Art, Photography, Exhibitions what’s on-glasgow.

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

Refugee Festival Scotland 2025 – From Shore to Shore

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From Shore to Shore 13 – 22 June, 2025 9am – 5pm Anniesland campus of Glasgow Clyde College 19 Hatfield drive, Glasgow, G12 0YE Free Outdoor installation. Visitors can come at any time between 9 – 5pm. There are toilets and parking facilities on site. Glasgow Clyde College Art installation of messages and stories written […]

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Refugee Festival Scotland: Live in Art at CCA

10 – 14 June, 2025 CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, G2 3JD ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: Syeda Sadaf Zaidi has brought together the work of 12 Glasgow-based artists from Afghanistan, Colombia, Iran, Pakistan, Ukraine and Vietnam for LIVE IN ART. You can see this unique #RefugeeFestScot exhibition at the CCA in Glasgow. Participating artists Syeda Sadaf Zaidi, Yuliya […]

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Glasgow School of Art Degree Show 2025

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30 May – 8 June, 2025 – 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Glasgow School of Art, Stow Building, 43 Shamrock Street, G4 9LD The School of Fine Art Degree Show takes over all floors of the Stow Building, with varied exhibitions from undergraduates in Painting and Printmaking, Sculpture and Environmental Art, and Fine Art Photography. […]

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Glasgow 850 – Group Show ProjectAbility

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7 June – 19 July, 2025, 11 a.m. –  5 p.m. 103 Trongate, Glasgow G1 5HD Join ProjectAbility in celebrating 850 vibrant years of Glasgow with a joyful exhibition showcasing the city’s spirit through art. This special event brings together the talented artists of Project Ability alongside a dynamic selection of creatives who responded to […]

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Margaret Macdonald and Charles Rennie Mackintosh: Partners in Life and Art?

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The Hunterian Art Gallery, University of Glasgow, 82 Hillhead Street Glasgow G12 8QQ Thursday, 5 June, 2025, 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. A talk by curator Joseph Sharples, which will consider the extent of the couple’s artistic relationship. Followed by a Q&A. Tickets “In all my architectural efforts you have been half if not threequarters […]

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Teresa Latina Polish Folk Art Exhibition, Scottish Mask and Puppet Centre

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 Free Open Friday 23 May, 2025 and continues until Monday, 26 May. The Scottish Mask & Puppet Centre, 8 – 10 Balcarres Avenue, Kelvindale, Glasgow G12 0QF Celebrating the life and work of Teresa Latina; artwork and designs inspired by her Polish roots from puppets to papercuts, ceramics, decorative art, and designs for Goldbergs Department […]

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Masks We Wear: Exhibition

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University of Glasgow Advanced Research Centre Fantastic exhibition returning to University of Glagow ARC Monday 26 May 2025 – Friday 30 May 2025 Advanced Research Centre, University of Glasgow, 11 Chapel Ln, Glasgow G11 6EW This exhibition features artworks by 37 young people attending Hyndland Secondary School.  ‘Masks We Wear’ showcases the work of pupils […]

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‘Variations’– Exhibition by Marion Gardyne at Arlington Baths Club

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Exhibition extended until 22 May, 2025 Open to public every day from 1 p.m. – 6 p.m. Glasgow artist Marion Gardyne is having an exhibition of her new artwork hosted by Arlington Baths Club. Arlington Baths Club, 61 Arlington St, Glasgow G3 6DT The exhibition explores two dimensional patterns and colour using a broad range […]

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Glasgow Group’s Annual Exhibition at the New Glasgow Society

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Thursday 1st May, 2025  6-8pm – Opening Exhibition runs from 2nd – 8th May, 10am – 4pm Event by Glasgow Group Artists Cooperative New Glasgow Society New Glasgow Society,, 1307 Argyle Street, Finnieston, Glasgow, G3 8TL Public reception of the Glasgow Group’s Annual Exhibition at the New Glasgow Society – would be delighted if you […]

