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Revisiting the work of Black Artists in Scotland through New Collecting || OPENING EVENT

AfroScots is a new show in the opulent Gallery 1 at GoMA that revisits the work of Black artists in Scotland through recent collecting. In collaboration with Mother Tongue – an independent curating duo – the exhibition focuses on showing older works from Glasgow Museums’ collection as well as new acquisitions through the New Collecting Award from Art Fund.

Anniversary notes on attempts to date and place a poem (p.117)- Ama Ata Aidoo

Letter in January and in the notes section at the end of the book Barby discovered that the poem is placed in Glasgow and dated September 21, 1991. We are now 30 years on from that date and are marking this anniversary and noting that her words continue to resonate today.

Rabiya Choudhry dressed in a black hat and yellow coat with repeating black spoder design. She is standing in front of a painting which has the text Rabiya Choudhry Presents TERRORVISION with further text at the bottom hidden by her body. She is looking to her left and raising both her arms in the air with her fists closed. This was taken at her exhibition COCO!NUTS! at Transmission Gallery By Eoin Carey.

CAS / Frieze Rapid Response Fund – Rabiya Choudhry acquisition

Some great news in these unprecedented times! Glasgow Museums and GoMA are excited to announce that we will be collecting works by Rabiya Choudhry after a successful application to The Rapid Response Fund, which has been instigated and managed by the Contemporary Art Society (CAS) in partnership with Frieze London

Beautiful new works for queer timɘs school prints

Last year saw the incredible 10 anniversary mini-season for the play The Gospel According to Jesus, Queen of Heaven by acclaimed playwright Jo Clifford. The season included performances of the… Read more Beautiful new works for queer timɘs school prints

Recent Acquisitions now on display in Taste / Gallery 2

Doors opened today again in Gallery 2 for the latest rotation of collection works in Taste which includes the fantastic new acquisition of May 1st and Fingernails on a blackboard,… Read more Recent Acquisitions now on display in Taste / Gallery 2

Festive Greetings

Well that’s another year flown by with barely a moment to stop! As ever a rollercoaster with a busy public programme plus people moving on to new exciting posts and… Read more Festive Greetings

Renata Carvalho in O Evangelho Segundo Jesus, Rainha De Ceu, Tron Theatre, October 2019 by Tiu Makkonen

queer timɘs school prints /// PAID COMMISSION /// Call for Artist

On the 10 anniversary of the play The Gospel According to Jesus, Queen of Heaven by Jo Clifford, Glasgow Museums is commissioning a new print for the queer timɘs school… Read more queer timɘs school prints /// PAID COMMISSION /// Call for Artist

New Acquisition: John Akomfrah ‘Mimesis: African Soldier’

GoMA and Glasgow Museums are delighted to announce an incredible award through Art Fund and 14-18 NOW enabling us to collect a major work by one of the most important… Read more New Acquisition: John Akomfrah ‘Mimesis: African Soldier’

Hal Fischer: Gay Semiotics and other major works

Hal FischerGay Semiotics and other major worksGallery 315 November 2019–31 May 2020 Listen to Hal Fischer in conversation with Dr Glyn Davis, University of Edinburgh, in the Studio at GoMA,… Read more Hal Fischer: Gay Semiotics and other major works

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