School of Art awarded grant to probe ‘Glasgow Miracle’
The money - £122,500 - will be used to investigate an archive of photos and recordings dating back three decades.
It is hoped it will help shed light on what conditions and events led to what one curator has dubbed "The Glasgow Miracle".
The grant will be used to archive two significant collections of photographs and articles - many of them at the former Third Eye Centre where everyone from Billy Connolly, Miles Davis and Damien Hirst have appeared over the years.
A series of person-to-person interviews with artists who have made Glasgow an internationally recognised centre of visual arts will be also be carried out.