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I ST MUNGO MUSEUM OF RELIGIOUS LIFE AND ART
2 Castle Street. 553 2557. Mon Thu 8; Sat I0am-5pm; Fri & Sun Ham—5pm. Free.
Generation KKK: Passing the Torch O.” L'ntil Sun 9 Apr. Photographs by James lidward Bates documenting the seven years he has spent recording the beliefs. traditions and activities of the Klu Klux Klan. LAST CHANCE TO SEE.
Private Galleries
I GEORGE SQUARE
204 4400.
Glasgow Art Fair Thu 6—Sun 9 Apr. Eleventh year for Scotland‘s national contemporary art fair showcasing work from over 40 galleries.
Guided Tours Thu 6-Sun 9 Apr. 'Thquat lpni (also Sat 2pm); Sun 2pm & 3pm. Free. Informal tours of the Glasgow Art Fair giving visitors a chance to meet gallery owners and talk about their work.
Talking Art: The Art of Visual Perception Thu 6 Apr. 2—3pm. lilisabetta Toreno talks about why we choose to like certain types of art. Talking Art: The Collins Gallery Thu 6 Apr. l |.30aiii—l2.3()piii. Laura Hamilton talks about the unique role of the Collins Gallery in connecting the University of Strathclyde with the City of Glasgow.
Talking Art: Adlnda Van’t Klooster Fri 7 Apr. l2.30—-lpm. The artist discusses working across diverse media. including video and interactive sound installation. performance. animation and sculpture.
Talking Art: Charlie Bosanquet Fri 7 Apr. noon—1pm. The co-curator of the Cabin lixchange discusses her involvement in joint projects.
Talking Art: Chris Kelly Fri 7 Apr. 4-4.30pm. Chris Kelly talks about his experiences of working in public art and arts in healthcare.
Talking Art: Guyan Porter Fri 7 Apr. 4.30-5pm. Talk by the founding member of the Scottish Artists‘ Union.
Talking Art: Niall MacDonald Fri 7 Apr. l l.30aiii—noon. The founder of Something Haptic and Trajectory Publications talks about the process of working collaboratively.
Give Art a Go Sat 8 Apr. A short workshop session introducing the basics of drawing.
Talking Art: Market Gallery Sat 8 Apr. 4—5.30pm. An insight into the work of this diverse gallery from artists Martiiie Myrup and Nathalie De Briey'. plus ex-committee member. Tim Facey. Talking Art: An A-Z of Contemporary Art Sun 9 Apr. 2—3pm. Elisabetta Toreno gives this short talk explaining some of the terminology associated with contemporary art. Talking Art: Painting & Resoratlon Sun 9 Apr. 4—5pm. Brian McLaughlin discusses the importance of caring and conserving works of art.
I MILLENNIUM HOTEL
George Square. 332 671 l. Arttutures Scotland Sat 8 & Sun 9 Apr. noon—8pm. Free. Styled as an altemative to the Glasgow Art Fair. this sale of work aims to keep prices low (that's £ l()0—£5()00 in the art world) and offers the opportunity to purchase pieces by burgeoning contemporary artists such as Mick Peter. Robin Arseneault and Becky Beasley.
I THE MODERN INSTITUTE 73 Robertson Street. Suite 6. Floor 1. 248 371 l. Mon—Fri 10am—5pm; Sat noon—5pm.
Henrik Hakansson Until Sat 29 Apr. New work by this Swedish artist.
I RSAMD
100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. Mon—Fri 9am—6pm; Sat c)am—sl.30pm.
Mel Gillies: Himalay and Home
L'ntil Fri 31 Mar. Photography by Gillies. who has travelled to the Himalayas many times and is a trustee of Community Action Nepal.
I SORCHA DALLAS
5 St Margaret's Place. 078l2 6057-15. Thu—Sat l—5pm.
Gary Rough Sat 1 Apr—Sat 6 May. Work by the former member of local art group Filthy Swan who now lives and works in New York. NEW SHOW.
Artist Spaces
I ARTISTS IN EXILE GLASGOW 8—10 ()sbome Street. 552 7668. Sat noone5pni
Open Sat 1 Apr—Fri 30 Jun. The inaugural exhibition of this new project space run by Artists in [Exile Glasgow features pieces by artists from Kosovo, Bulgaria. lran and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The gallery will be open daily for the duration of Glasgow Art Fair (6—9 Aprill but only on Saturday afternoons after that.
I MARKET GALLERY
334 Duke Street. 556 7276. Tue~Sat noon—6pnt
Marcus Coates It Gun Holmstrom Sat 1 Apr—Sat 6 May. Joint show.
Edinburgh
I CITY ART CENTRE
2 Market Street. 529 3993. Mon—Sat 10am—5pm; Sun noon—5pm.
Face a Faces 00 Until Sun 23 Apr. Free. Contemporary portrait photography from French. Scottish and international artists. including ()rlan. Kimoko Yoshida and Wendy McMurdo. I COLLECTIVE GALLERY
22—28 Cockburn Street. 220 I260. Tue—Sat noon-5pm.
