22 May 2026

Jasleen Kaur confirmed for Glasgow 2026 Festival

A group of four hip hop dancers are mid-move dancing outside in the city centre near a blue railway bridge and sandstone tenements

Ahead of the start of the Glasgow 2026 Festival this weekend, Turner Prize winner Jasleen Kaur has been announced as a major commission within the 10-week programme of hundreds of cultural, sporting and community events set to create experiences that will stay with people long after the Games.

Running from 23 May to 9 August, the Glasgow 2026 Festival programme has been revealed and features spectacular new artworks, major cultural events and opportunities to take part in sport, physical activity and community celebration across every corner of the city, marking the return of the Commonwealth Games this summer.

Artist Kaur - the 2024 Turner Prize winner - has been commissioned to create a major new work for the city, which is set to be revealed to the public on 18 June. Developed through Kaur's ongoing research, the new work, entitled 'Superstructure', will see a trail of eight weather vane-like sculptures installed at key sites along the River Clyde, each connected to its history of trade, industry and empire. Each sculpture bears a word or phrase that turns in the wind, pointing across the city, simultaneously to its past and future.

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