Speakers
Ranging from museum directors to academics and curators, our speakers address why art history and culture matter
CLARE GORMLEY
Representation, Refusal, Resistance: What are artists telling us about subjectivity and politics in contemporary America?
STEFANIE LEHNER
What do we (not) talk about when we talk about reconciliation?
AVIVA BURNSTOCK
What can we learn about Modigliani’s characteristic painting methods from technical research?
JULIAN FRIERS
Can extinct animals live again through paint?
KATHRYN MILLIGAN
Artists, Networks, and Exchange: Art Across Borders?
JACK QUINN
What can Irish poets tell us about painting and sculpture?
MADELEINE KENNEDY
How to exhibit artwork that doesn’t exist?
RÓISÍN KENNEDY
Why do (Irish) museums love Modern Art? Is this a good thing?
ALEX COUPE
The sublimity of the mundane: What can contemporary Northern Irish theatre tell us about the politics of hope?
DES O'RAWE
When is Destruction Creation?
HARRY PRANCE
What do Magritte and the Messiah have in common?
KYLE LEYDEN
How ‘Irish’ is Irish architecture?
MARY MCINTYRE
Reproduction and reconstruction – mimicry or metamorphosis?
PETER RICHARDS
Is this a real and fictive space?
RIANN COULTER
Is Censorship always a bad thing?
RICK O'RAWE
Can a painting tell a tale?
