Visual Art
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Friedrich l‘ntil Sat 3 l-'eb. l-‘ree. Painting. photograph}; \ ideo and installation b} xex'en contclltpot‘al‘} (ierman tlt'il\i\. Described by the curator as a ‘com ersation'. the artists here combine their o\\ n dialect u ith enough accessibility to illiuli‘l‘ the
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I INSTITUT FRANQAIS D’ECOSSE
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Cinémathéque de Tanger/Among the odems
Stills has teamed up with the Cinématheque de Tanger in Morocco to transform their gallery into a trans-Arab video library. The space is split into mini cinema spaces where video and film work produced throughout
the diverse cultural, political and social space of the Arab world is played. I Stills. Edinburgh. ii/iti/ Sun 28 Jan .7007.
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The RSA at Hospitalfield 9 - 28 January 2007
Julia Douglas Catriona Grant Miranda Blennerhasseti
www.royalscottishacademy.org RSA Building, The Mound, Edinburgh Admission Free T O l 3 l 275667]
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I OPEN EYE GALLERY
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Scots Abroad Sat (i \Ved 34 Jan. [in ited artists “hose \xork is inl‘luenced h_\ their tra\el\ including ('raigie .-\itchi\on. John Bellan). ('hrix Buxhe. :\lan l)a\ie. (ieorgc Donald. l)a\'id l'.\:lll\. Margaret llunter. .laelt Kno\. l.ctnl \lot'l‘occo. \Villic Rodger. :\ltlt l{tl\\ and (ilen Scouller. Nt‘i.’ Si 10W
I TORRANCE GALLERY
.io l)unda\ Street. 556 men. .\lon l’ri llam (\pllll Sat lllfillam ~1pm. Jolomo (John Lowrie Morrisson) Sal l3 Jan Sun 4 lieb. liree. l’on'erl'ul c\hibition oi .lololito\ strong . oil— painted \ l\ltlll\ til .\ltlll. l\'l ‘3." 85 l( )V.’
I TRAVERSE THEATRE (‘ambridge Street. 328 1404. .\lon Sat lllam midnight: Sun (\pm midnight. The View from Here t‘ntil Sat l3 .lan. .\'e\\ \xork l'rom Sara Briggs. l.»\Sl (ii iANCl 1053i l
Artist Spaces
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7 llarcla} 'l'erracc. 32S 9002. Mon l‘ri ‘lam 5pm l('lo\ed Hi 22 'l‘ue 4). Complete Control l'ntil Sat 30 Jan. l-ree. Interpretations oi' ‘(‘omplete (‘ontrolfl lettltll'lllfl “Ul‘k li} lillih. Krixix. (’arrie \laginn. Rue l’i\e and (iregor l.ouden. among others.
I HEART FINE ART
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I ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN (INVERLEITH HOUSE)
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Illain 5pm i(’|o\ed li(‘lo\etl l, Douglas Gordon: Superhumanatural 0.00. l'ntil Sun l-l .lan. lilam 3.30pm. l-‘ree. Retroxik‘ctne ol' one ot' Scotland's greatest contemporar} artists. The e\liihition concentratcx on tut-based pieces from the (iordon canon. ;t\ \\ ell a\l1i\ \ ideo lllxlitllitlltlll
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Mabel Leigh: Artist, Potter 'l‘ue ‘) .lan 'l'hu S \ltit‘. .\lahel l.eigh “as one oi' the lllthl important potter} designers ol' the l‘Bllx. ranked alongside (‘larice Hill and Stixie (‘oopeit Ni \.‘. ESl1()\.'.
I UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH l Brixto Square. (‘50 3505. .\lon l‘ri 9.30am 5pm.
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ArtBeat
Gossip, chat and rumour from the gallery floor
I Upholding a tradition of over 100 years, the National Galleries of Scotland opens its 2007 exhibition programme with an exhibition of watercolours by JMW Turner (1775-1851). For the first time, however, this annual highlight of the Galleries’ calendar will be shown in the RSA Lower Galleries, and will be celebrated with the publication of a new book by the exhibition curator Christopher Baker. The Gallery is open on Mon 1 Jan, noon—5pm; and from Tue 2 Jan mam-5pm as usual (admission free).
I Richard Calvocoressi, Director of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art has been appointed Director of the Henry Moore Foundation. He will succeed Tim Llewellyn who is retiring at the end of May 2007. Calvocoressi has been running the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh since 1987. John Leighton. DirectorGeneral of the National Galleries of Scotland commented: ‘Under Richard Calvocoressi's leadership. the SNGMA has developed into one of Europe's finest galleries for modern and contemporary art. Richard has helped to raise the ambitions for modern art in Edinburgh and in Scotland. We will miss him greatly but we are extremely proud that he is going on to such a prestigious position at the head of the Henry Moore medation.‘ The Henry MOOre Foundation. based in Perry Green. Henfordshire. holds the werld's largest collection of work by Moore.
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I DUNDEE CONTEMPORARY ARTS
l5: \cillcl‘gaie. HHS: ‘lll‘l‘lllll. 'l'uc. \Ved. l‘ri & Sat lllfiilam 5.30pm; 'l'hu Ill..i(l;iiii S. itlpm; Still noon 5.30pm. David Shrigley O... l'ntil Sun 2| .lan. l‘ree. 'l'he lirxt solo e\liil\ition in Scotland oi Shrigle} '\ “ork tor m er ten \earx. ’l‘hix selection ol' drau ingx. sculptures. pltotograpltx and short altitlialiotlx ol'l'er insight into the strange _\et heguilingl} lamiliar \\orld created h} the (ilaxgou based humourist and eccentric. Scc rc\ ie\\, page SI.