Visual Art
I DEAN GALLERY
73 Behind Road. 624 (i200. Daily
l()am 5pm. ((‘losed Mon 25 Tue 26) (Mon l noon 5pm).
Consider the Lilies lTntil Sun l4 Jan. Free. A celebration of Dundee's McManus (ialleries and the city's art holdings. featuring John Bellany. the Scottish (‘olourists and lidward Baird.
James McIntosh Patrick Archive l'ntil Sun l4 Jan. Free. An insight into the work and practice of this Dundee-born painter. famous for his depictions of the Angus landscape. The display features sketches. photographs. letters. etchings and oil paintings donated by the artist‘s family.
Ian Fleming l'ntil Sun I 1 Feb. Free. Display marking the centenary of one of Scotland‘s tnost influential and pioneering printmakers.
I FRUITMARKET GALLERY
45 Market Street. 225 2383. Mon Sat
l lam (ipm: Sun noon 5pm ((‘losed Stin 24 Wed 3).
Christine Borland 0.” Until Sun 28 Jan. Free. An exhibition of work by (‘hristine Borland. who works with the body and our emotional. imaginative. tncdical and forensic sense of self. See review. page l()7.
I NATIONAL GALLERY OF SCOTLAND
The Mound. 024 (i200. .\lon Wed & Fri Sun l()am 5pszhu l()am 7pm. Douglas Gordon: Sufici‘l‘ A a: .O.” killlil Mon l5 Jan. £6 (£4; under- l 2s free). ()ne of Scotland's greatest contemporary artists presents his first large solo show in Scotland for l.3 years. The show is also at the Royal Botanic (iarden. lidinburgh. Goya: Monsters and Matadors Sat lb Dec Sun 25 Feb. litchings and lithographs by Francisco de (ioya y Lucientes t 1746 I828) from the gallery's permanent collection. The exhibition focuses on three series. the Disasters of War. the 'Iitummuquitt and the PI'()l‘('I'/)f(l.\'.
NEW SHOW I THE QUEEN’S GALLERY
Palace of llolyroodhouse. 55b 5 l()(l. I)aily 0.30am bpm (Sun 24 0.30am 2pm) ((‘losed Mon 25 Tue 20). £5 (£4.50). Canaletto in Venice 00000 t'ntil Sun 7 Jan. Paintings and drawings by (iiovanni Antonio (‘anal (better known as (‘analettok depicting the canals. places. churches and squares of the beautifttl Italian city.
I ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN (CLOSED MON 25 DEC AND MON 1 JAN)
Inverleith Row. 552 7l7l. Daily
l()am 3.30pm.
lnfin8 l7ntil Sun 7 Jan. A series of huge images from inside plant stetns and flower buds and the surface of insect skins by Edinburgh photographer Kenny Bean.
Douglas Gordon: Superhumanatural com l'ntil Sttn l4 Jan. l()am 3.30pm. Free. Retrospective of one of Scotland’s greatest contemporary artists. Also at the Royal Scottish Academy.
I ROYAL MUSEUM
2 Chambers Street. 247 4219. Mon Sat l()am 5pm: Sun noon 5pm; Tue
l()am 8pm ((‘Iosed Mon 25) Tue 26 noon 5pm. Free.
Reflections: A Decade of Northlands Creative Glass Until Sun 7 Jan. Free. A collection of over ()0 beautiful works from Scotland‘s internationally renowned centre for contemporary glass.
I ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY The Mound. 225 (io7l. Mon Sat
l()am 5pm; Sun noon 5pm ((‘losed Mon 25).
Roter Salon 8. New Academy Until Sun I7 l)ec. Free. Domestic—si/ed works frotn RSA members. and other works by
1 10 THE LIST (30 Nov -l‘l Dot: 7000
Off the Wall
Academy scholars. residents and 2006 award-whining etnerging artists. lASf CHANCE TO SEE
Turner in January Mon 1 Wed 3| Jan. Free. Annual display of JMW Turner watercolours. from early topographical wash drawings to the atmospheric sketches of continental Europe in the l83()s and l840s.
I NATIONAL GALLERY OF MODERN ART
75 Belford Road. 624 (i200. Daily l()am 5pm ((‘losed Mon 25 Tue 26) (Mon l noon 5pm).
Off the Wall L'ntil Mon 28 May. An exhibition showing how contemporary artists have removed art from walls and plinths to create works shown directly on the floor or hanging from the ceiling.
I NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY
l Queen Street. 624 (i200. Mon Wed 8; Fri Stin l()am 5pm; Thu l()am 7pm ((‘loscd Mon 25 Tue 26) (Mon l
noon 5pm).
Being There: Harry Benson’s Fifty Years of Photojournalism 0.... l'ntil Sun 7 Jan. £6 (£4). under- I 2s free. (‘elebrity portraits and breaking news pictures from the career of influential press photographer llarry Benson.
