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OUR APRIL ONLINE LECTURE: “CITY STREETS, SCOTTISH ISLANDS AND SILHOUETTED HILLS: BET LOW(1924-2007), ART AND LIFE”

Tuesday 30th April at 2pm

Online using Zoom | £5
email: admin@friendsofglasgowmuseums.org to book a place.

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15 April 2024
Join our April online Lecture on "City Streets, Scottish Islands and Silhouetted Hills: Bet Low(1924-2007), Art and Life" given by Hildegarde Berwick
2024 is the 100th anniversary of Bet Low’s birth. Bet was born in Gourock and from 1945 Glasgow became...
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05 November 2023
Join our November online Lecture - "Liotard: An Unfamiliar Star of 18th Century European Art" Tuesday 28th Nov at 2pm
Jean-Étienne Liotard (1702-1789) was one of the most accomplished and witty artists of 18th century Europe....
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01 October 2023
Join Us for our next Online Lecture on Tuesday 31st October at 2pm, "Banksy: controversial artist or establishment figure?" by Blair Cunningham
With the recent survey at Glasgow’s Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA) we have been presented with what seems...
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14 September 2023
Join Us for our September Online Lecture - "The Art of Tapestry" by Helen Wyld on Tuesday 26th September
Woven with dazzling images from history, mythology and the natural world, and breath-taking in their...
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23 May 2023
May's Online Zoom Lecture - ROSALYN MCKENNA - “Tom Shanks RSW, RGI, PAI: Capturing the West Coast of Scotland in Watercolour”
Contact admin@frindsofglasgowmuseums.com to book your place.
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25 April 2023
JOIN OUR APRIL ONLINE LECTURE BY AILSA TURNER - DYNAMIC DIRECTIONS: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE PAINTINGS OF STANLEY CURSITER (1887-1976).
AILSA TURNER – Dynamic Directions: an introduction to the paintings of Stanley Cursiter (1887-1976). Stanley...
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28 March 2023
Join the March Lecture on James Donald by Dr Andrew Watson
James Donald (1830-1905): a notable Scottish Collector and Patron of the Arts Drawing on new research,...
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27 February 2023
Lachlan Goudie: In Conversation at The Glasgow Art Club
Artist, author and broadcaster Lachlan Goudie will join FoGM and GAC Members for an evening ‘in conversation’...
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27 February 2023
Join us for our February online Zoom lecture! Glasgow Royal Infirmary Museum: Celebrating and Commemorating the GRI
Monday, 27th February 2023 at 2pm KATE STEVENS & HILARY WILSON – Glasgow Royal Infirmary Museum:...
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31 January 2023
Marion Maudsley will give our first Zoom online Lecture of 2023 on Tuesday 31st January at 2pm.
Allan Ramsay: Father and Son Allan Ramsay, both father and son, poet and painter, were at the heart of...
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20 February 2024
40 Friends and their Guests enjoy a visit to the Stage and Screen Exhibition at the Hunterian Art Gallery
40 Friends and their guests were given a conducted tour of the Hunterian Art Gallery’s current...
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11 December 2023
120 Friends and their Guests enjoyed their excellent Annual Christmas Lunch at Kelvingrove!
Another Successful FoGM event! 120 Freinds and their Guests had a thoroughly enjoyable start to the...
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05 November 2023
Friends Enjoy a Talk and Tour of the 2023 Art Competition for Young People!
Last Thursday, a group of Friends thoroughly enjoyed hearing about the history of the Annual Art Competition...
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04 October 2023
Friends Visit the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons in Glasgow Yesterday!
Nearly 60 Friends and their guests had a thoroughly enjoyable tour of the Royal College of Physicians...
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01 October 2023
FoGM congratulates all the wonderful Prizewinners of the 2023 Glasgow Museums Annual Art Competition!
Caroline, our Chairperson and Julie, Gail and Barbara from the committee, attended the 2023 Glasgow Museums...
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14 September 2023
Friends Successful Visit to Mary Quant Exhibition on Friday 8th September!
More than 60 Friends and their guests had a thoroughly enjoyable visit to the Mary Quant Exhibition at...
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23 May 2023
Necropolis Guided Walk with Margaret Anderson - Thursday 18th May
Many thanks to Margaret Anderson for another highly informative walking tour of Glasgow's Necropolis.
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19 April 2023
Jim Hunter gives an Organ Recital with a FoGM twist at Kelvingrove!
FRIENDS ENJOY A SPECIAL ORGAN RECITAL AND LUNCH AT KELVINGROVE!
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02 March 2023
FoGM would like to congratulate the Tall Ship Glenlee on their recent 1.8 million award!
Well done to the team at the Tall Ship Glenlee for securing a œ1.8 million award from the National Heritage...
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08 January 2023
News of a successful education project funded by FoGM.
We were delighted to receive these lovely photographs from the Friends of Glasgow Royal Infirmary recently....
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