include Whistler. Meryon. Millet. Degas, Samuel Palmer. Sickert and Graham Sutherland.
Tools For The Shaman ()n permanent display in the refurbished Sculpture Courtyard. Jake Harvey shows monumental works carved from Irish basalt. See preview.
JAVA ESPACE
152 Park Road. 337 68H. Daily noon—7pnt
Gair Dunlop Until l3 Jul. Projection- based installation.
Edward Fellows Until l3 Jul. Square performance objects.
Kate Gray Until l3 Jul. Large-scale digital prints and video installation. (In the cafe. daily 9am--l lpm).
retrospective exhibition of the work of Sam Haskins. with images and hand- crafted props made since the 50s on show. Included are the popular Apple Ami Eve series, first introduced at the Photokina exhibition ‘Four Masters Of Erotic Photography in 1970‘.
PROJECT ABILITY .
l8 Albion Street. 552 2822. Mon—Fri 10am—5.30pm.
Tommy Mason Until l8 Jul. Large- scale acrylic paintings. drawings and prints created during a three-week residency in Parnu. Estonia.
Snaps Until 31 Jul. Art exhibition of photographs to mark the tenth anniversary of Snaps. the photographic wing of Start Studios in Manchester.
KELVINGROVE GALLERY & MUSEUM 287 2699. Mon—Sat l0am~5pmz Sun Ham—5pm. Cafe. [D]. Voluntary guides are available free ofcharge to conduct parties or individuals round the main galleries. Ask at the enquiry desk. Open Sesame Until 10 Apr l998. A large display of ethnographic and' artistic objects from the world of Islatn which have never been on show before. Part of a city-wide series of exhibitions and entertainment celebrating the art attd culture of the Muslim world.
Old Master Drawings Until to Aug. A selection of mainly Italian Renaissance drawings which have been loaned to Glasgow Museums frotn a private collection.
Pilgrim Of The Pen: Ghani aI-Ani, Master Calligrapher Until 5 Sep. Traditional and contemporary work from this famous lslatnic artist with over 50 paintings depicting the skill of one of the last masters of the craft. Cartooning For Equality — Fawcett's Funny Girls Until 7 Oct. A collection of cartoons giving a light-hearted look at women‘s struggle for equality through the press frotn the I850s to the present day. Cartoonists include Posy Sitnmonds. Jacky Fleming. Reg Smythe and Mel Calman.
LILLIE ART GALLERY
Station Road. Milngavie. 9-13 3247. Tue—Fri l0am---lpm; 2--5pm. Sat-Sun 2-—5pm.
Colour To Abstraction Until 31 Aug. A summer exhibition based on the gallery‘s permanent collection ranging from the Glasgow (.‘olourists to present day artists. Artists include Peploe. Cadell. MacTaggarl. Redpath. Shanks and Bellany.
THE LLOYD JEROME GALLERY 200 Bath Street. 33l 0722. Tue Sat l()am--5pm.
A Sculpture Round-up Until 4 Sep. George Wyllie's sculpture on the theme of Americana and the Wild West.
MNS PHOTOCOLOUR 26a St Vincent Crescent. 226 4666. Mon--l-'ri Rani-limit.
Now And Then Until 3| Jul. The first
SHARMANKA KINETIC GALLERY 2nd Floor. l4 King Street. 552 7080. Sat & Sun noon—4pm.
A permanent collection of kinetic sculptures by Eduard Bersudsky.
STREET LEVEL
26 King Street. 552 215l. Tue—Sat lOam—5.30pm.
Significant Shadows Until l2 Jul. Photography which combines colour. texture and organic materials by Birmingham~based artist Peter Max Kandhola.
White Out Until l2 Jul. Alison Hayes's photographs of the Scottish landscape inlluenced by minitualism.
The Parents Tue 22 Jul—Sat 16 Aug. Colin Gray‘s photographic project carried out over the last fifteen years which documents the life of his parents from domestic ritual and failing health to the denial of old age.
Homespun Sun 20—Sun 27 Jul. A collaborative week-long live art/installation by Nina Pope and Karen Guthrie which is also showing concurrently on the Internet and at Cambridge Darkroom Gallery. Each artist will spend the exhibition week in their ltmne town (rural Cambridgesbire and seaside Ayrshire respectively) creating daily video and sound pieces which will be broadcast in both galleries simultaneously.
TRANSMISSION GALLERY
28 King Street. 552 ~18I3.Tue—Sat Ham—5.30pm.
Members Show Mon l4 Jul~Fri 2 Aug. A mixed show by invited members of the gallery. with work dedicated to someone or something.
