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…
Downtown Street Art Murals
This walk leads you past Glasgow's most spectacular downtown murals, featuring photorealistic portraits, local legends, and native wildlife. You will see how modern public art has transformed gable-end building walls into a vibrant open-air gallery.
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1. Saint Mungo Mural
2. 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…
3. 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…
4. Lady with candle mural
The mural on Brunswick Street is titled "Keeper of Light." It features a large, detailed figure holding a crystal glass in one hand and a glowing golden candlestick in the other, with a swirl of smoke rising from the flame. The artwork was…
5. 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…
6. Girl with a Magnifying Glass - Mural Trail
A massive, four-story mural covers a gable end on Mitchell Street, showing a young girl peering intently through a giant magnifying glass. The work, titled Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, is a photorealistic painting by the Australian artist Sam…
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…