Energy: North Sea Oil Portraits l7ntil Sttn 28 Jan. Free. Portraits of a cross-section of people working in the oil industry by Scottish painter Fionna ('arlisle.
I STILLS
23 ('ockburn Street. (322 (i200.
llam opm.
Among the Moderns t‘ntil Thu 2| l)ec. Free. An exhibition exploring alternative histories. the intersection between docttmentary and subjectivity. and shifting notions of ‘modernity'. lAST CHANCE TO SEE Cinématheque de Tanger l'ntil Sttn 28 Jan ((‘losed Fri 22 Dec Sttn & Jan) Wind your way through mini cinema spaces and encounter video and
lilm work produced throughout the diverse cultural. political and social space of the Arab world.
Lens on Moroccan Short Stories Fri 22 Dec Sun 7 Jan. 4 9.30pm. Free. While the gallery inside is closed. (‘ockburn Street becomes an open air cinema. projecting selected movies from the Among the Mot/ems exhibition onto the windows of the gallery and using underground speakers.
Private Galleries
I AMBER ARTS
78 Montrose Terrace. Abbeyhill. (ibl
l l()7. Tue Fri l()am 5pm: Sat
l()am 2.30pm.
Sarah Cameron tFntil Sat 23 Dec. Free. lixhibition of oil paintings by the lidinburgh-based artist. inspired by trips to the north of Scotland. Iran and (ireecc. The work is a study in abstracting images of land and sea. to capture the atmosphere that evokes memories. LAST CHANCE TO SEE
I ANALOGUE
102 West Bow. 220 0(i()l. Mon Sat
l()am 5.30pm.
Matt Sewell l’ntil Sat lb I)ec. Free. Canvases. hand-printed ('hristmas cards and limited edition T—shirts celebrating the
joys of winter. from the street- and
graffiti-influenced artist and illustrator. MST CHANCE TO SEE
I CORN EXCHANGE GALLERY (‘onstitution Street. 5(il 7300. Wed Sat
l lain 4.30pm. Free.
Tobias Sternbcrg: Point of Sale l'ntil Fri 22 Dec. Sternbcrg creates sculptural objects that aim to have presence enough to stand in for human etnotions and experiences. [AS-f Cl iANCE TO SEE
I DOGGERFISHER
l l (iaylicld Square. 558 7] I0. Wed Fri I lain (ipm; Sat noon 5pm ((‘losed Sat 23 Tue 9).
Friedrich Sat lo I)cc Sat 3 Feb. Free. Painting, photography. video and installation by seven London-born. Hamburg-based artists. NEW SHOW
A major new exhibition at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, highlighting some of the gallery’s impressive recent acquisition of work that uses the floor as its plinth or
works that hang from the ceiling. Artists involved include Martin Creed, Christine Borland, Jim Lambie and Nathan Coley. I SNGMA, Edinburgh, unti/ Mon 28 May 200 7.
I INGLEBY GALLERY
(i ('arlton 'l’errace. 556 444 I. Tue Sat l()am 5pm.
Winston Roeth 000 l'ntil Fri 22 Dec. l()am 5pm. Free. New paintings by the l'S-based abstract artist. llis painted panels of wood and slate are sometimes divided into grids. or planes of a single colour with a contradictory border. LAST (‘llANCli 'l‘() Slili
Artist Spaces
I FLESH LTD
7 Barclay 'l‘errace. 228 0092. Mon Fri 0am 5pm ((‘losed Fri 22 Tue 4). Complete Control t'ntil Sat 201an. Free. Interpretations of ‘(‘omplete (‘ontrolX featuring work by lilph. Krisis. (‘arrie Maginn. Rue Five and (iregor Louden. among others.
I DUNDEE CONTEMPORARY ARTS
I52 Nethergate. ()l 382 900000. Tue. Wed. Fri & Sat l().30am 5.30pm; Thu
10.30am 8.30pm; Sun noon 5.30pm. Sun 24 Dec noon 4pm l(‘losed Mon 25 Tue 26 Dec. Mon 1 Tue 2 Jan ).
David Shrigley l'ntil Sttn 21 Jan. Free. The first solo exhibition in Scotland of Shrigley’s work for over ten years.
I THE CHANGING ROOM
35 The (‘rawford Arcade. King Street. Stirling. 0|78(i 470301. \Ved Sat
noon 5pm. t('lo.sed Mon 25 Dec) Free. Andrew Reid 0... l’ntil Sun 7 .lan. ('orporate ideologies iti visual culture are developed over the exhibition period of Reid's installation. in the ('hanging Room's window. His work has been aided by looking at Levi Strauss. kinship studies. Barthes. Derrida and ('ulture Jamming the use and subversion of existing cultural iconography.
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