Visual art, Contemporary within 5 miles of Glasgow

22 events within 5 miles

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Merchant City Festival

Glasgow's swanky part of town continues to round together culture in its diverse festival. Previous years have seen comedy, theatre and art events cramming themselves into the area's fashionable buildings, while street performers add to the festival atmosphere.

Various venues, Glasgow (0.1 miles)

Wed 24 Jul

Times & prices vary / 0141 5526027

Thu 25 Jul

Times & prices vary / 0141 5526027

Fri 26 Jul

Times & prices vary / 0141 5526027

…and 2 more dates until 28 Jul

Zoe Williams: Soft Paste

Debut solo show in Scotland by artist who hand-makes disturbing animaloid objects.

SWG3, Glasgow (2.0 miles)

Wed 19 Jun

Free / 0141 357 7246

  • 12:00 – 18:00

Thu 20 Jun

Free / 0141 357 7246

  • 12:00 – 18:00

Fri 21 Jun

Free / 0141 357 7246

  • 12:00 – 18:00
…and 9 more dates until 6 Jul

Agency 10

Work by ten students from the M.Litt Fine Art Practice degree program at Glasgow School of Art. Featured artists include Sumin Bak, Ruaridh Crighton, Si Ne Lee, Sheena Mayer, Suzanne Taylor, Rongwei Zhang, Mine Kavuncu, Elizabeth Grant and Mitra N Forouhar.

iota, Glasgow (2.3 miles)

Wed 19 Jun

Free / 0141 338 6052

Part of West End Festival.

  • 10:00 – 17:00

Thu 20 Jun

Free / 0141 338 6052

Part of West End Festival.

  • 10:00 – 18:00

Fri 21 Jun

Free / 0141 338 6052

Part of West End Festival.

  • 10:00 – 17:00
…and 6 more dates until 29 Jun

Douglas Morland: As Long as the Signal Is …

The artist explores the relationships between language, image and object with a series of sculptures and wall-based works.

The Briggait, Glasgow (0.5 miles)

Wed 19 Jun

Free / 0141 553 5890

  • 10:00 – 17:00

Thu 20 Jun

Free / 0141 553 5890

  • 10:00 – 17:00

Fri 21 Jun

Free / 0141 553 5890

  • 10:00 – 17:00
…and 5 more dates until 28 Jun

The Studios of Cunningham and Wyllie

Exhibition and auction of works by Scottish artists John Cunningham and George Wyllie.

The Lighthouse, Glasgow (0.4 miles)

Sun 25 Aug

Free / 0141 276 5360

  • 12:00 – 16:00
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40/40: forty years, forty artists

Prints commemorating 40 years of the Glasgow Print Studio, from 40 artists associated with it, including specially commissioned new work from Alasdair Gray, Elizabeth Blackadder, Martin Boyce, John Byrne, Jim Lambie and Toby Paterson and others (34 others, to be precise).

Glasgow Print Studio (0.4 miles)

Sat 24 Aug

Free / 0141 552 0704

  • 10:00 – 17:30

Sun 25 Aug

Free / 0141 552 0704

  • 12:00 – 17:00

Tue 27 Aug

Free / 0141 552 0704

  • 10:00 – 17:30
…and 45 more dates until 18 Oct

Adam McEwen: Sawney Bean

Art exploring themes associated with mythical 16th century Scottish cannibal Sawney Bean.

The Modern Institute, Glasgow (0.4 miles)

Wed 19 Jun

Free / 0141 248 3711

  • 10:00 – 18:00

Thu 20 Jun

Free / 0141 248 3711

  • 10:00 – 18:00

Fri 21 Jun

Free / 0141 248 3711

  • 10:00 – 18:00

Sat 22 Jun

Free / 0141 248 3711

  • 12:00 – 17:00

Architecture Exhibition

Work by Strathclyde University architecture students.

