Events

Our events offer the opportunity to further explore ideas, connections or histories introduced through artists’ projects. Events include talks, screenings, performances, workshops and online engagement.

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Projects / Exhibitions / Events

 

2025

Featured
Library Session / Laura Guy – ‘Imagining a City’
Feb 27
Library Session / Laura Guy – ‘Imagining a City’
Library Session / Laura Guy & Steven Grainger – ‘Inventing Vocabularies’
Feb 27
Library Session / Laura Guy & Steven Grainger – ‘Inventing Vocabularies’
Steven Grainger – ‘Power from Things Not Declared’ 
Feb 27
Steven Grainger – ‘Power from Things Not Declared’ 

2024

Featured
Library Session / Sunnah Khan
Nov 28
Library Session / Sunnah Khan
Friday Event / Tarik Kiswanson
Nov 1
Friday Event / Tarik Kiswanson
Library at Florence Street
Oct 5
Library at Florence Street
Lawrence Abu Hamdan – ‘Live Audio Essays’
Jun 6
Lawrence Abu Hamdan – ‘Live Audio Essays’
Roundtable Conversation / Elke Finkenauer, Sabrina Henry, Caitlin Merrett King
Apr 18
Roundtable Conversation / Elke Finkenauer, Sabrina Henry, Caitlin Merrett King
Artists’ Talk / Martin Boyce & Nicole Wermers with Fatoş Üstek
Apr 13
Artists’ Talk / Martin Boyce & Nicole Wermers with Fatoş Üstek
Friday Event / Lawrence Abu Hamdan
Mar 22
Friday Event / Lawrence Abu Hamdan

2023

Featured
Publication Launch / ‘anywhere in the universe’
Nov 30
Publication Launch / ‘anywhere in the universe’
Behind-the-scenes tours at The Mitchell Library
Jun 22
Behind-the-scenes tours at The Mitchell Library
‘anywhere in the universe’ – Artists Discussion
Jun 17
‘anywhere in the universe’ – Artists Discussion
Reading Event / Chitra Ramaswamy
Apr 29
Reading Event / Chitra Ramaswamy
Onyeka Igwe – ‘The Last Librarian in Glasgow’
Apr 21
Onyeka Igwe – ‘The Last Librarian in Glasgow’
Primer / Onyeka Igwe
Apr 13
Primer / Onyeka Igwe
Friday Event / Corin Sworn
Mar 10
Friday Event / Corin Sworn
Primer / Kate Davis
Mar 2
Primer / Kate Davis
Friday Event / Onyeka Igwe
Feb 10
Friday Event / Onyeka Igwe
Primer / Sean Edwards
Feb 2
Primer / Sean Edwards

2022

2021

Featured
Artist Talk / Sharon Hayes
Dec 16
Artist Talk / Sharon Hayes
Moving in Relation 1. ‘eco-co-location’ – Corin Sworn and nussatari
Nov 27
Moving in Relation 1. ‘eco-co-location’ – Corin Sworn and nussatari
Discussion / 'The Art of Gustav Metzger and Climate Activism'
Nov 3
Discussion / 'The Art of Gustav Metzger and Climate Activism'
Roundtable Conversation with Ashanti Harris, Winnie Herbstein, and Mathew Wayne Parkin
Oct 28
Roundtable Conversation with Ashanti Harris, Winnie Herbstein, and Mathew Wayne Parkin
Pier Paolo Pasolini – 'Comizi d'amore' (Love Meetings)
Oct 20
Pier Paolo Pasolini – 'Comizi d'amore' (Love Meetings)
Artist Talk / Sam Durant – 'Iconoclasm'
Jun 17
Artist Talk / Sam Durant – 'Iconoclasm'
Sam Durant – 'Trope'
Jun 11
Sam Durant – 'Trope'

