Event

The Camel Caravan tapestry is one of the biggest tapestries in the Burrell Collection. It is also one of the most enjoyed and approachable tapestries with its depiction of fantastical camels and exotic people. In recent years the textile conservation world has been looking at how tapestries are displayed and discussions about this has helped […]

Lachlan Goudie will take you in a fast fling through 5,000 years of Scottish Art. In a passionate and personal account, brimming with fascinating characters and historical events, Lachlan will describe how creativity shaped Scotland’s past, its culture and its destiny. Scottish art never existed in isolation. Lachlan will reveal how Scotland’s artists and craftsmen

The street names of Glasgow’s Merchant City are a permanent reminder of the personal and corporate fortunes that were made on the back of the tobacco trade. What is much harder to extract from the annals of history, are the names of those enslaved people on whose lives these fortunes were made. This talk will

The old town of Nuremberg is a medieval walled city with an impressive imperial castle, Gothic churches and timbered houses, all carefully restored. Birthplace of arguably Germany’s greatest artist, Albrecht Dürer, it was also home to many other artists and craftsmen, sculptors in wood, stone and metal. City of mastersingers and poets, it is full

GUIDED TOUR AND LUNCH ON THE TALL SHIP, GLENLEEWHERE: The Tall Ship, Glenlee, berthed next to the Riverside Museum, Glasgow G3 8RSWHEN: Wednesday 16th February 2022 TIME: 10.45am for 11.00am COST: £25 per head (Friends), £30 per head (Guests)Friends and their guests are invited to attend a fully Guided Tour at 11am, lasting approximately 45

Friends are cordially invited to this year’s Christmas Event where we are pleased to offer an afternoon with fizz, festive nibbles. tea/coffee, music and a complimentary prize draw to be held in the beautiful and atmospheric Mackintosh Keppie Gallery at The Glasgow Art Club at 2.30pm on Tuesday 7th December 2021. The music will be

This talk explores the remarkable contribution made by the Glasgow based artist John Knox (1778-1845) to Scottish ninetenth century painting including a discussion of his colourful depiction of Glasgow Fair.

Margaret Anderson will give the second part of her highly informative lecture series titled “The Clearances Revisited”. This follow-on lecture from her first one will be a further exploration of the complex series of situations and events that led to the Highland Clearances.

Join us for a practical Art session based on FCB Cadell’s painting, “The Orange Blind”, which is on display in Kelvingrove Art Gallery. We will explore how we can create interiors inspired by the artworks using spaces we know. Hugo, our tutor from Drawing Life Glasgow, will recreate a modern interpretation of Cadell’s painting, “The Orange

We are pleased to offer Friends the chance to visit the Hunterian Art Gallery at the University of Glasgow for guided tours of the exhibitions: Whistler: Art and Legacy and Celebrating Joan Eardley, plus a look at the new Mackintosh House Introduction Gallery. These visits will be guided by the Visitor Experience Assistants and Museum Student Educators.