James Meadway is the senior economist at the New Economics Foundation, where his work focuses largely on developing responses to the recession and austerity. He formerly worked as a policy advisor at HM Treasury, covering regional economic development, science and … James Meadway : Radical Independence Campaign 2014
Angela Haggerty is a journalist, broadcaster and editor based in the west of Scotland and works at The Drum magazine and Common Weal. Haggerty was at the Radical Independence Conference, which was held in Glasgow, in November 2014, and saw … Angela Haggerty : Radical Independence Conference 2014
Artists Marvin Gaye Chetwynd, Dragan Cichosz and Jedrzej Cichosz use their flat as their canvas, painting, printing and collaging onto the walls. The walls in some rooms are covered entirely with printed photocopies in the style of the arts and … Marvin Gaye Chetwynd : Char Nah! Hor
Visual Arts A compilation of stories from Art in Scotland, Andrea Geile’s cortan steel sculpture for Mull, the Open House artists from Glasgow and Ellie Harrison’s before and after ‘take’ on the Scottish Referendum at the Talbot Rice Gallery in Edinburgh. Art in Scotland
Visual Arts 18 September 2015–28 February 2016 Exploring Glasgow Museums Contemporary Art collection through connections with Glasgow School of Art, this exhibition includes artists such as Christine Borland, Jim Lambie, Roderick Buchanan, Victoria Morton & Simon Starling. In 1996 Douglas Gordon became … Martin Craig : Devils in the Making
Visual Arts Artist Oliver Braid presents: The one where we wonder what Friends did – A sculptural installation at Hanson Street project space, Glasgow. Oliver Braid lived in Glasgow between 2008 and 2015. During and since graduating from the Master of Fine … Oliver Braid : The one where we wonder what Friends did
Festivals Summerhall Exhibitions Visual Arts Sarah Dawson introduced this year’s Africa in Motion season of films showing in Edinburgh and Glasgow. The opening night birthday party is on the 23rd October at Summerhall and the season continues till the end of October with a screening … Sarah Dawson : Africa in Motion, A Snake Gives Birth to a Snake
Visual Arts House for an Art Lover presents ‘Bodies of Work’, a new exhibition by artist Fraser Taylor. Featuring a series of large scale canvas pieces, monochromatic and colourful works, prints and video work, the exhibition explores the evolution of Taylor’s work … Fraser Taylor : Bodies of Work
Visual Arts Artist Anne Hardy takes familiar materials, objects and sounds and transplants them into the domestic space of the Common Guild gallery. By doing this, Hardy challenges our perceptions of these objects, and creates an environment that seems at once familiar, … Anne Hardy : TWIN FIELDS
Visual Arts 100 Flowers: Bringing Flowers back into the clinical environment, one of six commissioned projects for the new South Glasgow University Hospital and Royal Hospital for Sick Children. The 100 Flowers project is a response to the restriction of real flowers … 100 Flowers Project
Visual Arts Dignified Spaces: Supporting conversations – creating non clinical spaces, one of six commissioned projects for the new South Glasgow University Hospital and Royal Hospital for Sick Children. The Dignified Spaces team was led by Alex Hamilton and included Fremi Arts, … Dignified Spaces Project
Visual Arts Graphics Bank: Involving children and young people in the personalisation of the new Royal Hospital for Sick Children, one of six commissioned projects for the new South Glasgow University Hospital and Royal Hospital for Sick Children. Four artists worked with … Graphics Bank Project
Visual Arts Podium Landmarks: Supporting journeys and way-finding through busy corridors in the multi-use parts of the hospitals, one of six commissioned projects for the new South Glasgow University Hospital and Royal Hospital for Sick Children. Graphical House, Haa Design and artist … Podium Landmarks Project
Visual Arts Beacon: Bringing the whole landscape of Scotland into the adult wards, one of six commissioned projects for the new South Glasgow University Hospital and Royal Hospital for Sick Children. Matthew Dalziel and Louise Scullion led a team of artists to … Beacon Project
Dorine Aguerre, Isobel Lutz-Smith & Marija Nemcenko present Home Away From Home, an exhibition looking at the ‘otherness’ that is often present in quite ordinary spaces. Located in an underground shop, the exhibition aims to peel back the layers of … Home Away From Home
