The Saint Mungo Mural covers the entire gable end of a tenement building on High Street, showing the city’s patron saint as a contemporary man. Painted by the Australian street artist Sam Bates, known as Smug, the artwork was completed in…
Glasgow City Centre Mural Trail
Glasgow's walls serve as a massive open-air art gallery, and this walking tour leads you past the most iconic giant street murals celebrating local characters, history, and culture.
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1. Saint Mungo Mural
2. St Enoch and Child (#2 Glasgow Mural Trail)
The mural of St Enoch and Child covers the gable end of a tenement building at the corner of High Street and George Street. It is a large-scale portrait by the artist Sam Bates, known professionally as Smug, who is a significant…
3. Strathclyde University Mural
The Wonderwall mural spans three seven-story gables along George Street, stretching nearly two hundred meters in total length. This expansive piece of public art, often called the Land Ship, features a grayscale depiction of a historic…
4. Fellow Glasgow Residents Mural Street Art
The massive gable end wall on Ingram Street features a hyper-realistic forest scene that spans the entire side of a multi-story car park. Painted by the Australian street artist known as Smug, or Sam Bates, the mural depicts various…
5. BOW DOWN, HONOUR THE ROOTS (#29 Mural Trail)
The mural Bow Down, Honour the Roots dominates the gable wall at the corner of Wilson Street and Brunswick Street with its depiction of two prominent Indigenous figures. Painted in twenty twenty-one for the COP26 climate conference, the…
6. Are Ye Dancin? (#21 Glasgow Mural Trail)
The mural titled Are Ye Dancin? covers the opposing walls of a narrow tunnel leading into the courtyard of Sloans, a public house on Argyle Street that dates back to seventeen ninety-seven. Painted by Glasgow artist Conzo Throb, the work…
7. Billy Connolly mural
Glasgow became home to several massive portraits of the comedian Billy Connolly in twenty seventeen. These works were commissioned by BBC Scotland to mark his seventy-fifth birthday, with each portrait based on an original piece by a…
8. The World's Most Economical Taxi (#10 Glasgow Mural Trail)
The World's Most Economical Taxi is a mural on Mitchell Street that features a classic black cab being lifted toward the sky by a cluster of colorful balloons. A pedestrian stands on the ground, reaching out as if to hail the floating…
9. Wind Power (#12 Glasgow Mural Trail)
The Wind Power mural on Mitchell Street features a subtle visual detail that rewards a careful look. While the painting appears to show a simple puff of dandelion seeds floating through the air, those seeds are actually small wind…