ART & EXHIBITIONS LIST
Mon-Thurs 9.30am-9pm, Fri 9.30am-6pm, Sat lOam-noon.
O HAGGS CASTLE 100 St Andrew’s Drive, Mon-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 2-5pm.
Yesterday’s Children Until Sun 28 Sept. See Kids page.
0 HILLHEAO LIBRARY Open Circle Gallery, 348 Byres Road, 339 7223. Mon, Tue , Thurs, Fri 9.30am-8pm. Sat 9.30am—1pm and 2-5pm. Closed Wed.
0 HUNTERIAN ART GALLERY University of Glasgow, Hillhead Street, 330 5431. Mon-Fri 9.30am—5pm, Sat 9.30—1pm.
Print Gallery:
Town and Country-The Social Scene in Scotland 1850—1920 Until 9 Aug. Nostalgic, bucolic scenes from the 19th century by artists such as Horatio McCullough move to the nostalgia of urban life _as depicted by Sam Bough. This exhibition, through the work of well-known artists such as Muirhead Bone, McTaggart and Guthrie and the lesser-known chosen for their part in the documentary, allows history to take precedence over art. Well worth a visit.
The Mackintosh House Gallery:
Open as above but closed for lunch 12.30—1.30pm. A reconstruction of the architect’s home fitted with original furniture. A selection of Mackintosh Metalwork will be on display until August.
0 HUNTERIAN MUSEUM The University of Glasgow, 339 8855. Mon—Fri 9.30am-5pm. Sat 9.30am—1pm. Twice named Museum of the Year, the Hunterian Collection includes objects ranging from Captain Cook’s Pacific treasures to the Bearsden Shark. Archaeology’s Action Men Until Sat 26 July. An exhibition illustrating the work of the Central Excavation Unit showing how archaeologists ‘read’ the landscape to discover history.
0 IMAGES GALLERY 74 Hyndland Road, 334 5311.
Mixed exhibition of etchings and prints regularly shown.
0 J.O. KELLY GALLERY 118 Douglas Street, 248 6386. Mon—Fri
10.30am-5.30pm. Sat 10am—l2.30pm.
The gallery will be closed until Sat 2 Aug.
Jenny Mackay, Jill Hamilton, Kenneth Davis Sat 2-Sat 16 Aug.
0 LILLIE ART GALLERY Station Road, Milngavie, 956 2351. Tue-Fri 11am—5pm and 7—9pm, Sat and Sun 2-5pm.
Permanent collection will be on show until end July. Frank Higgins will be working at the gallery 26
J uly-16 Aug as artist-in-residence and will be available on Wed, Fri, Sat and Sun.
0 MAIN FINE ART The Studio Gallery, 16 Gibson Street, 334 8858. Tue-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 2—5pm.
Scottish Contemporary Painting Until Sat 2 Aug. A general selection of work.
0 METRO GALLERY 713 Great Western Road 339 0737. Tues - Sat 10.30am - 5pm.
Mixed Exhibition Until end Aug. Prints and paintings from contemporary Scottish artists.
0 THE MITCHELL LIBRARY Kent Road, 221 7030. Mon-Fri
28 The List 25 July - 7 August
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a ‘ Cannon Abrozovltch ‘Boy with the moon and the stars in his head’. Ropes twist and coil against the The theme of Edinburgh and the runner’s stride in the Athlete’s Games runs thinly thoughout this show Nightmare part oi the Commonwealth and as things turned out, many oi the Print Portiollo commissioned by the XI contributing artists have chosen to Games in 1978. Eight years on, submit new work outwith the suggested athletes have been bound by subjects. The turnout and variety oi conscience. as the COMIDD IODGIhemI work is impressive as the well-known a iamin oi nations for arts and games (Campbell, Wisniewskl, Blackadder) takes on a hollow ring. rub wall-space with artists not long out
This prophetic l"th is one OI hint! on oi college. A taut portrayal oi Woman in display at the Printmaker’s Workshop. Blue by Lys Hansen hangs opposite a Allen Jones. in more competitive study oi two men in line realism by mood. shows legs striking iorward on Roberto Fernandez (currently showing the track in ilashes oi red, yellow and in at Glasgow Print Studio) and a Thin Bed common With a small illth by Carmen Pipe Smoker by Bruce Maclean shares
Ambrosovimh. upstairs in the larger a room with iour Scottish scenes by exhibition of Scottish printmakers. I Peter Howson. (Alice Bain)
9.30am-9pm, Sat 9.30am-5pm. Entrance Hall:
Echoes oi a Civil War- Spain’s Struggle for Democracy Until 1 Oct. A strident collection of posters from this war which fired so many artistic imaginations (see panel).
Cathedral Area Until end July. Victorian prints illustrating some of Glasgow’s colourful characters.
0 THE SCOTTISH DESIGN CENTRE 72 St Vincent Street, 221 6121. Mon-Fri 9.30am—5pm, Sat 9am-5pm.
Level 2: Thirty Years On Until Wed 23 July. Scottish Labour History Society Display An exhibition examining how British Until end Aug. design has developed in the past Level 3: three decades in the context of
Radical Glasgow Until end Aug. A history of the rise in radicalism from the 18th century onwards.
