Editing Irish art (section)

==Contemporary art==
Ireland's best known living artists include [[Brian O'Doherty]] an art historian, sculptor, and [[conceptual artist]] who is based in [[New York City]], [[Sean Scully]] an abstract painter who lives and works in New York City, [[Dorothy Cross]], a sculptor and filmmaker and [[James Coleman (Irish artist)|James Coleman]], an installation and video artist.  [[Robert Ballagh]], [[Willie Doherty]], and [[Sean Hillen]] also work in modern media.  The Irish Independent Artists exhibited at the David Hendrik's Gallery, Dublin during the 1970s and early 1980s. Joe O'Connor, figurative/dynamic painter of iconic sports heroes was one of its original members.

Interest in collecting Irish art has expanded rapidly with the economic expansion of the country, primarily focussing on investment in early twentieth century painters.{{Citation needed|date=July 2019}}  Support for young Irish artists is still relatively minor compared to their [[Europe]]an counterparts, as the Arts Council's focus has been on improving infrastructure and professionalism in venues.

An exhibition called 'The Art of a Nation: Irish Works from the Allied Irish Bank and Crawford Art Gallery Collection' was held between 13 and 31 May 2015 at the Mall Galleries, The Mall, London. It celebrated the story of Irish art from 1890s to the present day and included important works by Aloysius O'Kelly, Sir William Orpen, Jack B Yeats, William Scott, Sean Scully and Hughie O'Donoghue.

*[[Kevin Abosch]], [[Gerard Byrne (artist, born 1958)|Gerard Byrne]], [[Dorothy Cross]], [[James Coleman (Irish artist)|James Coleman]], [[Amanda Coogan]], [[Colin Davidson (artist)|Colin Davidson]], [[Joe Dunne (artist)|Joe Dunne]], [[Ross Eccles]], [[Fergus Feehily]], [[Gary Farrelly]], [[Ronan Goti]], [[James Hanley (painter)|James Hanley]], [[Gottfried Helnwein]], [[Seán Hillen|Sean Hillen]], [[Mary Fitzgerald (artist)|Mary Fitzgerald]], [[Vera Klute]], [[Stephen Lawlor]], [[John Long (artist)|John Long]], [[Paul McCloskey (artist)|Paul McCloskey]], [[Mick O'Dea]], [[Nick Miller (artist)|Nick Miller]], [[Michael Mulcahy (painter)|Michael Mulcahy]], [[Rasher (artist)|Rasher]], [[Peter Richards (artist)|Peter Richards]], [[Anne Rigney]], [[Victor Sloan]], [[Paul Seawright]],  [[Samuel Walsh (artist)|Samuel Walsh]], [[Conor Walton]].

=== Mural painting ===
{{main|Murals in Northern Ireland}}
Northern Ireland has a significant tradition of political mural painting, from both the [[Ulster loyalist|loyalist]] and [[Irish republican|republican]] standpoints.