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Exhibitions are listed by city and category, then alphabetical y by venue. Please send details to our office at least ten days before publication. Art listings compiled by Helen Monaghan.
GLASGOW GALLERIES
ANDERSON CHRISTIE ARCHITECTS 382 Great Western Road. 33‘) I5l5. Joseph lngleby l'ntil lit to Jan. An exhibition of sculpture attd drawings by tlte w trttter of tlte recent Pollock-Krasner Award.
ART EXPOSURE GALLERY
I‘) Parnie Street. 552 777‘). Mon~Sat
I lam. (rpm topeit Mon-Sat noon—5pm durirtg January ottlyl.
The Christmas Show Until Mon 26 Jan. A selection of paintings. jewellery aitd ceraittics by new attd regular gallery artists. with prices starting under £l00.
BAR 10
Ill Mitchell Street. 22l S353.
Exidore World Close-ups Until Thu I .latt. Acrylic paintings based oil the forms of Dadaism attd pop art by the I‘Ixidore ill'llsls.
BARCLAY LENNIE FINE ART Glasgow Style l'ittil tttid Jan. Ait exltibitiott of work by Annie I‘renclt. .lessie M. King. liA. Taylor. Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Talwin Morris and contemporary artists Norman Edgar. a\'orittan Kirkltattt attd W..l. Maskell. BELVIDERE HOSPITAL
At't In Hospital. I360 I.oitdon Road. 2ll 8534. Tue it Thu |0.tiit~5pttt (or by appointment I.
Dark Clouds Over Madrid With Fish l'ntil Sat 28 I‘eb. An exhibition of work by patients of Iilawartltill and Knightswood hospitals.
ROGER BILLCLIFFE FINE ART
I34 lilylllsyytititl Sll't‘t‘l. 5.32 4037. Mott —I-i‘t ‘)..‘stlattt 5.30pm; Sal
|0.tm lpnt.
John Boyd Inn! The 23 Dec. Recent paintings.
The Island l'ntil Tue 23 Dec. New paintings by Christine lronside. White Christmas thtttl Tue 23 Dec. exhibition of applied arts by leading craftittakets tn glass. jewellery. ceramics. sily er. textiles ‘tnd atttotnata.
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THE BLYTHSWOOD GALLERY
27 Newton Place. 333 I900. Mott—I'll Illam 5pttt1Sat Itiaitt lpnt,
A Christmas Exhibition t'ntil Sat 20 Dee Paintings and drawings by l‘)lh centttiy. 2llllt century and contemporary Scottish .tlllsls.
CCA 34o K54 Saticlttehall Street. 332 752i. Mott Sat llam opttt; Stilt noon 5pm. Cale. [I)|.
Beck’s New Contemporaries Until Sat 3| .lan. Annual touring exhibition of work by yottng artists. selected by international curator Hans Ulrich ()brtsl.
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Sarat Maharaj attd Gillian Wearing. See review.
Troubles. as well as unseen images of Glasgow.
COLLINS GALLERY University of Strathclyde. 22 Richmond Street. 552 4400 ext 2682. Mon—Fri I0am—5pm; Sat noon—4pm. [D].
Art On The Move Until Tue 23 Dec. An interactive exhibition of contemporary automata attd kinetic art by sixteen UK- based artists.
Christmas Present Until Tue 23 Dec. A wide range of contemporary craftware irt mixed-media. by over 80 craftmakers.
COMPASS GALLERY
I78 West Regent Street. 22l 6370. Mott-Sat 10am -5.30pm.
Christmas Exhibition Until Sat 3l Jatt. Paintings. prints. sculpture. ceramics attd jewellery by various artists.
18 KING STREET
18 King Street. 552 2540. Daily noon—6pm.
Thomas McMath Until Wed 3l Dec. ()ver 60 works by this Glasgow-born surrealist paittter.
EWAN MUNDY FINE ART
22l West George Street. 248 9755. MOll—l‘ri 10attt—5.30pttt; Sat l0attt-—2pm. William Crosbie Until Wed 24 Dec. Paintings. watercolours aitd drawings. Mixed Exhibition Mon 5—Sat 3| Jan. A selection of oils. watercolours. etchings
. and drawings by Scottish artists.
t. GARNER GALLERY
4 Parrtie Street. 552 4585. Tue—Sal
l0am -5pm; Sun noon-4pm.
The Christmas Exhibition Until Wed 24 Dec. A wide selection of affordable ceramics from all over Britain by over 50 artists.
CYRIL GERBER FINE ART
I48 West Regent Street. 221 3095. Mon-Sat 9.30attt—530pm.
The Winter Collection 1997 Until Sal 3| Jait. A mixed-media show featuring the work of Cadell. I—Zardley. French. Rossi. Grant and Vaughan.
GLASGOW 1999 CENTRE
The Terrace. Princes Square. 48 Buchanan Street. 227 I999. Mon—Sat l0attt—7pm; Sun noon-5pm. Christmas Exhibition Until Wed 24 Dec. Work from the students on the Master of Design course at Glasgow School ()fArt. comprising jewellery. ceramics. product design and graphic design.
GLASGOW INDEPENDENT STUDIO
Top floor. ()4 ()sbourne Street. 552 I472. Mon—Sat noon—5pm.
Christmas No 1 Until Stilt 2l Dec. A contemporary ttiixed-tttedia exhibition by young Scottish artists. curated by Niall Walker.
FLY GALLERY
332 Duke Street. 554 I I25. Wed—Fri
f noombpm; Sat l0am—4pm: Stilt
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Fly 3 Until Stiii 2l Dec. Group show : featuring the work of Mark Dawes. Sarah : Tripp. James 'l‘hornhill. Steve
llollingswortlt. Kathy Wilkes and Sa’ad Hirri. See review.
