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Last updated: 18/02/2024
Idols of Mud and Water at Tramway presents Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran’s work in his first solo exhibition in the UK Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran’s art is a much-needed antidote to the gloom of winter in Glasgow. Idols of Mud and Water, his installation currently on display at Tramway, is an amalgamation
The Scottish artist offers insight into his book-cover paintings through a collection of artist’s notes. Sometimes text can feel stifling next to art, like overwritten exhibition labels—or, at the other end of the scale, too overly-simplified to spark any interest. The writings accompanying Andrew Cranston’s paintings in his new book
Paisley is a Scottish town famous for its connection with the paisley pattern, but its story doesn’t begin there. There aren’t many patterns as iconic as the paisley pattern. Its curved teardrop shape adorns textiles from every corner of the world, and has been a signature of Persian royalty, American
The Hunterian Art Gallery’s new exhibition traces the connection between African art and modernism using the ideas of Édouard Glissant. Meet the curators: Dominic Paterson: Curator of Contemporary Art, The Hunterian Art Gallery Andy Mills: Curator of World Cultures, The Hunterian Museum Terri Geis: Art historian, curator, museum educator (guest
In her exhibition A Quiet Fire at Tramway, Billie Zangewa invites us into her world through intricate hand-stitched works Displayed just beyond the entrance to A Quiet Fire, an exhibition of Billie Zangewa’s work at Tramway, is a large self-portrait work commissioned by the gallery. Reclined in a pose that
Joan Eardley’s paintings resonate with countless Scots due to the exploration of the country’s conflicting dualities in her work. Joan Eardley (1921-1963) produced some of the most significant works in the history of Scottish art during the mid-20th century, splitting her time between painting the street children of Glasgow’s East
