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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

COMMONSpace 2024-2025

It’s been such a busy year in our work with community groups and under-represented audiences that we did not get a chance to properly update our blog! As we get… Read more COMMONSpace 2024-2025

CREATE: Glasgow Secondary Schools Art Exhibition 2024

CREATE: Glasgow Secondary Schools Art Exhibition 2024COMMONSpace3 May – 30 June 2024 This is the 2nd year of the relaunched Glasgow Schools Art Exhibition. Works have come from 17 schools… Read more CREATE: Glasgow Secondary Schools Art Exhibition 2024

A Life In Pictures . Page 116 to page 120 . Canongate 2010 by Alasdair Gray … Only the last was completed. It was based on sketches and ideas for the Monkland Canal picture.I had given up trying to paint as a third year art student in 1955. Almost 4 feet by 8 it is still my best big oil painting. The buildings are shown accurately in relation to each other, though the road up to the canal on the right and downhill on the left was actually straight, with the central road ( leading to the city's destructor plant ) at right angles to it , so a sliding viewpoint shows the place from Port Dundas in the north to St Aloysius Church in the south round an angle of 180 degrees. this bent perspective means that the distant gas lantern on the right and the near one on the left are different views of the same . The near electrical street lamp with the old man on the right are both distantly viewed in the left. ( In 1955 street lighting still had a few gas lamps in proximity to electric ones. ) The picture also has a time shift . The foreground faces belong to the couple whose figures are downhill left.

Glasgow Life Museums acquires famous oil painting by legendary Scottish artist Alasdair Gray

Alasdair Gray’s iconic painting, Cowcaddens Streetscape in the Fifties, has been acquired for Glasgow’s museum’s collection.

BANKSY: CUT & RUN – big reveal

We’ve been keeping a secret – but now it’s finally out there. BANKSY’s at GoMA!!!!
16 June – 28 August 2023
Tickets – £15Adult || £5Child ||£10Student/OAP/low waged/tight fisted || Carers free
A limited amount of walk up tickets are available each day from the box office.

We are now accepting applications for the new cohort of the GoMA Youth Group 2022-2023

Are you a young person aged 16-25 interested in museums, galleries and/or art? Are you interested in engaging with young people? Are you looking to develop skills and experience in… Read more We are now accepting applications for the new cohort of the GoMA Youth Group 2022-2023