For the months of November, December 2025 and January 2026, Hugh Lane Gallery & Basic Talks are delighted to have the Basic Talks programme hosted by the TU Dublin School of Art & Design, Grangegorman, Dublin 7. Google map link HERE
This talk which is taking place during Dublin Gallery Weekend is presented as part of our HLG Explore & Learn offsite programmes.
Join us for a Basic Talks with Kian Benson Bailes.
Kian Benson Bailes is an Irish artist from the northwest of Ireland and currently based in Dublin. His multifaceted practice explores rural Ireland, visual language and identity. Recent exhibitions include ‘Culchie boy, I love you / Grá mo chroí thú, mo chábóigín féin (21 Angels and Then Some…)’at Mermaid Arts Centre 2025, and ‘Staying with The Trouble’ at IMMA 2025.
Free, book or come on the day subject to availability.
Basic Talks is a series of talks with leading contemporary practitioners. Curated by Basic Space in partnership with Hugh Lane Gallery, BASIC TALKS is a platform for lectures, workshops, presentations, and performances. Speakers include artists, curators, writers, and critics who will generate discourse on producing, framing and exhibiting art. BASIC TALKS is a collaboration between Basic Space and the Hugh Lane Gallery, exploring alternatives in the dissemination of contemporary art and its discourses.
Location:
TU Dublin School of Art and Design is located in the East Quad building, Grangegorman campus, Dublin 7 (D07 XFF2).
The room that the talk is being held in is EQ-203 and is located on the second floor and is directly opposite the main lifts. It is very easy to find, but for convenience you can also use the maze map to find room EQ-203.
The building is served well by public transport with both the Luas Red Line (Smithfield stop) and the Luas Green line (Broadstone stop) close by. https://www.luas.ie/
Further information about getting to the campus can be found here: Grangegorman | Getting Here | TU Dublin
