Michael Waldron
@michaelwaldron.bsky.social
Curator, art historian, writer (not the MCU guy)
Curious about collections, mad about modernism
He/him 🏳️🌈🇪🇺🇮🇪
Curious about collections, mad about modernism
He/him 🏳️🌈🇪🇺🇮🇪
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Pinching myself to be a very small part of The Routledge Companion to Irish Art, a remarkable new volume that will enrich the field of Irish art history for years to come. Deepest thanks to the brilliant, patient, and supportive editors, Fionna Barber and Fintan Cullen. Maith sibh!
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What are your plans for a spring garden? How about some of these to liven up the bedding plants?
These quaint depictions, one of a narcissus daffodil with people as flowers and two mandrakes, are from Jacob Meydenbach's Ortus Sanitatis (1491).
These quaint depictions, one of a narcissus daffodil with people as flowers and two mandrakes, are from Jacob Meydenbach's Ortus Sanitatis (1491).
January 24, 2026 at 10:00 AM
What are your plans for a spring garden? How about some of these to liven up the bedding plants?
These quaint depictions, one of a narcissus daffodil with people as flowers and two mandrakes, are from Jacob Meydenbach's Ortus Sanitatis (1491).
These quaint depictions, one of a narcissus daffodil with people as flowers and two mandrakes, are from Jacob Meydenbach's Ortus Sanitatis (1491).
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Someone made a very clean job when they stole this illustration from our copy of Blaeu's Atlas Major, v.1 from 1662. That it's historical theft makes it no less galling!
January 19, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Someone made a very clean job when they stole this illustration from our copy of Blaeu's Atlas Major, v.1 from 1662. That it's historical theft makes it no less galling!
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Timoleague Friary • West Cork
The origins of the Franciscan friary at Timoleague are somewhat uncertain, but it is traditionally believed to have been founded as early as 1240 by Donal Glas McCarthy, though it may have been established on an earlier foundation.
#Ireland #SpéirGhorm #WestCork
The origins of the Franciscan friary at Timoleague are somewhat uncertain, but it is traditionally believed to have been founded as early as 1240 by Donal Glas McCarthy, though it may have been established on an earlier foundation.
#Ireland #SpéirGhorm #WestCork
January 21, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Timoleague Friary • West Cork
The origins of the Franciscan friary at Timoleague are somewhat uncertain, but it is traditionally believed to have been founded as early as 1240 by Donal Glas McCarthy, though it may have been established on an earlier foundation.
#Ireland #SpéirGhorm #WestCork
The origins of the Franciscan friary at Timoleague are somewhat uncertain, but it is traditionally believed to have been founded as early as 1240 by Donal Glas McCarthy, though it may have been established on an earlier foundation.
#Ireland #SpéirGhorm #WestCork
Fabulously detailed account of the lost Queen’s Place, one of Cork’s Georgian terraces, by Richard Forrest
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Life at Cork’s now obsolete Queen’s Place
In 1974, Queen’s Place, with 260 years left on its lease, was demolished. RICHARD FORREST looks at the history of the now obsolete Cork address, and ...
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January 21, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Fabulously detailed account of the lost Queen’s Place, one of Cork’s Georgian terraces, by Richard Forrest
www.echolive.ie/nostalgia/ar...
www.echolive.ie/nostalgia/ar...
Superb talk by @emilymfg.bsky.social on Casimir Markievicz earlier today, coinciding with the new panel exhibition @rialibrary.bsky.social reflecting his life in Bohemian Dublin in the early twentieth century 🎨🎭
January 20, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Superb talk by @emilymfg.bsky.social on Casimir Markievicz earlier today, coinciding with the new panel exhibition @rialibrary.bsky.social reflecting his life in Bohemian Dublin in the early twentieth century 🎨🎭
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Terminus, the Device of Erasmus, c. 1532.
Hans Holbein the Younger
Holbein conflates Erasmus’s features with Terminus, Roman god of boundaries, who defied Jupiter.
Erasmus adopted Terminus, & the motto concedo nulli (I concede to no one).
(Cleveland Museum of Art)
Hans Holbein the Younger
Holbein conflates Erasmus’s features with Terminus, Roman god of boundaries, who defied Jupiter.
Erasmus adopted Terminus, & the motto concedo nulli (I concede to no one).
(Cleveland Museum of Art)
January 20, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Terminus, the Device of Erasmus, c. 1532.
Hans Holbein the Younger
Holbein conflates Erasmus’s features with Terminus, Roman god of boundaries, who defied Jupiter.
Erasmus adopted Terminus, & the motto concedo nulli (I concede to no one).
(Cleveland Museum of Art)
Hans Holbein the Younger
Holbein conflates Erasmus’s features with Terminus, Roman god of boundaries, who defied Jupiter.
Erasmus adopted Terminus, & the motto concedo nulli (I concede to no one).
(Cleveland Museum of Art)
True national treasures, Crawford Art Gallery’s suite of 18 watercolour studies for The Eve of St Agnes window offer incredible insight into #HarryClarke’s creative process.
