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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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