BURRELL COLLECTION
2060 Pollokshaws Road. 64‘) 7 I 5 l. Mon—Sat 10am-5pm (closed Tue); Sun Ham—5pm.
Sir William Hurrell‘s world famous collection of beautiful art objects from around the world. housed in a specially designed. award-winning buildin t. Europe In India: Moghal Paintings And Their European Prototypes
Until 3l Aug. On loan from the British museum is a display of Indian paintings produced under the direct influence of European prototypes. See preview.
HOUSE FOR AN ART LOVER Bellahouston Park. I0 Dumbreck Road. 353 4770. Sat & Sun l0am—5pm. Cafe and design shop open daily.
An estimated 35.000 visitors are expected to lile through the door of this new attraction durittg the coming year. Initially designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh for a competition iti l90l. this unfinished work has been completed by modern day architects and designers in true Mackintosh style.
KELVINGROVE GALLERY & MUSEUM 287 2699. Mon—Sat l0am—5pm; Sun
I lam -5pm. Cafe. [1)].
A wonderful permanent collection of work by such names as Rembrandt. Monet and Vatt Gogh. plus numerous historical artefacts. animal displays. ‘Wee Beasties‘ and an interactive display featuring a plethora of invertebrates. See Glasgow Galleries for current temporary exhibitions.
MCLELLAN GALLERIES
270 Sauchiehall Street, 33l l854. Mon--Sat 10am-5pm: Sun I lam- 5pm. £5 (£2.50).
The Birth Of Impressionism: From Constable To Monet Until 7 Sep. An insight into how Impressionism evolved from the Salon painters. the early pioneers of painting (’Ii pleilt air. the landscape photographers and the foreign artists whose influence was vital. Over 200 works are featured. drawn frotn Glasgow‘s own collection. with major loans from around the world.
MUSEUM OF TRANSPORT
Kelvin Hall. Dumbarton Road. 287 2720. Mon—Sat l0am—-5pm (closed Tue); Sun I lam—5pm. A museum crammed with buses. trams. fire engines. ships and other transportation. devoted to the history of transport. Also on show. a display of motorcycles dating front the early part of the century to the present day. including the recently acquired Art Motorcycle.
PROVAND'S LORDSHIP
3 Castle Street. 22l 9600. Mon—Fri I0am—5pm (closed Tue): Sun
I lam-5pm. The only surviving medieval house in Glasgow. built in I47 I. Period room displays range from l500—I9l8.
ST MUNGO MUSEUM
2 Castle Street. 22l 9600. Mon-Sat l0am—5pm (closed Tue): Sun
I lam—5pm. Free. [D]. A museutn of world faiths. featuring a Zen garden. priceless art works from the world's six major religions. Dali‘s Christ ()_/'.S‘uiiil Jnlm ()j'T/tt' Cross and the story of religion in Scotland told through words and pictures.
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John Goto Everything is not as it seems in Goto’s large-scale, digitally constructed photographs. in which reality and fiction blur in a series of surreal vignettes. See preview. Edinburgh, Portfolio Gallery until Sat 26 Jul.
Lovecraft Wacky group show that triumphs ’folk over pop, cottage over industry, and people over media'. Artists include Tom Friedman, who a stretched a piece of chewing gum from the gallery’s floor to ceiling. Glasgow, CCA until Sat 27 Jul.
Fire, Water, Air First seen at Durham Cathedral, Bill Viola’s mesmerising video The Messenger is like stained-glass animated for the 20th century. Stirring stuff. Edinburgh, Fruitmarket Gallery until Sat 26 Jul.
Dalziel and Sculllon A two-screen video installation from one of the most exciting artist duos working today. Based on the north-east coast of Scotland, Dalziel and Scullion’s art is beautiful and gently provocative. Edinburgh, National Gallery of Modern Art until Sun 14 Sep.
SCOTLAND STREET SCHOOL MUSEUM 22.5 Scotland Streel.~12() I202. Mon-—Sat l0ant— 5pm; Sun 2——5pm. Cafe. [I)]. Designed by Charles Rennie Mackintoslt and now home to archive material on education in Scotland from 1872 onwards. Reconstructed classrooms give a flavour of Victorian. Edwardian. World War II and l960s school days.
Banners Of Twilight Until 31 Aug. An exhibition of wall hangings by street children from South .»‘\frica. SPRINGBURN MUSEUM
Atlas Square. 557 1405. Tue-Fri l0.3()am-5pm; Sat Illani 4.30pm: Sun 2-—5pm. [D].
Made In The North lintil autumn l‘)‘)7. The rich diversity of intltlstries ill Glasgow past and present is chronicled itt this exhibition.
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