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Category: Gallery of Modern Art

black ink monoprint line drawing of a punishment mask, drawn from the viewpoint where you can see the breathing holes in the nose and mouth, but also the jagged grips designed to hold the mask in place.

Guest Post – Hold Your Tongue

This guest blog is from Ailie Rutherford an artist, activist and co-director of the Feminist Exchange Network in Glasgow. I invited her to respond to the exhibition Domestic Bliss, which… Read more Guest Post – Hold Your Tongue

Still Glasgow: Notes on an exhibition, Katie Bruce, November 2025

Still Glasgow Katie Bruce, November 2025   “Glasgow is a magnificent city,” said McAlpin. “Why do we hardly ever notice that?” “Because nobody imagines living here…think of Florence, Paris, London,… Read more Still Glasgow: Notes on an exhibition, Katie Bruce, November 2025

New Acquisitions #2: recent acquisitions for Glasgow Life Museums’ collection

As the year end approaches and as we head into 2026 when it will be the 30th anniversary of GoMA, it felt like a moment to look back on some… Read more New Acquisitions #2: recent acquisitions for Glasgow Life Museums’ collection

New Acquisitions #1: two works by Sam Ainsley for Glasgow Life Museums’ collection

Glasgow Life Museums is delighted to announce that we have recently acquired two works by Sam Ainsley RSA for the collection. Blue Body, Red Centre, Green Acanthus (2023) and Where… Read more New Acquisitions #1: two works by Sam Ainsley for Glasgow Life Museums’ collection

A colour photograph of a small girl in a red dress and grey socks standing against a stone wall with chalk marks and pulling a face.

Still Glasgow – opening 29 November 2025

Still Glasgow is a new exhibition drawn from Glasgow Life Museums’ collection which has photography at its core and looks at Glasgow, past and present. With over 80 works, the… Read more Still Glasgow – opening 29 November 2025

A colourful mural

Glasgow Museums’ Intercultural Youth Group

Glasgow Life Museums invites you to join the newly created Intercultural Youth Group programme, to be a voice for young people aged 18-26 from ethnic minority groups in Glasgow. This… Read more Glasgow Museums’ Intercultural Youth Group

Publication Launch – Sam Ainsley: Wednesday is Cobalt blue, Friday is Cadmium red

Come celebrate the launch of Sam’s Ainsley’s artist publication with us! FREE tickets available through the Glasgow GoMA Eventbrite

young children working through a muddy gap in a field full of green sugar cane.

Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art 2024 – Enzo Camacho & Ami Lien: Offerings for Escalante 

Enzo Camacho & Ami Lien: Offerings for Escalante 
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Friday 7 June – Sunday 1 September 2024
Part of Glasgow International Festival of Contemporary Art 2024

A section of a mural depicting a fish

Dancing Wave: the longest mural in Glasgow

COMMONSpace, 20th January – 21st April 2024 This display shows the processes and outcomes behind “Dancing Wave”, an impactful community art project along the River Clyde. Stretching nearly 1,000 metres,… Read more Dancing Wave: the longest mural in Glasgow