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Mainie Jellett and Evie Hone. The Art of Friendship
10 Apr, 2025
- 10 Aug, 2025
An Túr Gloine: Artists and the Collective
30 Mar, 2024
- 12 Jan, 2025
Articles
There was high drama at Whyte鈥檚 art auction on Monday evening (26 May) when a battle between two telephone bidders started at 鈧�50,000 and ended with a private collector with the winning bid of 鈧�210,000 for Mainie Jellett鈥檚 Achill Horses, 1933.
In an obituary for Mainie Jellett (1897鈥�1944) Elizabeth Bowen recalled, with some relish, witnessing the 鈥榦pening of Mainie鈥檚 life as an artist鈥�.
A kaleidoscope of colour through which the history of modernism is refracted, this exhibition brings to light the creative benefits of long-lasting friendship, collaboration and experimentation.