as a point of departure | A little extra

as a point of departure was presented within Glasgow International 2024, Scotland’s biennial festival of contemporary art. In conjunction with their sound work, Alma Simba and Darragh Amelia offered a sharing of audiovisual and literary landing points which informed the process of making and communicating at distance. Film and TV This Is My Life (1992) dir.…
in the background there is a road with traffic lights and a black car driving by, behind this there is red brick building. In the foreground, a flurry of about 15 pigeons is suspended in mid air, some have their wings fully extended, others less so. It is a low resolution photo so the image is slightly blurry.

Window Series 1: Herc Wayden

Introducing our new Window Series exhibition format which invites two Glasgow-based artists to occupy our windows in our space in 13 Ross Street across the month of April and May. This project fosters open-ended creative processes and collaboration, looking into new and playful ways of engaging with our audiences and passers by. 22th-28th April 2024…

Library Digest: Kirsteen Stevenson

A review of Imperial Intimacies by Hazel V. Carby. Scanned Image: Hazel V. Carby, Imperial Intimacies: A Tale of Two Islands, Verso Books, London, pp. 324-325, 160-161. Imperial Intimacies: A Tale of Two Islands, begins with ‘the girl’ – the girl who is constantly asked ‘the question!’. ‘The  question’ was always lying in wait –…

Workshop | a point to untwine…

Sat 11th February 12-3pm with Zoë Charlery. This workshop will be a [slow and quiet] space to tend to the traces of memory inscribed in our name(s) and consider how we negotiate these presence/s in our daily lives. Through writing and sensory exercises, participants will plot and contemplate the entanglements of personal [imagined + felt]…
looking through window with spray paint into an event happening at Market Gallery

We have moved!

After 20+ years of working on our gallery space at Dennistoun’s Duke St, we sadly had to make a big move last week and we are currently based, for the foreseeable future, at the amazing Many Studios in 13 Ross St. We were quite sad to leave as that place holds many memories for us, but we are…

Statement in solidarity with Palestine

The Market committee wishes to express support and solidarity with the people of Palestine, and claim accountability for our silence and failure to do so sooner. We have previously only used our social media channels and public facing platforms for the promotion of our program, and the rest of the time allowed our platform to…

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Draw Duke Street | Mitch Miller

Draw Duke Street Mitch Miller 30th October – 16th December 2012 Preview 7th December. From the 30th of October to the 16th of December 2012, illustrator Mitch Miller was resident in Market Gallery on Duke Street. His task was to create a large room-length ‘dialectogram’ of the stretch of Dennistoun’s main high street that lies…