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HLG Offsite Coffee Conversation: Insights into Conservation

Infrared image of the portrait of Hartley Withers by SC Harrison

Infrared image of the portrait of Hartley Withers by SC Harrison

  • Talks & Art Courses

Wednesday 20 May 2026
10.30am
Dominick St Community Centre
D1

Booking via Eventbrite and available one week in advance of each talk.

Fee: €5

Our Coffee Conversations are a great way to explore art in a stimulating and friendly environment.

This Coffee Conversation is presented as part of our HLG Explore & Learn offsite programmes during the Gallery’s period of temporary closure. 

HLG Offsite – Coffee Conversation

Wednesday 20 May 2026, 10.30am

Insights into Conservation: Looking through layers
Reuben Ruxton will discuss technical photography in the conservation department at the Hugh Lane Gallery and how it can tell us more about how artworks were assembled and reveal artists’ intentions.
Fee:  €5 fee including tea/coffee.

Advance booking required via Eventbrite. Booking via Eventbrite open one week in advance of each Coffee Conversation talk. 

Location: Offsite, taking place in Dominick St Community Centre, Dublin 1.

***Please press intercom to gain access.***

This art Coffee Conversation is presented as part of our HLG Explore & Learn offsite programmes during the Gallery’s period of temporary closure.

 

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