Cultural lineage
Contemporary Art
Art made now, judged by now's own arguments rather than settled art-historical consensus — the risk is built in; some of it won't hold up, and the programming knows that.
7 venues in Glasgow, Bristol and Edinburgh working in this tradition
Venues
Gallery of Modern Art
Royal Exchange SquareGlasgow
The Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA) is Scotland's most-visited contemporary art gallery, occupying a neoclassical former Royal Exchange building in the city…
Arnolfini
16 Narrow QuayBristol
Arnolfini is a leading UK centre for contemporary visual art, performance, dance, film and music, housed in a former harbourside warehouse with a changing…
Dovecot Studios
10 Infirmary StreetEdinburgh
Dovecot Studios is a working tapestry studio founded in 1912, housed since 2008 in a converted Victorian swimming baths near the Royal Mile, combining a live…
Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop
21 HawthornvaleEdinburgh
Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop is an artist-run organisation founded in 1986 by Edinburgh College of Art sculpture graduates, providing large-scale fabrication…
Street Level Photoworks
103 TrongateGlasgow
Street Level Photoworks is a centre for photography in the Trongate 103 creative-industries building, exhibiting contemporary photographic art alongside…
Glasgow Print Studio
Trongate 103Glasgow
Glasgow Print Studio is a working artists' print studio and public gallery in the Trongate 103 building, offering screenprint, etching and lithography…
Spike Island
133 Cumberland RoadBristol
Spike Island is Bristol's international centre for production and exhibition of contemporary art, in an 80,000 sq ft former industrial building combining…
Upcoming
Full programme →1947
Arnolfini · Until 12 Sept · £20
Paper Flower Making: Anemone
Dovecot Studios · Fri 11 Sept · 10:00 · £60
Tapestry Studio Tour
Dovecot Studios · Fri 11 Sept · 11:00 · £12.5
Jerwood/Photoworks Awards 5
Street Level Photoworks · Until 20 Dec
Let’s Talk About Loss at Arnolfini
Arnolfini · Tue 15 Sept · 18:00 · Free
Jonathan Baldock Exhibition Tour
Arnolfini · Wed 16 Sept · 18:00 · £10
Bayeux Tapestry Talks: When is a Tapestry not a Tapestry?
Dovecot Studios · Thu 17 Sept · 11:00 · £15
Fvu New Takes – Artists’ Talk
Arnolfini · Thu 17 Sept · 18:30 · Free
Jigsaw Linocut
Dovecot Studios · Fri 18 Sept · 10:00 · £65
Rug Tufting Experience
Dovecot Studios · Sat 19 Sept · 10:30 · £185
Tapestry Studio Tour
Dovecot Studios · Sat 19 Sept · 11:00 · £12.5
Beverly Buchanan: Weathering
Spike Island · Until 31 Jan 2027 · Free
Tapestry Weaving Experience
Dovecot Studios · Sat 26 Sept · 10:00 · £150
Audio Described Tours | Jonathan Baldock & Polly Braden
Arnolfini · Sat 26 Sept · 10:00
Madelon Hooykaas and Malcolm Dickson in conversation
Gallery of Modern Art · Sun 4 Oct · 11:00