Free Liquid Land exhibition opens at GoMA Glasgow
Jasmine Togo-Brisby’s Liquid Land brings a new, site-specific body of work to Glasgow’s Gallery of Modern Art, placing beauty, deception and forced labour history inside one public gallery setting.
The exhibition runs from Friday 5 June to Sunday 6 September 2026 at Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA), Royal Exchange Square, Glasgow G1 3AH. Entry is free, drop-in and no ticket is required. Visitors should check the venue opening times before travelling. The show is open to the general public, with particular interest for readers following contemporary art, Pacific Islander history, Glasgow International Festival of Contemporary Art and the Glasgow 2026 Festival.
A Glasgow exhibition built around land, water and forced labour
Liquid Land marks the debut European solo exhibition by Australian South Sea Islander artist Jasmine Togo-Brisby. Glasgow Life describes the exhibition as a response to the architectural history of GoMA, with new site-specific installations and sculptural works created for the venue.
The work traces histories of enslavement and domestic labour across the Pacific, Australia and wider dialogues about the transatlantic slave trade. Its central historical focus is blackbirding, the nineteenth-century practice in which Pacific Islanders were deceived or kidnapped and forced to work on Australian sugar plantations.
The exhibition’s title and visual language connect directly with that history. According to the source material, recruiters used the optical deception of mirrors, with flashes of light interpreted as signs from the spirit world or messages from ancestors, to draw people into the water. In Liquid Land, Togo-Brisby uses beauty and intrigue to echo the trickery that once exploited cultural and spiritual belief.
For readers interested in other major gallery programmes across the UK, Demoduck has also covered a Frank Bowling exhibition in Cambridge with practical visiting details.
What visitors will see inside GoMA
The exhibition spans sculpture, photography, installation and video. At its heart is a full-scale recreation of Togo-Brisby’s ancestral home in Australia, originally built by her Ni-Vanuatu ancestors.
The thatched hut is modelled on an archival family photograph and houses an oceanic, crow-feathered installation. Across the show, the artist addresses ideas of home, belonging and retreat while setting them against confinement and violence.
That tension gives Liquid Land its visitor hook: it is not simply a historical display, and it is not presented as a conventional object-led gallery show. The exhibition uses GoMA’s rooms to hold together family memory, Pacific Islander experience, colonial violence and the long reach of labour exploitation.
Dates, entry and access at GoMA
| Detail | Information |
|---|---|
| Event | Jasmine Togo-Brisby – Liquid Land |
| Venue | Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA), Royal Exchange Square, Glasgow G1 3AH |
| Dates | Friday 5 June to Sunday 6 September 2026 |
| Time | Check venue opening times |
| Price | Free, drop-in, no ticket required |
| Audience | General public |
GoMA lists wheelchair access, accessible toilets on the lower ground floor, a hearing loop and assistance dogs welcome. Water bowls can be provided for guide and assistance dogs. The venue is also listed as autism aware.
The gallery has baby changing and baby feeding facilities, a prayer room and free wifi. The cafe is open during venue opening hours, serving hot and cold drinks, sandwiches and snacks.
Getting to Royal Exchange Square
GoMA is a short walk from both Glasgow Queen Street and Glasgow Central stations. The nearest subway station is Buchanan Street.
By bus, the gallery is less than a 10-minute walk from Buchanan Bus Station. Visitors planning around accessibility needs or public transport should use the venue’s own current guidance before setting off.
Source: Glasgow Life Events
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