Artists’ Christmas Fayre
Friday 8th December, 2023 1pm – 7pm Saturday 9th December, 2023 11am-5pm Glasgow Art Club’s Christmas Fair Glasgow Art Club, 185 Bath St, Glasgow G2 4HU The fair will be held in our historic building and will showcase a fantastic range of Artists and Artisans Glasgow has to offer. Attendees can savour winter-inspired cuisine and […]
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Sunday, November 26, 2023 | Filed under: Art, Art & artists Glasgow West End, Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow, Christmas in Glasgow, Christmas Shopping in Glasgow, Markets, Pat's Home Page Blog, Shopping, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Stage and Screen Exhibition at The Hunterian
(image: Parick Caulfield, Party Game: design for back cloth, 1984. © The estate of Patrick Caulfield. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2023.) 10 November 2023 until 25 February 2024 NEW EXHIBITION SHINES A SPOTLIGHT ON STAGE AND SCREEN The Hunterian Art Gallery, University of Glasgow, 82 Hillhead St, Glasgow G12 8QQ A new exhibition opening at […]
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Scottish Handmade Crafts, Gifts and Artists at Janet & John Glasgow
Janet & John – promoting Scottish creativity. A haven for Scottish Handmade Crafts Upper Floor De Courcy’s Arcade Cresswell Lane T: 07731 768373Delightful gifts handcrafted by Scottish artisans Janet & John Website Always Something New at Janet and John – Christmas Stock on Display from November 1st Calendars for 2024 Fabulous Choice of […]
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Tuesday, October 24, 2023 | Filed under: Art & artists Glasgow West End, Best In The West, Cards and Home Accessories, Gifts, Online Shopping, Shopping, Valentines Day Glasgow
The Lush Exhibition – Project-Ability
23 September – 28 October, 2023 Project-Ability Lush Exhibition, 103 Trongate, Glasgow G1 5HD Earlier in the year Lush approached Project Ability to collaborate on a very exciting project! The beautifully smelling bath and cosmetics company were looking for new designs for their stunning knot wrap collection. A brief was put out to artists across all […]
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Freya O’Neill Art
‘I’ve been interested in art from a very young age, it’s always been my passion. After completing my National 5 Art qualification, which I received an A for, I am now taking a widening participation art course at the Glasgow School Of Art whilst studying for my Higher qualification. I am also working on art […]
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Tuesday, September 12, 2023 | Filed under: Art, Art & artists Glasgow West End, Pat's Home Page Blog, Shopping
Old Kilpatrick Art Club, Art Show, Ardardan Garden Centre
Saturday 26 & Sunday 27 August, 2023 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Art Exhibition at: Ardardan Estate, Cardross, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire G82 5H
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GI Oils Exhibition – From East to West
5th – 13th August 2023 Nicolls Gallery, 656 Dumbarton Road, G11 6RA between 5th and 13th August 2023 First exhibition by Graham – local artist in Glasgow’s West End. Grahan’s work is diverse and includes abstract pieces, Scottish seascapes, urban landscapes and reflections of important places in his own life. He uses light, colour, texture […]
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Thursday, August 3, 2023 | Filed under: Art, Art & artists Glasgow West End, Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Sogo Arts – Art by Tommy
Exhibition – art by Tommy 15th July to 2nd September, 2023 Opening 12noon to 5pm Wednesday to Saturday. Thomas McGoran 95 years young, born in Ayr 1927 Tom’s family moved to Glasgow in 1931, to a room and kitchen flat, in a 3 storey tenement. One of nine children, Tom’s childhood days were to become […]
Banksy at GOMA – Cut and Run
18 June until 28 August, 2023 Banksy: Cut and Run An exhibition of stencils from 1998-2023 “I’ve kept these stencils hidden away for years, mindful they could be used as evidence in a charge of criminal damage. But that moment seems to have passed, so now I’m exhibiting them in a gallery as works of […]
Robert Burns Photography Exhibition – A Window On Ukraine
2nd June – 16th July 2023 Hillhead Library, 348 Byres Road G12 8AP Part of WestFest 2023 A Window on Ukraine offers distinctive observations and reflections of the country over several years by Glasgow-based photographer Robert Burns, who has been visiting Ukraine since 2007. Whilst on holiday in Crete in 2006, a chance meeting by Robert Burns […]
