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

Mapplethorpe Exhibition, Clydbank Library until 23 May, 2015

Have you visited the Mapplethorpe exhibition yet? You can view a selection of the American artist’s work at Clydebank Museum and Art Gallery until 23 May 2015. 49 Dumbarton Road, G81   Opening 10.00 – 4.30 p.m. Closed Sundays

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Radiophrenia – 87.9FM Mon 13 April — Sun 19 April 2015 Broadcasting live from CCA

Radiophrenia – 87.9FM Mon 13 April — Sun 19 April 2015 CCA Broadcasting live from CCA, 24-hours a dayTheatre Space Listening Room: 12noon – 4pm (except during sound checks), Free, All agesLive performances: 7pm, Free but ticketed, Theatre, Ages 15+ Related CCA Events RadiophreniaNichola ScruttonSonnets Mon 13 April 2015 RadiophreniaShelly NadashiA Hidden Quiet Pocket & […]

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AC Projects Counterflows Festival 2015 CCA 2 – 5 April, 2015

AC ProjectsCounterflows Festival 2015 Thu 2 April — Sun 5 April 2015 CCA Full programme at www.counterflows.comBook online / 0141 352 4900 Related CCA Events CounterflowsOpening Launch ReceptionCounterflows & Novas Frequencias Thu 2 April 2015 CounterflowsChinese Cookie Poets & Negro Leo with GuestsPlus DJ Sets at Saramago Thu 2 April 2015 CounterflowsRichard Youngs’ Experiment for […]

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Glasgow Kelvin College Degree Show, 29 May – 12 June, 2015

Graduating Class BA(Hons) Visual Art 2015 Glasgow Kelvin College/University of Dundee75 Hotspur Street, Glasgow, G20 8LJ  Opens: Friday 29th May 2015 5:30pm – 8:30pm Runs: 29th May – 12 June 2015 A diverse group of artists embracing many different mediums. Included within this are a wide range of subjects ranging from sculpture to printmaking, painting […]

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Southside Festival 2015, The Steamie Galleries, Application Form

“The Steamie Galleries” – Call for participants Application Form Details Running during the Southside Fringe Festival 2015 This show will run for the first 3 weeks of May.Dates: Saturday 2nd May – Sunday 24th May, 2015Opening hours: 11am – 5:30pm, Monday to Saturday.Free Entry Hand in date 27 April, 2015 The venue is in “The Steamie” at […]

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Give Art Glasgow – Children and the Arts

Andy Peutherer of Scottish Landscape Painting has teamed up with with Greater Maryhill Foodbank & Art Retail Network to launch a city wide campaign to provide art supplies and creative materials to children and young people who rely on food banks. The founder of Give Art, Andy Peutherer describes his motivations for the project: “Most […]

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Circles of Focus, CCA , 3 April – 17 May 2015

Christine Borland & Brody CondonCircles of Focus Fri 3 April — Sun 17 May 2015 Tue – Sat: 11am – 6pm // Sun: 12noon – 6pm // Free // Preview: Fri 3 April, 7pm – 9pmAll ages Related CCA Events Christine Borland & Brody CondonCircles of FocusOpen Air Firing Sat 21 March 2015 Circles of […]

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The only way to do it is to do it: The Hunterian, 27 March – 4 October, 2015

The only way to do it is to do it 27 March – 4 October 2015 Hunterian Art Galler, University of Glaagow, 82 Hillhead Street Glasgow G12 8QQ Admission free Works by Josef Albers, John Cage, Willem de Kooning, Raydale Dower, G.O.D.S, Robert Motherwell, Ciara Phillips and Ossip Zadkine. The only way to do it […]

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Exhibition of Concrete Poetry, Project Cafe through March, 2015

The exhibition of concrete poetry has finally arrived. Opens at 5pm 28 February, 2015 – runs for one month. Including a wine reception with an introduction by poet Martin Robinson.  Three of each prints are for sale at £12! Already proving very popular at  the sneak preview so come on down and have a look […]

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The Women’s Unit, Group Show, Castlemilk, March, 2015

The Women’s Bridges, Castlemilk Group Show Open 10am to 5pm, Tuesday and Wednesday. Congratulations to all the artists involved. The Women’s Unit, 17b Castlemilk Arcade. Between the Pawn and the Poundshop. Two small flights of stairs. The Women’s Bridges, Facebook

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Glasgow Police Museum, Talk at GOMA, Friday 13 March, 2015

Curator of Glasgow Police Museum Alastair Dinsmor will give a talk on the Museums 175 years of history. The Museum of Glasgow’s 1st Police Force, Library@GoMA Friday 13 March, 2pm.   Please phone or call into Library@GoMA to book your place 0141 287 3010. GOMA, Royal Exchange Square, Glasgow G1 3AH  

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Blood, Sweat and Gears, Riverside Museum

3rd Mar 2015 – 1st Jan 2016 Exhibition celebrating the achievements of Aileen McGlynn and Louise Haston Riverside Museum This new display celebrates the achievements of Para-Sport Tandem cyclists Aileen McGlynn and Louise Haston, who won four silver medals at the Glasgow XX Commonwealth Games. Key objects from the Games, including their tandem bike and […]

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Jeely Jars and Seeing Stars: Glasgow’s love affair with the movies Thu 12 Feb – Sat 28 Feb, Mitchell Library

Jeely Jars and Seeing Stars: Glasgow’s love affair with the movies Thu 12 Feb – Sat 28 Feb, Mitchell Library, North Street Glasgow Room, Free The centrepiece of this year’s Cinema City strand, this brand-new multimedia exhibition will run throughout the festival in the iconic Mitchell Library, one of the city’s treasured architectural marvels. Through […]

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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   CLOSED 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 […]

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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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