Posts Tagged ‘Glasgow’
Hidden things to see and do in Britain two: Indoor murals.
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Tags: alasdair gray, byres road, Glasgow, mural, Oran mor, west end
Karla Black: GOMA Glasgow 2012
I enjoyed seeing Karla Black at GOMA in Glasgow. I love the way her work explores the following: artifice edifice transience decoration femininity reality the unreal theatre drama pretense Karla Black will present major new sculptures in the grand ground-floor exhibition space of the Gallery of Modern Art. Black is an artist who has achieved […]
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Tags: Gallery of Modern Art, Gateshead, Glasgow, karla black, scotland, sculpture, Turner Prize, venice biennale
Glasgow West End Glass House 3
Thomas Hopkirk, a distinguished Glasgow botanist, was the founder of the Botanic Gardens and with the support of a number of local dignitaries and the University of Glasgow the Gardens were set up in 1817. The Garden was originally laid out on an 8 acre site at Sandyford at the western end of Sauchiehall […]
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Tags: Botanic Garden, Garden, Glasgow, Glasgow Botanic Gardens, Glasgow University, Sauchiehall Street, Thomas Hopkirk, William Jackson Hooker
Glasgow West End Glass House 2
Kibble Palace and the Botanic Gardens History The Botanic Gardens were founded on an 8-acre site at the West End of Sauchiehall Street at Sandyford in 1817. This was through the initiative of Thomas Hopkirk of Dalbeth who gave his own plant collection to form the nucleus of the new garden. […]
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Tags: A82 road, Botanic Garden, Garden, Glasgow, Glasgow Botanic Gardens, Glasgow University, kibble palace, Loch Long, Thomas Hopkirk
Hill Street Muse | Herald Scotland. An interesting article all about The Glasgow Boys and Girls, the focal point of the Glasgow Art Scene featuring Turner Prize Winners, Becks Futures, academics and curators who all lived on Hill Street, in Garnethill, Glasgow. http://wp.me/poaTK-Te
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Tags: art, artists, becks futures, city, Douglas Gordon, Garnethill, Glasgow, Glasgow City of, Herald Scotland, hill street, Martin boyce, scotland, Turner Prize
Travelodge Art Intervention 2
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Tags: drawing, Glasgow, hotel, visual artist, Wales, welsh artist
Travelodge art intervention
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GOMA art intervention
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Tags: Glasgow, goma, Steffan Jones-Hughes, welsh artist
Meanwhile… At GOMA
I really love these lampshade tower sculptures by Andrew Miller, which I thought would look great with Eva Rothschild’s cone bobbin structure and totems currently on show at Hepworth Wakefield.
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Tags: andrew miller, eva rothschild, Glasgow, goma, modern art