2020

Featured
Akram Zaatari – 'Twenty Eight Nights and a Poem'
Dec 3
Akram Zaatari – 'Twenty Eight Nights and a Poem'
Performance / Ashanti Harris – 'Virgo'
Sept 3
Performance / Ashanti Harris – 'Virgo'
Roundtable Conversation / Mathew Parkin & Mason Leaver-Yap – 'Meet me at The Vintners (What you're looking for is looking for you)'
May 21
Roundtable Conversation / Mathew Parkin & Mason Leaver-Yap – 'Meet me at The Vintners (What you're looking for is looking for you)'
Sharon Hayes – 'Ricerche: three'
May 11
Sharon Hayes – 'Ricerche: three'
Phil Collins – 'Tomorrow Is Always Too Long'
Apr 15
Phil Collins – 'Tomorrow Is Always Too Long'
Primer / Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme
Feb 13
Primer / Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme

2019

Featured
Jeremy Deller – 'Putin's Happy'
Dec 11
Jeremy Deller – 'Putin's Happy'
New Year, New Era
Jan 1
New Year, New Era

2018

2017

2016

2015

Featured
Symposium / 'Art and its Theatrical Turn'
Nov 26
Symposium / 'Art and its Theatrical Turn'
Roundtable Conversation / Tine Bek, Max Slaven & Evan Thomas on Thomas Demand
Dec 10
Roundtable Conversation / Tine Bek, Max Slaven & Evan Thomas on Thomas Demand
Primer / Simon Starling
Nov 11
Primer / Simon Starling
Exhibition Talk / Dr. Tamara Trodd on Thomas Demand
Nov 5
Exhibition Talk / Dr. Tamara Trodd on Thomas Demand
Exhibition Talk / Dr. Dominic Paterson on Thomas Demand
Oct 31
Exhibition Talk / Dr. Dominic Paterson on Thomas Demand
Artist Talk / Thomas Demand
Sept 25
Artist Talk / Thomas Demand
Exhibition Talk / Sally O'Reilly on Anne Hardy
Aug 13
Exhibition Talk / Sally O'Reilly on Anne Hardy
Exhibition Talk / Dr. Stephen Burn on Anne Hardy
Aug 6
Exhibition Talk / Dr. Stephen Burn on Anne Hardy
Roundtable Conversation / Kyla McDonald & Sarah Forrest on Anne Hardy
Jul 30
Roundtable Conversation / Kyla McDonald & Sarah Forrest on Anne Hardy
Artist Talk / Anne Hardy
Jun 5
Artist Talk / Anne Hardy
Screening / Basim Magdy
May 19
Screening / Basim Magdy

2014

Featured
Screening / Phil Collins, 'Tomorrow Is Always Too Long'
Dec 7
Screening / Phil Collins, 'Tomorrow Is Always Too Long'
Detours / Ralph Rugoff
Nov 27
Detours / Ralph Rugoff
Primer / Sharon Hayes
Nov 17
Primer / Sharon Hayes
Roundtable Conversation / Luke Collins & Remco de Blaaij on Duncan Campbell
Oct 9
Roundtable Conversation / Luke Collins & Remco de Blaaij on Duncan Campbell
Artist Talk / Duncan Campbell
Oct 2
Artist Talk / Duncan Campbell
Artist Talk / Corin Sworn
Sept 11
Artist Talk / Corin Sworn
Artist Talk / Lorna Macintyre
Sept 4
Artist Talk / Lorna Macintyre
Roundtable Conversation / Mason Leaver-Yap & Kirsteen Macdonald on Corin Sworn
Aug 28
Roundtable Conversation / Mason Leaver-Yap & Kirsteen Macdonald on Corin Sworn
Roundtable Conversation / Andrew Kerr, Anne-Marie Copestake & Anne-Louise Kieran on Hayley Tompkins
Jul 10
Roundtable Conversation / Andrew Kerr, Anne-Marie Copestake & Anne-Louise Kieran on Hayley Tompkins
Artist Talk / Hayley Tompkins
Jul 2
Artist Talk / Hayley Tompkins
Exhibition Talk – Gary Christie on Gabriel Kuri
May 29
Exhibition Talk – Gary Christie on Gabriel Kuri
Rountable Conversation / Michael Stumpf and Rhona Warwick on Gabriel Kuri
May 22
Rountable Conversation / Michael Stumpf and Rhona Warwick on Gabriel Kuri
Exhibition Talk / Kate Bush on Gabriel Kuri
May 10
Exhibition Talk / Kate Bush on Gabriel Kuri
Friday Event / Janice Kerbel
May 2
Friday Event / Janice Kerbel
Exhibition Talk / Professor Catherine Alexander on Gabriel Kuri
Apr 24
Exhibition Talk / Professor Catherine Alexander on Gabriel Kuri
Friday Event / Gabriel Kuri
Apr 4
Friday Event / Gabriel Kuri
Primer / Phil Collins
Feb 25
Primer / Phil Collins
Screening / Phil Collins – 'how to make a refugee’ and ‘why i don’t speak serbian (in serbian)’
Jan 25
Screening / Phil Collins – 'how to make a refugee’ and ‘why i don’t speak serbian (in serbian)’

