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What’s on: art

Glasgow has some amazing galleries including Kelvingrove, The Hunterian and GOMA plus many smaller galleries and a huge variety of art projects. It also attracts many visitors to arts festivals including the prestigious RGI Annual Exhibition, Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art and Glasgow Art Fair.

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Kibble Palace – Allan Richardson

Allan Richardson Glasgow ArtistBest In The West Certificate

Allan Richardson is a well known Glasgow artist, who’s work has been exhibited widely throughout the city. A self-taught artist he has captured some of the city’s most iconic buildings and scenes, including Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, the University of Glasgow, Ashton Lane and the Kibble Palace.

Allan has been chosen as one of the Best in the West on Pat’s Guide to Glasgow West End – he is available for private commissions .

He is both a talented artist and fascinating character, included in Alasdair Grey’s mural at Hillhead Underground.

Alan’s art is on sale at www.allanrichardsonart.com

Exhibition: Eastern Ground

Eastern Ground the Kibble

Monday 25th March 2024 – Friday 3rd May 2024 Glasgow City Heritage Trust, 54 Bell St, Glasgow, G1 1LQ Glasgow City Heritage Trust are thrilled to announce that this spring they will be hosting the Eastern Ground exhibition.  The Eastern Ground project saw the creation of six stunning handmade garments which celebrate the heritage and people […]

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10 Years In The Baking – ProjectAbility

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16th March – 20th April, 2024 Project Ability, 103 Trongate, Glasgow, G1 5HD (Opening hours are 11am – 5pm,  (Wednesdays – Saturdays, closed Easter Friday).) The Joint Creativity “10 Years in the Baking” exhibition, hosted by the charities Versus Arthritis and Project Ability, is set to open in Glasgow and will display artwork created by […]

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Seeing Glasgow: An Artist’s View – Avril Patron

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Thursday 14 March, 2024  7-8pm Glasgow City Heritage Trust, 54 Bell Street, Glasgow, G1 1LQ & Online One of Glasgow’s foremost artists, Avril Paton, made the city and its citizens the principle focus of her work. She is best known for her painting ‘Windows in the West’, which is one of Scotland’s favourite paintings. Its […]

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Poor Things Screening plus Alasdair Gray Archive Q&A + Exhibition

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Saturday, 17 February, 2024 The Pyramid at Anderston, 759 Argyle Street Glasgow G3 8DS The incredible tale about the fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter; a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist, Dr. Godwin Baxter. Agenda 17:30 – 18:30 Alasdair Gray Travelling Archive Alasdair Gray Archive Explore artworks, manuscripts and books connected […]

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Gray Day 2024

Gray Day

Sunday, 25 February, 2024, 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. At OranMor, Top of Byres Road, G12 8QX with @canongatebooks Hosted by the legendary actor and theatre maker Tam Dean Burn  Tam will also be reading a few Alasdair Gray short stories, you are in for a real treat! Crime writer, playwright and the best dressed […]

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Alasdair Gray Archive – Free Tours

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March 1st, 8th, 15th and 23rd, 2024 at 11am The Alasdair Gray Archive is a free, public resource which was established in March 2020 after Alasdair Gray’s death in late 2019. Free weekly tours of the collection with Custodian Sorcha Gray. @GraySorcha To secure a space please email with your preferred date. 

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The George Ward Collection – Images of Old Maryhill

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  3 February – 11 May, 2024 Maryhill Burgh Halls, 10 – 24 Garbraid Avenue, Glasgow G20 8YE Collection of never-before-seen images of Old Maryhill to be displayed at Maryhill Burgh Halls A local man’s archive of photos and cinefilm footage taken by his father in the 1970s is the subject of a new exhibition. […]

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Collecting African Art at The Hunterian

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Thursday, 22 February, 2024, 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. Hunterian Art Gallery, 82 Hillhead Street Glasgow G12 8QQ Show map ‘The Trembling Museum’ shows African art objects from The Hunterian collection in a new context. Taking them out of the ‘ethnography’ section of our museum store, and displaying them alongside contemporary artworks in the art […]

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Glasgow West End: Nancy Smillie Shop

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53 Cresswell Street, Off Byres Road, Glasgow West End G12 8AE 0141 334 4240 The Nancy Smillie Shop – see the complete collection Nancy Smillie Instagram Update Your Home – Check Out The Sale      Wonderful Jewellery in the Sale at Nancy Smillies Make A Statement Contemporary designers using cutting edge tech iques and […]

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Friday Focus: Scottish Art Acquisitions

Scottish Art Acquisitions

Friday 15 December, 2023 – 1 p.m. – 1.30p.m. Online – Free – Book Tickets at EventBrite Significant additions to The Hunterian collection of Scottish art: Winifred and Margaret Davidson recent bequests and gifts Over the last few decades, the Davidson family has generously handed over to The Hunterian a significant portion of its collection […]

