Glasgow International Announces Full Program for Eleventh Edition
23March 21, 2026
Organizers of theGlasgow Internationalhave revealed the full program for the 2026 iteration of the biennial event, set to take place June 5–21. Spanning institutions, artist-run spaces, and community sites, this year’s edition is led bynew director Helen Nisbet. It will focus on experimentation and duration, with participating artists exploring such themes as ecology, labor, migration, and collective memory.
Among the artists showing new work at the biennial are Scottish Pakistani artist Aqsa Arif, who will present an installation comprising moving image and textile photo prints; Glasgow-based artist, filmmaker, and musician Luke Fowler, who will screen his film about Scottish electronic music; and British artist Tanoa Sasraku, whose sculptures and installations will examine the role of the uniform in the drive for state power.
Other exhibiting artists include London-born artist and filmmaker Naeem Mohaiemen, screening a film that looks at the Vietnam War through a contemporary lens; and Welsh Ghanian artist Anya Paintsil, whose large-scale portraits draw on ancestral rugmaking and hair-braiding traditions. Polish artist Joanna Piotrowska will present newly commissioned works in a stagelike environment in her first-ever showing in Scotland; and South Sea Islander artist Jasmine Togo-Brisby will show works investigating histories of enslavement and domestic labor.
Among the historical artists appearing are Conceptual artist Bettina (1927–2020), whose solo exhibition at Cento gallery will be her first ever in the UK, and artist and photographer David Wojnarowicz (1954–1992), whose solo show will inaugurate the Carlton Place Gallery at the Modern Institute.
The biennial will bring back its Gathering series, introduced at its last edition. The slate of talks, workshops, and performances is free to the public. It will also inaugurate the Special Projects initiative, which highlights arts organizations in various Glasgow neighborhoods. This year’s participants are the Easterhouse-based multimedia project Fire Stories, and the Pollokshields-based A Very Human Thing to Do, a collaborative youth arts and social project.
The full program can be found here.