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Based on Glasgow’s City Centre grid the Iconic ARTMAP goes 3D to celebrate the - with a dash of colour!

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The Pathway to Glasgow’s art scene keep an eye out for . . .

The story of Glasgow’s contemporary art success begins at a time in its relatively The effect of two world wars on Glasgow’s economy dampened the Vincent van Gogh’s portrait of art dealer, Head to Tontine Lane in the heart of the Alexander Reid hangs in Kelvingrove Art where you will find one of recent past when the city was booming. pioneering spirit of artists. The city continued to produce outstanding Gallery. The building on West George the most secretive works of public art in The Victorian merchants who made Glasgow flourish appreciated good . From painters but it was not easy to make a living solely from art. Street in which Reid operated his Glasgow Glasgow. Empire, the cinema-sign artwork the 1890s, creations by local architects such as Alexander ‘Greek’ Thomson and John By the late 1950s, fed up with a lack of commercial galleries to take them on, a gallery has now reopened as The Leiper of home-grown Turner Prize winner Burnet, sprung up all around the city. group of graduates set up The Young Glasgow Group. They counted Gallery. flickers to illuminate the The merchants liked to decorate their mansions with so institutions such as among their number the writer and artist, . surrounding industrial buildings and factories. The Royal Glasgow Institute for the Fine Arts and the Glasgow Society of Lady In the 1980’s a new generation of art school stars appeared in the shape of: Club on Bath Street has been a creative hub since1867. Its famous and Artists were established, providing a focus for artists’ work to be seen and Steven Campbell, Peter Howson, Stephen Conroy, and Adrian fascinating gallery boasts a Charles Rennie At three points in the city’s West End, you purchased. Wiszniewski who became known as the “New Glasgow Boys”. Mackintosh frieze. Free tours are available can marvel at the of Glaswegian artist and writer, Alasdair Gray. See his Glasgow Art Club, opened in 1867 and offered a social hub for artists and buyers. By the 1980s, more artist-run spaces were springing up alongside supportive seasonally on Tuesdays. work at Òran Mór, Ubiquitous Chip and at The of Art had also opened in 1845, providing an education in ‘the commercial galleries and in 1990, Glasgow was named European Capital Hillhead Subway station. advancement of fine art, design and .’ of Culture. Head for Trongate 103 where several visual Glaswegian art dealer, Alexander Reid shared lodgings with Van Gogh in Paris and The Gallery of Modern Art opened in 1996, and the city’s forward thinking, arts organisations are located including Christ of St John of the Cross by Salvador was a champion of the work of the Glasgow Boys and subsequently Scottish confident outlook was reflected in the cutting edge works of its creative Glasgow Print Studio, Transmission and Dali is one of the best known pictures in Project Ability. Just around the corner on Colourists. One of Reid’s clients was shipping magnate, William Burrell, whose vast communities. A thriving scene became a catalyst to celebratory platforms such Glasgow Museums’ collection. In 2005, it Bridgegate is The Briggait, a former fish collection of art and artefacts would be gifted to the city of Glasgow when he died. was voted Scotland’s favourite . as the Glasgow International Festival which debuted in 2005, now a highlight market now housing artist’s studio spaces The renowned Glasgow Style emerged from the imagination of four artists who of the city’s cultural calendar. Many industrial buildings became reborn as with a regular exhibition programme. Citizen Firefighter by is a attended the art school in the last years of the 19th century. Charles Rennie creative spaces, and a thriving, world-class contemporary art arena tribute to all the firefighters who have Mackintosh, Herbert MacNair, Margaret and Frances MacDonald, known as The Four, now flourishes. served in Glasgow. You will find this bronze created a unique style, influenced by , Japanese art and Celtic imagery. Once Glasgow built great ocean liners. Now it forges world-class outside Central Station. It was Mackintosh, though, who became the star turn. He went on to design his contemporary artists and its success has been dubbed The Glasgow Miracle. For the , masterwork, the Mackintosh Building of the , and other To date, it has hothoused 18 Turner Prize winners and nominees. urban art organisation, Recoat, were notable buildings in his home city. And counting... commissioned to curate a project on

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