The Wyllieum

21/06/2026

Daytripping by Alan Dimmick

*Exhibition from Saturday 27th June 2026
*Opening event 2-5pm
*Upstairs Basement

Daytripping is an exhibition of photographs, some taken on short trips from home to run an errand or on those planned daytrips with friends and family. Many have been taken on jaunts down the west coast, in particular Millport and the Isle of Cumbrae.

Daytrips occupy and create a space between the everyday and the extraordinary, through the act of stepping away, noticing details we might otherwise pass by, and returning with new perspectives on the familiar. Some highlight landscapes or cityscapes transformed by a passing glance, while others capture the quiet rituals of moving from one place to another. Together, they show how even the briefest excursions can shift how we see and feel.

📷 Alan Dimmick

17/06/2026

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*Exhibition from Saturday 27th June 2026
*Opening event 2-5pm

Claire Barclay is the first artist commissioned to make work in response to the context of The Wyllieum, to be exhibited within the impressive main gallery space. 

Part of The Royal Scottish Academy 200th anniversary celebrations, this exhibition invites people to share in entrancing material encounters inspired by experiences of growing up messing about on boats.

This pastime that has undoubtedly informed Claire Barclay’s art practice, the artist feels at home amongst a landscape of salty canvas, tarred rope, and corroded metal. To many, these things suggest a sense of escape, freedom and adventure. They also remind us of the humbling smallness we can feel when out at sea and confronted by its beauty and danger.

This project was made possible with a grant from Henry Moore Foundation Grants

15/06/2026

A great nod to George Wyllie’s Clyde Clock, we love it!

06/06/2026

Travis is one of our amazing volunteers

Thanks to CVS for sharing his story

https://www.cvsinverclyde.org.uk/news/building-confidence-through-volunteering-travis-story?fbclid=IwdGRjcASRebNleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeCcUL82fWLSaMPS-S9rbewes1GvLOl4DpAFZCXjwpPfrOCQS_KfA_hefncn8_aem_arPb4aJbMTGWeISrkE-D2g

Travis shares how finding the right role at The Wyllieum helped him build confidence, skills and a sense of direction after leaving education.

04/06/2026

It’s Volunteer Week 2026 🎉

We are tremendously grateful to all the volunteers at the Wyllieum, these amazing individuals are vitally important in all aspects of the organisation.

Thank you to each and every one of them and to
for all their support.

Image: “The Rescue” courtesy of the George Wyllie Estate

23/05/2026

Who remembers the Glasgow Garden Festival in 1988? If you visited you may well have seen some intriguing oversized eyewear; George Wyllie’s Rose Tinted Spectacles.

It is an artwork that artist Campbell Mackintosh helped to make with George Wyllie. Visit our Upstairs Basement to see a new exhibition ‘Statistical Destiny’ by Campbell Mackintosh, open now until 13th June.

📷 The George Wyllie Estate

After the Garden Festival

22/05/2026

*One week left to see current exhibition*

“Cultivator” by Gareth Fisher PRSA, 1995.

is the current President of the . He tends to work in plaster but also makes constructions with wood and stone as well as sometimes casting in bronze. The act of construction is significant in Fisher’s practice, and the combination of solid form and construction comes together increasingly in his more recent watercolour studies. In both his early and more recent work, Fisher combines realism with abstract motifs.

The bronze figurative element in this work on display at the Wyllieum also appears in another form in his work which is on display as part of the RSA annual exhibition which opened recently.

Born in Cumbria in 1951, Fisher attended Edinburgh College of Art from 1969 to 1976 gaining a Diploma in Sculpture before continuing with postgraduate study. During the late 1970s and 80s Fisher worked from a studio in Edinburgh and became Chairperson of the New 57 Gallery. In the 90s Fisher began working as a lecturer at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee, becoming Professor of Sculpture in 2006.

Gareth Fisher was elected the President of the Royal Scottish Academy in 2022.

📷 Garth Ivan

19/05/2026

Calling all art-lovers, why not take a trip “Doon the water” for a wee day out? Swipe across to find out more. We’re open Wednesday-Sunday 12-5pm and entry is free.

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17/05/2026

Professor Richard Demarco with Arthur Watson PPRSA discussing Arthur’s curation of the current exhibition at the Wyllieum and enthusing about the Wyllieesque river traffic

From the Clyde to Sarajevo and the Venice Lagoon.

Until 31st May