Dublin City Gallery the Hugh Lane
Portrait of a Nation: Art, Politics and the Anglo-Irish Treaty
Portrait of a Nation: Art, Politics and the Anglo-Irish Treaty Programme Friday 22nd April 2022 9.00am Registration 9.15am Welcome, Dr Audrey Whitty, Deputy Director and Head of Collections, National Museum of Ireland 9.30am – 10.30am Truce to…
Read More16 June 2016: Lecture on ‘Researching Roger Casement’, Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane, Dublin 1
On Thursday 16 June at 6.30pm Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane presented a lecture entitled, ‘Researching Roger Casement; his portrayal and role in political and cultural controversies,’ by Jeffrey Dudgeon. In this lecture Dudgeon explained how he approached researching Casement for his 2012 publication Roger Casement: The Black Diaries and how he found a research…
Read More14 April 2016: Casement lecture series: ‘One bold deed of open treason’, Dublin City Gallery the Hugh Lane, Dublin 2
On 14 April 2016 Dublin City Gallery the Hugh Lane presented the latest in its ongoing series of evening lecture on the life of Sir Roger Casement: ‘One bold deed of open treason’: the appalling vista of Roger Casement’s trial’, by Angus Mitchell. For over twenty years, Sir John Lavery’s great history painting of Casement’s appeal lay…
Read More10 March 2016: Casement lecture series: ‘Courting favour and the court of criminal appeal’, Dublin City Gallery the Hugh Lane, Dublin 1
At 6.30pm on Thursday 10 March Dublin City Gallery the Hugh Lane presented an illustrated lecture entitled Courting favour and the court of criminal appeal, by Sinéad McCoole. This reflected on the life of the Irish born artist Sir John Lavery (1856-1941) who painted High Treason, the famous depiction of the trial of Roger Casement, and his evolution from…
Read More17 October 2015: Opening of ‘Sir Hugh Lane (1875-1915): a centenary perspective’, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin 2
On Saturday 17 October 2015 a new exhibition entitled ‘Sir Hugh Lane (1875-1915): a centenary perspective’ opened at the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin 2. It has been curated to mark the centenary of Lane’s death on the Lusitania in May 1915. The exhibition aims to give a more rounded view of Lane’s life and personality, his…
Read More25 September-10 October 2015: Dublin Festival of History
The 2015 Dublin Festival of History took from 25 September to 10 October 2015. The festival, which is managed by Dublin Public Libraries, was first hosted in 2013, and consists of a wide range of events: a series of lectures and discussions hosted in Dublin Castle Printworks; walking tours, public talks hosted in Dublin City…
Read More7 November 2014: Opening of ‘Phoenix rising: art and civic imagination’, Dublin City Gallery the Hugh Lane
On 7 November 2014 the exhibition Phoenix rising: art and civic imagination opened at Dublin City Gallery the Hugh Lane. This exhibition and related events explore the current place of civic ideals in urban life and contemporary art practice. It references Dublin’s 1914 Civic Exhibition, which was inspired by the work of Scottish biologist, sociologist and planner…
Read More1 February 2014: ‘Dear dirty Dublin’: the Dublin Lockout’, Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane, Dublin 1
On Saturday 1 February 2014 Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane presented Dear Dirty Dublin: the Dublin Lockout, a special concert commemorating the Dublin Lockout 1913. The event took place in Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane Gallery,Parnell Square, Dublin 1.Dear Dirty Dublin was an expansion of the ‘Musical Tales’ project which toured Dublin City Libraries…
Read More26 September 2013: ‘Dublin Divided’ exhibition, Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane
Dublin Divided: September 1913 Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane is pleased to present the exhibition, Dublin Divided: September 1913, marking the centenary of the Dublin Lockout of 1913. The exhibition runs from 26 September 2013 to 2 February 2014. At the beginning of August 1913, the city of Dublin was on the threshold…
Read More23 May 2012: Launch of 'Revolutionary States: Home Rule & Modern Ireland', Dublin City Gallery the Hugh Lane
April 2012 marked the centenary of the introduction of the Third Home Rule Bill to the British parliament. Although passed, Home Rule was never implemented due to the outbreak of World War I. Dublin City Gallery the Hugh Lane marked this historic milestone with the exhibition, Revolutionary States: Home Rule and Modern Ireland, which explored…
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