Abbey Theatre - Amharclann na Mainistreach

The series takes place in the Gallery’s Lecture Theatre on Sundays (3pm) and Tuesdays (10.30am) during November. All are welcome. Admission is free.

Programme:
SUNDAY 4 NOVEMBER, 3PM
Art for Art’s Sake in the 1890s
Fiona Loughnane, National College of Art and Design

TUESDAY 6 NOVEMBER, 10.30AM
Wilde’s Dorian Gray and its Relationship with Painting
Dr Eibhear Walshe, University College Cork

SUNDAY 11 NOVEMBER, 3PM
Oscar Wilde: Anarchy, Absurdity and Aesthetics
Dr Noreen Doody, St Patricks College, DCU

TUESDAY 13 NOVEMBER, 10.30AM
James McNeill Whistler and the Sister Arts Tradition
Dr Simon Knowles, University College Cork

SUNDAY 18 NOVEMBER, 3PM
Popular Victorian Culture including Dickens, Stoker, Collins and Lefanu
Professor Nicholas Daly, University College Dublin

TUESDAY 20 NOVEMBER, 10.30AM
Aestheticism and the Uselessness of Art
Janet McLean, National Gallery of Ireland

SUNDAY 25 NOVEMBER, 3PM
3.00 Wilde’s ‘Picture of Dorian Gray’ & Joyce’s ‘Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man’
Professor Anne Fogarty, University College Dublin

TUESDAY 27 NOVEMBER, 10.30AM
The Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde
Dr Jarlath Killeen, Trinity College Dublin

How to find the National Gallery of Ireland:
Entrance via Millennium Wing at Clare Street, Dublin 2.
www.nationalgallery.ie