Author: Jude Tulloch
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Sculpture: Queen Victoria and St Elvis
A life sized sculpture of Elvis Presley projects towards visitors in the gallery on the first floor of the Kelvingrove Museum and Art Gallery, while on the ground floor, Queen Victoria presides over the East Wing. One hundred and eight years elapsed between Francis Williamson’s beautifully detailed refined marble rendition of Her Majesty and Sean…
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Art, Artefact, or Design?
: Art, Artefact, or Design? In the East Wing of the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum I tilted my iPhone upwards to capture the floating heads suspended from the ceiling. I wasn’t alone. Have you noticed how tourists and visitors always take photos of the same things? Clearly these faces suspended above the exhibits…
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Along the River Kelvin
I couldn’t think of a better way to spend our last evening in Kelvinbridge. We crossed the street to follow the path along with River Kelvin enjoying the damp lushness of the grass after rain. On a small footbridge just below the Botanic Gardens, the late afternoon sunshine created glowing reflections of the road bridge…
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Banksy: from Kirkwall to Glasgow
I am one for letting journeys unfold, as planning ahead is not my forte. Sometimes one experience segues into another, like when I managed to get a ticket to the Cut and Run Exhibition at the Glasgow GoMA. This exhibition is probably the closest Banksy will come to doing a retrospective and sharing something of…
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Association by name: Tulloch Castle in Dingwall
My grandfather was a Tulloch from Forres which is 38.2 miles from Dingwell. Col’s mother was a Dingwall from Culbokie on the Black Isle. Her family lived just 6.1 miles from her namesake across the Cromarty Firth. Ali had driven us past Tulloch Castle last time we visited so this time we walked through the…
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