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Monday, June 5, 2023 | Filed under: Art & artists Glasgow West End, Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Free Events, WestFest Glasgow's Cultural and Community Festival, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
REVEAL – previously Glasgow Contemporary Art Fair
19 – 21 May, 2023 Tickets are now on sale for Reveal (formerly Glasgow Contemporary Art Fair) a At Glasgow’s SEC, Glasgow G3 8YW Open 10am – 5pm Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 Tickets Adult tickets £6 plus booking fee. Concessions £5 plus booking fee. Children Under 16 Free when accompanied by an adult. Kids […]
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Home Grown In Glasgow – a poem for International Women’s Day by Ruby McCann
Home Grown In Glasgow I am woman a sister of Glasgow a pale skinned, freckled-faced Scot a she-child fae the sou’ side a native Glaswegian Mither Glasgow shaped me I am a child of many born into this city I am Pict, I am Celt I am Irish, Scottish, and Glaswegian a city born, […]
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Tuesday, March 7, 2023 | Filed under: International Womens Day, Poetry, stories and poems, Writing
Origins – art exhibition Willie Sutherland
4 March until 1 April, 2023 Beacon Arts Centre, Custom House Quay, Greenock PA15 1HG – free admission by Willie Sutherland ‘I believe that the act of making is an expression of the self and that each piece if a self portrait, creating is my way of saying “look at me I exist”. I continue trying […]
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A Bowl, A Boat – Sarah Kudirka Exhibition, The Briggait
Until 6 March, 2023 at The Briggait The Wasps Studio, The Briggait 141 Bridgegate, Glasgow G1 5HZ Sarah Kudirka’s latest paintings based on bowl:boat and shell-like motifs, are rooted in our capacity for empathy, sharing and compassion towards those who journey across oceans. There are self-evident things in Kudirka’s latest work along with many layers […]
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Artist Demonstration with Bronwen Sleigh – Kelvingrove Art Gallery
Saturday 3rd December 2022 at 11am – 12 noon The Love of Print, Artist Demonstration Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Argyle Street, G3 8AG Come along and see Bronwen Sleigh demonstrating inking up and printing an etching plate. There will be an opportunity to find out more about Bronwen’s new print “Sinclair Drive” made especially […]
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Tuesday, November 22, 2022 | Filed under: Art & artists Glasgow West End, Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Conserving Hoyland, The Hunterian
Thursday, 24 November, 2022 – 6 until 8 p.m. Hunterian Art Gallery, University of Glasgow, 82 Hillhead Street Glasgow G12 8QQ Tickets £3 to £5 After hours event about the artist John Hoyland and conservation work on his painting John Hoyland was one of the most inventive and dynamic abstract painters of the post-war period. […]
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Saturday, November 19, 2022 | Filed under: Art & artists Glasgow West End, Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow, Gallery, Pub Quiz Nights, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Maud Sulter exhibition at Pollok House
Exhibition of the work of internationally renowned Glaswegian-Ghanaian artist Maud Sulter (1960–2008) at Pollok House in Glasgow. The Maud Sulter exhibition at Pollok House runs from 15 October–4 December 2022 and 6–15 January 2023. The exhibition at Pollok House features a range of works across Maud Sulter’s career including selections from her series Zabat and Hysteria. It offers visitors […]
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The Afterlife of Mary Queen of Scots, The Hunterian
14 October 2022–5 February 2023 New Exhibition Explores The Afterlife of Scotland’s Most Controversial Monarch A programme of family events inspired by the exhibition will run from 8–20 October 2022. Hunterian Art Gallery, 2 Hillhead Street Glasgow G12 8QQ Admission free A major new exhibition exploring the afterlife of Scotland’s most controversial monarch, Mary Queen […]
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Tuesday, September 27, 2022 | Filed under: Art & artists Glasgow West End, Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
ZANELE MUHOLI: SOMNYAMA NGONYAMA, ‘HAIL, THE DARK LIONESS’
1 October–6 November 2022 University of Glasgow East Quad, University Avenue, G12 8QQ Admission free 17 striking self-portraits by celebrated visual activist Zanele Muholi (South African, b. 1972) will go on display at an outdoor exhibition at the University of Glasgow 1 October until 6 November, 2022. Zanele Muholi, Somnyama I, Paris, 2014. © Zanele […]
