Today is International Human Rights Day and the final day of the UN 16 Days of Action to eliminate violence against women. I wanted to mark this day by updating our blog archive with the information on Rule of Thumb – our social justice programme on violence against women, which ran from 2004 -2005. Following on from Sanctuary in 2003, this programme developed the work at GoMA on social justice and elbowroom, the lead-in exhibition, opened on International Human Rights Day in 2004. Work on Rule of Thumb had begun… Read more Rule of Thumb →
Glasgow Museums is a vast organisation with colleagues spread across the venues in the city. Catching up can sometimes be particularly hard to do outside of formal meetings, but sharing… Read more A Picture Show, Gallery 2 →
With the school holidays just starting (as has the traditional wet Scottish summer) we thought we had better get our programme out there for the next few months. Information on… Read more GoMA Summer Learning Programme →
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 →
Siobhan Davies is one of seven artists who have been invited to present work in Every Day, a sculpture exhibition which aims to question material, subject matter and display. Her… Read more Siobhan Davies Dance perform Manual →
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 →
installation shot ‘WATERCOLOURS’ image © and courtesy Glasgow Museums One of our technicians is just putting the finishing touches to the exhibition ‘WATERCOLOURS’ in our Family Create Space in Gallery 2. This exhibition is related to PLOUGH and it was curated by Rachel Mimiec as part of her Associate Artist work with Red Road Family Centre Nursery.There are two works in the exhibition which opens today to the public, (but officially tomorrow morning with the children!). The main work is the film ‘WATERCOLOURS’. This film shows the watercolour paintings made… Read more WATERCOLOURS – an exhibition of work by children at Red Road Family Centre Nursery →
