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Scotland’s next generation of Emerging Creative Graduates Unveiled: The Glasgow School of Art Postgraduate Degree Show 2025

Posted on: Aug. 28, 2025
The next generation of global creatives takes centre stage at The Glasgow School of Art Postgraduate Degree Show 2025, presenting innovation and emerging technologies alongside traditional craft, fine art skills and socially responsive design. Running 29 August – 7 September in Glasgow, with a global digital showcase launching 28 August, the Postgraduate Degree Show 2025 is one of Scotland’s largest
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Turner Prize Winner Jasleen Kaur and Japanese Architect Hiroaki Kimura Awarded Honorary Doctorates at the GSA for Outstanding Contributions to Creative Practice and Research

Posted on: Jul. 11, 2025
At The Glasgow School of Art’s (GSA) Graduation today (11 July), two notable figures, both former undergraduates of the School, were awarded honorary doctorates in recognition of their outstanding contributions to fine art, design, and architecture.   Jasleen Kaur, artist and winner of the 2024 Turner Prize, was awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters. A GSA graduate in Silversmithing &
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The Glasgow School of Art’s School of Fine Art welcomes influential academic and acclaimed writer Professor Omar Kholeif

Posted on: Jun. 11, 2025
The Glasgow School of Art is delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Omar Kholeif as Programme Leader for M.Litt Curatorial Practice (Contemporary Art) in the School of Fine Art.   Born in Egypt, Kholeif returns to the city where they grew up and studied. An alumnus of the University of Glasgow, Dr. Kholeif is a leading scholar in contemporary
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The Glasgow School of Art Degree Show 2025 opens, providing a dazzling preview of the multidisciplinary innovation, imagination, and ingenuity produced by this year’s creative graduates, underlining the institution’s key position as a culture-making powerhouse.

Posted on: May. 29, 2025
The Glasgow School of Art (GSA) Degree Show 2025 opens to the public from 30th May to 8th June across the GSA Glasgow Campus in Garnethill. The GSA’s Master of Fine Art Degree Show opens on 29 May to 8 June at The Glue Factory. The physical exhibition will be accompanied by an extensive digital showcase, which will be launched
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The Glasgow School of Art Graduate Dr, Ally Zlatar wins ‘Culture and Creativity’ category at the British Council’s Study UK Alumni Awards 2025

Posted on: May. 20, 2025
The Glasgow School of Art (GSA) is proud to announce that Dr Ally Zlatar, a Master of Letters (MLitt) in Curatorial Practice Contemporary Art graduate, has won the ‘Culture and Creativity’ category at the British Council Study UK Alumni Awards 2025 in the United Arab Emirates, on Wednesday, 14 May 2025.  Co-ordinated by The British Council, and now in their
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Jerwood Foundation has announced funding to create The Jerwood Curatorial Fellowship, an ambitious two-year initiative at The Glasgow School of Art (GSA).   

Posted on: May. 15, 2025
The announcement of this award today, on Thursday May 15th, represents a significant milestone for the GSA, offering strong recognition of its Exhibitions programme and providing funding for an ambitious two-year initiative: the Jerwood Curatorial Fellowship at The Glasgow School of Art. As part of this fellowship, emerging curators will develop proposals for two exhibitions.   The first exhibition—launched with
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COMMA, the MFA Interim Exhibition 2025, brings together 51 international artists in a vivid, multi-sensory and cross-discipline collection of painting, sculpture, video installation, live performance and radio broadcasts.

Posted on: Mar. 28, 2025
The MFA Interim Show 2025 brings together artworks by 51 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 the 29th March till 3rd April, with a preview night of performances & happenings on 28th March between 7-8pm.  
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Interim Showcase presents new works by 34 international artists in the first year of The Glasgow School of Art’s acclaimed MFA programme

Posted on: Apr. 30, 2024
image: Sunwoo Lee  깜빡 Flicker (Hell, oh world! : tape1) Mixed media installation  The MFA Interim Show brings together artworks by 34 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 ran from the 20th to 26th April. A wide range of art forms
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Martin Newth appointed Head of School of Fine Art at The Glasgow School of Art

Posted on: Nov. 24, 2023
  Artist and academic leader Martin Newth has been announced as the new Head of School of Fine Art at The Glasgow School of Art today, Friday 24 November 2023.   Currently Assistant Dean in the School of Arts & Humanities at the Royal College of Art in London, previously Newth was the Programme Director of Fine Art at Chelsea
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NEWS RELEASE: Rebecca Fortnum appointed Head of Fine Art at The Glasgow School of Art

Posted on: Mar. 03, 2021
Professor Rebecca Fortnum who, it has been announced, will take up the post as Head of the School of Fine Art at the GSA in June 2021 The artist, curator and academic Rebecca Fortnum has been appointed Head of the School of Fine Art at The Glasgow School of Art it was announced today, Wednesday 3 March 2021. Rebecca Fortnum
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