Alan Dunlop’s Mack triptych selected for Royal Academy of Arts exhibition
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A triptych of the Glasgow School of Art inferno by Scottish architect Alan Dunlop has been accepted by the Royal Academy of Arts for its summer exhibition.
Earlier this year, Dunlop’s depiction of the fire that destroyed the Mackintosh Building in 2018 was exhibited at the Sir John Soane Museum for the World Architecture Festival drawing prize.
The watercolours will now be exhibited by the Royal Academy of Arts from June 18.
Alan Dunlop said: “On June 15, 2018, Mackintosh’s Glasgow School of Art was destroyed by an inferno that lit up the city.
“More than 150 firefighters were deployed, with crews resorting to pumping water from the River Clyde. So severe was the damage that a Scottish Fire and Rescue Service investigation was unable to establish how the fire started.
“I hope the three watercolours, presented as a triptych, will serve as a reminder of just how ferocious the 2018 fire was and how much of a loss Mackintosh’s masterwork was for Glasgow, Scotland and the world, when it was ravaged by flames for the second time in four years.”