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Jeely Jars and Seeing Stars: Glasgow’s Love Affair with the Movie

Until Saturday 28 February, 2015 not Sunday 22 Who doesn’t remember their first trip to the cinema? Glasgow Film Festival has gathered together some of your fondest memories of cinema-going over the past eighty years to create a wonderful interactive exhibition celebrating Glasgow’s love affair with the movies. Take a stroll down memory lane amongst […]

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The Summit Is Now, ProjectAbility, 4 March – 4 April 2015

The Summit – It Is Now Dates: 04 Mar 2015 – 04 Apr 2015 Preview: Wednesday 4th March, 2pm-4pm Project Ability Gallery & Trongate 103 Foyer Admission: Free Ten of the top international supported art studios will be showing work by two or more of their artists for the International Summit for Learning Disability Artists […]

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Glasgow School of Art, Undergraduate Exhibition, 11 – 14 February

Glasgow School of Art Undergraduate Exhibition The WIP show from the GSA undergraduate cohort runs from 11th – 14th of February a The Lighthouse, Mitchell Lane (https://www.facebook.com/events/328354027360653) After Party The Drygate,  85 Drygate, G4 0UT Glasgow Apache Darling will headline the show at 2100hrs, followed by Gareth Roberts (So Weit So Gut) and MWX (Maxi […]

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GSA Communication Design Masters – Work-In-Progress Show 2015

February 11 – February 12 11:00am – 5:00pm The Vintage at Drygate85 Drygate, Glasgow G4 0UT       2 days // 7 visual communicators // 1 headline band Students on the Masters programme in Communication Design explore the diverse nature of the practise, including specialist study in photography, moving image, illustration and graphic design. This exhibition […]

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Bartosz Soban Sobanski: In the Shadow of Nothingness The Arches

Exhibition Thu 29 Jan – Sat 28 Feb 2015 | Daily | Free entry | The Arches Foyer “For me, Cosmos is black, primarily black, something like a black stream, turbulent, full of whirlpools, obstacles and flooded areas, carrying a mass of refuse, and in this stream a besotted man, at the mercy of the […]

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Duncan Shanks Sketchbook, Hunterian Art Gallery, March – August, 2015

Duncan Shanks Sketchbooks: The Poetry of Place 14 March – 16 August 2015 Hunterian Art Gallery Admission free A new exhibition at The Hunterian will offer rare insight into the creative process of Scottish artist Duncan Shanks, highlighting his rich body of work.Duncan Shanks Sketchbooks: The Poetry of Place opens at the Hunterian Art Gallery […]

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‘Yoshitoshi to Winehouse’ , Iota Gallery, Hyndland Street

Abstract drawings by Colin Robertson 5-21 February, 2015 Opening: 5 February, 6-9pm Unlimited Studio, 25 Hyndland Street, Glasgow G11 5QE

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Lectures at the Lillie Art Gallery, 28 January, 11 February, 2015

There are 2 evening lectures coming up in the Lillie Art Gallery as part ofour fantastic Alexander Goudie exhibition – Tam O’Shanter – A Tale Told in Paintings. Our speaker is Dr Fred Freeman (a musician, a scholar and a recordproducer). They are free and no booking is required. Wednesday 28 January 7.30pm ‘A Fiddler […]

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Preview: Laura Aldridge – California wow! Jan 29, Tramway

Preview: Laura Aldridge – California wow! Thursday, January 29  7:00pm – 9:00pm Tramway Admission free. Exhibition runs until Sun 22 Mar, 2015 Laura Aldridge presents a new installation for Tramway’s main gallery which reflects on her engagement with the relationship between art, craft and performance. Drawing together sculpture, textile, print and ceramics, Aldridge sets up […]

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The Observatory, Nancy Smillie Studio

The Observatory, Nancy Smillie Studio, G12 New studio in Glasgow’s West End with Kevin Hunter, Artist in Residence and Pop Up Christmas Shop opening 30 November, 3014 Art Studio – Furniture – Artist in Residence Please join us to celebrate our Studio opening with resident artist Kevin Hunter, and peruse our pop up Christmas shop. […]

