LISTINGS ART
hosted TV programme. an exhibition of IN) paintings which chart .300 years of Scottish art. Periods include pottraiture. landscape. the Victorian. Modern and Contemporary tnovetnents and include works by Raeburn. Peploe and Bellany.
I MERCAT HOUSE GALLERY Drumchapel. 944 9022. Mon—Fri 9am--5pm and other titnes by arrangement.
Union Until Fri 4 Mar. Photographs by Stephen Birrell exploring the relationships between the rhetoric of party politics and personal prejudices.
I EWAN MUNOY FINE ART 48 West George Street. 331 24006. Mott-Sat l()atn~5.30pm.
Glasgow Boys . . . and Girls Fri 4—26 Mar.
()ils. watercolours arid drawings by artists
such as John Lavery. James Paterson. Joseph Crawhall. Jessie King and HA. Hornel.
I MUSEUM OF TRANSPORT Kelvin Hall. Dumbarton Road. 357 3929. Mon-Sat 10am—5pm; Sun I lam—5pm. Devoted to the history of transport. a museum crammed with buses. trams. tire-engines. ships and other transportation.
I 99 GALLERY 99 H utcheson Street. 339 0667. Mon—Sat noon-5pm.
Ditticult Relationships Until Sat 26 Feb. Work by eight Glasgow-based artists on the topic of love.
I PEOPLE’S PALACE MUSEUM Glasgow Green. 554 0223. Mon-Sat 10am~5pm; Sun Ham-5pm. [1)]. Cafe.
Once a museum for the working class. now a repository for all sorts of ephemera connected with Glasgow's history ~ everything frotn old cigarette packets to suffragettes' campaigning material.
The Independent labour Party - The First 100 Years Until Sun 6 Mar. From its creation at a conference in Bradford to the present day. an exhibition ofobjects from the collections of Glasgow Museums reflecting tlte importance of the Party in Glasgow
I PROVANU’S LOROSHIP 3 Castle Street. 552 8819. Mon-«Fri 10am-5pm; Sun
1 lam-~5pm.
The only surviving medieval house in Glasgow. built in l47l. Period room displays range from 1500 to 1918.
I OUEEN’S PARK SYNAGOGUE Falloch Road. Battlefield. 032 1743. Open Sun 2—5pm. Worth visiting to see 22 pictorial stained glass windows by John K. Clark based on the symbolism ofJewish festivals.
I SCOTLAND STREET SCHOOL MUSEUM 225 Scotland Street. 429 I202. Mon—Sat 10am—5pm; Sttn 2-5pm. Cafe. [D]. Designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh and now home to archive material on education in Scotland from 1872 onwards. Reconstructed classrooms give a flavour of Victorian. iidwardian. Second World War and l9o0s schooldays.
Patterns of Childhood Until Sun 27 Feb. Forty samples from the Glasgow Museums collection plus some recent examples front this century.
School Tapestries tintil Sun 27 Feb. Ten examples. inspired by Quaker tapestries. which have been tnade by local schools. I ST MARY’S CATHEDRAL 300 Great Western Road. 339 6691. Daily 9.30am—5.30pm. This Gothic Revival building has recently been decorated inside with huge murals by local artist. Gwyneth Leech.
I STONES AND SAMSON 183 Bath Street. 22l 7222. Tue—Sat l.30~5.30pm. A range of reasonably priced paintings. ceramics. tables. glassware and small sculptures by artists and craftsmen.
I STREET LEVEL 229—281 High Street. 552 2l5l. Tue—Sat Ham-5.30pm.
The Emigration Project Until 26 Mar. An intriguing exhibition by Amanda McKittrick and members of a women's group from Castletnilk in which a trunk of clothes is used to convey a personalised history of emigration. The clothes are printed with photographic images and embroidered texts which relate stories about emigration gleaned from stories told
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I From Leonardo to Manet A stunning and inspirational display of prints from the last 400 years. National Gallery. Edinburgh.
l Glasgow Art School Fashion Show Weird. wacky. sometimes unwearable ; creations on a catwalk which always sells out. Glasgow School ofArI. Glasgow.
I Animation Plus Front Creature Comforts to the Yellow Submarine. a comprehensive insight into the precise art of animation. Collins Gallery, Glasgow.
I Time Present and Time Past An exploration of the representation of architecture. Fruitmurket. Edinburgh. I Side Step Promising multimedia installation of computer and video projections by two local artists. Intermedio, Glasgow
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I ST MUNGO MUSEUM OF RELIGIOUS LIFE AND ART 2 Castle Street. 553 2557. Mon—Sat 10am-6pm: Sun llam—5pm. Free. Glasgow‘s own museum of world faith. Exhibits include a zen garden. priceless art works from the world’s six major religions. Dali’s Christ ofSuinr .loltn o/‘t/tc mex and the story of religion itt Scotland in words and pictures.
I TRANSMISSION 28 King Street. 552 48131Tue—Sat 11am—5pm.
Vernay’s Studio Until Sat 26 Feb. An interesting installation by l.ubaina Hitnid which recreates an 18th century artist‘s studio. Using coloured cut-outs she creates pastiches of several women artists from past and present to comment on history and gender.
I BRUNTON THEATRE Musselburgh. nos 2240. Mon —Sat 10am—6pm.
Robert Grozier Until l9 Mar. Urban imagery in watercolour.
I THE CENTRE I03 Broughton Street. ()()l 3040. Daily llatn—(ipm (Wed i—(ipml. Paper Tigers Sat 5» ll Mar. An exhibition of photos by Robbie Hayes which explore themes of sex and violence. disguise and alienation.
I CENTRAL LIBRARY George IV Bridge. Mon—l-‘ri 9am—9.30pm: Sat 9am-l0.30pm.
Inky Impressions Wed 3- 31 Mar. Sketches and prints by Georgina Brown. I CHESSEL GALLERY Chesscl Land. Holyrood Campus. Holytood Road (access from Old Playhouse Close. Canongate). Mon-PH 9am—5pm. Independent Views Until 14 Mar. work by eight photographers who visited the island of Tiree for a week in November. I CITY ART CENTRE Market Street. 225 2424. Mon—Sat l0am—5pm. Cafe.
New Faces Until Sat 5 Mar. Recent acquisitions by the City of lidinburgh including works by Helen Hockart and Ian Hughes.
McLellan Galleries
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B igger A History of
Scottish Art
More than 100 of the
finest paintings by Scots over the last 400 years
on shove until 4 April 270 Sauchiehall Street Glasgow
Open Daily: IOam - 5pm
Sunday: 11am - 5pm
Admission: £1 .50/ 50p
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