FREE GALLERY
3l Chisholm Street. 552 7l00. Mon—Sat l0am —5.30pitt. A new gallery for Glasgow's Merchant City. iii the unlikely
setting of the basement of a hairdressers salon.
Marcus Mitchell lfntil Sat 3 Jan. New works.
? FRINGE GALLERY
Castlemilk Shopping Centre. Castlemilk Arcade. 634 2603. Mon—Sat l0am—5pm. Distant Relatives Until Sat 20 Dec. ln
; Lin/i Perth's Internet-based project. she ' will be connecting local families with
their relatives abroad. Through projects attd activities. tltts exciting new medium is explored attd detttystified.
GALLERY OF MODERN ART
Queen Street. 22‘) WW). Mott-Sat l0am~5pm (closed Tuel; Suit llant~5pm. One of Glasgow's newest
; galleries. with four thematic floors based 1 on the elements: earth. air. fire aitd water. I-'eatured artists include llowsott.
E late (ills. at the rekindling of The
Hockney. Campbell. Bellaity and Byrne as well as interactive exhibits aitd a swish cafe decorated by Adrian Wiszniewski. Witness To Mortality Until Sun 32 Feb. Joseph McKett/ie's powerful photographs documenting Ireland iii the
Arms and The Women: 3 photograph by Jenny Matthews forming part of Oxfam's Cut Conflict Campaign, at Kelvingrove. then touring to Aberdeen and Edinburgh
GLASGOW PRINT STUDIO
22 King Street. 552 0704. Mon—Sat mam-5.30pm.
Christmas Show Until Sat 24 Jan. A display ofcotttemporary art including a wide selection of prints. by established attd emerging artists. plus sculpture. ceramics and jewellery.
Stocking Fillers Until Sat 24 Jan. ()rigiital prints. jewellery. ceramics and handmade cards. all priced under £l00.
GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART
The Mackintosh Gallery. I67 Renfrew Street. 353 4500. Mon—Thu mam—8.30pm; Fri 10am—5pm: Sat l0attt—noon.
Environmental Art Exhibition Until Fri l2 Dec. Work front the GSA's textiles departtttertts.
The Big Four 0 For 167 Until Fri 19 Dec. The 40th anniversary exhibition from the GSA‘s embroidery group. featuring textiles aitd related work.
HELL’S ANGELS
43l Great Western Road. Daily l0am—(ipm. For furtlter information call Lapland on 0385 720877.
Hell's Angels Until Tue 23 Dec. liclectic multiples attd editions front artists' collective Lapland. tit their tltird Christmas sltow.
HOUSE FOR AN ART LOVER
Art Lovers' Cafe. Bellahouston Park. It) Dttittbreck Road. 353 444‘). Cafe attd design slto i. Mott—Sun l0am—5pm. Craig Mul olland Until Suit 4 Jan. New figurative paintings by the Glasgow-born artist and graduate of Glasgow School Of All.
HUNTERIAN ART GALLERY University of Glasgow. University Avcnuc, 330 5-130. Mon—Sal 9.3(lillll—5plll.
Tools For The Shaman ()n pei‘ittanent display iii the refurbished Sculpture Courtyard. Jake Harvey shows montittteittal works carved frottt Irish basalt.
KELVINGROVE GALLERY 8: MUSEUM 287 269‘). Mort-Sat l0am~5pm; Sun
I lain—5pm. Cafe. [D]. Voluntary guides are available free ofcharge to conduct parties or individuals round the main galleries. Ask at the enquiry desk. Arms & The Woman Until Wed 3| Dec. Photographs by Jenny Matthews which record women's experiences itt wars arouttd the world. frotn lighting attd suffering to caittpaignittg for peace. Part
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In Visible Light The camera is a clever operator in a show that looks at the way photography JS used to manipulate ideologies. Happy snappers include Victorian self-styled scientists and contempOrary stars Gillian Wearing, Cindy Sherman and Jo Spence. Edinburgh: lnverleirh House until i 5 Feb.
Correspondences Cultural exchange gets hip with a show of highly exciting, mixed-media work by a band of young Berlin artists and their Scottish counterparts. See revrew. Edinburgh: National Gallery of Modern Art until 2 Feb.
Thomas Joshua Cooper Seascape photographs of unlathomable dark depths by American born and long~term Glasgow resident, Cooper. Edinburgh: Fruitmarket until 70 Jan.
Discovering The Italian Baroque Saints, virgins and pastoral scenes by the big boys of the Baroque — Guido Reni, Guercino and Carracci -— from the collection of Sir Denis Manon. See review. Edinburgh: National Gallery until 75 Feb.
Hiroshi Sugimoto Waxworks of screen idols, murderers and Neanderthals coolly photographed by Sugimoto. Edinburgh: Stills until 24 Jan.
Beck's New Contemporaries Descnbed in some quarters as much too little and much too thin, this long-running annual show of young talent is still worth a good look. Eighteen artists selected from over 1200 submissions by Gillian Wearing, lecturer Sarat Maharaj and Euro-curaIOr Hans Ulrich Obrist. See review. Glasgow: CCA until 31 Jan.
of ()xfam's Cut Conflict (‘ampatgn
The British Gas World Wildlife Photography Exhibition Until Sat 3t Jatt. The witttting entries ol the Wildlife Pltotographer of tlte Year ('oittpetitiott. The Map Shawl For Glasgow Until Sun I5 Feb. A cotnitiunity textile project organised by Project Ability which celebrates the 50th anniversary of the independence of lttdia aitd Pakistan. Open Sesame Until Sun I2 Apr. A large display of ethnographic and artistic objects from the world of Islam which have never been on show before. Part of a city-w ide series of exhibitions and entertainment celebrating the art and culture of the Muslim world.
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