You can explore all of them, and their marginalia, online here: crawfordartgallery.ie/harry-clarke...
You can explore all of them, and their marginalia, online here: crawfordartgallery.ie/harry-clarke...
January 20, 2026 at 9:55 PM
True national treasures, Crawford Art Gallery’s suite of 18 watercolour studies for The Eve of St Agnes window offer incredible insight into #HarryClarke’s creative process.
You can explore all of them, and their marginalia, online here: crawfordartgallery.ie/harry-clarke...
You can explore all of them, and their marginalia, online here: crawfordartgallery.ie/harry-clarke...
Giraffe print eleganza, Heuston Station
January 19, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Giraffe print eleganza, Heuston Station
Arthur Leahy: ‘You don’t need to be so young and energetic to run a bookshop.’
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www.echolive.ie/corknews/ari...
Quay Co-op’s Arthur (80) makes move to 'scale back' workload to five days a week
Arthur Leahy has been a force for social justice in Cork for more than 45 years
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January 18, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Arthur Leahy: ‘You don’t need to be so young and energetic to run a bookshop.’
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www.echolive.ie/corknews/ari...
Scaffolding to remain on Shandon’s four-faced liar as cleaning works are carried out
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Scaffolding to remain on Shandon’s four-faced liar as cleaning works are carried out
The scaffolding around Cork’s landmark Shandon tower will not now be taken down for another few weeks, The Echo has learned.
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January 17, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Scaffolding to remain on Shandon’s four-faced liar as cleaning works are carried out
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This painting features the artist’s daughter, Ruth Brandt, and Gisela Belkot, who was placed with the family in 1946 as part of Operation Shamrock, returning to Germany in 1949. They enrolled in the school while Muriel illustrated a book for Eileen O’Faolain (Miss Pennyfeather in the Springtime).
Today is Muriel Brandt’s birthday, so we are celebrating with her work Trath Scoile, Cnoc Foile, Tir Conaill. Brandt has captured a familiar scene: children trying, to varying degrees of success, to pay attention.
#CrawfordArtGallery #MurielBrandt
#CrawfordArtGallery #MurielBrandt
January 17, 2026 at 4:18 PM
This painting features the artist’s daughter, Ruth Brandt, and Gisela Belkot, who was placed with the family in 1946 as part of Operation Shamrock, returning to Germany in 1949. They enrolled in the school while Muriel illustrated a book for Eileen O’Faolain (Miss Pennyfeather in the Springtime).
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Hello and welcome to the Irish Historic Towns Atlas BlueSky page! The IHTA is a long-term research programme housed by @ria.ie with the aim to record the topographical development and history of towns across the island of Ireland. To date, 32 atlases have been produced with many more in the works.
January 16, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Hello and welcome to the Irish Historic Towns Atlas BlueSky page! The IHTA is a long-term research programme housed by @ria.ie with the aim to record the topographical development and history of towns across the island of Ireland. To date, 32 atlases have been produced with many more in the works.
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Happy Days (Samuel Beckett study) back of canvas of other painting
January 15, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Happy Days (Samuel Beckett study) back of canvas of other painting
Brian Casey (Archives Manager, Dublin Cemeteries Trust) remembers the efforts to reinter the remains of John Philpot Curran at Prospect (Glasnevin) Cemetery.
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JOHN PHILPOTT CURRAN’S REINTERMENT IN PROSPECT CEMETERY, 1837 – History Ireland
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January 15, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Brian Casey (Archives Manager, Dublin Cemeteries Trust) remembers the efforts to reinter the remains of John Philpot Curran at Prospect (Glasnevin) Cemetery.
historyireland.com/john-philpot...
historyireland.com/john-philpot...
‘There’s nothing like boredom to make you write’: A rare interview with the elusive Agatha Christie
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'There's nothing like boredom to make you write': A rare interview with the elusive Agatha Christie
Her murder mysteries have captivated audiences for more than a century, but, 50 years after her death, she remains an enigma. A BBC profile from 1955 reveals some of her secrets.
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January 15, 2026 at 10:10 PM
‘There’s nothing like boredom to make you write’: A rare interview with the elusive Agatha Christie
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www.bbc.com/culture/arti...
Gerard Dillon’s Kitchen Interior with Seated Woman has been returned to Taylor Galleries, the artist’s official representative, by RTÉ
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A €60k painting that hung in RTÉ's offices for decades has been returned to an art gallery
RTÉ Director General Kevin Bakhurst revealed last year that the broadcaster was trying to locate paperwork confirming the painting had been loaned to them.
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January 15, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Gerard Dillon’s Kitchen Interior with Seated Woman has been returned to Taylor Galleries, the artist’s official representative, by RTÉ
www.thejournal.ie/rte-painting...
www.thejournal.ie/rte-painting...