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REmarket, Glasgow Festivities, 30 Nov – 20 Dec, 2014

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SCOTLAND ART – 15th Annual Christmas Exhibition, Opens 27 November, 2014

SCOTLAND ART – 15th Annual Christmas Exhibition Thursday 27th November, 6 – 8pmscotlandart.com193 Bath St, Glasgow, G2 4HU showcasing a stunning selection of painting, sculpture, bespoke jewellery by designer Inness Thomson and ceramics. With a dynamic mix of fine artists from across the UK including Scott Naismith, Paul Bennett, Karen Cairns, Lesley McLaren, Tommy Fitchet and many […]

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Project Ability Silent Auction, Saturday, December 13, 2014

Project Ability Silent Auction Saturday, December 13, 2014 6:00pm – 9:00pm Project Ability, Trongate 103, G1 5HD Glasgow, United Kingdom         Project Ability will end the year with a bang! We are holding an event not to be missed on Saturday 13 December, 6pm-9pm: our Christmas Fundraising Auction. For two weeks, begining on the […]

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Glasgow’s Stained Glass: Colour & Light Exhibition Launch, Glasgow City Heritage Trust, 12th December 2014, 4pm

Glasgow’s Stained Glass: Colour & Light Exhibition Launch, Glasgow City Heritage Trust  12th December 2014, 4pm 54 Bell Street, Merchant City   Stained Glass Project Officer: Rachael Purse MA (Hons), MSc In September an ambitious three month project began to create an online database of Glasgow’s stained glass in conjunction with the Scottish Stained Glass […]

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Social or Solitary – Polly Roberts tell it slant Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Social or Solitary – Polly Roberts tell it slant  Wednesday, November 19 at 7:00pm  Pop-up exhibition and book tour After a fantastic response from Norwich Arts Centre and a sell-out of the first run of books, ‘Social or Solitary’ is going on tour. This fun and fearless book follows a 24-year-old English graduate, determined to […]

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PREVIEW Mike Nelson Exhibition, Friday, November 14 Tramway 5.

PREVIEW Mike Nelson       Friday, November 14 Tramway 5. Mike Nelson is best known for his labyrinthine architectural installations that unfold as narrative structures, where the viewer moves through rooms like a reader turns pages in a novel. For Tramway, Nelson presents a recent work, Eighty Circles through Canada (the last possessions of an […]

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Jim Dick: Life is Dutiful! The Arches Thursday 13 Nov – Wednesday 3 Dec 2014

Jim Dick: Life is Dutiful! The Arches Thursday 13 Nov – Wednesday 3 Dec 2014 Launch event 13 November, 7 – 9 p.m. Free “Every time people perform an activity they have not themselves defined and do not themselves control, every time they pay for goods they produce with money they received in exchange for […]

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Manuel Chavajay & Rebecca Wilcox This Might Be a Place for Hummingbirds, CCA Saturday 15 November 2014 – Sunday 18 January 2015

Manuel Chavajay & Rebecca Wilcox This Might Be a Place for Hummingbirds Saturday 15 November 2014 – Sunday 18 January 2015 CCA Glasgow Free. As a follow up to the double solo show of Mounira al Solh and Sarah Forrest in 2013, CCA presents two practices that seemingly have no initial links. In an attempt […]

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Ruth Nicol Three Rivers Meet RGI Exhibition runs 8 until 29 November 2014

Ruth Nicol Three Rivers Meet RGI Exhibition runs 8 until 29 November 2014 Ruth Nicol, inspired by Alexander Moffat’s 1980’s painting ‘Poets’ Pub’, investigates thelandscapes of the seven great Scottish poets; Hugh MacDiarmid, Edwin Morgan,Norman MacCaig, Sorley Maclean, George Mackay Brown, Robert Garioch andIain Crichton Smith.  Ruth has captured the vast and varied landscapes of Scotlandduring an intense […]

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Christmas Art and Craft Exhibition, Lillie Gallery, Milngavie, 15 November, 2014

