BOSSES of Britain's biggest arts prize are looking for dramatic and unusual photographs of one of Glasgow's top tourist attractions.

Kelvingrove Art Gallery is one of 10 museums across the country – and the only one in Scotland – in the finals of the Art Fund Prize.

It will be another month before it is known whether Kelvingrove has won the top accolade and a £100,000 prize.

In the meantime, Arts Fund organisers have asked people to submit their favourite pictures of the attraction.

They are looking for innovative, atmospheric and even humorous images of the West End gallery.

In particular, they want to find photographs which capture the spirit of the museum – from a beautiful picture of the facade to a snap of a favourite object.

Art Fund bosses will choose their favourite image of each of the 10 finalists before asking the public to select the overall winner.

The lucky photographer will pick up a pack of prizes including an Apple iPad mini, a year's National Art Pass, have their winning image published in Art Quarterly and get two tickets to the Museum of the Year awards ceremony in June at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

Kelvingrove fans hope it will be third time lucky for the museum, which has missed out twice on the Art Fund top prize since it reopened in 2006 following a £35million refurbishment.

This year it is up against tough competition including the BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead, the Hepworth in Wakefield and the Dulwich Picture Gallery in London.

Glasgow Life chairman Archie Graham said: "With its stunning architecture and world-class collections, I have no doubt those who hold Kelvingrove dear will have a wealth of fantastic photos which show off their passion and connection to this outstanding museum.

"We want everyone to show why they think Kelvingrove should win this award by entering the photography competition or supporting our campaign on social media.

"Every entry and comment will go some way to encouraging the judges that this should be Kelvingrove's year."

Mr Graham wants fans of the museum to Tweet what they love about the attraction by using hashtag #MyKelvingrove.

A short film showing visitors' reaction to Kelvingrove is also available to view on YouTube.

Entries to the photo competition can be made on the Art Fund website or by emailing photo@artfund.org including your name, title of the photograph and Kelvingrove's name or by sending a twitpic to @artfund. The last date for entries is Wednesday May 15.

vivienne.nicoll@ eveningtimes.co.uk