Department of Architecture, Glasgow (0.2 miles)

Wed 19 Jun

Free / 0141 548 3023

  • 09:00 – 18:00

Thu 20 Jun

Free / 0141 548 3023

  • 09:00 – 18:00

Fri 21 Jun

Free / 0141 548 3023

  • 09:00 – 18:00
…and 10 more dates until 5 Jul

A Conspiracy of Detail

A group show looking at contemporary adornment, featuring work by Pio Abad, Jonathan Baldock (who makes sculptures out of a play-doh analogue, rather than clay), Josh Blackwell (who embroiders plastic bags which would otherwise have been thrown away), Jim Lambie, Hew Locke, Alex Pollard, Eva Rothschild, Karin Ruggaber…

Mackintosh Museum, Glasgow (0.7 miles)

Sat 13 Jul

Free / 0141 353 4500

  • 11:00 – 17:00

Sun 14 Jul

Free / 0141 353 4500

  • 11:00 – 16:00

Mon 15 Jul

Free / 0141 353 4500

  • 11:00 – 17:00
…and 76 more dates until 29 Sep

Evince Rock Jewellery Exhibition

Showcase of new jewellery and crafts.

Bar Ten, Glasgow (0.4 miles)

Mon 24 Jun

Free / 0141 572 1448

  • 12:00 – 18:00

Mon 26 Aug

Free / 0141 572 1448

  • 12:00 – 18:00

Mon 28 Oct

Free / 0141 572 1448

  • 12:00 – 18:00
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Glasgow Miracle City Walking Tour

Discover the engines of the so-called 'Glasgow Miracle' – the city's reinvention in the post-industrial age as a hotbed of artistic talent and creative innovation. This walking tour, led by student guides from the GSA, takes you round the city's hidden arts scene, exploring galleries, studios and public works of art.

The Glasgow School of Art Shop (0.7 miles)

Sat 22 Jun

£19.50 (Students and senior £16; Under 18s £9.75; Under 5s free) / 0141 353 4584

Sun 23 Jun

£19.50 (Students and senior £16; Under 18s £9.75; Under 5s free) / 0141 353 4584

Sat 29 Jun

£19.50 (Students and senior £16; Under 18s £9.75; Under 5s free) / 0141 353 4584

…and 31 more dates until 13 Oct

GSA MLitt Fine Art Practice Exhibition

Exhibition showcasing the work of GSA students who have taken part in the newly established MLitt programme in Fine Art Practice.

Glasgow Print Studio (0.4 miles)

Wed 19 Jun

Free / 0141 552 0704

  • 10:00 – 17:30

Thu 20 Jun

Free / 0141 552 0704

  • 10:00 – 17:30

Fri 21 Jun

Free / 0141 552 0704

  • 10:00 – 17:30
…and 2 more dates until 23 Jun

The Hidden Lane: Open Studios

Unique opportunity to explore the studios, see the work and meet some of the artists, held on the first Friday of each month.

Hidden Lane Gallery, Glasgow (1.4 miles)

Fri 5 Jul

Free / 07760 669011

  • 17:00 – 20:00

Fri 2 Aug

Free / 07760 669011

  • 17:00 – 20:00

Fri 6 Sep

Free / 07760 669011

  • 17:00 – 20:00

I Am Art

A year-long art-based exploration of identity, history and community, designed for LGBT participants aged between 16–25. Participants form a group, and are then taught to work in a variety of media by artists and practitioners.

The Virginia Gallery, Glasgow (0.3 miles)

Tue 10 Sep

Free / 07585 022016

  • 11:00 – 17:30

Jeni Allison: Garba

Textile work made following a two-month residency by the artist in Gujarat, India.

The Telfer, Glasgow (0.3 miles)

Thu 20 Jun

Free

  • 12:00 – 17:00

Fri 21 Jun

Free

  • 12:00 – 17:00

Sat 22 Jun

Free

  • 12:00 – 17:00
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Martin Boyce: All Over – Again – and Again

New work from the Glasgow-born 2011 Turner Prize-winning artist.