Cold on the outside examines the importance of dialogue among artists surrounding contemporary painting today. It focuses upon the work of five painters that has evolved through such discussions after spending an intense period together in rural Norway. Cold on … Rachael Rebus : Cold on the outside
Artist Lauren McGhee introduces Below, the other things we can talk about, at this year’s Glasgow Open House Art Festival. A small blacked-out basement holds an immersive installation of video and objects choreographed by light. Light projection functions as a … Lauren McGhee : Below, the other things we can talk about
This house has been far out at sea is a group exhibition exploring language and the act of story telling. Artists and writers look at the process of story telling and its participatory values. This house has been far out … Joanna Monks : This house has been far out at sea
Artists Collette Rayner and Robyn Benson present new work in their exhibition Structural Proposition ≥ Sensible Reasoning, which explores the transition between the proposition, representation and the actual. The work looks at the act of model making, ownership and craftsmanship, … Robyn Benson : Structural Proposition ≥ Sensible Reasoning
Artists Emily Shepherd and Ellie Harrison explore our relationship with money whilst eating food made to look like money. Based on the ethos of Death Cafe, a reproducible event on the subject of death in a cafe environment, MONEY M€AL … Emily Shepherd and Ellie Harrison : MONEY M€AL
Artists Callum Monteith and Alex Rathbone chose their favourite bar as the setting for their exhibition State of Mind/Hot Box, as part of this year’s Glasgow Open House Art Festival. State of Mind/Hot Box was part of the Glasgow Open … Callum Monteith : State of Mind/Hot Box
Artists Daniele Sambo and Hannah Brackston introduce their exhibition Yard, as part of this year’s Glasgow Open House Art Festival. This exhibition will take the form of a structural installation occupying and re-imagining a front garden of one of the … Daniele Sambo and Hannah Brackston : Yard
Visual Arts Birthe Jørgensen’s exhibition Riotous Exuberant Green and the Dutiful Beating of One’s Heart has come out of a recent residency at the Danish Institute in Athens, exploring the work and archive of surrealist Nicolas Calas, who was based in Athens … Birthe Jørgensen
Chris Macinnes has transformed his bedroom into a white cube gallery for the exhibition SimStim, as part of this year’s Glasgow Open House Art Festival. Working with three other artists, Stephanie Mann, Sam Dransfield and Aymeric Tarrade, the show featured … Chris Macinnes : SimStim
Ellen Doggett and Lin Chau, students on Glasgow School of Art’s MLitt programme, present an exhibition and a programme of events at this year’s Glasgow Open House Art Festival. The group present a mix of installation, projection and live performance, … Ellen Doggett and Lin Chau : Spaces
Artists Petter Yxell, Emma Ewan and Augustus Veinoglou each brought a different element to their collaboration Prop, which was shown in the Laurieston Arches, as part of Glasgow Open House Art Festival. Exploring the meaning of the word ‘prop’, the … Petter Yxell : Prop
Caledonia Road Church was the site for artist Caroline Grape’s exhibition Lime, which was on show during Glasgow Open House Art Festival. Utilising the derelict structure, Grape aimed to recreate a reflective atmosphere, considering its former use as a ritualistic … Caroline Grape : Lime
Visual Arts Precious Debris is the result of a collaboration between jeweller and sculptress Joy Bonfield Colombara, and printmaker Hugh Lyndon Barrell, at 1 Royal Terrace. The artists worked closely to create a series of linen prints, paper prints combining mono printed … Joy Bonfield Colombara : Precious Debris
Visual Arts Former London resident Clive A Brandon, presents his new exhibition Travelogue at the Briggait, Glasgow. His work consists of paintings, collages, books, and 3D works. Travelogue is the result of a 2 year trip undertaking residencies in Norway, Sweden, Scotland, … Clive A Brandon : Travelogue
Visual Arts Artist Ailie Rutherford has been exploring the history of Govanhill Baths as part of her residency, which coincided with the centenary of the baths. Rutherford considered the next 100 years, and held discussion groups with the local community to explore … Ailie Rutherford : Future Archive
