Museum & Art Gallery is closed for major refurbishment. over 200 of its paintings have taken tip residency at the McLellan Galleries. The display includes Rembrandt's ‘A Man in Armour'.
ArtBites! Thu 21 Jul. lpm. Free. Short talk on ‘Froanna’ by Wyndham Lewis. ArtBites! Thu 28 Jill. lptn. Free. Short talk on ‘The Adulteress brought before (‘hrist' by (ieorgione/I‘itian.
ArtBites! Thu 4 Aug. lpm. Free. Short talk on ‘The White (‘ockadc' by Wli Lockhart.
I MITCHELL LIBRARY
201 North Street. 287 2999. Mon Wed 10am 6pm; Thu 10am 8pm; Fri Sat 10am 5pm.
John Bellany - Odyssey Until Sat 10 Sep. A selection of paintings by one of Scotland's best known painters.
I PEOPLE’S PALACE 8: WINTER GARDENS
Glasgow Green. 271 2951. Mon Thu & Sat 10am 5pm; Fri 8; Stilt 1 Iain 5pm. Free.
Glasgow 1955: Through the Lens Until Sun 30 Jul. Free. An exhibition of images of Glasgow in 1955. previously shown 50 years ago.
I PROJECT ABILITY
(‘entre For Developmental Arts. 18 Albion Street. 552 2822. Mon Fri 10am 5pm.
There and Back Until Fri 26 Aug. A grottp show inspired by an exchange project with Taigh (‘hearsabhagh Museum 8; Arts (‘cntre on North l‘ist.
I ST MUNGO MUSEUM OF RELIGIOUS LIFE AND ART
2 ('astle Street. 553 2557. Mon Thu & Sat 10am 5pm; Fri & Stilt 1 lam 5pm. Free.
Women and War Until Sun 30 ()ct. Photographs by Jenny Matthews. who’s worked in war zones sttch as lil Salvador. the Middle Fast. Africa and Afghanistan since 1982. This exhibition shows women‘s experience of war and its aftermath in their roles as mothers. wives. lighters. refugees and survivors.
I STREET LEVEL
26 King Street. 552 2151. Tue Sat 10am 5pm.
Jo Spence - Works from the Archive 0.. Until Sat 30 Jul. Spence‘s engagement with a range of photographic genres. is presented by Street Level and Terry Dennett. curator of the Jo Spence Memorial Archive. See review. page 91. IAST CHANCE TO St. L.
Private Galleries
I ROGER BILLCLIFFE FINE ART 134 Blytltswood Street. 332 4027.
Mon Fri 9.30am 5.30pm: Sat
10am 1pm.
Design Collection Until Sat 30 Jul. Snapshot of leading UK and liuropean designers‘ summer collections.
Let Glasgow Flourish! I'ntil Sat 30 Jul. Works by gallery artists inspired by Glasgow and the (‘lyde
I CYRIL GERBER FINE ART
148 West Regent Street. 221 3095.
Mon Sat 9.30am 5.30pm.
First of the Summer Wine L'ntil Wed 31 Aug. A season of changing works on a summer theme including paintings by DY ('ameron. Joan Iiardley. Jl) Fergusson. Anne Redpath. Josef llerman. Philip Reeves. and many others.
I SCOTLANDART.COM
6 Burnlield Road. (iiffnock. 638 1200. Mon Fri 11am 6pm; Sat 10am 5.30pm; Sun noon 5.30pm.
Summer Show Thu 21 Jul Sun 7 Aug. Group exhibition featuring Lesley Anne Derks. Ron liardly and Ileather
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I WHERE THE MONKEY SLEEPS 182 West Regent Street. 226 3406.
Mon Fri 7am 7pm; Sat 10am 7pm. Rooting Reflex Until Fri 22 Jul. Paintings and drawings by Luke Amold.
Artist Spaces
I THE GLASGOW PROJECT ROOM
Top floor. 64 ()sborne Street. 552 1472. Tue Sat noon 5pm.
Test Strip Sat 23 Sat 30 Jul. Large scale architectural installation by Ally Wallace with accompanying paperwork.
I INTERMEDIA GALLERY
18 King Street. 552 2540. Daily
noon 6pm.