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All Change at Websters

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Over the past 11 years the former Lansdowne Church on Great Western Road – with its familiar slender spire – has been operating as Websters Theatre. Some exciting changes are planned at Websters with a new tenant found to occupy the ground floor on a full time and long term basis. From September 2025 the […]

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Digging In Another Time: Derek Jarman’s Modern Nature

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Until 4 May, 2025 at The Hunterian The Hunterian, University of Glasgow,  82 Hillhead St, Glasgow G12 8QQ An exhibition of works by internationally renowned filmmaker, artist, stage designer and diarist Derek Jarman, shown alongside commissioned responses from contemporary artists. The exhibition is inspired by Jarman’s diary entries from 1989 which detail his performance-installation at […]

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Barry Paton Photo Gallery: Dance

Dance piece In the Picture. Edinburgh 1989 Backdrop. Photo inspired by one by Henri Cartier Bresson.

This series of photos was taken in the late 1980’s in Glasgow and Edinburgh. Many  were taken at Mayfest, an annual arts event with major International dance artists and choreographers featured. It was a very busy and exciting time. Barry didn’t know much about the dancers or choreographers but his partner, Fiona Alderman, also a […]

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‘Digging in Another Time: Derek Jarman’s Modern Nature’

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Until 4 May, 2025 Hunterian Art Gallery, University of Glasgow, 82 Hillhead St, Glasgow G12 8QQ Our new contemporary art exhibition ‘Digging in Another Time: Derek Jarman’s Modern Nature’ is now open at the Hunterian Art Gallery and we can’t wait for you to see it! The exhibition features works from across Jarman’s career, focusing […]

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Jessie Stephen, Maryhill’s Suffragette

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11 March – 13 June, 2025 Exhibition: Maryhill Burgh Halls, 10-24 Gairbraid Avenue, Glasgow, G20 8YE, This exhibition brings to light the remarkable story and achievements of Jessie Stephen (1892-1979), a working-class woman who became a powerful force of social change. Born in 1893, Jessie Stephen was a fearless campaigner and one of the few […]

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ProjectAbiility: Express Collaborations Exhibition

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1 March – 12 April, 2025 Reception 6 March, 6pm – 8pm Project Ability Gallery, Trongate 103, Glasgow, G1 5HD The exhibition is free to visit. Express Collaborations is a group exhibition built over many months and devised by artist Tanya Raabe-Webber. The artwork in this exhibition covers a variety of themes, and much of […]

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Designing Future Experiences Exhibition – University of Glasgow ARC

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University of Glasgow ARC – 6 until 13 February 2025 Reciprocal Systems of Health in the Climate Era – Designing Future Experiences Exhibition Design speculations for the year 2035 by Product Design Students from the School of Innovation and Technology at the Glasgow School of Art in partnership with the University of Glasgow. See Review […]

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Old Kilpatrick Art Club Exhibition, Erskine

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6 – 9th February, 2025 Come along to browse and buy – Old Kilpatrick Art Club Exhibition A donation will be given to Erskine Hospital Caulders Garden Centre, Erskine Bridge, Bishopton PA7 5PU  

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The Nature of Distance Exhibition, University of Glasgow ARC

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27 – 31 January, 2025 Atrium, Advanced Research Centre, University of Glasgow, 11 Chapel Lane, Glasgow G11 6EW As with any start to a new year there is an unspoken universal rule to look ahead, to visualize and plan in hope for change, new memories and adventure. Yet, many of us are bound to the […]

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Call for Palestinian Artists to Perform at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025

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CALL OUT FOR PALESTINIAN ARTISTS TO PERFORM AT THE EDINBURGH FESTIVAL FRINGE Opportunity for artists in Palestine and the diaspora to perform in Scotland at the world’s largest arts festival. Looking for Palestinian musicians, theatre-makers, dancers, story-tellers, children’s performers, poets and comedians to perform at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe – Fringe Palestine. Deadline to […]

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Hunterian awarded grant by The National Lottery Heritage Fund

