Empty Glasgow art gallery attracted more than 100,000 visitors after artist cancelled show
AN EMPTY art gallery attracted more than 100,000 visitors after the artist cancelled her show.
Glasgow’s Gallery of Modern Art says the space left empty after Dutch artist Marlie Mul called off has been a surprise hit, with 108,756 visitors.
Billed as “This Exhibition Has Been Cancelled”, the empty space hosted 100 different proposals from the public from May to October.
Participants included eight-year-old Ally Cullen, who gave visitors colourful pencil drawings of emojis which he hoped made people “feel fun and happy”.
Brussels-based Mul blamed a lack of funding and health and safety regulations for her decision not to display anything other than cancellation signs.
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