ONE of the longest-running art exhibitions in Scotland may have to be staged outside Glasgow for the first time in its 152-year history if plans to revitalise its historic home fall through.
ONE of the longest-running art exhibitions in Scotland may have to be staged outside Glasgow for the first time in its 152-year history if plans to revitalise its historic home fall through.
HISTORIC EVENT: Judges select pieces for the Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts' annual exhibition, which may have to move from the city for the first time this year. Picture: Mark Mainz
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Phil Miller Arts Correspondent
The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts (RGI) wants the empty McLellan Galleries to be re-opened in time for this year's annual exhibition in the autumn.
Karin Currie, president of the RGI, said if Glasgow City Council – owner of the premises in Sauchiehall Street – does not speed up its appraisal of the building, the RGI may have to find a large venue outside the city.
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