Like George Wyllie declaring on his retirement from the customs service that it was “time for ART” we also believe that new chapters and adventures can begin at any age.
We have a wide variety of activities coming in 2026, watch this space!
Exhibitions & Activities
The Upstairs Basement
Lucy Gordon
Facing the Tide
opening event Saturday 29th August 2-5pm
29th August - 27th September
Working from her home studio, Lucy’s art uses a combination of found imagery and fabricated characters that swerve from the surreal to the sublime. Working primarily in oil paints, her subjects and compositions often contain elements of humour and symbolism, hinting at the artist’s own interests and passions.
This new body of work incorporates aspects of portraiture and sea life, directly inspired by the stunning location of the Wyllieum.
Lucy Gordon is a graduate of the Fine Art Painting department from Glasgow School of Art.
Working from her home studio, Lucy's art uses a combination of found imagery and fabricated characters to create portraits that swerve from the surreal to the sublime. Working primarily in oil paints, her subjects invite and inspire us to imagine their lives, familiar yet fictional, inscrutable and obscure; allowing us to create our own narratives about the work.
Lucy shows her work regularly in Glasgow and has had paintings exhibited in Hastings, Paris and London. She was also shortlisted for the Scottish Portrait Awards 2024 and the ING Discerning Eye Exhibition 2024.
Seeing and Believing
Film Screening
24th September
6:30pm
As part of the Royal Scottish Academy’s bicentenary celebrations, painter and filmmaker Ronald Forbes RSA has curated a programme of moving image work by Royal Scottish Academicians and RSA award winners.
The event is part of RSA200: Celebrating Together, a partnership project bringing together hundreds of artists, partners, galleries and institutions to mark the bicentenary of the Royal Scottish Academy.
Meet at the Wyllieum from 5pm for pre screening drinks before moving next door to the Waterfront Cinema
Cinema entry is from 6:15pm
6:30pm screening of films from the Programme, followed by a Q&A with Ronald Forbes RSA RGI and Ken Currie RSA
The Evening finishes with a drinks reception at the Wyllieum