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Celebrating the Design Journey’ Commonwealth Games Medals at The Glasgow School of Art’ is a new exhibition inspired by the Glasgow 2026 Festival theme of ‘Celebration’, and brings the design process behind the creation of the Commonwealth Medals of Glasgow 2014 and 2026 to life. Curated by Izzy Laishley, an MLitt in Curatorial Practice (Contemporary Art) student at the GSA,

‘Afterlives: The Weaver, A Chorus, An Archipelago’ is a new group exhibition inspired by the Glasgow 2026 Festival theme of ‘social justice’, and brings together the works of artists Erika Tan, Gogularaajan Rajendran, and Elia Nurvista, looking at the afterlives of colonialism in Southeast Asia. Curated by Alaya Ang, an artist-curator originally from Singapore and now based in Glasgow, the

Threads is a pop-up exhibition featuring an interactive experience, the Threads game, and textile works developed during Victoria Bradbury’s US-UK Fulbright Fellowship at The Glasgow School of Art. Through artistic research across SIT, Fine Art, and Design during 6 months of 2026 , she translated historical fragments into interactive digital environments and textile forms.   Threads draws particular inspiration from the

“I am increasingly convinced about the inter-connectivity of everything in our world, from the tiniest microscopic forms, to the forms in nature and our inter-dependence on the natural world for our survival.”   Sam Ainsley.   ‘What if it isn’t there…’ is a new two-person exhibition by artists Sam Ainsley and Alex Dempster. Bringing together works that explore shared fascinations

The Glasgow School of Art’s (GSA) prestigious Master of Fine Art (MFA) programme unveils its 2026 graduate exhibition, which runs from 13 to 21 June at The GSA’s Stow Building. This year’s MFA graduate show takes place across floors 1, 3, and 4 of the building, presenting an extraordinary exhibition of new works by city-two international artists. This year’s MFA

This year’s GSA Fashion Show celebrates the achievements of all students graduating in the final year of BA (Hons) Fashion Design at The Glasgow School of Art.  The live catwalk show on Tuesday 2nd June saw the 2026 cohort of emerging design talent debut sophisticated, elegant, and bold new collections inside SWG3’s dramatic Galvenizers Yard space for the very first

An exhibition titled ‘Eight’, presented by the eight Artists in Residence (AiRs) from the Silversmithing & Jewellery Department at The Glasgow School of Art, will open to the public from 29 May to 4 June 2026 at the Windows on Heritage space.   The exhibition will launch with a private opening on Wednesday 27 May, from 6.00–9.00pm, followed by public

The Glasgow School of Art (GSA) presents an exhibition of 14 research-led projects at the Xiamen International Design Art Week in Xiamen, China, launching today, 28 April, 2026.  Staff and academics from the GSA’s School of Innovation and Technology (SIT) will also participate in lectures and discussions, joining leading artists, designers and scholars from China and around the world to explore how design can reach beyond the traditional boundaries of function and form to inform

Master’s students from the Mackintosh School of Architecture present Still Here: Stories that Shape Glasgow Project in the City 2026 – Values at Risk, a public exhibition exploring the past, present, and future of Glasgow’s historic buildings at risk.   Across the city, many buildings that once supported everyday life now stand underused or vacant. While often described as “at

The MFA Interim Show 2026 – titled 42 Degrees – brings together artworks by 42 international artists studying in the first year of The Glasgow School of Art’s acclaimed MFA programme to present new work at The Glue Factory, in an exhibition which runs from 28 March till 2 April, with a preview night on 27 March opening at 6pm.