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'The Cinema', Warren Street (1920) by William Patrick Roberts
(Tate Britain)
(Tate Britain)
January 13, 2026 at 5:54 PM
'The Cinema', Warren Street (1920) by William Patrick Roberts
(Tate Britain)
(Tate Britain)
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We’re continuing the snowy theme today with this stark scene by Irish artist Tony O’Malley. Rather bleak in nature, this painting is one of several O’Malley made in memory of his friend and fellow artist Peter Lanyon (1918-1964), who tragically died in a gliding accident.
#CrawfordArtGallery #Winter
#CrawfordArtGallery #Winter
January 12, 2026 at 5:00 PM
We’re continuing the snowy theme today with this stark scene by Irish artist Tony O’Malley. Rather bleak in nature, this painting is one of several O’Malley made in memory of his friend and fellow artist Peter Lanyon (1918-1964), who tragically died in a gliding accident.
#CrawfordArtGallery #Winter
#CrawfordArtGallery #Winter
Peter Dowdall: ‘Cork showed real imagination in 1985 when it turned a derelict site into a public park’
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Peter Dowdall: 'Cork showed real imagination in 1985 when it turned a derelict site into a public park'
Urban green areas are not just outdoor sitting rooms, writes Peter Dowdall as he contemplates the redeveloped Bishop Lucey Park
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January 12, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Peter Dowdall: ‘Cork showed real imagination in 1985 when it turned a derelict site into a public park’
www.irishexaminer.com/property/hom...
www.irishexaminer.com/property/hom...
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Not much of a card I know but I am keeping the ones of painting from the galleries for myself.
January 11, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Not much of a card I know but I am keeping the ones of painting from the galleries for myself.
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'The Escalator' (c. 1929) by Cyril Power
January 9, 2026 at 11:48 AM
'The Escalator' (c. 1929) by Cyril Power
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Giorgio de Chirico, Mistero e malinconia di una strada, 1914, New Canaan (Connecticut), Private collection
#art
A copy of this work (right) by de Chirico himself can be found at Museo Bilotti in #Rome
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#art
A copy of this work (right) by de Chirico himself can be found at Museo Bilotti in #Rome
www.museocarlobilotti.it/it/opera/mis...
January 11, 2026 at 12:23 PM
Giorgio de Chirico, Mistero e malinconia di una strada, 1914, New Canaan (Connecticut), Private collection
#art
A copy of this work (right) by de Chirico himself can be found at Museo Bilotti in #Rome
www.museocarlobilotti.it/it/opera/mis...
#art
A copy of this work (right) by de Chirico himself can be found at Museo Bilotti in #Rome
www.museocarlobilotti.it/it/opera/mis...
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Today is House Plant Appreciation Day, so we’re sharing a little bit of botanical chaos with Syliva Cooke-Collis’ Potters Shed!
Do you have a green thumb, or are you a hazard to house plants everywhere?
#CrawfordArtGallery #HousePlantAppreciationDay
Do you have a green thumb, or are you a hazard to house plants everywhere?
#CrawfordArtGallery #HousePlantAppreciationDay
January 10, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Today is House Plant Appreciation Day, so we’re sharing a little bit of botanical chaos with Syliva Cooke-Collis’ Potters Shed!
Do you have a green thumb, or are you a hazard to house plants everywhere?
#CrawfordArtGallery #HousePlantAppreciationDay
Do you have a green thumb, or are you a hazard to house plants everywhere?
#CrawfordArtGallery #HousePlantAppreciationDay
Yesterday we left our offices and @crawfordartgallery.bsky.social’s storied spaces behind as its ambitious, much-needed redevelopment gets going!
It’s a building that has inspired me for 25 years, held me in my first tentative steps as curator, and been the backdrop to the best parts of my career.
It’s a building that has inspired me for 25 years, held me in my first tentative steps as curator, and been the backdrop to the best parts of my career.
January 10, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Yesterday we left our offices and @crawfordartgallery.bsky.social’s storied spaces behind as its ambitious, much-needed redevelopment gets going!
It’s a building that has inspired me for 25 years, held me in my first tentative steps as curator, and been the backdrop to the best parts of my career.
It’s a building that has inspired me for 25 years, held me in my first tentative steps as curator, and been the backdrop to the best parts of my career.
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Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema was born on this day in 1836.
During a visit to Rome from December 1875 to April 1876, Alma-Tadema collected material for future paintings. He made three studies of parts of the city, including this one in the gardens of the Villa Borghese.
🍃 Detail from WA1966.13.1
During a visit to Rome from December 1875 to April 1876, Alma-Tadema collected material for future paintings. He made three studies of parts of the city, including this one in the gardens of the Villa Borghese.
🍃 Detail from WA1966.13.1
January 8, 2026 at 8:01 AM
Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema was born on this day in 1836.
During a visit to Rome from December 1875 to April 1876, Alma-Tadema collected material for future paintings. He made three studies of parts of the city, including this one in the gardens of the Villa Borghese.
🍃 Detail from WA1966.13.1
During a visit to Rome from December 1875 to April 1876, Alma-Tadema collected material for future paintings. He made three studies of parts of the city, including this one in the gardens of the Villa Borghese.
🍃 Detail from WA1966.13.1