The Modern Institute @ Aird's Lane, Glasgow (0.5 miles)

Sat 6 Jul

Free / 0141 248 3711

  • 12:00 – 17:00

Thu 11 Jul

Free / 0141 248 3711

  • 12:00 – 17:00

Fri 12 Jul

Free / 0141 248 3711

  • 12:00 – 17:00
…and 22 more dates until 31 Aug

The New Generation Show

The Compass Gallery's annual selection of work by new graduates from the four Scottish art school degree shows.

Compass Gallery, Glasgow (0.6 miles)

Sat 6 Jul

Free / 0141 221 6370

  • 10:00 – 17:30

Mon 8 Jul

Free / 0141 221 6370

  • 09:30 – 17:30

Tue 9 Jul

Free / 0141 221 6370

  • 09:30 – 17:30
…and 19 more dates until 31 Jul

Niki de Saint Phalle: The Eric and Jean Cass Gift

The late Niki de Saint Phalle had an unlikely career; born into a privileged French family whose wealth was wiped out in the Depression, she became a teenage fashion model and then eloped to the USA before having a nervous breakdown and reinventing herself as creator of some of the most personal, vivid and engaging public…

Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow (0.3 miles)

Wed 19 Jun

Free / 0141 287 3050

  • 10:00 – 17:00

Thu 20 Jun

Free / 0141 287 3050

  • 10:00 – 20:00

Fri 21 Jun

Free / 0141 287 3050

  • 11:00 – 17:00
…and 148 more dates until 16 Nov

Nina Beier: Liquid Assets

Work by the Danish artist, who is concerned with the representation of time and mortality. Previous works include Tragedy, in which dog-owning members of the public were invited to get their dogs to play dead, and The Blues, consisting of faded photographs of haircut models from a Copenhagen salon.

Glasgow Sculpture Studios (1.1 miles)

Sat 13 Jul

Free / 0141 353 3708

  • 11:00 – 17:00

Wed 17 Jul

Free / 0141 353 3708

  • 11:00 – 17:00

Thu 18 Jul

Free / 0141 353 3708

  • 11:00 – 17:00
…and 30 more dates until 7 Sep

Peles Empire

A collaboration between Katharina Stoever and Barbara Wolff, borrowing its name from Peleș Castle in Romania, which was built between 1873 and 1914 and which curiously prefigures post-modernist architecture in that each of its great rooms are all designed in a different historical style, so that the castle has no…

Glasgow Sculpture Studios (1.1 miles)

Wed 19 Jun

Free / 0141 353 3708

  • 11:00 – 17:00

Thu 20 Jun

Free / 0141 353 3708

  • 11:00 – 17:00

Fri 21 Jun

Free / 0141 353 3708

  • 11:00 – 17:00

Sat 22 Jun

Free / 0141 353 3708

  • 11:00 – 17:00

Tales of the City: Gallery 2

Works from GoMA's collection purchased on the Art Fund International scheme, in partnership with the Common Guild. Featured artists include Derek Boshier, Rob Churm, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Peter Fischli & David Weiss, Alex Frost, David Hockney, Scott Myles, David Sherry and Simon Starling.

Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow (0.3 miles)

Wed 19 Jun

Free / 0141 287 3050

  • 10:00 – 17:00

Thu 20 Jun

Free / 0141 287 3050

  • 10:00 – 20:00

Fri 21 Jun

Free / 0141 287 3050

  • 11:00 – 17:00
…and 2 more dates until 23 Jun

Victoria Evans: Standing Stones

Sculptural installation of new paintings displayed as free-standing objects; visitors are invited to make their own inscription on the back of each work.

The Briggait, Glasgow (0.5 miles)

Mon 24 Jun

Free / 0141 553 5890

  • 10:00 – 17:00

Tue 25 Jun

Free / 0141 553 5890

  • 10:00 – 17:00

Wed 26 Jun

Free / 0141 553 5890

  • 10:00 – 17:00
…and 17 more dates until 19 Jul