of work in progress by Becca Lipscombe, Bernie Reid and Lucy Mackenzie of Atelier EB.
■ MARKET GALLERY 334 Duke Street, 556 7276. Tue–Sat noon–6pm. FREE Niki Russell & Steve Ovett Until Sat 20 Dec. Artist Niki Russell and the Steve Ovett artist collective showcase installation works after periods of residency at Market. ■ MARY MARY Suite 2/1, 6 Dixon Street, 226 2257. Thu–Sat noon–5pm. FREE War Atlas Yachting & Nautical Cuttings Until Sat 20 Dec. New works by Alana Egan, including an outdoor sculptural piece.
■ THE MODERN INSTITUTE 73 Robertson Street, Suite 6, Floor 1, 248 3711. Mon–Fri 10am–5pm; Sat noon–5pm. FREE Eva Rothschild Until Fri 19 Dec. Solo show by the London-based sculptor Eva Rothschild. FREE One Man’s Struggle to Take it Easy Until Sat 10 Jan. New exhibition by installation artist Richard Hughes, who, as the title suggests, is just trying to relax. ■ Q! GALLERY 87–91 Saltmarket, 552 7578. Mon–Fri 11am–5pm. FREE Hate and Pride in Riga Until Wed 10 Dec, 11am–5pm. Photographs by Reuben Steains documenting the attempt to hold a Gay Pride march in Latvia this year. Presented by Amnesty International UK. See LGBT, page 58.
■ STREET LEVEL PHOTO WORKS 48 King Street, 552 2151. Wed–Sat noon–5pm. FREE Futureproof Until Sat 20 Dec. Exhibition profiling four recently graduated artists specialising in photography, whose work gravitates between, and plays upon the genres of documentary and staged photography. ■ TRAMWAY 25 Albert Drive, 0845 330 3501. Tue–Fri 10am–5pm; Sat & Sun noon–5pm.
✽ FREE Unreliable Witness ●●●●● Until Tue 9 Dec. A look at
the art of story writing with work by Andrea Fraser, Peter Frield, Michael Fullerton, Susan Hiller, Nedko Solakov and Gabriela Vanga.
Edinburgh ■ CITY ART CENTRE 2 Market Street, 529 3993. Mon–Sat 10am–5pm. FREE Recognised: Highlights from the Collection Until Wed 31 Dec. Highlights from the CAC’s collection of Scottish art, including work by Redpath,
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■ +44 141 AT SWG3 Studio Warehouse, 100 Eastvale Place, 357 7246. Wed–Sat noon–8pm. Fusion Street Art Exhibition Sat 6 & Sun 7 Dec. £10. An exciting fusion of edgy artists, young emerging talent, fundraising and Scottish culture, this exhibition of street art will be the first of its kind in Scotland. ■ THE ARCHES 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. Mon–Sun 10am–midnight. What on Earth . . . ? Until Sun 7 Dec. Intriguing macro photography. Theatre Sets Thu 11 Dec–Mon 19 Jan. Italian photographer Innes Gennuso looks at theatre sets as psychological spaces.
FREE BURRELL COLLECTION 2060 Pollokshaws Road, 287 2550. Mon–Thu & Sat 10am–5pm; Fri & Sun 11am–5pm. FREE Joseph Crawhall: The Masterpieces Until Sun 8 Feb. A showcase of some of Glaswegian watercolourist’s finest works, including The Aviary and Girl on a Bicycle.
■ CCA 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. Tue–Fri 11am–6pm; Sat 10am–6pm. FREE CALQ Residency: Martine H. Crispo Until Fri 9 Jan, 11am–6pm. The sound artist takes up residency at the CCA with an installation concentrating on the sounds produced by children’s toys and home-made electronic products. This will be an interactive exhibition.
✽ FREE Open Field Until Sat 17 Jan. Group exhibition presenting
new work by 15 Scottish based artists, developed during The Caravan residencies in Balfron, near Loch Lomond. Kill Your Timid Notion: Festival Sat 6 & Sun 7 Dec. £tbc. Weekend festival of the very best of experimental music and moving image, with performances, talks, screenings and additional installations. For a full programme please visit the website. See review, page 88.
