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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Stewarts, Stags, ‘Spooks’ and Splendour; The Story of Scottish Art

Saturday 5th June | 1pm BST | via Zoom Book Your Online Free Ticket Lachlan Goudie takes you on a fast fling through 5,000 years of Scottish art. In a passionate and personal account, brimming with fascinating characters and historical events, Lachlan will describe how creativity shaped Scotland’s past, its

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Mackintosh in the Saleroom

Lyon & Turnbull Auction Design Since 1860 Wed, 21st Apr 2021 10:00 Thu, 22nd Apr 2021 10:00 Dating to Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s last phase of creativity as an architect and designer in Glasgow, here, Mackintosh has designed his own version of the ‘brander back’ style chair. From a set of six

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Chelsea and 49 Glebe Place

With the current restrictions on face-to-face events at Queen’s Cross we are organising a number of online talks throughout 2021. Tuesday 20th April | 5pm BST | via Zoom Book Your Online Free Ticket Stuart Robertson & Richard Burrows will give an insight into the Mackintoshes time in Chelsea and

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black and white image of Mackintoshes installation of 'A Rose Boudoir'.

Künstlerpaars

With the current restrictions on face-to-face events at Queen’s Cross we are organising a number of online talks throughout 2021. Monday 15th February 2021 | 5pm GMT | via Zoom Book Your Online Free Ticket Robyne Calvert joins us to discuss the unique working relationship of Charles Rennie Mackintosh and

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Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s Italy

With the current restrictions on face-to-face events at Queen’s Cross we are organising a number of online talks throughout 2021. Tuesday 19 January 2021 | 5pm GMT | via Zoom    Book your Online Free Ticket Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s Italy is a new book by George Rawson. In 1890 the

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Mackintosh in the Saleroom

In November a Charles Rennie Mackintosh cabinet made at Knockaloe WW1 internment camp for 78 Derngate proved the star lot in Lyon & Turnbull’s highly anticipated Decorative Arts: Design since 1860 auction. The cabinet had a pre-sale estimate of £10,000-£15,000 attracting bidders from around the world, eventually selling for £250,000. Meanwhile,

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Mackintosh in the Saleroom

A Glasgow School of Art Windsor chair for the Library sold at auction in October at Bonhams in Edinburgh for £10,687 including premium. Commissioned for the Glasgow School of Art Library in 1910, of typical form and with later steel reinforcing rods , 47cm wide, 44cm deep, 67cm high (18 1/2in

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an image with a black and white side profile portrait of Mackintosh on the left hand side and a photograph of a botanical drawing on the right hand side

Happy Birthday Mackintosh! Celebrating 152 Years with a reflection on Sintra

On Sunday the 7th of June 2020 we celebrate the 152nd anniversary of Mackintosh’s birth! The CRM Society would normally be hosting physical events in celebration, and though this is not possible this year, we would like to take the opportunity to remember his legacy. We reflect on a piece

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‘Letters to Mackintosh’ Creative Writing Project

‘Letters to Mackintosh’ is a creative writing project open to people of all ages. We invite Mackintosh fans to submit a piece of writing no longer than 1000 words, addressed to Charles Rennie Mackintosh as if he was still alive today in celebration of the 152nd anniversary of his birth

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