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Gallery Girl's satirical wishlist links Glasgow fire, London Russian Art Week, Whitstable and Berlin biennials

other · 2026-04-20

A fire at Glasgow Art School, attributed to a filmmaker opposing Scottish independence, was extinguished with help from figures including Kenny Dalglish and Alex Salmond. During Russian Art Week in London, Prince Charles compared Vladimir Putin to Hitler, a comment criticized for overlooking Putin's role in creating oligarchs who boosted London's art market. The Whitstable Biennale opened on 31 May at the Horsebridge Art Centre, featuring Mark Aerial Waller's video art curation, while local UKIP voters in Kent were humorously predicted to riot over 'continental theory'. The Berlin Biennale partly occurs at Museum Dahlem, an ethnographic museum, where Gallery Girl plans to liberate looted Benin artefacts using a hammer from B&Q. These artefacts would be smuggled in Maison Martin Margiela backpacks to the Brussels Non-European Art Fair (BRUNEAF), opening 4 June, with galleries named 'Classic Primitives' and 'Congo Gallery'. Gallery Girl's wishlist includes Elton John's 1983 album 'Too Low for Zero', Arianna Huffington's book 'Thrive', and a Burberry Trafalgar umbrella for travel to Whitstable.

Key facts

  • A fire damaged Glasgow Art School, started by a filmmaker against Scottish independence.
  • Kenny Dalglish, Alex Salmond, and Muriel Grey were among those involved in the fire response.
  • Prince Charles compared Vladimir Putin to Hitler during Russian Art Week in London.
  • The Whitstable Biennale opened on 31 May at the Horsebridge Art Centre in Kent.
  • Mark Aerial Waller curated video art at the Whitstable Biennale.
  • The Berlin Biennale includes events at Museum Dahlem, an ethnographic museum.
  • Gallery Girl plans to steal Benin artefacts from Museum Dahlem using a B&Q hammer.
  • The Brussels Non-European Art Fair (BRUNEAF) opens on 4 June with galleries like 'Classic Primitives'.

Entities

Artists

  • Elton John
  • Kenny Dalglish
  • Muriel Grey
  • Alex Salmond
  • Mark Aerial Waller
  • Goshka Macuga
  • Nigel Farage
  • Vladimir Putin
  • Prince Charles
  • Arianna Huffington
  • Robert the Bruce

Institutions

  • Glasgow Art School
  • Horsebridge Art Centre
  • Whitstable Biennale
  • Berlin Biennale
  • Museum Dahlem
  • BRUNEAF
  • B&Q
  • Burberry
  • Maison Martin Margiela
  • UKIP
  • Artreview

Locations

  • Glasgow
  • Scotland
  • London
  • England
  • Whitstable
  • Kent
  • Berlin
  • Germany
  • Brussels
  • Belgium
  • Africa

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