Fizzers 10 Years of Caricature at the People’s Palace from 27 May, 2016
People’s Palace, Glasgow Green, Glasgow G40 1AT Featuring over 120 drawings by five Glasgow artists, this new show celebrates the true nature of caricature, inspired by a European approach where humorous exaggeration of the face is prized above all. Coming to the People’s Palace 27 May. Movie stars and musicians, sporting heroes and TV personalities […]
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Wednesday, May 18, 2016 | Filed under: Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Exhibition: Flying through time & Key Works, Until 10 June, 2016.
Flying through time & Key Works 16 May 2016 – 10 Jun 2016 Monday to Friday 11-2pm KEY, The Square, 70 Renton Street, Glasgow, G4 0HT Admission: Free lying through time and Key Works are concurrent exhibitions celebrating the work of KEY artists, in particular John Cocozza, and the long standing relationship between KEY and […]
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Gifts for the Gods: Animal Mummies Revealed, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
14 May – 4 September 2016 Unravel the mystery of Ancient Egyptian animal mummies. Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Argyle Street, Glasgow, G3 8AG From crocodiles to cats and jackals to birds, discover how the Egyptians used the animal mummies as gifts for the gods.The exhibition explores how Egyptians believed that animals could pass between […]
Saturday, May 7, 2016 | Filed under: Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow, Kids and young people, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
David M. Martin: The Master of Colour’, By Distinction Art Byres Road
A new exhibition of work by the iconic artist David M. Martin (the ‘Master of Colour’) at By Distinction Byres Road Opens Saturday, 7 May, 2016 with fizz and nibbles 2-4pm. David Martin has been delighting art lovers with his work for many years – now in his 90’s his artistic flair and passion for […]
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Tuesday, May 3, 2016 | Filed under: Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
TalkSeePhotography Geneva Sills CCA, 9 May, 2016
TalkSeePhotography Geneva Sills Mon 9 May 2016 > 7pm, Free and unticketed, Cinema All Ages 0141 352 4900 CCA TSP’s May event presents photographic artist Geneva Sills. Sills explores the questionable nature of autobiography through highly aestheticised images which she stages carefully. Her practice is interwoven with historical and contemporary political concerns that playfully utilises […]
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Saturday, April 30, 2016 | Filed under: Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow, Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Surf and Turf Exhibition, Thistle Gallery from Saturday April, 23rd 2016.
‘Surf and Turf’ Thistle Gallery Scottish Contemporary Art Thistle Gallery’s new Exhibition ‘Surf and Turf’ previews on Saturday, April 23rd and runs for five weeks. Over 30 accomplished Scottish contemporary artists will be exhibiting in this vibrant and eclectic exhibition. You will find a wide range of jewellery, ceramics, artisan glass, intricate metal work as […]
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Tuesday, April 19, 2016 | Filed under: Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow, Best In The West, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Aaron Angell, The Death of Robi at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum until 25 April. 2016
Part of Glasgow International, Aaron Angell presents a single exhibition split across two venues. Borrowing its title from Peter Vansittart’s historical novel of 1981, Angell presents new sculptural works influenced by psychedelic poetry, philosophies of gardening, the colour green, and the architecture of pipe organs. In Kelvingrove, Angell is exhibiting new sculptural work on the […]
Saturday, April 16, 2016 | Filed under: Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Glasgow International 2016, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Picture Hooks Conference, Illustrating Children’s Books, 23 April,2016 CCA
Picture Hooks Conference Sat 23 April 2016 CCA 10am – 4pm, £50 (£25 concessions) + £1 booking fee, Theatre Ages 15+ Book online / 0141 352 4900 Get the hang of illustrating Children’s Books. Leading children’s publishing experts and agents, together with award-winning illustrator Joel Stewart, offer insiders’ view of the industry. Now in its […]
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Summer/Spring Classes 2016 Glasgow School of Art
Summer School, Glasgow School of Art Thinking of learning a new skill? There’s still time to book a Spring Weekend course at the Glasgow School of Art. Call now: 0141 353 4596 Limited places are available for Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 April: Introduction to Still Life PaintingIntroduction to Oil PaintingIntroduction to Sashiko EmbroideryCrash Course […]
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Tuesday, April 12, 2016 | Filed under: Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow, Classes and Workshops, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Weaving DNA 08 Apr – 22 May, 2016 The Lighthouse
