# The Common Guild

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{{Short description|Scottish visual arts organisation}}
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| established = 2006
| location    = 5 Florence Street, Glasgow G5 0YX
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| director       = Katrina Brown
| curator        = Chloe Reith
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| website     = {{url|https://www.thecommonguild.org.uk/}}
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[[File:InsideTheCommonGuild.jpg|thumb|260px|Exhibition space at The Common Guild during [Janice Kerbel](/source/Janice_Kerbel)'s 'Notes from Sink' (2018), the last exhibition held at 21 Woodlands Terrace.]]
'''The Common Guild''' is a visual arts organisation in [Glasgow](/source/Glasgow), [Scotland](/source/Scotland). It was established in 2006 and has commissioned two [Turner Prize](/source/Turner_Prize)-nominated works: [Duncan Campbell](/source/Duncan_Campbell_(artist)) in 2014 and [Janice Kerbel](/source/Janice_Kerbel) in 2015.

The Common Guild is located in a former school building on the south bank of the River Clyde in Glasgow. The building houses The Common Guild's offices, a library with over 1,000 contemporary art books and public event and exhibition spaces. 
Exhibitions hosted by The Common Guild have included solo shows by [Martin Creed](/source/Martin_Creed),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/visual-art-martin-creed-things-the-common-guild-21-woodlands-terrace-glasgow-1-474516|title=Visual Art: Martin Creed, Things, The Common Guild, 21 Woodlands Terrace, Glasgow|website=www.scotsman.com}}</ref> [Steven Claydon](/source/Steven_Claydon),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.list.co.uk/article/91345-steven-claydon-the-archipelago-of-contented-peoples-endurance-groups/|title=Steven Claydon: The Archipelago of Contented Peoples: Endurance Groups|date=17 May 2017|website=The List}}</ref> [Roni Horn](/source/Roni_Horn),<ref name="scotsman.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/home-is-where-the-art-is-katrina-brown-review-1-1430831|title=Home is where the art is - Katrina Brown review|website=www.scotsman.com}}</ref> [Tacita Dean](/source/Tacita_Dean),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/charlottehigginsblog/2010/nov/30/tacita-dean-glasgow|title=Tacita Dean shines at Glasgow galleries|first=Charlotte|last=Higgins|date=30 November 2010|publisher=|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref> [Wolfgang Tillmans](/source/Wolfgang_Tillmans)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theskinny.co.uk/art/reviews/wolfgang-tillmans-the-common-guild|title=Wolfgang Tillmans @ The Common Guild - The Skinny|website=www.theskinny.co.uk}}</ref> and [Roman Ondák](/source/Roman_Ond%C3%A1k);<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thecommonguild.org.uk/pages/about|title=About - Common Guild|website=www.thecommonguild.org.uk}}</ref><ref name="createsend.com">{{Cite web|url=http://createsend.com/t/r-822B7AE6A5AB80BB2540EF23F30FEDED|title = Media Release: A New Era for the Common Guild}}</ref> and numerous group shows.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.apollo-magazine.com/the-art-of-slowing-down/|title=Slow Objects at the Common Guild|date=29 November 2017|website=Apollo Magazine}}</ref><ref name="createsend.com"/>

Beyond their own gallery space, The Common Guild organise and curate exhibitions and art events such as 'the Persistence of Objects' at [Lismore Castle Arts](/source/Lismore_Castle) in 2015<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jun/25/speeches-exhibition-lismore-castle-butler|title=I say this with trepidation – it is surprisingly easy to get used to a butler - Charlotte Higgins|first=Charlotte|last=Higgins|date=25 June 2015|publisher=|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref> and 'Scotland + Venice 2013' at the 55th [Venice Biennale](/source/Venice_Biennale).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.list.co.uk/article/54278-preview-of-scottish-artists-at-venice-biennale-2013-from-the-common-guild/|title=Preview of Scottish artists at Venice Biennale 2013 from The Common Guild|date=25 August 2013|website=The List}}</ref>

Between 2008 and 2013, The Common Guild worked with [Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow](/source/Gallery_of_Modern_Art%2C_Glasgow) (GoMA) and [Art Fund](/source/Art_Fund) to build a new collection of international contemporary work for Glasgow including works by [Emily Jacir](/source/Emily_Jacir), [Matthew Buckingham](/source/Matthew_Buckingham) and [Lothar Baumgarten](/source/Lothar_Baumgarten) among others, many of which are regularly on display at GoMA.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.artfund.org/news/2009/12/09/glasgows-contemporary-art-collection-boosted-by-art-fund-international-scheme|title=Glasgow's contemporary art collection boosted by Art Fund International scheme|first=Art|last=Fund|website=Art Fund}}</ref>

Previous premises at 21 Woodlands Terrace provided a key location for the filming of ''Glasgow: The Grit and the Glamour,'' a film in the BBC's ''[Imagine](/source/Imagine_(TV_series))'' series.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01l1brw|title=BBC One - imagine..., Summer 2012, Glasgow: The Grit and the Glamour|website=BBC}}</ref>

