their European 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, Dorothy Cross, James Coleman, Amanda Coogan, Colin Davidson, Joe Dunne, Ross Eccles, Fergus Feehily, Gary Farrelly, Ronan Goti, James Hanley, Gottfried Helnwein, Sean Hillen, Mary Fitzgerald, Stephen Lawlor, John Long, Paul McCloskey, Mick O'Dea, Nick Miller, Michael Mulcahy, Rasher, Peter Richards, Anne Rigney, Victor Sloan, Paul Seawright, Samuel Walsh, Conor Walton. Mural painting Northern Ireland has a significant tradition of political mural painting, from both the loyalist and republican standpoints. See also List of Irish artists Aosdána Statues in Dublin Celtic art Scottish art Welsh art :Category:Irish contemporary artists References Further reading "NMI": Wallace, Patrick F., O'Floinn, Raghnall eds. Treasures of the National Museum of Ireland: Irish Antiquities, 2002, Gill & Macmillan, Dublin, Bruce Arnold (1977). Irish Art: A Concise History. London: Thames & Hudson. Kevin Samuel Murphy (1969) Irish artist born in London, England. External links The Irish Arts Council National Gallery of Ireland Centre for the Study of Irish Art @ the National Gallery of Ireland The National Irish Visual Arts Library www.modernart.ie Irish Museum of Modern Art. Art by country