✨ BASIC TALKS October 2026 to January 2027 ✨

🌟Announcing the lineup for the next series of BASIC TALKS in partnership with Hugh Lane Gallery 🌟

BASIC TALKS is a series of informal talks with leading contemporary practitioners. Curated by Basic Space in partnership with Hugh Lane Gallery, BASIC TALKS is an open platform for lectures, workshops, presentations and performances. Speakers include artists, curators, writers and critics who generate discourse on producing, framing and exhibiting art.

We are delighted to announce our next four speakers/talks – Eleanor McCaughey, Eoghan Ryan, Day Magee and Éireann and I. All talks take place at 12.30pm (except January which takes place online at 1pm) and are free to access – no booking necessary!

For the months of October, November and December 2026, Hugh Lane Gallery & Basic Space are delighted to have the BASIC TALKS programme hosted by the TU Dublin School of Art & Design, Grangegorman, Dublin 7. Our February talk will be online.

These talks are presented as part of the HLG Explore & Learn offsite programmes during the Gallery’s period of temporary closure.

Pop the dates in your calendar now and join us for another exciting season of BASIC TALKS and do keep an eye on our social media for more details on each of the speakers 🙌

8th October - Eleanor McCaughey

12th November- Eoghan Ryan

10th December - Day Magee

15th January- Éireann and I (online)