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Saturday, September 17, 2022 | Filed under: Art & artists Glasgow West End, Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow, Free Events, Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Alasdair Gray’s Lanark: A World Made on Paper – The Hunterian
(Image: Alasdair Gray, Design for jacket cover of Lanark, 1982. The Hunterian, University of Glasgow. Courtesy The Alasdair Gray Archive.) 14 June – 2 October, 2022 Hunterian Art Gallery, University of Glasgow, 82 Hillhead St, Glasgow G12 8QQ This Hunterian exhibition is dedicated to the work of renowned Scottish writer and artist Alasdair Gray (1934–2019) […]
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‘Workaround’ – Charlie Hammond at The Hunterian
WORKAROUND 24 June – 16 October 2022 Hunterian Art Gallery Admission free Opening on Friday 24 June, Workaround is a solo exhibition featuring new and existing work by Glasgow-based artist Charlie Hammond. In his practice, Hammond often considers the ways in which art might be understood in relation to work (as in labour) and to not working (as in play, but […]
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Wednesday, June 22, 2022 | Filed under: Art & artists Glasgow West End, Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Artist Aid Ukraine – The Pentagon, Glasgow
22nd -25th June, 11am-6.00pm The Pentagon Centre, 36/38 Washington Street, Glasgow G3 8AZ A once in a lifetime opportunity to see/buy 100 top Scottish Artists in one exhibition. Artist Aid Ukraine features nearly 100 of Scotland’s best working artists, who are exhibiting their work in one stunning space, in Glasgow, for 4 days. There’s nearly […]
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Exhibition: Origin of WA – Before the Mask
Willie Sutherland at French Street Studios 103 – 109 French Street, Dalmarnock, Glasgow G40 4JS “I was a solitary child obsessed by drawing, dressing up and telling stories with my toys, I have explored how these characteristics formed me as an adult and forms my creative practice as I continue to tell stories through my […]
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John Patrick Byrne – A Big Adventure
Until 18 September, 2022 Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Argyle Street, Glasgow, G3 8AG This is the first retrospective of Scottish artist and writer John Byrne’s illustrious career for more than 20 years. A polymath and cultural icon, John has continued to work, paint and create plays on into his 80’s. This exhibition encapsulates the […]
Glasgow Contemporary Art Fair 2022 review Pat Byrne
I was delighted to receive an invitation to go along to the Preview of the Glasgow Contemporary Art Fair; Jim an I thoroughly enjoyed being back in the Marquee at Kelvingrove meeting some of the artists, gallery owners and checking out the amazing range of contemporary art on display. Glasgow Contemporary Art Fair continues Saturday, […]
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Alma Wolfson – ‘A Painter’s Passion’
Saturday 23rd April 2022 from 12 till 4pm, DUE TO POPULARITY THE EXHIBITION EXTENDED FOR A WEEK UNTIl 21 MAY. New Solo Exhibition “A Painter’s Passion” Alma Wolfson D.A Alma Wolfson, a graduate of Glasgow School of Art (Textile Design) has a long- established career and celebrates her 80th birthday with this new […]
Glasgow Contemporary Art Fair 2022
Glasgow Contemporary Art Fair provides a superb opportunity for you to view and buy works of art from art galleries and professional artists from across Scotland and the UK. Review by Pat Byrne Kelvingrove Art Gallery, Argyle Street, Glasgow G3 8AG Following a two year pause due to the pandemic the event continues to showcase […]
Ataraxie at Sonica Festival
20 March, 2022 – until 5 p.m. New video and pictures of the world premiere of Ataraxie – a jaw-dropping laser and sound installation in the Engine Works, 23-25 Lochburn Rd, Wyndford, Glasgow G20 9AE The event is free to attend and unticketed, running from 11am – 5pm Sunday 20 March. In this this new […]
Still Life – Sogo Gallery, Glasgow
Photographs and Poems from Lockdown by Angela Catlin and Henry Bell Wednesday 16 March – Sunday 17 April, 2022 Sogo Arts 82 – 86 Saltmarket Glasgow G1 5LY Opening Times Wednesday – Sunday 12pm – 5pm (The photo in the image is from the Black Lives Matter demo on Glasgow Green in June 2020 when […]
A Valentine’s Day Poem by Rizwan Akhtar
The Train ever since that day a memory keeps shivering on a white table sheet with a stain of a cup’s bottom discovered a small wish silence swallowed I nabbed your hands like a desperate commuter though the last train is totally empty symptoms pointed paradoxes kept for the rest of the journey a dream […]
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Monday, February 14, 2022 | Filed under: Love Poems, Stories and Tales from Glasgow writers, Poetry, Valentines Day Glasgow
