Glasgow

Glasgow International has no title—but it certainly has a point

While there is no overarching theme, works dealing with the impact of conflict and the legacy of colonialism dominate the tenth edition of the city-wide event this year

Louisa Buck

Diaryblog

The Birth of Venus in bottle tops—courtesy of Bottlecelli

Supermarket chain Lidl commissioned a new version of the 15th-century masterpiece

The Art Newspaper

Banksynews

Gallery of Modern Art in Glasgow shreds box-office record with Banksy exhibition

With his first official solo show in 14 years, Banksy left his tag on the Scottish city, home to the mysterious street artist's favourite work of art in the UK

Torey Akers

Art Fund Museum of the Year 2023news

The Burrell Collection in Glasgow wins the Art Fund Museum of the Year award

The museum won the prize for its six-year refurbishment and redisplay of one of Scotland's largest art collections, amassed by the late shipping magnate William Burrell

Tom Seymour

Art Fund Museum of the Year 2023feature

The Burrell Collection: the recently reopened Glasgow museum is asking fresh questions of its objects and its audience

The country-park-based collection has returned with a new mission to create more diverse audiences and abandon preconceptions

Joanna Moorhead

In partnership with Art Fund Museum of the Year 2023

Exhibitionsnews

First official Banksy show in over a decade will be open all night at weekends—unless you ‘show up appearing to be very intoxicated’

Phones will also be banned in the exhibition at the Gallery of Modern Art in Glasgow

José da Silva

Glasgownews

Activists glue themselves to painting in Glasgow museum to protest art world's fossil fuel use

Two demonstrators are in police custody after they attached themselves to a 19th-century landscape by Horatio McCulloch at the Kelvingrove Art Gallery

Gareth Harris

Museums & Heritagenews

Scottish museum of religion is finally coming out of lockdown—more than two years after the pandemic hit

Faith leaders and community groups campaigned to save Glasgow's St Mungo Museum of Religious Art and Life from the risk of permanent closure

Joanna Moorhead

Restitutionnews

Glasgow museums to return 49 looted objects—including Benin bronzes—in biggest restitution in Scottish history

Stolen artefacts will be given back to Nigeria, India and a Native American tribe

Gareth Harris

Openingsnews

Glasgow's Burrell Collection reopens after £68m revamp of parkland home

Six-year modernisation creates more space for one of Scotland's finest art collections, amassed by shipping magnate William Burrell

Joanna Moorhead

Cop26news

Cop26: six eco works popping up in Glasgow (and beyond) for the UN Climate Change Conference

From neon warnings, to flags and polar bears, artists are highlighting the climate crisis

Gareth Harris

Podcastspodcast

Guerrilla Girls: corrupt museum boards, the female nude and NFTs

Plus, Glasgow International festival and Cézanne at MoMA

Hosted by Ben Luke and Aimee Dawson. with guest speaker Louisa Buck. Produced by Julia Michalska, David Clack and Henrietta Bentall

From Bridgerton vibes to fantastical fireworks: here are the best arty staycation spots in the UK

Summer is coming! And with a cultural cornucopia of delights to enjoy here at home who needs to holiday abroad anyway?

The Art Newspaper

David Robertsnews

Collector David Roberts—who closed London gallery to bring art to the regions—will focus 2020 programme on Scotland

Artists Lina Lapelytė, Paul Maheke and Nina Beier will present new live performance works at Glasgow International contemporary art festival

Gareth Harris

Exhibitionsnews

Simon Starling tells the tale of a Turin car tycoon and his Old Master sliced in half

Exhibitions in Glasgow and Turin explore legacy of Fiat patriarch Gianni Agnelli

Gareth Harris

Restorationnews

The Glasgow School of Art dilemma: rebuild, leave in ruins or design a whole new school?

Alumni at odds over how to move forward after fire gutted Mackintosh’s masterpiece

Gareth Harris

Disasters & destructionnews

Can the Glasgow School of Art be saved after second fire?

Anger as focus turns to cause of blaze that ripped through Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s masterpiece

Gareth Harris

Frieze New Yorkinterview

Frieze Artist Award winner Kapwani Kiwanga takes on colonialism

Imposing open-air work made of African farming fabric opens at New York fair this week

Gareth Harris

The Buck stopped hereblog

Glasgow

Glasgow International has no title—but it certainly has a point

The Birth of Venus in bottle tops—courtesy of Bottlecelli

Gallery of Modern Art in Glasgow shreds box-office record with Banksy exhibition

The Burrell Collection in Glasgow wins the Art Fund Museum of the Year award

The Burrell Collection: the recently reopened Glasgow museum is asking fresh questions of its objects and its audience

First official Banksy show in over a decade will be open all night at weekends—unless you ‘show up appearing to be very intoxicated’

Activists glue themselves to painting in Glasgow museum to protest art world's fossil fuel use

Scottish museum of religion is finally coming out of lockdown—more than two years after the pandemic hit

Glasgow museums to return 49 looted objects—including Benin bronzes—in biggest restitution in Scottish history

Glasgow's Burrell Collection reopens after £68m revamp of parkland home

Cop26: six eco works popping up in Glasgow (and beyond) for the UN Climate Change Conference

Guerrilla Girls: corrupt museum boards, the female nude and NFTs

From Bridgerton vibes to fantastical fireworks: here are the best arty staycation spots in the UK

Collector David Roberts—who closed London gallery to bring art to the regions—will focus 2020 programme on Scotland

Simon Starling tells the tale of a Turin car tycoon and his Old Master sliced in half

The Glasgow School of Art dilemma: rebuild, leave in ruins or design a whole new school?

Can the Glasgow School of Art be saved after second fire?

Frieze Artist Award winner Kapwani Kiwanga takes on colonialism

Review: Glasgow International permeates city with its distinctively dystopian tentacles

#Glasgow International 2018 goes cyber

Julian Spalding on Glasgow's return of the Sioux Ghost Dance shirt: Is restitution always right?

Glasgow International has no title—but it certainly has a point

The Birth of Venus in bottle tops—courtesy of Bottlecelli

Gallery of Modern Art in Glasgow shreds box-office record with Banksy exhibition

The Burrell Collection in Glasgow wins the Art Fund Museum of the Year award

The Burrell Collection: the recently reopened Glasgow museum is asking fresh questions of its objects and its audience

First official Banksy show in over a decade will be open all night at weekends—unless you ‘show up appearing to be very intoxicated’

Activists glue themselves to painting in Glasgow museum to protest art world's fossil fuel use

Scottish museum of religion is finally coming out of lockdown—more than two years after the pandemic hit

Glasgow museums to return 49 looted objects—including Benin bronzes—in biggest restitution in Scottish history

Glasgow's Burrell Collection reopens after £68m revamp of parkland home

Cop26: six eco works popping up in Glasgow (and beyond) for the UN Climate Change Conference

Guerrilla Girls: corrupt museum boards, the female nude and NFTs

From Bridgerton vibes to fantastical fireworks: here are the best arty staycation spots in the UK

Collector David Roberts—who closed London gallery to bring art to the regions—will focus 2020 programme on Scotland

Simon Starling tells the tale of a Turin car tycoon and his Old Master sliced in half

The Glasgow School of Art dilemma: rebuild, leave in ruins or design a whole new school?

Can the Glasgow School of Art be saved after second fire?

Frieze Artist Award winner Kapwani Kiwanga takes on colonialism

Review: Glasgow International permeates city with its distinctively dystopian tentacles

#Glasgow International 2018 goes cyber

Julian Spalding on Glasgow's return of the Sioux Ghost Dance shirt: Is restitution always right?