GSA NEWS RELEASE:  9 October 2019

Work to facilitate further SFRS access to the Mackintosh Building set to begin next week Work to remove fire damaged and other material to facilitate further access to the Mackintosh Building requested by the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service will begin on Monday 14 October it was confirmed today, Wednesday

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Glasgow School of Art launches international hunt for new director

Glasgow School of Art (GSA) has launched an international search to appoint a new director to lead its board of governors. Following a meeting of the board on Monday, the announcement of the recruitment process was made, with interviews expected to take place early next year. Workmen at the site

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New American exhibition on Charles Rennie Mackintosh

Art historical nods, prescient color palettes—it’s all represented in a new American exhibition on the Scottish talent Best known for designing the Glasgow School of Art, Charles Rennie Mackintosh produced interiors, furniture, and posters with visionary style during the Scottish city’s Arts and Crafts heyday of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Art school fire report delayed again: Probe into blaze at the iconic Mackintosh building will take at least 18 months

The report identifying the cause of the second fire at Glasgow School of Art is not expected to be published until next year – more than 18 months after the blaze. The art school’s chairwoman Nora Kearney has told staff in an email the report may not be published until

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