It sometimes feels hard to find a good time to update about circumstances in Glasgow because everyone is busy getting on with things. This week it seems like maybe we could have passed the peak of the chaos but you never really know!

In March I wrote a post here about the closure of arts and cultural organisations in Glasgow in 2026. There were multiple types of tenure involved, private and public, but I didn't expect much interest in what I had posted. I am personally allergic to the model of Substack so posting on a personal blog seemed destined to return only a handful of views. Had I not posted it on Instagram, it may have remained that way and I might not have developed a new obsessive interest.

Over the course of spring and summer I have been asked to take part in a few related projects. I wrote an essay for PAMphlet, Reflecting on cultural vulnerability in Glasgow, in June. I was interviewed by traffic cone media in July for their next documentary. In August I was invited by Kimia of the current Transmission committee to discuss the past, present and future of the gallery with them which will hopefully take form in some planned publications. I was also asked to talk with Juliet of Suite (212) podcast for a future episode on Glasgow alongside Culture Conditions.

Outside of Glasgow-specific projects, in the past month I have also worked on some visualisations for Artworkers for Palestine Scotland which make use of Multi-Year funding award data from CS which should hopefully be published soon.

As far as recent closures updates go, the liquidators of CCA have been giving access to those who have won fixtures and fittings by auction. Some projection equipment was saved by Inclinations Film Club1. No updates have been given by CS yet about the sale of the building. There is a Save Our CCA coworking day tomorrow, Thursday 27 Aug, at the recently incorporated Transmission Gallery 2-5pm.

In East-end news, there have been press releases for the proposed designs of the revamped Winter Gardens at the People's Palace, and Listen Gallery are in the process of building out their new space close to the Barrowlands.

In the Southside, Rumpus Room are undertaking a consultation of their users in order to plan for their next space. Their eviction is still slated for October 2026. David Dale gallery have also announced an early-stage intention to take over the Mackintosh designed Scotland Street School and are surveying for opinions about what facilities the development should include.

There were also multiple updates about whether GSA can or cannot afford to reinstate the Mack. Since these don't relate to a 2026 disaster I thankfully don't need to go into them here and I won't.

Thanks for reading!

Emma :)