AN exhibition celebrating Glasgow’s “greatest cultural icon” Charles Rennie Mackintosh opens today to celebrate the 150th anniversary of his birth.

The show at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum spans his lifetime of 1868-1928 and presents the architect and designer’s work in the context of Glasgow, his key predecessors, influences and contemporaries.

It features more than 250 objects including stained glass, ceramics, mosaic, furniture, textiles, interior and tearoom design and architectural drawings, most of which have not been shown in Glasgow for more than 30 years.

The Charles Rennie Mackintosh Making the Glasgow Style exhibition is one of the highlights in the Mackintosh 150 programme, a celebration of events throughout 2018.

Councillor David McDonald, Glasgow Life chairman and Glasgow City Council depute leader, said: “We are delighted to bring this exhibition to Kelvingrove to celebrate the incredible legacy and creative genius of Glasgow’s greatest cultural icon.

“Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s ground-breaking work is now synonymous with Glasgow and lauded internationally so it is only right we mark the 150th anniversary of his birth with something very special.

“This exhibition gives Mackintosh aficionados space and time to enjoy a wealth of stunning objects, a number of which they will never have had the opportunity to see before.

The exhibition runs to August 14.

It features work from Glasgow’s civic collections, with key loans from The Hunterian, The Glasgow School of Art, the V&A and from several private lenders.