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Monday 2 December 2024 Hunterian awarded grant by The National Lottery Heritage Fund to scope major redevelopment Today, The Hunterian at the University of Glasgow is announcing a £249,000 grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund. The funding will allow The Hunterian to carry out a crucial scoping project that will shape the future of […]

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Jackie Marno McGoldrick Exhibition and Art Prize

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1 – 14 November, 2024 The Jackie Marno-McGoldrick Art Prize The Alchemy Experiment, 157 Byres Rd, Glasgow G12 8TS Review of Prizewinning Event, Pat Byrne. FREE ENTRY The Jackie Marno-McGoldrick Art Prize is an annual Glasgow student art competition open to students in the Clydebank area. The JMM Art Prize’s mission is to continue the […]

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Christmas Group Show ProjectAbility 2024

7 November – 21 December, 2024 7 November, 6pm – 8pm Wednesday – Saturday, 11am – 5pm The exhibition is free to visit Project Ability Gallery, Trongate 103, Glasgow G1 5HD Every holiday season Project Ability likes to end the year with a bang by having a big group exhibition for which everyone at the […]

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Whistler Pastels – The Hunterian

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Friday 04 October 2024 – Sunday 02 March 2025 – 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Hunterian Art Galler, University of Glasgow, 82 Hillhead St, Glasgow G12 8QQy Throughout his career, James McNeill Whistler (1834–1903) made drawings using pastel crayons. His early drawings (1860s–70s) were often studies for oil paintings, but from the late 1870s he […]

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Affordable Art Sale

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2 and 3 November, 2024, 10.30 am – 5.30 pm New Glasgow Society, 1307 Argyle Street. Glasgow. G3 8TL The Affordable Art Sale features recent local graduates and emerging artists aiming to make art more accessible and affordable with prices starting from £2. Grab yourself an early Christmas bargain from paintings, prints, sculptures to crafts, […]

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Sight Unseen – Glasgow Gallery of Photography

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3 – 30 October, 2024 International Photography Exhibition High Street Gallery, 279-281 High Street, Glasgow Wed-Sat 12-4 Glassford Street, 57 Glassford Street, Glasgow 12-4 Wed-Sat Opening days/times during exhibitions only Glasgow Gallery of Photography

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Iain Clark: Love Letter To Glasgow at Advanced Research Centre

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Until Sunday 22 September 2024 Advanced Research Centre (ARC), University of Glasgow, 11 Chapel Ln, Glasgow G11 6EW Solo exhibition of the photographic artist Iain Clark at the University of Glasgow’s Advanced Research Centre. Come along to this show to see the faces of some well-known and perhaps lesser-known Glaswegians. Breathing life into Glasgow’s very […]

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Old Kilpatrick Art Club

Old Kilpatrick Art Club

Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 August, 2024 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Art Exhibition Ardardan Estate, Cardross G82 5HD

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Life Drawing at McChuills

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Starts Monday 5th August, 2024 First Monday Every Month 6 p.m.- 8 p.m. McChuills, 80 High St, Glasgow G1 1N Something a bit different in the Acid Arch. A new life-drawing class has been put together by McChuill’s own artist-in-residence Joanna – it will be running monthly and is a relaxed, untutored session that is […]

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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 Designer Spotlight Rentaro Nishimura Effortless Style Here Comes The Summer Sun The Nancy Smillie Shop – see the complete collection   Update Your Home     Wonderful Jewellery in […]

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Exhibition: Between Islands

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2 August – 28 September, 2024 Glasgow Print Studio  103 Trongate, Glasgow G1 5HD Gregor Smith, Lin Chau, Marion MacPhee (Glasgow Print Studio) Yoko Akino, Elke Thonnes, Niall Naessens (Graphic Studio Dublin) Curated by James Murphy (GPS) and Peter Brennan (GSD) Glasgow Print Studio is delighted to partner with Graphic Studio Dublin for this exhibition, […]

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Between Islands

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