Weaving DNA 08 Apr – 22 May, 2016 Review Gallery The Lighthouse Weaving DNA is an immersive textile exhibition borne from a collaboration between Icelandic product designer Hanna Dís Whitehead and Scottish textile designer Claire Anderson. Together they re-appropriate traditional Nordic and Scottish textiles, examining the ways in which these represent and shape aspects of […]
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Pin Money Paint Money, Sale of Work, 20 April 2016. Platform
Artists from The Womens Unit in Castlemilk team with Easterhouse knitters and stitchers to sell art and craft in a one day sale of work at Platform. Pay what you can afford for art – Pay what it’s worth for craft. The Platform, The Bridge, 1000 Westerhouse Rd, Glasgow G34 9JW Event on Facebook www.thewomensunit.org/ […]
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Adam Sinclair Exhibition, Tchai Ovna House of Tea, April 2016
New exhibition by Adam Sinclair. All pieces are for sale and prices range from 5 to 65 pounds framed. Come check it out! www.tchaiovna.com/ Tchai Ovna Facebook Tchai Ovna House of Tea, 42 Otago Lane, Glasgow West End, G12 8PB
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Edges \\ Sky – Michael Gallacher, Offshore, 15 – 29 April, 2016
At long last Michael Gallacher is showing another exhibition of his work. EDGES BREAK SKY Offshore, 3 Gibson Street, Glasgow West End G12 ‘This time it is not any of my gig photos, landscape, architecture, cloud or portraiture work. It is now the time to show some of my iphone art work. […]
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Derrick Alexis Coard 9th April – 21st May, 2016, Project Ability
Opening Friday 8th April, 5pm-7pm9th April – 21st May Project Ability, 103 Trongate, Glasgow G1 5HD Project Ability is pleased to announce the first solo exhibition outside of the United States by the New York-based artist Derrick Alexis Coard (b. 1981 Brooklyn.) The exhibition has been curated by Matthew Higgs, the director of New York’s […]
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Weather Forms, The Lighthouse, 15 April – 26 June, 2016.
Weather Forms 15 April – 26 June, 2016 Gallery One Stallan-Brand presents art and architectural works that challenge the popular idea that ‘people make places’ by demonstrating that they, in fact, make us. Based in Scotland, Stallan-Brand will demonstrate how its very own ‘place on earth’ has influenced the philosophy of the practice. The exhibition […]
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Thursday, April 7, 2016 | Filed under: Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Mandy McIntosh, Hap Up Easterhouse, 8 – 25 April, 2016. Platform, The Bridge
Glasgow International 08 Apr 2016 – 25 Apr 2016 Platform, The Bridge, 1000 Westerhouse Road Glasgow, G34 9JW For this year’s Glasgow International Festival of Contemporary Art, Platform has commissioned Mandy McIntosh as artist-in-residence. In the lead up to her exhibition, Mandy has been collaborating with students of Glasgow Kelvin College. They have worked with McIntosh, experimenting […]
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JOSÉE AUBIN OUELLETTE Body Blocks, Govanhill Baths: 8 – 25 April, 2016
JOSÉE AUBIN OUELLETTE Body Blocks 8 Apr 2016 – 25 Apr 2016 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Monday – Saturday (Closed Sundays) Govanhill Baths Body Blocks is an installation of soft sculptures based on the ergonomic design of medical support cushions. The forms are determined by their supportive function in relation to the body […]
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Saturday, April 2, 2016 | Filed under: Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow, Glasgow International 2016, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Exhibition ERICA EYRES & GARNET MCCULLOCH The Vegetable Store 08 Apr 2016 – 25 Apr 2016 Fireworks Studio
ERICA EYRES & GARNET MCCULLOCH The Vegetable Store 08 Apr 2016 – 25 Apr 2016 Fireworks Studio, 35A Dalhousie Street, Glasgow, G3 6PW The exhibition features ceramic works, video and drawings. It develops a dysfunctional fruit and vegetable shop within the front gallery space of Fireworks Pottery. In contradiction to the colourful abundance associated […]
Poetry Readings by DM Black and Lucy Mercer 9 April, 2016, Glasgow Botanic Gardens
Poetry Readings by DM Black and Lucy Mercer Invited by Aaron Angell 9 Apr 2016 at 12 noon Glasgow Botanic Gardens The artist Aaron Angell has invited poets D M Black and Lucy Mercer to perform their poetry. The event will take place in amongst his installation in the Begonia House at Glasgow Botanic […]
AKRAM ZAATARI – Twenty Eight Nights and A Poem3 April, 2016 GFT
AKRAM ZAATARI – Twenty Eight Nights and A Poem 3 Apr 2016 Glasgow Film Theatre, 12 Rose Street, Glasgow G3 6RB In collaboration with Glasgow Film Theatre, The Common Guild presents Akram Zaatari’s film ‘Twenty-Eight Nights and a Poem’ (2015). This striking visual essay continues Akram Zaatari’s ongoing engagement with the work of photographer Hashem […]
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Glasgow International The Tramway Group Show 8 – 25 April, 2016.
