Travelling art gallery coming to Summerlee Heritage Museum next week

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A travelling gallery is ready to roll up in Lanarkshire next week. The contemporary art in a bus will visit Summerlee Museum in Coatbridge from July 11-13 with the exhibition High on the Summit Ridge by Gabecare, a collaborative art project by Rachel Adams and Tessa Lynch which "investigates the domestic mess of 21st century living".

Gabecare take their name from little-known American inventor Frances Gabe who devoted much of her life to designing and building the world’s one and only self-cleaning home.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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