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Domestic Bliss / Gallery 4 / 8 March 2019

Domestic Bliss 8 March 2019 (Preview 7 March 5 – 8pm) Domestic Bliss presents works from Glasgow Museums’ collection reflecting on this building’s history as a former house, Royal Exchange… Read more Domestic Bliss / Gallery 4 / 8 March 2019

confirmed speakers for queer timɘs school 23 -27 July 2018

We are excited to reveal the people who have agreed to present at queer timɘs school next week. With over 20 speakers it is a unique school and includes Alice Andrews (Glasgow… Read more confirmed speakers for queer timɘs school 23 -27 July 2018

Alan Dimmick // New photographs

  We are loving these new photographs from Alan Dimmick as part of an ongoing commission related to the Glasgow Museums’ collection.This year former GoMA curators Ben Harman (now Director… Read more Alan Dimmick // New photographs

Untitled Wall Drawing (Selected Errors), 2011, Stephen Sutcliffe - photo Alan Dimmick

Stephen Sutcliffe: Work from the Collection // Gallery 3

Work from the Collection opened last Thursday evening and is an exhibition by the Glasgow-based artist Stephen Sutcliffe. Glasgow Museums purchased five works by Sutcliffe for the City’s collection in… Read more Stephen Sutcliffe: Work from the Collection // Gallery 3

TASTE! // Gallery 2

TASTE Gallery 2 From 14 July 2017 Henri Cartier-Bresson, Beryl Cook, Fischli/Weiss, Sarah Forrest, Andy Goldsworthy, Douglas Gordon, David Hockney, Eduardo Paolozzi, David Shrigley, Stanley Spencer, Andy Warhol and Lawrence… Read more TASTE! // Gallery 2

Installation shot of 'Deep in the Heart of Your Brain' with the works Deep in the Heart of Your Brain is a Lever, Pose Work for Sisters and Studio 1995, Jacqueline Donachie, photo Ruth Clark

Field Notes from the Heart’s Frontier // Moira Jeffrey

This time last year Deep in the Heart of Your Brain* had been open for a couple of weeks and the excellent reviews for the exhibition had started come in.… Read more Field Notes from the Heart’s Frontier // Moira Jeffrey

Polygraphs // Gallery 4 // now open

Polygraphs is a group exhibition exploring truth, fiction and evidence in a complicated world. Centred around Abstract (2012), a two-channel video work by Berlin based filmmaker and writer Hito Steyerl,… Read more Polygraphs // Gallery 4 // now open

VIDEOFREEX (publication cover)

PLEASE TURN US ON/ GALLERY 3/ 28 July 2016- 22 January 2017

Please Turn Us On places Glasgow at the centre of a dialogue between early video art and international counterculture. Stansfield/Hooykaas’ What’s It To You? is presented in direct conversation with three other projects that play on themes explored in this seminal, Glasgow-made work.

Wolfgang Tillmans, Tag/Nacht, 2009 Courtesy Maureen Paley, London

Wolfgang Tillmans pictures from New World

Wolfgang Tillmans pictures from New World Gallery 2 18 February – 7 August 2016 Gallery 2 is currently closed just now for the installation of Wolfgang Tillmans pictures from New World and… Read more Wolfgang Tillmans pictures from New World