For the first time as part of the Director’s Programme, Tramway is home to a group show including artists Alexandra Bircken, Sheila Hicks, Lawrence Lek, Mika Rottenberg and Amie Siegel. The show is curated by the festival Director Sarah McCrory and co-designed by artist Martin Boyce. The venues, organisations and artists are all fundamentally shaped […]
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Strange Quarks, ProjectAbility, Trongate, 9 April – 21 May 2016
Gallery 2, Project Ability, Trongate 103 09 April – 21 May Project Ability is proud to present Strange Quarks, an exhibition of paintings by Simon McAuley. The abstract paintings have an investigative root and above all else they appear to be about paint, and the manipulation of paint on a surface. Simon has a […]
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Tuesday, March 22, 2016 | Filed under: Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
TV Classics Part 1 – New work by Cameron Morgan, Project Ability, 8 – 22 April, 2016
TV Classics Part 1 – New work by Cameron Morgan April 8 – April 22 Project Ability, 103 Trongate, Glasgow G1 5HD Cameron Morgan’s ‘TV Classics Part 1’ celebrates the culture and history of television throughout the decades. Each painting marks an era, a style and a tv programme. Fascinated and extremely knowledgeable about popular […]
Here Comes Everybody, Art on a Bus, The Women’s Unit, Castlemilk Friday 1 April, 2016.
Spring 2016 Exhibition and Tour – Here Comes Everybody The Women’s Unit is very very pleased to announce The Travelling Gallery will be visiting on Friday April 1st. Drop in from 10 a.m. Unit 17B Castlemilk Arcade, Dougrie Drive, Castlemilk, Glasgow G45 9AA This is Art in a Bus, ( a beautiful double decker which […]
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 | Filed under: Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Merlin James Long Game, Until 20 March, 2016. CCA
Merlin James Long Game Tue-Sat: 11am-6pm // Sun: 12noon-6pm // Free 0141 352 4900 Until Sunday 20 March, 2016. The first large scale Glasgow exhibition from painter Merlin James opens CCA’s 2016 gallery programme and includes work from the 1980s to the present day. Continuity and duration are active elements in the artist’s process: often […]
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Dear Green Place – Exhibition at the Thistle Gallery, Saturday. March 19th– Sunday, April 3rd, 2016
Thistle Gallery, Scottish Contemporary Art 56 Park Road, Glasgow G4 9JF Email Telephone: 0141 334 3444 www.thistle-gallery.com Dear Green Place….Bricks, Mortar and Beyond The new Spring Show at Thistle Gallery features the work of eight accomplished artists who often take inspiration from the City of Glasgow and its environs. Peter Nardini, Sheila Fowler, Kristina Dickson, […]
Tuesday, March 15, 2016 | Filed under: Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow, Best In The West
Comic Invention – major new exhibition The Hunterian – opens 18 March, 2016
Comic Invention opening soon! Hunterian Art Gallery, University of Glasgow The major new exhibition Comic Invention opens at the Hunterian Art Gallery on Friday 18 March 2016. Featuring works by Lichtenstein, Warhol, Picasso and Rembrandt, the show looks at how we tell stories with pictures, exploring the cultural and historical background of graphic narrative. Comic […]
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Friday, March 11, 2016 | Filed under: Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
AlgoRhythm 004, The Art School, Friday 1 April, 2016
AlgoRhythm 004 is the last in a series of audio visual events held in Glasgow. Friday, April 1, 2016 7:30 p.m. The Art School AlgoRhythm is a collaborative art and music happening that will see musicians, artists and DJs come together to perform live music and create visual art in an experimental environment – the nightclub. […]
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Muriel Barclay Solo Exhibition, The Lemond Gallery 12 – 20 March, 2016
12 – 20 March, 2016 2 p.m. – 5 p.m. The Lemond Gallery The gallery is delighted to welcome Muriel Barclay back for a fourth solo show of around 35 paintings. One of Scotland’s most popular artists, Barclay likes to paint the female form with an emphasis on both physical form and the various light […]
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Thursday, March 3, 2016 | Filed under: Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Hello My Name Is Paul Smith, The Lighthouse, 21 January 20 March, 2015
The Lighthouse 21 January – 20 March, 2016 Photographs of Exhibition by Jim Byrne ‘We are delighted to announce that ‘Hello My Name is Paul Smith’ Exhibition will be opening at The Lighthouse in January 2016. The exhibition invites you into Paul Smith’s world and offers you a unique insight into his magnificent mind.’ An […]
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Thursday, February 25, 2016 | Filed under: Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow
