A Rare Glimpse of Shakespeare’s First Folio at The Hunterian Art Gallery
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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Friday, April 14, 2023 | Filed under: Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow, Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Pat's Home Page Blog
Maryhill is Wonderful – photography exhibition of the people of Maryhill
Closing Celebration Event 14 April, 2023, 6.30 p.m. Free – reserve a spot at EvbentBrite Maryhill Burgh Halls, 10 – 24 Garbraid d Avenue, Glasgow G20 8YE Maryhill is Wonderful by Campbell Ramage During the COVID lockdowns, and unable to venture far from home, Campbell Ramage found himself walking the streets of Glasgow taking more […]
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Monday, April 10, 2023 | Filed under: Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow, Pat's Home Page Blog
The Love of Print – Kelvingrove Art Gallery
18 November , 2022 – 12 March, 2023 Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Argyle Street, G3 8AG Saturday 4 March, 11 a.m. Artist Demonstration with Linda Kosciewicz Linda will demonstrate printing a photogravure polymer plate. There will be an opportunity to find out more about her new print ‘Minotaur’ made especially for the show. The […]
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Friday, March 3, 2023 | Filed under: Art, Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Pat's Home Page Blog
Bearsden Art Club at the Lillie Gallery
4 March – 30 March 2023 Bearsden Art Club 70th Anniversary The Lillie Art Gallery, Station Rd, Milngavie, Glasgow G62 8BZ Gallery 1– Bearsden Art Club – 70th Anniversary exhibition Galleries 2 – “What I see in Bearsden” – Beardsen Art Club Schools Competion exhibition Gallery 3 – Past and Present members of the Bearsden […]
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Tuesday, February 28, 2023 | Filed under: Art, Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers
Stitched – Textile Exhibition, ProjectAbility
25th February – 1st April, 2023 Group show Opening times: 11am – 5pm, Wednesday – Saturday Free admission Project Ability Gallery, Trongate 103, Glasgow, G1 5HD Project Ability presents its first ever Textile Exhibition ‘STITCHED’ For this exhibition a select few artists were invited to make new work. There is a wonderful mix of exhibitors, […]
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Wednesday, February 22, 2023 | Filed under: Art, Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Pat's Home Page Blog
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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Still Life Photography Exhibition
Angela Catlin and Henry Bell Wednesday 16th March to Sunday 17th April, 2023 For two years Henry Bell and Angela Catlin documented the pandemic in Glasgow through their poems and photographs. In dialogue with each other and the city around them, they recorded their shared isolation, the panic of the early pandemic, the unease and […]
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Friday, February 17, 2023 | Filed under: 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
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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The Alchemy Experiment Festive Markets 2022
The markets will run on the 3rd, 4th, 10th, 11th, 17th and 18th of December, 10am to 5pm. Alchemy Experiment, 157 Byres Road, G12 1DQ Local Independent artists & makers markets with new sellers every weekend in December Further details
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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
Our Right, Our Communities, Our Stories Exhibition
11 – 16 November, 2022 The Deep End,21 Nithsdale Street, Govanhill G41 2PZ Event by Govanhill Baths Community Trust The exhibition is free to attend and will be hosted at the Deep End, 21 Nithsdale Street, Glasgow, G41 2PZ. The exhibition will open on the 11th of November with an opening night from 6 to 8pm […]
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Thursday, November 3, 2022 | Filed under: Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow
SWG3 Celebrates the Creative Spirit of Defiance
Creative Resilience: Scene but not Heard 11th November 2022, 6:30pm – 9pm Exhibition continues until 5 January SWG3, 100 Eastvale Place Glasgow G3 8QG Creative Resilience: Scene but not Heard champions the unconventional nature of urban art Scotland’s leading multi-disciplinary arts venue SWG3 has announced the latest exhibition to be hosted in their Yard Life Gallery urban […]
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Wednesday, November 2, 2022 | Filed under: 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
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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Maryhill Youth Art Festival 2022
15 and 16 October, 2022 G20 Festival Building, Shuna Street, Glasgow G20 9PX and G20 Works Building, 21 Dunbeith Place, Glasgow G20 8HS Talulah Hannah Wright and Emily Cutts Made by young people, for young people! A weekend of free workshops and activities for young people, all centred around creativity and art. Come have a go at […]
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Monday, October 10, 2022 | Filed under: Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow, Community event, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Free Events, G20 Festival, Kids and young people, Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Un Carnat de Bal plus Thomas McGoran plus Q & A GFT
Friday 7 October, 2022 – 2.15 p.m. Free Event Screening followed by reception and exhibition at Reid Building Glasgow School of Art A special free event revisiting memories of cinema-going in the 1930s. This matinee screening features Un Carnet de Bal (1937, dir. Julian Duvivier), a film which served as the main attraction for the Cosmo […]
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Wednesday, October 5, 2022 | Filed under: Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow, Cinema
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
In Our Shoes Poetry Showcase – ARCadia Festival
Sunday, 25 September 2022, 3 – 4 p.m. The ARC, 11 Chapel Lane, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G11 6EWThis exhibition and poetry showcase offers an opportunity for you to hear experiences of everyday life for migrant, local and refugee women. About this event This exhibition and poetry showcase offers a unique opportunity for you to […]
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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
Abundance – art exhibition ProjectAbility
1 October – 5 November, 2022 ProjectAbility, 103 Trongate, Glasgow x3 collaboration returns with its first IRL exhibition, ‘Abundance’. More information Featuring: Kathy Wilmott (Venture Arts), Erin Keogh (Project Ability) and Chandrakant Patel (ActionSpace) – selected by artist Sonia Boué. The resulting exhibition is the culmination of x3, a three year collaborative project between ActionSpace, […]
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Wednesday, September 7, 2022 | Filed under: Art, Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow
50 Pots – Scottish Pottery Exhibition
BARROWFIELD, BRITANNIA, BUCHAN, BELLS: EXPLORING OVER 200 YEARS OF SCOTTISH CERAMICS IN 50 POTS Maryhill Burgh Halls, 10 – 24 Garbraid Avenue, Glasgow Glasgow, Wyndford, Glasgow G20 8YE The FREE exhibition. runs until October, 2022. Monday till Friday 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. To mark their golden anniversary, Scottish Pottery Society are taking us back […]
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Curatorial Tour: Glasgow and Slavery, People’s Palace
Thursday 4 August, 2022, 2 p.m. – 3 p.m. People’s Palace, Green, Templeton St, Glasgow G40 1AT Come along to the People’s Palace on Thursday 4th August 2-3pm for Glasgow and Slavery, the first in a new series of curatorial tours. Miles Greenwood and Tony Lewis invite you to share thoughts about Glasgow and its […]
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A Day Of Fun Inspired by John Byrne
Saturday 30 July, 2022, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m Kelvingrove Art Gallery, Argyle Street, Glasgow G3 8AG Performances of the music that John Byrne loves and that inspired his creativity, featuring songs by Gerry Rafferty, Stealers Wheel, Donovan and The Beatles. With something for every age group; even the smallest fans (3+) will be entertained […]
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 […]