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The Tell Tale Rooms with Andrew Kötting

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Tuesday 5th December, 2023 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. Kelvin Hall Lecture Theatre, 1445 Argyle Street Glasgow G3 8AW Artist Andrew Kötting will be presenting a selection of works contextualizing The Tell Tale Rooms project. By University of Glasgow, School of Culture & Creative Arts Prior to next year’s VR Installation at the Advanced Research […]

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Artists’ Christmas Fayre

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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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The Arlington Baths Club

Arlington Baths

61 Arlington Street Glasgow, G3 6DT Telephone:0141 332 6021 [email protected] www.arlingtonbaths.co.uk Swimming With Gravitational Waves – 18 November Swimming With Gravitational Waves – Arlington Baths Club   Film Night, Saturday 25 Novemberm 6 p.m. Sea Donkey Sea Donkey – Film Night at Arlington Baths Club     The Iconic Arlington Baths Club The Arlington Baths […]

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Stage and Screen Exhibition at The Hunterian

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(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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A Stone, A Spark and A Shard of Glass Exhibition

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14 October 2023 – 27 January 2024 Maryhill Museum, 24 Garbraid Avenue, G20 8YE A STONE, A SPARK, A SHARD OF GLASS: An exhibition by 12 contemporary artists based in G20 inspired by Maryhill Museum and its surroundings. Each word relates to an element of the research of artist members of the G20 Artist Collective […]

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The Lush Exhibition – Project-Ability

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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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Colour Stories of the Glasgow Style, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum

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21st September,2023 – 3:00PM – 4:00PM Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Argyle St, Glasgow G3 8AG The colour palette people now most associate with the Glasgow Style – the UK’s only stylistic response to Art Nouveau – is one of delicate pastels of pink, green and mauve, all favoured at its zenith in the early […]

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‘Revolutionary Colour: A Tour of British Art’, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum

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Tuesday 19 September 2023, 11am Free – Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Argyle St, Glasgow G3 8AG Art History Festival 2023 An exploration of paintings that revolutionised British art with their radical colour theory and bold application. This free tour, led by Curator of British Art Dr Jo Meacock, will encompass aesthetes like James McNeill […]

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Glasgow Doors Open Days – It Was The Loom That Broke My Heart

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Part of Glasgow Doors Open Days Festival French Street Gallery, 103-105 French Street, Glasgow G40 4EH The Exhibition – ‘It Was The Loom That Broke My Heart’ is a multimedia installation created by visual artist Marie-Claire Lacey and sonic artist Adam Stearns which will be exhibited at French Street Gallery during Glasgow Doors Open Days […]

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Wednesday Wanders at The Whisky Bond

Wednesday, 23 August, 2023, 2.30 p.m. – 5 p.m. An afternoon of guided tours exploring GSA Archives & Collections, The Alasdair Gray Archive, Glasgow Sculpture Studios, and TWB Distillery. The Whisky Bond 2 Dawson Road Glasgow G4 9SS Come along to  The Whisky Bond for an afternoon of tours around The Glasgow School of Art Archives […]

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GI Oils Exhibition – From East to West

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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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Sogo Arts – Art by Tommy

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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 […]

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Drawing Together Project – Refugee Festival Scotland

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17 – 28 June, 2023 Articulate Hub 249 West George Street, Glasgow, G2 4QE An exhibition of art by young people from a refugee background in Scotland, Finland and Norway based on a research project on wellbeing. Open from 17th to 28th of June. The artwork shows their memories of wellness in childhood, in their everyday […]

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Banksy at GOMA – Cut and Run

Banksy at GOMA

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 […]

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Paintings on Railings at West Fest

10th June, 2023, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. at Mansfield Park, G11 5QW 11th, 17, 18, 24, 26 June at: Railings at Botanic Gardens, Queen Margaret Drive, G20 8NZ. The annual display of local artists showing their paintings, drawings, ceramics and jewellery for sale. Please note – weather dependent! To exhibit, please contact Selma (Modest […]

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Robert Burns Photography Exhibition – A Window On Ukraine

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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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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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Mary Quant Fashion Revolutionary at Kelvingrove Art Gallery

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(Image:Credit Jack de Nijs for Anefo / Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons) Exhibition open 20 May – 22 October 2023 Our thoughts are with Dame Mary Quant’s family, friends, colleagues and fans. Quant revolutionised the high street with her subversive and playful designs for a younger generation The V&A’s major retrospective of Dame Mary Quant, one of […]

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A Rare Glimpse of Shakespeare’s First Folio at The Hunterian Art Gallery

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22 and 23 April, 2023 The 400th birthday of The First Folio 2023 marks the 400th birthday of The First Folio, the first printed edition of Shakespeare’s collected plays. 23 April is celebrated as Shakespeare’s birthday and this year you can celebrate by seeing Shakespeare’s First Folio for yourself at the Hunterian Art Gallery. The […]

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