Largest Glasgow Girls exhibition since 1990 opens in city
Arianna Pedrazzoli, gallery manager for Lyon & Turnbull Glasgow, observes selection of Glasgow Girls pieces (Pics: Lyon & Turnbull/Julie Howden) THEIR artworks are indelibly associated with Scotland’s largest city, but now a major new exhibition set to bring together the largest collection of pieces by the Glasgow Girls in more
Obituary: Dr James Macaulay, a most remarkable writer, architectural historian and lecturer
Dr James Macaulay was an Hon. Vice President of the Society. He was a writer, architectural historian, schoolteacher, university lecturer, tour guide and raconteur. James, who died 2 August, aged 88, was extraordinarily scholarly, talented, inspiring, and passionate. His voluntary input to many major public realm and historic building restoration
Volunteer Spotlight: Puravi’s Experiences Volunteering for CRMS
In our latest ‘Volunteer Spotlight’ Q&A, we chatted to Puravi Kumar, who joined us in October 2018. After starting as a Mackintosh Visitor Services Volunteer, Puravi quickly demonstrated her interest in research driven projects and so became our new Mackintosh Research Assistant. Puravi has played a crucial part in facilitating
Recipient of first Mackintosh/DSB Travelling Scholarship announced on Mackintosh’s Birthday
Aurora Takami-Siljedahl will use the award to research the work of Mackintosh in Glasgow and his contemporary, Josef Hoffmann, in Vienna. The scholarship has been established by the Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society with support from the DSB Award. A third-year Bachelor of Architecture (Hons) student in the Mackintosh School of
Rudolph Ihlee – The Road to Collioure
Rudolph Ihlee (1883-1968) was a prize-winning student at the Slade where his contemporaries included Stanley Spencer, Mark Gertler, Maxwell Gordon Lightfoot, C.R.W. Nevinson and Edward Wadsworth. Turning his back on a flourishing career in London, he relocated to the southern French town of Collioure, where the Mediterranean light had mesmerised
The Mackintosh Building at Glasgow School of Art rebuild ‘complete within ten years’
The historic Mackintosh building at Glasgow School of Art is to be rebuilt though it is expected to take up to ten years to complete, The Times can reveal. Penny Macbeth, director and chief executive, said the reconstruction was part of her wider plan for the school, in which the
Mackintosh in the Saleroom
Next month at Sotheby’s Scottish Art Sale in London, this fine perspective drawing by Charles Rennie Mackintosh of Queen Margaret College will go on sale. CHARLES RENNIE MACKINTOSH 1868-1928 PERSPECTIVE DRAWING OF THE ANATOMICAL SCHOOL, QUEEN MARGARET COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW signed and inscribed UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW/QUEEN MARGARET COLLEGE MEDICAL
Mackintosh in the Saleroom
Frances Macdonald McNair was a pivotal artist and designer in the development of the Glasgow Style and Art Nouveau aesthetic in Scotland. Unfortunately only a small group of designs and photographs of executed items survive. Four beautiful jewellery designs appear in the forthcoming Lyon & Turnbull in Edinburgh, Design Since
Green light for 78 Derngate’s major extension after council agrees to provide £400,000 in government funding
A major extension of 78 Derngate can go ahead after the council agreed to provide £400,000 in government funding for the Charles Rennie Mackintosh museum in Northampton. West Northamptonshire Council’s cabinet was advised to support the grant at a meeting last night (Tuesday, September 14), as part of the £24.9
Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Josef Hoffmann, Glasgow, Vienna and joint forces for Modernity
Thursday 23rd September 2021 | 5pm BST | via Zoom Book Your Online Free Ticket Josef Hoffmann, Dining Room in the Purkersdorf Sanatorium, 1904, Copyright MAK Inv. Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Josef Hoffmann, Glasgow, Vienna and joint forces for Modernity. The forthcoming exhibition, JOSEF HOFFMANN: Progress Through Beauty, (15.12.2021–19.06.2022 at the
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