The week in Glasgow Gallivanting: 1st-7th April 2024
We view some powerful art.
We view some powerful art.
We go on our travels, and come home to gin.
A month of culture and not much outdoors stuff.
Dundee museums old and new.
Glasgow in January – music, art and a whole lot of fun!
In 1885 Sir William Fettes Douglas, President of the Royal Scottish Academy, declared that the work of a woman artist was “like a man’s only weaker and poorer”. Despite this… Read more Edinburgh: Modern 2 →
The Ideal Hut Show has reached Glasgow’s Botanic Gardens! A selection of architects, artists and designers from Scotland and abroad have transformed standard garden sheds for this exhibition, which is touring Scotland… Read more The Ideal Hut Show →
We visited both the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) and the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), spending several hours in each (not on the same day – that would be too much!) Coming… Read more Toronto: ROM and AGO →
We visit Edinburgh quite often – but usually outside the festival season. The crowds are just too much! Our last visit was on a cold day at the end of October.… Read more Edinburgh – everything is going to be alright →
Hunterian Art Gallery Sculpture Court, University of Glasgow: Left: Lantern and finial from Pettigrew and Stephen’s Glasgow Warehouse c. 1896. Designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, 1868-1928. University Library tower in… Read more Sculpture Court →
I’m a committed Glaswegian but, whisper it, at Christmas Edinburgh does it better. Both cities have funfairs and Christmas markets but Edinburgh’s are definitely more spectacular. We explored them when… Read more Edinburgh’s all dressed up for Christmas →
I love this view of Kelvingrove emerging from the trees, it almost looks like a fairy tale palace. Last week, we looked down on it from Glasgow University – this… Read more Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum →