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Gallery of Modern
Art in Glasgow centre by George
Square.
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Images of the Gallery of Modern Art
exterior and interior.
The Gallery of Modern Art building
in Glasgow was originally build as a
townhouse for William Cunninghame of
Lainshaw, a wealthy Glasgow Tobacco
Lord. The building is in Royal Exchange
Square, the heart of Glasgow city
centre.
The house was converted to an art
gallery in 1996 to serve as the main
gallery of contemporary art in Glasgow.
GoMA now displays works of Glasgow
artists that live and work in the city,
as well as collecting and borrowing
work that highlights the interests,
influences, and working methods of
artists from around the world.
The building interior just has to be
viewed for its Great Hall and Staircase
with the buidlings story and photos
over 200 years.
The statue in front of the building
is of the Duke of
Wellington, erected in 1844. Some
students, after a night out, placed a
traffic cone on the statues head in the
mid 1980s, creating a great deal of
interest, and led to the statue
becoming one of the top photo shots in
the world. Although the cone has been
by removed by the police a few times,
another has taken its place within
days.
Gallery of
Modern Art Google Map . Postcode:
G1 3AH. Tel: 0141 287 3050. FREE
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