WHY I LOVE
I NATIONAL GALLERY OF MODERN ART
75 Beltord Road. 63-1 filttfl .\Ion Wed A; I‘ri Sun lflam 5pm; 'l‘hu lflam '7pm Self-Portrait as Degenerate Artist By Oscar Kokoschlta .‘slon 2-1 Jan. I245 l.l5pm. l'rcc. Lunchtime lecture by Debbie Levyer. lecturer in History of Art at the [Tniyersity of (ilasgoyt.
I NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY l Queen Street. 634 film. Mon Wed & liri Sun lflam 5pm; 'l'hu Illam 7pm. Modern Women .0. that Sun l.‘~ Feb. l’ree. lixhibition drayyn from the collections of the Scottish National Portrait (iallery. charting the successes of modern Women. including Robert ('apa's image of Jenny Lee and Moira Shearer by Karsh.
Keeping Faith l7ntil Stiii (i licb. l’rec. Photography by Luke Watson focusing on leaders/influcntial members of the major world faiths practised in Scotland today.
I NATIONAL GALLERY OF SCOTLAND
'l'hc Mound. 624 (i300. Molt Wed 8: l’ri Sun lflam 5pm;'l'hu Iflam 7pm. The Vaughan Bequest of Turner Watercolours tTntil Mon 3| Jan. The annual display ol' 'l‘urner's magnificent watercolours bequeathed in Will) by the London art collector llenry Vaughan. LAST CHANCE TO SEE.
I NATIONAL LIBRARY OF SCOTLAND
(ieorge IV Bridge. 226-15.“. Mon Sat lflam 5pm; Stiii 2 5pm.
The Private Lives of Books t'ntil Mon 3| Jan. l’ree. (‘elebs from culture. sport and politics have contributed books that have a special significance for them in this exhibition that explores the relationships that develop between books and their owners.
I THE QUEEN’S GALLERY Palace ()l‘ llolyroodhouse. 55b 5 Hit). 9.30am 4.30pm. £5 (Li-£4): family ticket I3.
Holbein to Hockney: Drawings from the Royal Collection 0... Until Sun (i Mar. A tantalising glimpse into the sketchy royal treasures from a study of a greyhound by I)tirer to Da Vinci's A Deluge and Nicolas l’otissin's The 'l'rium/tlt ril‘l’un.
I ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN lnycrleith House. 552 7l7l. Daily “lam—5.30pm.
3:1 Mat Collishaw l'ntil Stiii 20 Feb. lflamr 3.30pm. Free. The Turner Prize nominee in his first Scottish shoys‘ brings his haunting images to lny'erleith House. See llitlist.
[Exhibition Hall. lny'erleith Rosy. 552 7l7l. Daily ltlame5pm. Free.
I ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY The Hound. Ill il :35 lift—l .\Ion Sat lflatn 5pm. Stiii noon 5pm
Visual Arts Scotland Annual Exhibition Sat 33 Jan 'l'hu l~ l-eb Visual Arts Scotland's open c\hibition featuring line and applied arts including paintings by Ian lloyyard and Barbara Rae. sculpture by lzduard Bersudslsy and photographs by Robin (iillanders
I STILLS
23 ('ocltburn Street. o2: (CHM. l)aily
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Martin Sastre - American as Well Sat 22 Jan Sat 13 Mar Solo e\htbition initiated by Site gallery. Sheffield. of yideo ystirks by l'ruguyan artist. .\Iartiu Sastic
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Paulo liienale. NEV. Silt/“I.
I TALBOT RICE GALLERY l'niycrsity ot' lidmhurgh. South llridgc. 050 3210. Inc Sat Illam 5pm.
333 ShowCAse: Contemporary Art for the UK Sat 33 Jan Sat ll .\lar. Nets acquisitions of the ('ontcmporary Art Society brought together in the only
shoyt ing before they get distributed to its lllf) member regional and national museum collections. Artists include Michael l.andy. l’aul Noble. l)a\ id Shrigley and Richard Wright. See preyieyy and llitlist.
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llays'thornden Lecture 'l'licatre. National Gallery. The Mound.
Thomas Whalen in Context Inc 25 Jan. I145 l..iflpin. l-rce. lunchtime lecture by l‘iona Pearson. senior curator at the (iallcry of Modern Art.
Still Lite: Dead Game by William Goue Ferguson Hi 28 Jan.
l2.-l5 1.30pm. l‘ree. Lunchtime lecture by Matthew Wellai‘d. freelance lecturer.
Private Galleries
I THE COMMISSARY
I-i Bonnington Road. 555 («65. Mon Sat Illam 75pm.
Freight liri 2| & Sat 22 Jan. A body of material developed during a three-month residency at lidinburgh Sculpture Workshop by Australian artist Stuart lilliott.
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Visual Art
q”. ‘H ' Fantastical imaginings in this Edinburgh-based can" artist’s exhibition, Pine wood, the log fire, the cubs,
and the spell. This one’s called ‘Don’t know why the curtains pushed aside for the blue skies’. One can only wonder. I Bongo C/tll). [fl'"l)ii'il". " ' "
CHRISTOPHER WOOD’S ‘NUDE BOY IN A BEDROOM’ By Richard lngleby
Christopher Wood is a bit of a cult figure. He was the only British artist of his generation to infiltrate the Paris of Picasso. Cocteau and Diaghilev in the 19208 — ‘a convenient bisexuality being no handicap in that particular sphere. as the novelist Anthony Powell rather cattily put it. His path through that glittering world was eased by boyish good looks and a legendan/ charm, but he died tragically, aged just 29. in August 1930. taking his own life in an opium fuddled haze by jumping in front of a train at Salisbury station.
I've loved his paintings. with their engagineg odd and sometimes slightly sinister mix of naivety and sophistication. for as long as known them. It was painted in a little hotel in Brittany in the last weeks before Wood's death and once belonged to the actor John Gielgud. until the tax man turned on him in the 19708 and he had to flog it. His loss was our gain and it's a picture that I always used to seek out on trips to the capital from the less cultured comers of Argyle and Perthshire where I grew up. I'd spend a bit of time With a few faVOurite pictures swiftly followed by a ginger slice in the cafe downstairs: it's a pretty good combination that I still find hard to beat.
I Richard lngleby IS director of the lngleby Gallery in Edinburgh: Nude boy in a Bedroom can be seen at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art.
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