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I The Bigger Picture Although you‘ve probably seen most of the Scottish masterpieces before, see if you can spot which Scottish female artist’s painting is hanging (allegedly) upside down. McLellan Galleries. Glasgow.

I Scottish Open Submission Exhibition A stimulating and impressive collection of Scotland’s brightest photographic talent. Stills Gallery. Edinburgh.

I The Latin American Art Show A mixed show with some inspired paintings hanging beside some mediocre ones. Talbot Rice. Edinburgh.

I Degas II Bronze Unmissable show in which 73 bronzes are surrounded by paintings and pastels. Burrell Collection, Glasgow.

I Vernay's Studio Wander round the

- free-standing wooden painted cut-out

figures by Lubina Himid and try and figure out which female artist they are supposed to represent. Transmission. Glasgow.

Earth Witness Until Sat 12 Feb. Mythical.

innovative ceramic installations by Todd Garner. an American artist based in

Glas ow.

I COMPASS GALLERY 178 West Regent Stree. 221 6370. Mon—Sat 10am-5.30pm. Triple Bill Until 28 Feb. A group show by Robert MacLaurin. Jurias Pangor and Zoltan J anvary.

I CONVERSE GALLERY 3 Royal Exchange Court. 85 Queen Street. 221 3677. Mon—Sat 10am-5pm.

Someone to Watch Over Us Until 4 Mar. £2. Work by young artists in reaction to

the club curfew. the spy cameras and other

undemocratic measures on the streets of Glasgow today.

I CYRIL GERBER FINE ART 148 West Regent Street. 221 3095. Mon—Sat 9.3()am—5.30pm.

Recent Acquisitions Until 28 Feb. Works by Will Macl.ean. Barbara Rae and Peter Howson.

I GLASGOW PRIIIT STUOIO 22 King

Street. 552 0704. Mon—Sat loam—5.30pm. ; suffraget.cs' campaigning material_

5 The Independent Labour Party - The First

Scottish Etching Until 26 Feb. Part of a series of exhibitions focusing on one particular technique. This show was selected by Jane Lee. art historian and Chairman of the studio.

I GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART 167 Renfrew

Street. 353 4500. Mon—Fri 10am—5pm; Sat lOam—noon.

Illustration and Photography Until 25 Feb. Work in progress from the graphic design department.

David Cohen Until Tue 15 Feb. An

exhibition of the artist‘s ceramics from the

past 30 years.

I HUHTERIAH ART GALLERY University of Glasgow. 82 Hillhead Street. 339 8855 ext

5431. Mon-Fri 9.30am—5pm; Sat 9.30am—5pm. The Italian Renaissance Print Sat 19

Feb-23 Apr. A chance to see the gallery’s

extensive collection of ltalian prints.

I HUITERIAH MUSEUM Glasgow

University. University Avenue. 339 8855.

Mon-Sat 9.30am—5pm.

The bequest of William Hunter. a student

of Glasgow University in the 1730s. who

left his substantial collection of books.

prints. and various other curiosities to the

university.

I IITERMEOIA 65 Virginia Street. 552 8651. Tue—Sat noon—6pm.

Side Step Sat 19 Feb—ll Mar. A multi- media installation using computer and video projections by Alice Angus and Charles Sandison. In this back-to-basics current climate. the artists examine the

ideas of tradition. value and the idealistic

and nostalgic misunderstandings of the

past being superimposed onto the present.

Jaltlti Cunningham and Fiona Wright Until Fri 18 Feb. A show by two recent graduates of Glasgow School of Art that uses a series of photographic images to relate to the individual.

I INTERMEOIA 2 91 Candleriggs. 227 4068. Tue—Sat 11am—5pm.

Sad World Until Fri 11 Feb. A group show

in a brand new temporary space which features work by four young artists. 1n mixed media. 20th century imagery is contrasted with moral and ethical fin-de- siecle dilemmas.

I BARCLAY LEHHIE FINE ART 203 Bath Street. 226 5413. Mon-Fri 10am—5pm; Sun 10am—1pm.

The Jie M. King Archive A permanent

show plus work from stock.

I LILLIE ART GALLERY Station Road. Milngavie. 943 3247. Mon—Fri lOam—S m; Sat-Sun 2-5pm.

Alberto orrocco Until Sun 13 Feb. A 75th birthday retrospective which was

recently seen in Edinburgh. Aberdeen and

Dundee. and features many of the artist’s colourful and well-known paintings.

I "CLELLAH GALLERIES 270 Sauchiehall

Street. 331 1854.

the Bigger Picture Until 4 Apr. In conjunction with the Billy Connolly- hosted TV programme. an exhibition of 160 paintings charting 300 years of Scottish art. Periods include portraiture. landscape. the Victorian. Modern and Contemporary movements and include works by Raebum. Peploe and Bellany. I MERCAT HOUSE GALLERY Drumchapel. 944 9022. Mon-Fri 9am-5pm and other times by arrangement.

Union Until 4 Mar. Photographs by Stephen Birrell which explore the

relationships between the rhetoric of party

politics and the intimacy of personal prejudices.

I MUSEUM OF TRANSPORT Kelvin Hall. Dumbarton Road. 357 3929. Mon—Sat 10am-5pm; Sun 11am—5pm. Devoted to the history of transport. a museum crammed with buses. trams. fire-engines.

; ships and other transportation.

I PEOPLE’S PALACE MUSEUM Glasgow 2 Green. 554 0223. Mon—Sat 10am—5pm; ? Sun 11am—5pm. [D]. Cafe.

Once a museum for the working class.

now a repository for all sons of ephemera

connected with Glasgow's history

; everything from old cigarette packets to

i 1M Years Until 6 Mar. From its creation

at a conference in Bradford to the present day. an exhibition of objects from the collections ofGlasgow Museums reflecting the importance of the Party in Glasgow.

I PROVAHO'S LOROSHIP 3 Castle Street.

. 552 8819. Mon-Fri lOam—Spm; Sun

llam—Spm.

The only surviving medieval house in Glasgow. built in 1471. Period room dis la sran efrom 1500 to 1918.

'I U ’S ARK SYHAGMUE Falloch

Road. Battlefield. 632 1743. Open Sun 2—5pm. Worth visiting to see 22 pictorial stained glass windows by John K. Clark based on the symbolism of Jewish festivals.

I THE ROYAL SCOTTISH SOCIETY OF PAIHTERS II WATERCOLOUR 29 Waterloo Street. 226 3838.

114th Aenufl Exhibition Until Thurs 17

Feb. The 1994 prize winners include John

MacLean. Philip Reeves and Jack Firth.

The complete set 0] 7.3 sculptures on show in St'otlandjor the first time

Until 13 March 1994

The

BURRELL COLLECTION Pollok Country Park. Glasgow

Open daily: IOarn-Spm Sunday: Ham-5pm

Admission £1.00/50p

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SPONSORED BY Maclay Murray & Spens Solicitors

Bigger A History of

McLellan Galleries

Scottish Art

More titan 100 of the finest paintings by Scots over the last 400 years

on show until 4 April 270 Sauchiehall Street Glasgow

Open Daily: 10am - 5pm

Sunday: 11am - 5pm

Admission: £1 .50 50p

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