2013

2012

Featured
Screening / Phil Collins - ‘marxism today (prologue)’
Nov 15
Screening / Phil Collins - ‘marxism today (prologue)’
Roundtable Conversation / Niall MacDonald, Kirstie Skinner & Rhona Warwick on Ugo Rondinone
Nov 15
Roundtable Conversation / Niall MacDonald, Kirstie Skinner & Rhona Warwick on Ugo Rondinone
Exhibition Talk / Lucy Askew on Ugo Rondinone
Oct 20
Exhibition Talk / Lucy Askew on Ugo Rondinone
Roundtable Conversation / Lauren Dyer Amazeen & Paul Knight on Wolfgang Tillmans
Jun 14
Roundtable Conversation / Lauren Dyer Amazeen & Paul Knight on Wolfgang Tillmans
Exhibition Talk / Sophie O’Brien on Wolfgang Tillmans
May 19
Exhibition Talk / Sophie O’Brien on Wolfgang Tillmans
Performance / Tam Dean Burn – 'A Partial History of the Proletarian Sunday Schools'
May 6
Performance / Tam Dean Burn – 'A Partial History of the Proletarian Sunday Schools'
Exhibition Talk / Roger Huddle & Dr Fred Reid – 'A Select History of Socialist Sunday Schools'
Apr 29
Exhibition Talk / Roger Huddle & Dr Fred Reid – 'A Select History of Socialist Sunday Schools'
Artist Talk / Ruth Ewan on 'The Glasgow Schools'
Apr 28
Artist Talk / Ruth Ewan on 'The Glasgow Schools'
Melbourne in Glasgow / David Rosetzky – 'How to Feel'
Apr 28
Melbourne in Glasgow / David Rosetzky – 'How to Feel'
Melbourne in Glasgow / Laresa Kosloff - 'The Green Text'
Apr 27
Melbourne in Glasgow / Laresa Kosloff - 'The Green Text'
Melbourne in Glasgow / Marco Fusinato
Apr 25
Melbourne in Glasgow / Marco Fusinato
Performance / ‘Magic for Socialism’
Apr 22
Performance / ‘Magic for Socialism’
Exhibition Talk / Mike Sperlinger on 'How to Look at Everything'
Mar 24
Exhibition Talk / Mike Sperlinger on 'How to Look at Everything'
Roundtable Conversation / Kate Gray, Moira Jeffrey & Corin Sworn on ‘How to Look at Everything’
Mar 22
Roundtable Conversation / Kate Gray, Moira Jeffrey & Corin Sworn on ‘How to Look at Everything’
Symposium / Detours Discussion
Feb 8
Symposium / Detours Discussion

2011

2010

Featured
Exhibition Talk / Caoimhin Mac Giolla Leith on Tacita Dean
Dec 18
Exhibition Talk / Caoimhin Mac Giolla Leith on Tacita Dean
Tacita Dean – ‘Craneway Event’
Dec 17
Tacita Dean – ‘Craneway Event’
Exhibition Talk / Dr Dominic Paterson on Tacita Dean
Nov 27
Exhibition Talk / Dr Dominic Paterson on Tacita Dean
Detours / Jacob Fabricius
Nov 4
Detours / Jacob Fabricius
Exhibition Talk / Ross Birrell on Robert Barry
Oct 23
Exhibition Talk / Ross Birrell on Robert Barry
Detours / Maria Lind
Apr 29
Detours / Maria Lind
Detours / Alex Farquharson
Mar 11
Detours / Alex Farquharson