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Mackintosh and Old Glasgow, Until 6th January, 2015 Provand’s Lordship

Mackintosh and Old Glasgow Until 6th January, 2015 Provand’s Lordship “The House on the corner of McLeod Street” is a pencil sketch of Provand’s Lordship drawn by a young Charles Rennie Mackintosh, which has never before been on public display. This and another original drawing by Mackintosh featuring a house of a similar era will […]

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Art from Elsewhere International Contemporary Art from UK Galleries 24 October – 1st February,2014 GOMA

Art from Elsewhere International Contemporary Art from UK Galleries 24 October – 1st February,2014 GOMA Art From Elsewhere is testament to the talent and diversity of artists working across the world today. The exhibition – a collaboration with Art Fund International & Hayward Touring – is being shown at venues across the UK, starting here […]

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Carol Kidd, Iota Gallery, 24 and 25 October, 2014

Iota with Carol Kidd Hyndland Street, Glasgow G11 Pop-in Fri. 24th & Sat. 25th October 12- 6 p.m. Carol Kidd, a long-standing friend, pops in to iota with her latest work. As well as presenting her latest CD,‘Carol Kidd Live with Brian Kellock present Cole Porter’, which will be available first at iota, a rare […]

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Glasgow Gallery, Autumn Exhibition: Peter Nardini and Heather Blanchar

Autumn Exhibition: Peter Nardini and Heather Blanchard October – November, 2014 scotlandart.com Glasgow Gallery 193 Bath St, Glasgow, G2 4HU Scotlandart.com is proud to present our 15th annual Autumn exhibition. Running throughout October and November, the gallery will feature work by renowned painter Peter Nardini, alongside award winning landscape painter Heather Blanchard. Visit the gallery and […]

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Blaze, Rowan Gallery, Helensburgh – Solo Exhibition Alison Cowan

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The Forgotten Art Exhibition, Veneer Gallery, Glasgow Saturday 18th October – Friday 24th October

The Forgotten Art Exhibition Saturday 18th October – Friday 24th October An unconventional exhibit of conventional pieces – this experimental exhibition in Veneer gallery will challenge some preconceived ideas about exhibiting the usually mismatched disciplines of design and fine art together. Handcrafted bags and scarves will be exhibited alongside rarely seen early artworks by Flora […]

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Alasdair Gray, From the Personal to the Universal, Kelvingrove, 11 October, 2014 – 22 February, 2015

Alasdair Gray Life’s Work Retrospective  From the Personal to the Universal Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum Opens Saturday 11th October until February 22nd, 2015 Celebration of Alasdair Gray’s work at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum is delighted to be staging this major ‘life’s work’ retrospective in celebration of Alasdair Gray’s 80th birthday in December. The […]

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The Airdrie Boys, RGI

New Exhibition RGI The Airdrie Boys A Collection Of Work By John Cunningham & Dan Ferguson Exhibition RunsSaturday 4 October – Saturday 1 November 2014 Dan Ferguson and John Cunningham were born in Lanarkshire and educated atAirdrie Academy where their life long friendship was formed. Both studied drawing and painting at Glasgow School of Art […]

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A PRIVATE ROOM CATHERINE CAMERON UNTIL 29 SEPTEMBER RGI

A Private Room – Catherine Cameron Until 29 September, 2014 RGI Exhibition of new photography by Catherine Cameron, recipient of The Royal Glasgow Institute Exhibition Prize for a work by a recent Scottish Graduate, awarded at the RGI Annual exhibition in 2013. By the time Catherine Cameron enrolled on the Fine Art Photography course at […]

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Glasgow Society of Women Artists, the Lillie Gallery, 4th Oct – 7th Nov 2014

  Glasgow Society of Women Artists 4th Oct – 7th Nov 2014 ‘exciting new or recent work by the ever popular GSWA…‘ The Glasgow Society of Women Artists, originally called the Glasgow Society of Lady Artists, was established in 1882 by eight women artists and art teachers. All of the founding members had studied at […]

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