Every Which Way But Loose Mon 25 Sat 30 Jul. Kevin Reid and Amy Marletta bring their work together. including sculpture. screen prints. collage. music and video. NEW SHOW.
I TRONGATE STUDIOS
18 Albion Street. 552 2822. Mon Fri 10am 5pm.
Jist Because Until Fri 26 Aug. lixhibition of new work by Trongate studios artist David Mc(‘racken.
I [VSF]
Vacant shop front. 18 Woodlands Road. 07947 749818.
:5: Anthony Schrag Sat 23 Jul. 9pm. ()ne-off live performance of ‘You Are Not As Safe As You Think You Are' to be viewed through the window of the vacant shop front. See llitlist.
Danny Holcroft Sun 24 Jul Sun 7 Aug. Installation work. merging found objects with new materials and reworking existing interior surfaces in a piece called ‘SUNDAY'I‘WFNTY FOURTll()FJUl.Y'I‘W()’I‘II()USANDAN 1)FlVIiT()SUNDAYSIiVIiNTl1()FAUGU S'l'l‘WO'l‘Il()USANI)ANDFlVli‘. NEW SHOW.
Edinburgh
I CENTRAL MUSIC LIBRARY
9 George 1V Bridge. 242 5053.
Myer Lacome Sat 23 Jul Wed 31 Aug. New collage work inspired by resources of the lidinburgh (‘entral Music Library. specifically American Minimalist composers Steve Reich and John Adams.
I CITY ART CENTRE
2 Market Street. 529 3993. Mon Sat 10am 5pm; Sun noon 5pm. Showstoppers Until Sat 10 Sep. The (‘ity Art (‘entre celebrates its 25th anniversary with a selection of its best works from the permanent collection. Looking Both Ways: Art of the Contemporary African Diaspora 0”. Until Sun 1 1 Sep. The work of 12 African—born contemporary artists now living in Western countries. Identity. nationalism and memory are explored by (ihada Amer. Kendell Geers. Wanhechi Mutu. Yinka Shonibare among others. See review. page 91.
Bibliotheca Alexandria Until Sun 1 1 Sep. The story of the massive international collaboration that led to the design and building of the Bibliotheea Alexandria.
I COLLECTIVE GALLERY
22 28 (‘oekburn Street. 220 1260.
Tue Sat noon 5pm.
Hateball .0. Until Sat 30 Jul. First solo exhibition for London-based artist. Nathaniel Mellors. featuring a new sequence of film. video and sculptural works. See review. page 92.
Joanna Bryniarska Until Sat 30 Jul. Project Room. New work.
Kate Owens Sat 30 Jul Sun 28 Aug. noon 6pm. ()ff-site project ‘The Gate of Ades' that aims to provoke divine aspirations from over 1000 bottles of pop. (‘heck with gallery for venue.
I DEAN GALLERY
73 Belford Road. 624 6200. Daily
10am 5pm.
Surrealism in Britain Until Sun 18 Sep. A display drawing on collections of the Scottish National Gallery of Modem Art. following the growth of British Surrealism in the late 30s and 40s.
I EDINBURGH PRINTMAKERS 23 Union Street. 557 2479. Tue- Sat 10am 6pm.
GELscotiand Sat 30 Jul Sat 17 Sep. Work produced by the collaborative initiative between Dundee Contemporary Arts. Edinburgh Printmakers. Glasgow Print Studio and Peacock Visual Arts. Aberdeen. Artists include Martin Boyce. Katy Dove. David Sherry Grahatn Fagen and Alan Shipway. NEW SHOW.
I FRUITMARKET GALLERY
45 Market Street. 225 2383. Mon Sat
1 1am—6pm; Sun noon 5pm.
Cai Guo-Giang: Artists Talk Wed 27 Jul. 7pm. Free. Artist (‘ai Guo-Qiang discusses the work in his exhibition.
at: Cal Guo-Qiang: Lite Beneath the Shadow Sat 30 JquSun 25 Sep. Site-specific artwork commissions within the Fruitmarket. an off-site installation to mark the Edinburgh Art Festival and collaborative presentation of portraits and death masks at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery by this hugely significant international artist. (‘ai Guo- Qiang will be exploring the realm of ghosts and non-bodin forces. linking his interest in the underworld of spirits with lidinburgh‘s history of netherworld activity. ‘Black Rainbow: Explosion Project for lidinburgh' goes off above lidinburgh castle on Fri 29 Jul. 7pm. See feature. page 18 and llitlist. NEW SHOW.
