The Common Guild is a visual arts organisation in Glasgow presenting a varied public programme of exhibitions, projects and events, based in a former school building on the south bank of the River Clyde.
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Read / Francis Whorrall-Campbell on Myths of the new future
Francis Whorrall-Campbell responds to our 2025 group exhibition ‘Myths of the new future’.
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Room for Reading / ‘Myths of the new future’
Our Room for Reading offers further reading and recommendations directly from the artists included in ‘Myths of the new future’.
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Listen / Artist Talk – Peng Zuqiang
Listen a recording of the artist talk by Peng Zuqiang where he discusses his new film installation ‘Afternoon Hearsay’.
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Room for Reading / Peng Zuqiang
Peng Zuqinag shares a selection of recommended futher reading to accompany his exhibition ‘Afternoon Hearsay’.
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Read / Pelumi Odubanjo on Tarik Kiswanson
Following Tarik Kiswanson’s exhibition ‘The Rupture’ in Autumn 2024, Pelumi Odubanjo responds to the exhibition.
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Read / Tarik Kiswanson Room for Reading
To accompany 'The Rupture', the artist shares a selection of recommendations for our Room for Reading.
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Watch / Lawrence Abu Hamdan - 'After SFX'
In June 2024, Lawrence Abu Hamdan presented a unique performance of 'After SFX' (2018/2024) at the Barrowlands, Glasgow. The performance was filmed and edited into a short film now available to watch online.
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Read / Laura Guy Room for Reading
Ahead of Laura Guy and Steven Grainger’s event ‘Inventing Vocabularies’, Guy shares a selection of writing that has shaped the research project ‘Imagining a City’ for our Room for Reading.
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Listen / Laura Guy & Steven Grainger - 'Inventing Vocabularies'
In February this year, Laura Guy and Steven Grainger hosted a library session framed by the idea of ‘inventing vocabularies’ – Ann Cvetkovich’s description of telling lesbian stories through oral history approaches.
Announcement
After 19 years at the helm of The Common Guild (TCG), founding director Katrina Brown will step down in 2026, as the organisation approaches its 20th anniversary.
Brown established The Common Guild in 2006 as a small, visual arts focussed company, based in Glasgow but internationalist in outlook, that could work with artists in different formats.
Brown leaves The Common Guild in a strong position, having secured both a long-term, accessible home for the organisation and Multi-Year Funding from Creative Scotland, as it looks to its third decade.
The Board of Trustees will oversee the transition, including recruitment into a new staff structure. Further details will be announced in due course.
Support us
The Common Guild is a charitable, not-for-profit organisation, which means we rely on support from Creative Scotland, along with grants and donations from other organisations and individuals to realise our programme of exhibitions, projects and events. Find out how you can support us today.
Shop
Our online shop includes publications produced in connection with our projects and exhibitions as well as unique artworks and limited artist editions.