HLG Offsite: Basic Talks-Kian Benson Bailes

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. Full details on how to get to this location will be posted on this page.

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

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, taking place at the Hugh Lane Gallery. 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.

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