The creative sweet spot: you can find it in your (very early) sleep
Research shows accessing a hypnagogic state as you drift into sleep can unlock creativity
New portrait of John Hume to be unveiled at Dublin art fair
Painting of late SDLP founder by Irish artist Vincent Devine worth €50,000
Pop artists Warhol and Haring in Dublin and Belfast exhibitions
Culloden Estate to host Holywood International Art and Sculpture Art Fair in June
Irish contribution to Ali-Frazier bout that brought the planet shuddering to a halt
America at Large: Monday is 50th anniversary of first Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier bout
Mike Wallace Is Here: Portrait of a great American interviewer
Review: Fast-paced documentary of a hard-edged US media showman
Why does Timothée Chalamet look as if he’s being buffeted on Lahinch beach?
And, more importantly, will we be able to watch him star in Dune from a cinema seat?
Virtual viewing: A guide to visiting museums online in the age of Covid-19
Many of the world’s great museums are now available on screen, but what exactly do you get for your click?
Chinese artefacts keep coming to Irish salerooms – and collectors follow
Rare and unsual incense burners set for sale in Co Laois
State papers: Government officials warned not to ask Saudi prince about ‘wives’
Briefing for visit of Crown Prince Abdullah also advised covering wine bottles with ‘veil’
Loco por Lorca: An Irish celebration of the great Spanish poet
For Loco por Lorca, Theo Dorgan and Cormac Breatnach made a joyous tapestry of four cultures and four languages
Yes tonight Josepine: Empress’s bed could be yours for €2,000 plus
Fonsie Mealy’s sale features a bed thought to have been owned by Napoleon’s wife
Dalí’s surreal dream pieces in the gardens at Russborough
Wicklow exhibition and sale includes work from Irish and international sculptors
Making waves: The future of the boating industry is electric
‘I think the industry has been too traditional’, says the Elon Musk of the nautical world
Fintan O'Toole: Are the English ready for self-government?
Westminster chaos affords preview of Britain standing alone with its demons
Sports books of 2018: The best, the rest and all in between
Malachy Clerkin looks at some of the volumes taking up the sports sections this year
Hungry for art: food has always been a tasty subject for artists
Feast and famine: food grows, gives life, rots – no wonder artists see its power to reveal life’s truths
‘I think the Irish are Spaniards who got lost’
Ian Gibson has lived in Spain for decades and is best known for his work on the poet Federico García Lorca
Seven simple steps to improving the quality of your sleep
Sleep deprivation has been linked to a long list of health problems, including type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, depression and obesity
At home with salvage hunter Siobhan Burke
The Dubliner scours European cities to find vintage furniture for interiors back home
A writer, his ashes and Paris’s delay in giving him a final resting place
Paris Letter: After months of political wrangling, Michel Déon is finally to be buried at Montparnasse
Alice Cooper: ‘Larry Mullen is the only drummer to ask me for my lyrics’
The self-proclaimed executioner of the last taboos of the Western world on his Irish blood, not drinking – and finding religion
DNA tests on Salvador Dalí’s body refute woman’s paternity claim
Pilar Abel claimed her mother had an affair with the Spanish surrealist artist in 1955
Salvador Dalí’s moustache still intact, exhumation reveals
Embalmer says artist’s body ‘like wood’ after samples collected to settle paternity claim
Salvador Dali’s bones to be exhumed for paternity test
Artist died in 1989 and is buried in his museum in the north-eastern town of Figueres
In a Word . . . John
St John’s Eve was an occasion for major bonfires all over our part of the world in those days
Pieces of me: Glenda Gilson, model and television presenter
I’m fairly minimalist. I like clean, sharp lines and neutral colours
Time to check your record collection – there may be a masterpiece on the sleeve
Writer and art historian Francesco Spampinato explores collaborations between musician and artists in his new book Art Record Covers
For these magic men, ‘unfortunately, Hogwarts didn’t exist’
The Illusionists, who are coming to Ireland, cast a spell over charmed journalists in Paris
Paintings may contain Alzheimer’s clues, claims Maynooth researcher
Study of work by major artists could help in earlier diagnosis of degenerative illness
French writer Michel Déon dies in Galway, aged 97
Novelist moved to Ireland in 1968 and his best-known works are partially or totally set here
Salvador Dalí’s lobster telephone and Mae West lips sofa to be sold at auction
Renowned surrealist artworks among hundreds of objects to be sold by Christie’s
Travel: Hidden gems on the beaten track
Amid some of the most world’s popular holiday destinations can be found hidden cultural gems of art, museums, gardens and festival
A taste of Bob Dylan: 10 songs to beat The Band
Sheer, dizzying, heartbreaking brilliance: superfan Joseph O'Connor's selects his playlist
Pieces of me: Paula Rowan, glove designer
Paula Rowan’s latest collection of gloves was inspired by the colours of the sea, which sparkle through the unadorned windows of her Sandycove apartment
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