Colonialism and Empire, Exhibitions and displays, Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow architecture, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Racism, Slavery

Glasgow: Addressing Legacies of Slavery and Empire Benefits Us All

First of all, I’m thrilled to be joining Glasgow Museums as Curator of Legacies of Slavery and Empire. I’m grateful to be following on from the excellent work of my predecessor Miles Greenwood and I am looking forward to building on this existing work. My interest in histories of slavery and empire initially came about through a desire to understand more about my family history. … Continue reading Glasgow: Addressing Legacies of Slavery and Empire Benefits Us All

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Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow architecture, Slavery, Video content

Learning about Slavery, Past and Present

Glasgow Museums provides a comprehensive curriculum-linked programme for nursery, primary and secondary school groups delivered across nine venues. Based on the museums’ vast collection and encouraging learning through exploring original artefacts and buildings, over one hundred different facilitated sessions are available. In 2015 we started developing two workshops focusing on the topic of slavery and its connection with the city of Glasgow. We were aware … Continue reading Learning about Slavery, Past and Present

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Colonialism and Empire, Contemporary Art, Exhibitions and displays, Gallery of Modern Art, Ships, Slavery, Transatlantic slave trade

Contemporary Art and Slavery

Polygraphs was an exhibition at the Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA) that explored truth, fiction and evidence in a complex world. The show was drawn from Glasgow Museums’ collection and included artists who interrogate dominant historical narratives such as our relationship to the arms trade, colonialism and the slave trade. In terms of Glasgow’s relationship to the slave trade we included works by Beth Forde, an … Continue reading Contemporary Art and Slavery

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Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow architecture, Merchants, Slavery, Sugar, Tobacco

The Cunninghame Mansion

The building housing Glasgow’s Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA) started out as a mansion for the tobacco and sugar merchant William Cunninghame of Lainshaw (1731 – 1799). The plot of land on Queen Street where the Gallery stands was once agricultural ground on Glasgow’s western frontier. Construction of the small but impressive mansion house started in 1777. The house had a sunk storey for kitchens, … Continue reading The Cunninghame Mansion

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Contemporary Art, Exhibitions and displays, Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow architecture, Slavery, Sugar, Tobacco

Stones Steeped in History

At the end of July 2017 the Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA) in Glasgow unveiled a permanent display on its two elliptical balcony spaces within the building. Stones Steeped in History tells the story of the building from before it was built in 1776 through its various uses and modifications up to its controversial opening as a gallery of contemporary and modern art in 1996. … Continue reading Stones Steeped in History