The Gallery of Modern Art is recruiting a freelance artist to work with the gallery to explore climate change, sustainability and environmental issues while we host Early Warning Signs, a… Read more Call out for an Associate Artist #climatechange →
A few months ago I had arranged an exploratory meeting with Nichola Scrutton to talk about her proposal for HearAfter. Nearly two hours later and after an incredibly interesting conversation… Read more HearAfter, a sound installation by Nichola Scrutton →
The Big Craft Giveaway is funded by Creative Scotland and the aim of the project is to introduce a wide variety of people to craft. The ceramicist Morgane Deffense worked… Read more The Big Craft Giveaway at GOMA Saturday 21 September 1.00pm-4.00pm →
Little Sparta – the garden of Ian Hamilton Finlay GoMA’s Learning team made a visit to Little Sparta at the end of June to gain further insight into the work of the artist Ian Hamilton Finlay. The new display of his work is now open in Gallery 3: Poet, Artist, Revolutionary. Little Sparta is situated in the Pentland hills, near Edinburgh and is approximately a 50 minute drive from Glasgow. We were very lucky with the weather on the day of our visit and this allowed us to explore the… Read more Little Sparta – the garden of Ian Hamilton Finlay →
In some ways it feels like a long journey since GoMA worked on Sanctuary, the first of our social justice biennials, but on the other hand it hardly seems like… Read more Sanctuary: Contemporary art and human rights (2003) #memories for Refugee Week 2013 →
Join us on Thursday 20 June, during opening hours, for the opening of a new major exhibition in Gallery 3, Ian Hamilton Finlay Poet, Artist, Revolutionary. Ian Hamilton Finlay is… Read more Ian Hamilton Finlay: Poet, Artist, Revolutionary, opens 20 June 2013 →
You may have seen this article in Art in America already, but if not Merlin James has written an interesting piece about artist-run spaces and galleries in Glasgow. Merlin is also one of the painters in the upcoming show in Gallery 2 ‘A Picture Show’…. more on that in a later post. Artist-run Glasgow – News – News & Opinion – Art in America.
Every Day Niall Macdonald, Laura Aldridge, Mick Peter, Hayley Tompkins, Scott Myles, Carla Scott Fullerton The installation is nearly complete and the final touches with technicians and artists were happening… Read more Every Day →
Objective is a city wide conversation on sculpture. 16 venues with a brand new space opening up for the duration of the project (Tender Bar) and multiple events and performances. Glasgow will celebrate, discuss and challenge sculpture during March and April 2013. So grab a map from one of the venues and go explore the city and contemporary sculpture then join in conversation with the many free events, performance and workshops. #Objective Objective PDF It’s been months of preparation, actually a rather quick turn around from the first meeting in… Read more Objective, a city wide conversation on sculpture →