I MUSEUM OF SCOTLAND (‘hambcrs Street. 247 4219. Mon &
Wed Sat 10am 5pm; Tue 10am 8pm; Sun noon 5pm. Free.
Jerwood Applied Arts Prize: Furniture Fri 22 Jul Sun 18 Sep. Free. A Crafts (‘ouncil touring exhibition. featuring work by Jerwood winners including Barber ()sgerby's ‘I.oop Table'. and“Mirror Balls‘ by Tom Dixon.
I NATIONAL GALLERY OF MODERN ART
75 Belford Road. 624 6200. Daily
10am 5pm.
at: Francis Bacon: Portraits and Heads 0.... Until Sun 4 Sep. The first museum exhibition to explore in depth Bacon‘s portraits of friends. lovers and other artists. comprising over 50 works. His life was notorioUst Volatile and complex love affairs with Peter Lacy and George Dyer the latter who killed himself on the night of Bacon‘s big opening in Paris — provided intense sources of inspiration. See llitlist.
Jon Schueler: The Sound of Sleat Until Sun 5 Mar. A display of work celebrating the American Abstract Expressionist painter who set up a studio in Mallaig. on the Sound of Sleat. Signed Tour of Francis Bacon: Portraits and Heads Sun 24 Jul.
I lam—noon. Free. Tour of the exhibition for people who are deaf.
Artist's Talk Mon 25 Jul. 12.45pm. Free. Artist atnd critic. Merlin James. discusses Balthus' suggestive nude ‘Getting Up (Le Lever)‘.
I NATIONAL GALLERY OF SCOTLAND
The Mound. 624 6200. Mon Wed & Fri »Sun 10am 5pm; Thu 10am 7pm. Gauguin’s Vision Until Sun 2 ()ct. Royal Academy Building. Taking Gauguin‘s wonderful ‘Vision of the Sermon‘ as a starting point. this exhibition brings together 84 works by Gauguin and his immediate mentors such as lidgar Degas and (‘amille Pissarro. artists who be admired such as Paul (‘ezanne and Gustave Moreau. and his younger contemporaries and followers.
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Q, There are five pairs of tickets to be won for the Ian Hamilton Finlay bus tour which takes you to Little Sparta, his monumental garden in Lanark, and the three shows celebrating his 80th birthday this year at lnverleith House, the lngleby Gallery and the Scottish Poetry Library. See preview, page 90 for full details. All you have to do is tell us where in Edinburgh there is a monument to Robert Louis Stevenson by lHF and email your reply to artelistcouk by Thursday 10 August. The first five conect answers will find themselves motoring around Scottish lanes on a grand IHF tour.
a Edinburgh’s Embassy Gallery is calling for submissions to its Communititti artist in residence programme. The residency takes place between Friday 30 September and Friday 4 November and the selected artist receives studio and accommodation in Edinburgh plus a 21000 fee and exhibition. The deadline for applications is Friday 26 August. Please send a SAE. CV. typed proposal, six slides/ipegs and/or one DVDNHS to Communititti at the Embassy or visit wwwembassygallerycouk for more detail.
a The Collective Gallery’s ONE MILE project has begun a new phase with Kate Gray as lead artist. Her brief is to involve groups and individuals who live or work within a one-mile radius of the gallery in a series of workshops and events. If you are interested in finding out more, email onemileécollectivegallerymet.
Gallery Talk Thu 21 Jul. 12.45pm. Free. Bill Hare. freelance historian. gives a talk on Alexander Nasmyth‘s view of Edinburgh. focusing on his 1825 work ‘Princcs Street with the Commencement of the Building of the Royal lnstitution'.
I NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY
1 Queen Street. 624 6200. Mon—Wed & Fri—Sun 10am—5pm; Thu 10am—7pm. New Acquisitions of Photography Until Sun 11 Sep. Includes photographs by Stewart Loekhart from Imperial China. pictures of Skye by mountaineer and photographer GP Abraham and abstract prints by Paul Kenny. who uses materials such as seaweed and saltwater to develop his photographs.
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