Past Events & Exhibitions

30th Nov to 1st February: Brumalia – Members Winter Exhibition

November 19, 2024

An exciting and diverse exhibition of works by members and invited artists. Brumalia is an ancient Roman festival celebrated at the time of the Winter solstice to honour the gods Bacchus, acknowledged as the god of wine, and Saturn, the god of agricultural abundance as a time of rejoicing and merriment.  The festival’s name deriving from…

The Love of Art

September 20, 2024

An exhibition of selected works from the Paisley Art Institute and the Glasgow Art Club collections. Ground floor exhibition closes Thu 7th November, first floor continues until Sat 23rd November.  A revealing exhibition tracing the rich artistic history that intertwines these two historic institutions from their respective 19th-century formation through to the current day.  A…

Sir John Lavery – The Irish Glasgow Boy by Dr Freya Spoor

September 20, 2024

Lecture with Freya Spoor Sir John Lavery | The Irish Glasgow Boy   26th September   1230 Complimentary teas, coffee and sandwiches   1300 Lecture begins   Advanced notice is required by emailing dan@glasgowartclub.co.uk or calling 0141 248 5210  This is a free event and is open strictly to GAC members and a maximum of one…

Featured Artist – Johann Booyens

August 15, 2024

Johann Booyens is a Glasgow based artist and printmaker. His work is concerned with the increasingly complex relationship between humans and their natural environment, the liminal space between culture and nature, and the complexities of human nature. His work can be seen in several international collections including the V&A Museum London, Scottish Landscape Awards, Chinese…

Thomas Jacobi : Shorescapes – Fifteen Buckhaven Pigments

August 7, 2024

  Thomas Jacobi : Shorescapes Fifteen Buckhaven Pigments  17 August – 14 September 2024 PREVIEWFriday 16 August 202418:00 – 20:00   The Glasgow Art Club 185 Bath St, Glasgow G2 4HU   Study Day: Saturday 24 August 2024 11:00 – 12:30 – Egg Tempera Painting Workshop with Thomas Jacobi 14:30 – 16:00 – Lecture by…

A Taste for Art : Selected Works from the Paisley Art Institute Collection – Glasgow Viewing

July 30, 2024

A Taste for Art : Selected Works from the Paisley Art Institute Collection.Join us this week at the Club to view highlights from Lyon & Turnbull’s forthcoming auction. The auction viewing will feature four major paintings by turn-of-the-century art titan, Sir John Lavery, important works by fellow Glasgow Boys’ Sir James Guthrie and Edward Arthur…

July 18th – Beth Knight presents Who Told You To Be Small WIP

June 29, 2024

Beth Knight presents Who Told You To Be Small WIP Thursday 18th July 2024 Doors open at 6:30 pm and the show starts at 7.30 pm. Click here for tickets   Off the back of running stand-up in London last year, Beth Knight is doing a preview of her Edinburgh Festival Fringe Who Told You…

Father & Sons : The Exhibition – Alexander Stuart Dakers

June 18, 2024

The exhibition Father & Son runs 19th June till the 4th July 2024 11am-5pm Closed Sunday and Monday Please call ahead to ensure availability if making a special journey FREE ADMISSION to all Father & Sons The Exhibition Tickets, Wed, Jun 19, 2024 at 11:00 AM | Eventbrite Inside the free art exhibition coming to Glasgow…

Thursday 25th July – Art Demonstration – Samanatha McCubbin

May 17, 2024

Samantha was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1988. A creative person from a young age, she discovered her love of painting during her final year of studying Art and Design at The University of Leeds. Since graduating she has continued to paint and develop her own unique style. Samantha will demonstrate an abstract floral painting…

Royal School of Needlework Open Day – 22 June

May 14, 2024

The Glasgow Art Club Saturday 22 June 10 am to 4 pm. We are more than excited to welcome lots of our Scotland-based embroiderers to our stitch social next month!⁠⁠Join us for a free drop-in session, to work on some of your embroidery, or just get to know other stitchers! ⁠⁠Entry to the event is…

The 135th Annual Paisley Art Insititute Exhibition

April 16, 2024

Now open to the public. Tuesday – Saturday 11 am until 5 pm  Final day – Saturday 8 June 2024 The Club bar is open to guests for fresh coffee, teas, snack and plenty of wine. The Glasgow Art Club occasionally host private events and concerts in our Mackintosh Gallery; during these times there are…

Windyhill Summer Picnic – Sunday 16th June

March 21, 2024

WINDYHILL SUMMER PICNIC SUNDAY 16TH JUNE 2024 2 PM – 5 PM  This picture-perfect home outside Glasgow, one of only two private homes Charles Rennie Mackintosh built, is a fine example of the designer’s work, often referred to (quite rightly) as an ‘architectural gem’. David Cairns, current owner of Windyhill has kindly offered to host…

Blythswood Festival Program at GAC

March 15, 2024

  www.glasgowblythswoodfestival.co.uk   Thursday 23rd May – 7:30 pm GLASGOW STREETSCAPES – Muirhead Bone & friends Norry Wilson, journalist If, as Shakespeare says: ‘All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players’, then the streets of Glasgow are surely our stage;  a time-shifting tableaux against which we, previous, and future generations,…

11th July to 10th August: East Meets West

June 27, 2024

‘East Meets West’ showcases work produced by artist members  of both the Glasgow Art Club and the Scottish Arts Club in Edinburgh.  Their diverse and eclectic work is being hung across both the Club’s ground floor main and first floor ‘Billiard Room’ gallery spaces.   The exhibition also features work by invited guest artist Sadia Gul…

Featured Artist – Frank Gallacher

February 22, 2024

Escape Through TimeOil on canvas100 x 150 cm£4000 ARTIST’S WEBSITE Changing Costal FormsOil on canvas80 x 80 cm unframed£1400 Costal ContusionsOil on Canvas100 x 100 cm  unframed£1800 About Frank Gallacher Born 1950 in Glasgow, Scotland.Studied as a mature student at Glasgow School of Art 1987-91Education: C.V.BiographyBA HONS Graduate Glasgow School of Art.Artist member of Glasgow…