Gallery of Modern Art

FreegalleryCity Centre, Glasgow

GoMA: free contemporary art in a neoclassical building, with the traffic-coned Duke of Wellington outside.

Free entry

The Gallery of Modern Art is preceded by its most famous feature: the equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington outside, which has worn a traffic cone on its head for decades. Glasgow City Council has tried to remove it. Glasgow has put it back every time. The statue now appears on every guide to the city, which the Duke would likely find humiliating.

Inside is better than the exterior joke suggests. GoMA hosts consistently interesting contemporary exhibitions across four floors of a converted neoclassical building, all free. It is also one of the better-designed gallery spaces in Scotland, light, well-proportioned, easy to move through.

Address

Royal Exchange Square, Glasgow G1 3AH

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