Blood and Feathers L'ntil Sat 15 Apr. First Scottish solo show for Beck’s Futures nominees Lucy Stein and Jo Robertson. See review. page 95.
I DEAN GALLERY
73 Belford Road. 624 6200. Daily 10am—5pm.
Artists and Camouflage Until Sun 2 Apr. Archive display looking at the employment of fine artists during WWI. LAST CHANCE TO SEE.
Paoioui of the Month Every Thu. l2.45—l.3()pm. Free. Each week Daniel Herrmann. the Paolozzi curator. gives a talk on a different work from the collection.
After the War: Art from 1945-1955 Until Sun 4 Jun. Work by Balthus. Leger. Bacon and Freud drawn from the permanent collection to highlight the division between Realism and Abstraction.
Visiting Picasso Sat 1 Apr Fri 30 Jun. Keiller Library display documenting the long-lasting friendship between Picasso and Roland l’eiirose. LAST CHANCE TO SEE.
After the War: Exhibition Talk Mon 3 Apr. 12-15 l.l5pm. Free. Art historian Margaret Garlake discusses representation and abstraction. Paolozzi‘s Patterns Mon 3 Apr Sun ll Jun. Display looking at the iise of pattern in the late artist's work. NE‘N SHOW.
I EDINBURGH PRINTMAKERS 23 L'nion Street. 557 2479. Tue Sat 10am 6pm.
Jim Pattison: Translations Sat 8 Apr Sat 27 May. This exhibition. created in response to the artist's experience of kidney dialysis and transplantation. includes digital prints. paintings and objects. NEW SHOW. Nicola Murray: Yield Sat 3 Apr Sat 27 May. Cyanotype prints mimicking botanical forms and questioning the definition of the word ‘natural'. NEW SHOW.
I FRUITMARKET GALLERY
45 Market Street. 225 2383. Mon Sat
1 lam—6pm; Sun noon- 5pm.
>l< Fred Sandback eeeee t'ntil Sun l4 May. Free. Major retrospective of the late American artist's work. presented in collaboration with the Kunsthseuiii Liechtenstein. See review. page 94. and Hitlist.
I NATIONAL GALLERY or
SCOTLAND
The Mound. 62-1 6200. Mon~\\’ed LS; Fri-Sun l()am»-5pm; Thu l0am-7piii. A Paper Menagerie: Animals in Art Until Sun 28 May. Prints and
5 drawings by Rubens. Hogarth. Durer
and Goya looking at their depiction of
animals.
Venus Rising Thu l3 Apr—Sun 28
May. Free. Exhibition centred on
Titian‘s ‘Anadyomene’ examining
western artists' fascination with the
5 female nude. includes work by
Cranach. Degas. Magritte. Jane Brettle and Calum Colvin. NEW SHOW.
I NATIONAL GALLERY OF MODERN ART 1 75 Belford Road. 624 6200. Daily
l0am—5pm.
Selective Memory: Scotland and Venice 0... L'ntil Mon l7 Apr. Free. Extended opening for this selection of highlights from Scottish artists exhibiting at the 5 l st Venice Biennale. includes work by Cathy Wilkes. Alex Pollard. Joanne Tatham
and Tom O‘Sullivan. LAST CHANCE
TO SEE. The Smoking Room l'ntil Sun 2 Jul.
1 To mark the arrival of the smoking ban.
this display of sculpture and pictures looks at the history of how smoking has been represented in art.
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Visual Art Art Beat
Gossip, chat and rumour from the gallery floor
l A new exhibition looking at the influence that Titian's 'Venus Rising' (1485) has had on artists through the ages will take place from Thursday 13 April until Sunday 28 May at the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh. The painting, which was bought by the National Galleries of Scotland in 2003 for 2.11.4 million, will be sown alongside works also in the collection by Magritte, Cranach, Degas, the Scottish artist Edward Baird and Calum Colvin.
I The Cabin Exchange project. will take place from Mon 10 April until Sun 23 April, where a group of local artists will take over three 8ft x 10ft steel containers. The artists showing interactive. digital and senSOry installations include Chris Biddlecombe. Michael Clarence. Linda Greig, Ruth Legg, Yvonne Mullock, Hugh Watt, Maria Cavanah and Guyan Porter. There will be 27 events involving more than 40 artists, and the cabins can be found in Dennistoun (on the corner of Duke Street and Sydney Street). Tradeston (T radeston car park) and Pollockshaws (Ashtree Road). For more information visit cabinexchangecom.
I The Collective Gallery, Edinburgh has released a short list of artists who if successful will have the opportunity to exhibit in the gallery space. The programme presents the work of recently graduated students form BA and MFA courses from all over Scotland, offering a platform for the next generation of artists. The shortlist includes artists from Glasgow School of Art, and Edinburgh and Dundee College of Art.
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