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4 unusual facts about Ken Currie


Calton weavers

The Calton Weavers massacre of 1787 is commemorated in a panel by Scottish artist Ken Currie in the People's Palace, Glasgow, commissioned on the 200th anniversary of the event.

Ken Currie

His Glasgow History Mural was commissioned on the 200th anniversary of the Calton weavers Massacre in 1987 and is displayed on the ceiling of the People's Palace.

Currie was commissioned by the University of Edinburgh to paint a portrait of Peter Higgs, the theoretical physicist, which was unveiled in 2009.

People's Palace

As part of the restoration the artist Ken Currie was commissioned to create a series of paintings for the ceiling dome of the museum.



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