==Solo shows==
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* [Adel Abdessemed](/source/Adel_Abdessemed), 'TRUST ME', 2008
* [Spencer Finch](/source/Spencer_Finch), 2008
* Roni Horn, 'the tiniest piece of mirror is always the whole mirror', 2009
* [Mircea Cantor](/source/Mircea_Cantor), 'Which light kills you’, 2010
* Martin Creed, 'Things', 2010
* [Gerard Byrne](/source/Gerard_Byrne_(artist%2C_born_1969)), 'Images or shadows of divine things', 2010
* [Robert Barry](/source/Robert_Barry_(artist)), 'Words and Music', 2010
* Tacita Dean, 2011
* Ulla von Brandenburg, 'Neue Alte Welt', 2011
* [Thea Djordjadze](/source/Thea_Djordjadze), 'Lost Promise in a Room', 2011
* Wolfgang Tillmans, 'A New Installation, with Works from the Arts Council Collection', 2012
* [Ugo Rondinone](/source/Ugo_Rondinone), 'primitive', 2012
* [Carol Bove](/source/Carol_Bove), 'The Foamy Saliva of a Horse', 2013
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* Roman Ondák, 'Some Thing', 2013
* [Gabriel Kuri](/source/Gabriel_Kuri), 'All probability resolves into form', 2014
* [Hayley Tompkins](/source/Hayley_Tompkins), 'Scotland + Venice', 2014
* [Corin Sworn](/source/Corin_Sworn), 'Scotland + Venice', 2014
* Duncan Campbell, 'Scotland + Venice', 2014
* [Anne Hardy](/source/Anne_Hardy), 'TWIN FIELDS', 2015
* [Thomas Demand](/source/Thomas_Demand), 'Daily Show', 2015
* [Akram Zaatari](/source/Akram_Zaatari), 'The End of Time', 2016
* [Simon Starling](/source/Simon_Starling), ‘At Twilight’, 2016
* [Sharon Hayes](/source/Sharon_Hayes_(artist)), 'In My Little Corner of the World, Anyone Would Love You', 2016
* [Steven Claydon](/source/Steven_Claydon), ‘The Archipelago of Contented Peoples: Endurance Groups’, 2017
* [Katinka Bock](/source/Katinka_Bock), 'Radio Piombino', 2018
* Janice Kerbel, 'Notes from Sink / Routine for 24 Women', 2018
* Basel Abbas & Ruanne Abou-Rahme 'May Amnesia Never Kiss Us on the Mouth', 2022
* Corin Sworn 'In Reflection, SHimmer', 2023
* Nicole Wermers, 'Day Care', 2024
* Tarik Kiswanson, 'The Rupture', 2024
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==Group Shows==
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*'Always Begins By Degrees', Adel Abdessemed, Roni Horn, Anna Gaskell, Pavel Büchler, Marine Hugonnier, Marcel Broodthaers, Philippe Parreno, Cerith Wyn Evans, 2008
* “You seem the same as always, -”, Claire Barclay, Kate Davis, Olafur Eliasson, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Douglas Gordon, Gabriel Orozco, Yvonne Rainer, Richard Serra and [David Shrigley](/source/David_Shrigley), 2011
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* 'HOW TO LOOK AT EVERYTHING', Zbynek Baladrán, Simon Martin, Nick Relph & Falke Pisano, 2012
* 'Slow Objects', Vanessa Billy, Edith Dekyndt and Erin Shirreff, 2017
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==Off-site Exhibitions==
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* Martin Creed ‘Words and Music’ at the [RSAMD](/source/RSAMD) (now Royal Conservatoire), 2007
* ‘Jardins Publics’ with [Michael Lin](/source/Michael_Lin_(artist)), Apolonija Sustersic and [Richard Wright](/source/Richard_Wright_(artist)) for [Edinburgh International Festival](/source/Edinburgh_International_Festival), 2007
* The Rodney Graham Band featuring the Amazing Rotary Psycho-Opticon, at the [ABC](/source/O2_ABC_Glasgow), 2008
* [Ruth Ewan](/source/Ruth_Ewan) ‘The Glasgow Schools’ at [Scotland Street School](/source/Scotland_Street_School), 2012
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* Janice Kerbel ‘Doug’ in The Jeffrey Room, The [Mitchell Library](/source/Mitchell_Library), 2014
* [Phil Collins](/source/Phil_Collins_(artist)) ‘Tomorrow is Always too Long’ in [Queen's Park](/source/Queen's_Park%2C_Glasgow), 2014
* Ulla von Brandenburg ‘Sink Down Mountain, Rise Up Valley’ in [Langside Halls](/source/Langside), 2016
* [Simon Starling](/source/Simon_Starling) and [Graham Eatough](/source/Graham_Eatough) ‘At Twilight’ at [Holmwood House](/source/Holmwood_House), 2016
* Janice Kerbel ‘Sink’ at The [Western Baths Club](/source/Western_Baths), 2018
* 'anywhere in the universe', Rabiya Choudhry, Kate Davis, Sean Edwards, Onyeka Igwe, Yuri Pattison, across 11 of Glasgow's public libraries, 2023
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==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.thecommonguild.org.uk/programme/upcoming Common Guild website]
* [https://twitter.com/thecommonguild?lang=en Common Guild on Twitter]

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