The Common Guild

The Common Guild
Established2006
Location5 Florence Street, Glasgow G5 0YX
DirectorKatrina Brown
CuratorChloe Reith
Websitewww.thecommonguild.org.uk
Exhibition space at The Common Guild during Janice Kerbel's 'Notes from Sink' (2018), the last exhibition held at 21 Woodlands Terrace.

The Common Guild is a visual arts organisation in Glasgow, Scotland. It was established in 2006 and has commissioned two Turner Prize-nominated works: Duncan Campbell in 2014 and Janice Kerbel in 2015.

The Common Guild is located in a former school building on the south bank of the River Clyde in Glasgow. The building houses The Common Guild's offices, a library with over 1,000 contemporary art books and public event and exhibition spaces. Exhibitions hosted by The Common Guild have included solo shows by Martin Creed,[1] Steven Claydon,[2] Roni Horn,[3] Tacita Dean,[4] Wolfgang Tillmans[5] and Roman Ondák;[6][7] and numerous group shows.[8][7]

Beyond their own gallery space, The Common Guild organise and curate exhibitions and art events such as 'the Persistence of Objects' at Lismore Castle Arts in 2015[9] and 'Scotland + Venice 2013' at the 55th Venice Biennale.[10]

Between 2008 and 2013, The Common Guild worked with Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow (GoMA) and Art Fund to build a new collection of international contemporary work for Glasgow including works by Emily Jacir, Matthew Buckingham and Lothar Baumgarten among others, many of which are regularly on display at GoMA.[11]

Previous premises at 21 Woodlands Terrace provided a key location for the filming of Glasgow: The Grit and the Glamour, a film in the BBC's Imagine series.[12]

Solo shows

Group Shows

Off-site Exhibitions

References

  1. ^ "Visual Art: Martin Creed, Things, The Common Guild, 21 Woodlands Terrace, Glasgow". www.scotsman.com.
  2. ^ "Steven Claydon: The Archipelago of Contented Peoples: Endurance Groups". The List. 17 May 2017.
  3. ^ "Home is where the art is - Katrina Brown review". www.scotsman.com.
  4. ^ Higgins, Charlotte (30 November 2010). "Tacita Dean shines at Glasgow galleries" – via www.theguardian.com.
  5. ^ "Wolfgang Tillmans @ The Common Guild - The Skinny". www.theskinny.co.uk.
  6. ^ "About - Common Guild". www.thecommonguild.org.uk.
  7. ^ a b "Media Release: A New Era for the Common Guild".
  8. ^ "Slow Objects at the Common Guild". Apollo Magazine. 29 November 2017.
  9. ^ Higgins, Charlotte (25 June 2015). "I say this with trepidation – it is surprisingly easy to get used to a butler - Charlotte Higgins" – via www.theguardian.com.
  10. ^ "Preview of Scottish artists at Venice Biennale 2013 from The Common Guild". The List. 25 August 2013.
  11. ^ Fund, Art. "Glasgow's contemporary art collection boosted by Art Fund International scheme". Art Fund.
  12. ^ "BBC One - imagine..., Summer 2012, Glasgow: The Grit and the Glamour". BBC.