communism and children’s books

Eileen Gray, thoroughly modern maker

Furniture designer and architect Eileen Gray died nearly 40 years ago but is back with us in a big way: a new book, film and TV special are all devoted to the life and work of the Irish woman who pioneered the Modern Movement

North investment conference targets investors from emerging markets

Initiative follows Cameron pledge at G8 summit to help rebalance local economy

North investment conference targets investors from emerging markets

Initiative follows Cameron pledge at G8 summit to help rebalance local economy

Cantillon: First Ireland, then the world for new Vodafone UK chief