Level 4:
Thomas Lipton and the Americas Cup A selection of memorabilia from the Mitchell collection, relating to this famous Glaswegian sportsman and working-class-boy-made-good.
British industry.
0 SPRINGBURN MUSEUM Ayr Street (adjacent to Springburn Railway Station). Mon—Fri 10.30am—5pm. Sun 2-5pm. Glasgow’s first community museum has just opened in a newly refurbished wing of Springburn Library.
0 STRATHCLYOE COUNTRY PARK
Level 5: (near Hamilton). Commonwealth
Burns and the Kilmamock Edition Until Games Venue 18. Celebrating the
end Aug. bonds between Hamilton, Ontario 0 PEOPLE’S PALACE MUSEUM home of the first British Empire
Games in 1930 and Hamilton, Strathclyde where some of the major events of the XIII Games will take place, this exhibition will present a profile of each Hamilton today - joining the events of 1930 and 1986. 0 THIRO EYE CENTRE 350 Sauchiehall Street, 332 7521. Tue—Sat 10am- 5.30pm, Sun 2—5.30pm. Cafe. [D]
A Monkey Town Besieged by Dogs Until Sat 12 Aug. John Kindness satirises the political divides of Northern Ireland in a gigantic, 35ft
Glasgow Green, 554 0223. Mon-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 2-5pm. Glasgow’s museum of working life.
0 POLLOK HOUSE 2060 Pollokshaws Road, 632 0274. Mon—Sat lOam-Spm. Sun 2-5pm.
Neighbour to the Burrell Collection, this 18th century house contains the Stirling Maxwell Collection of Spanish paintings and period furnishings.
O PROVANO’S LOROSHIP 3 Castle Street. Mon-Sat 9.30-5pm. Sun
2-5pm. canvas in which the characters are Annan's Photographs Until end July, depicted as cartoon-like animals. The work of Victorian Pastel drawings on sandpaper,
photographer, James Annan, sculpture and documentary material
are also included in.this exhibition,
the first outside Ireland for this Belfast artist.
Peter Seddon - Colliding with the Liberty Tree Until Sat 6 Aug. As a companion piece to Third Eye‘s major exhibition. this work by Peter Seddon. lecturer at Glasgow School of Art, illustrates Irish poet Tom Paulin‘s collection ‘The Liberty Tree’. It is part of the Scottish Arts Council’s ‘Book Table Project‘ which takes original works of art to areas without a museum or gallery and is presented in a new ‘book’ format.
0 TRANSMISSION GALLERY 13—15 Chisholm Street. Tue—Sat noon-6pm.
Two Photographers Until Sat 2 Aug Oladelc Pamgboye and Debbie Coombes.
0 TRANSPORT MUSEUM 25 Albert Drive, 423 8000. Mon-Sat lOam—Spm, Sun 2-5pm.
European Road Salety Year—An Exhibition Until Fri 1 Aug.
0 TRON 38 Parnie Street, 552 4267/8. Box office Tues-Sat. Noon-10pm. Compass Gallery At the Tron Until further notice. Prints and paintings in the bar.
0 WASHINGTON GALLERY 44 Washington Street, 221 6780. Mon—Fri 10am-5pm. Sat 10am-1pm. Masters Old and New Until 14 Sept. Scottish paintings.
EDINBURGH
O ASSEMBLY ROOMS George Street. Commonwealth Games Festival Centre. Daily 10am—5pm, 6pm-midnight. Optical Tracks- Children's Link-up Until Sat 2 Aug. Commonwealth Games audio-visual presentation, shown four times daily. Standard Chartered Commonwealth Photography Award Until Sat 2 Aug. Commonwealth Arts Festival. A competition aimed at encouraging expression of new and exciting photographic representation of the people of the Commonwealth by and for themselves. National Book League -The Scots and the Commonwealth Until Sat 2 Aug. An exhibition of books and other visual material showing the influence of Scots on the deveIOpment of Commonwealth countries. John Bellany- Celtic Reilections Fri 8—Sat 30 Aug. Ham-midnight. Drawings and watercolours. An SAC exhibition. Danie Fri 8—Sat 30 Aug. Noon—midnight. Jewellery by many. Colin Baxter- Postcards and Prints Fri 8-Sat 30 Aug. Noon-midnight. Scotland by this well-known photographer. Humanism in Contemporary British Sculpture Fri 8—Sat 30 Aug. Noon—midnight. o BACKBDDM GALLERY Underneath the Arches, 42 London Street, 556 8329. Mon-Sat team—5.3me. New Work by Scottish Graduates Until Sat 16 Aug. The Backroom Gallery re-Opens with a selection of paintings and drawings by five young artists. 0 BOURNE FINE ART 4 Dundas Street, 5574050. Mon-Fri 10am—6pm, Sat 10am-2pm. Scottish Watercolours ISAC-1940 Until Sat 2 Aug. Exhibition to