Fiona Tan, Tomorrow, 2005 video installation
Courtesy of the artist and Frith Street Gallery
It’s a big year for art in Glasgow. The International Festival of Visual Art — or the Glasgow Biennial, as it used to be known — gets better every time, buoyed up by the city’s famously strong art scene. Starting on 16 April, it features more than 50 local artists exhibiting in the museums, galleries, streets, bridges, libraries and hidden architectural spaces of the city.
Look out for Fiona Tan’s giant video installations, David Shrigley’s surreal sculptures in Kelvingrove and major new commissions from Christoph Büchel and Gerard Byrne. Turner Prize-winner, Douglas Gordon opens the festival with his 24 Hour Psycho (a slowed-down version of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 film) and the banks of the Clyde will echo with Susan Philipsz’ eerie new soundwork. While you’re there, take the time to check out the city’s latest exhibition spaces, Trongate 103 and the Briggait, a former fish hall now a street art centre.
And 2011 looks set to be just as impressive with the opening of the Riverside Museum designed by Zaha Hadid. Visit seeglasgow.com and glasgowinternational.org.
