The ultimate insult was that the very identity the original Irish had fought to preserve was now being co-opted and celebrated, but in a way that removed its political and historical significance. The ...

Many of his compositions are inspired by abstract painters such as Ellsworth Kelly and Yun Hyong-keun. Sean Scully’s ...

In the US, a beard was often seen as a symbol of the Abolitionist movement. John Brown sported one. So did John C. Frémont, the anti-slavery Republican who lost the 1856 presidential election. Abraham ...

The Nazi regime’s fascination with the occult has long captivated and horrified people in equal measure. The idea that one of ...

Three shows use the university’s collections to look at its history of collecting art and teaching art history.