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artist’s-studios

Bears

These teddy bears turned inside out will haunt your nightmares

8 Nov 2014

3.4k

books are my bag

Do you prefer buying books in bookshops or online?

9 Oct 2014

9.8k

In Memory

"The Ryan Line is open": RTÉ unveils bronze tribute to Gerry Ryan

3 Oct 2014

15.2k

lego crazy

Chocolate Lego is now a delicious, delicious thing

17 Aug 2014

3.5k

Abuse

Rolf Harris applies for permission to appeal convictions

1 Aug 2014

8.8k

draw me

Man draws quick, amazing portraits of commuters on the new New York subway

31 Jul 2014

2.2k

Art

Vagina artist arrested in Tokyo on obscenity charges

16 Jul 2014

20.1k

omey head

"It was hoppin!" Connemara man's hangover story is the most Irish thing ever

29 Jun 2014

9.1k

history in colour

8 iconic photos from history, brought to life in colour

24 Jun 2014

36.2k

Legend

A man is filling Chicago's potholes with wonderful mosaics

13 Jun 2014

4.0k

my first tattoo

Artist sets up fake "tattoo parlour for children", gets genuine requests from parents

4 Jun 2014

31.3k

Rolf Harris

I'm a "touchy-feely sort of person", Harris tells sex assault trial

27 May 2014

10.9k

demented reality

Artist turns the real world into a cartoon universe in cool stop motion video

24 May 2014

2.0k

Visionary

Turning night terrors into unforgettable art: Fans mourn loss of 'Alien' artist HR Giger

14 May 2014

5.6k

3d art

Someone DREW the Snake game from your old Nokia phone

29 Apr 2014

2.4k

Art Attack

Artist turns homophobic tweets sent to Tom Daley into beautiful portrait

23 Apr 2014

4.4k

battle cries

Blood, swords and Iceland: A new way of looking at the Battle of Clontarf

18 Apr 2014

10.0k

park and slide

Artist plans to turn UK street into massive water slide for a day

12 Mar 2014

3.0k

Smoke and Mirrors

Man tries to smoke 100 cigarettes in one go, fails miserably

5 Mar 2014

3.1k

turner prize

Cup of tea wins Laure Prouvost the Turner Prize

3 Dec 2013

6.4k

Castaway

‘I found myself in the Philippines, blindfolded and handcuffed to a Polish man’

2 Sep 2013

14.1k

Our Nation’s Sons

Achill-henge structure gets arty makeover and it's all to help young men

1 Sep 2013

14.9k

Inquest

Coroner: Artist David Hockney’s aide died after drinking toilet cleaner

30 Aug 2013

14.0k

living doll

Here's what Barbie would look like if she was a real woman

4 Jul 2013

5.2k

Investigation

Shock as artist found dead by his famous work in Brazil

11 Jan 2013

22.3k

Art

And the winner is... Video about fatal shop fire wins Turner prize

4 Dec 2012

2.9k

horny

Annoying Viral Campaign of the Day

18 Sep 2012

6.6k

need to know

The Evening Fix: Sunday

19 Aug 2012

9.2k

Ai Weiwei

China: Artist Ai loses appeal against tax fine

20 Jul 2012

2.5k

Irish Art

Irish artist Louis le Brocquy dies at 95

25 Apr 2012

6.1k

murdered

Was Vincent Van Gogh murdered?

17 Oct 2011

741

Galway arts

Galway Arts Festival: What to see/hear/watch

13 Jul 2011

288

China

China releases dissident artist Ai Weiwei following tax 'confession'

22 Jun 2011

190

China

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei allowed brief family visit after 43 days in custody

16 May 2011

437

Good Morning

The 9 at 9 Nine things you need to know by 9am: The news from the Department of Finance is even worse than we thought; an artist’s fingers cut off during a savage attack and everything you need to know to bluff your way through the day’s cricket chat.

3 Mar 2011

2.0k

Middle Finger

Italian artist unveils 20 foot middle finger to stock exchange

25 Sep 2010

574

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