HLG Offsite: Basic Talks-Eleanor McCaughey

Join us for a Basic Talks with Eleanor McCaughey.

Born in Dublin, Ireland. Eleanor McCaughey studied at TU, Dublin. Through a multifaceted practice she explores thematic threads surrounding the body, identity and place, using symbols and metaphors that best express personal narratives. Selected exhibitions include Panorama Europa, The Glucksman, 2026, ‘When you open your door to a mountain’ Solo 2025, Kevin Kavanagh Gallery. A sea change into something rich and strange, 2024, RHA, Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain, The Complex, 2023, Bones in the attic, Hugh Lane Gallery,2022, Super Market Art Fair, Stockholm, 2021, Vignettes, Richard Heller Gallery, LA USA, 2019.

Eleanor McCaughey is a recipient of the Fingal CoCo Bursary 2019-24, Arts Council Ireland Bursary Award 2019-2023 & 2026, Culture Ireland 23, Fingal CoCo/ RHA Residency 2022, Temple Bar Project Award 2021, and Next Generation Award 2018. Her work is represented at the OPW, Arts Council Ireland, Public Art Agency Sweden.

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 112. To find the room, go to East Quad reception and take the lift to the first floor. Turn right as you step out of the lift, go to the end of the corridor and turn left at the water fountain. EQ-112 is in front of you. Click her for map:

https://link.mazemap.com/Ke8SAWeg

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/

For the months of October, November and December 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.

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