FREE COLLINS GALLERY University of Strathclyde, 22 Richmond Street, 548 2558. Mon–Fri 10am–5pm; Sat noon–4pm. FREE A Passion for Painted Pattern: The Textile Designs of Raymond Honeyman Sat 29 Nov–Sat 20 Dec. An exhibition looking at the meticulous, hand-worked textile designs of Raymond Honeyman. ■ GALLERY OF MODERN ART Royal Exchange Square, 229 1996. Mon–Wed & Sat 10am–5pm; Thu 10am–8pm; Fri & Sun 11am–5pm. FREE Raiders of the Lost Art: Connecting Objects, Place and People Until Sun 11 Jan. A showcase of some of the community-based projects the Open Museum has been involved with over the past two years, in which it brings Glasgow communities and museum collections together in innovative ways. FREE Echo and Transcend Until Sun 1 Mar. A wide-ranging selection of abstract art, some of which echoes and some of which transcends reality.
■ THE GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART THE MACKINTOSH GALLERY, 167 Renfrew Street, 353 4500. Mon–Fri 10am–5pm; Sat 10am–2pm. FREE The Two Alasdairs Until Sat
10 Jan. Exhibition of the work of Alasdair Gray and his long-time friend Alasdair Taylor, who both trained at Glasgow School of Art in the 1950s. The exhibition reunites the work of these two aesthetically divergent artists, a tribute to their life-long friendship and sustained intellectual collaboration. FREE The Mobile Archive Until Fri 12 Dec. Hundreds of digital and video works from the Israeli Centre for Digital Art, in library format. FREE The Golden Fleece Sat 6 Dec, 6pm. Auction of art work to raise funds for the MFA programme. Artists featured include some of the leading names from Glasgow and the UK contemporary art scene, including Jim Lambie, Beagles and Ramsay, David Shrigley and Graham Fagen. See http://thegoldenfleece- auction.blogspot.com/. FREE Atrium Gallery, Foulis Building, 167 Renfrew Street, 353 4589. Mon–Thu 10am–7pm; Fri 10am–5pm; Sat 10am–1pm. FREE Lapland: Patrick Macklin and Hugh Pizney Until Sat 6 Dec. Conceptually-led visual arts collection working across various design disciplines.
■ GLASGOW SCULPTURE STUDIO 145 Kelvinhaugh Street, 204 1740. Thu, Fri & Sat noon–5pm. FREE Beagles & Ramsey: Good Teeth Until Fri 19 Dec. The inaugural exhibition of the Glasgow Sculpture Studio’s new premises, Good Teeth is a new, large-scale sculptural installation created by Beagles & Ramsay during their three-month Production Residency at GSS.
■ HUNTERIAN ART GALLERY University of Glasgow, 82 Hillhead Street, 330 5431. Mon–Sat 9.30am–5pm. FREE Mackintosh Reinterpreted: Original sketches to digitally created fabrics Until Sat 6 Dec, 9.30am–5pm. Original textile designs by Charles Rennie Mackintosh will be displayed alongside new interpretations, created and presented by the centre for advanced textiles at the Glasgow School of Art. FREE Boucher and Chardin: Masters of Modern Manners Until Sat 13 Dec, 9.30am–5pm. This exhibition focuses on Jean Siméon Chardin’s ‘Lady Taking Tea’ and François Boucher’s ‘Madame Boucher’. FREE KELVINGROVE ART GALLERY & MUSEUM Argyle Street, 276 9599. Mon–Thu & Sat 10am–5pm; Fri & Sun 11am–5pm; 10am–1pm. Impressionism and Scotland Until Sun 1 Feb. £5 (£3). Comprising over 30 masterpieces, this visually stunning exhibition explores the artistic connections between painters such as Monet, Degas and Cézanne and Scottish artists including Peploe, Fergusson and Guthrie.
■ THE LIGHTHOUSE 11 Mitchell Lane, 221 6362. Mon & Wed–Sat 10.30am–5pm; Tue 11am–5pm; Sun noon–5pm. £4 (£1.50-£2; family ticket £9.50; free on Saturdays). Architecture in Scotland 2006- 2008: Building Biographies Until Sun 11 Jan. £3 (£1, free on Saturdays). The latest biennial review of a diverse range of Scottish architecture. Recent Scottish projects will be presented along with European examples from Austria, Switzerland and Norway. Glasgow 1999 Design Medal 2008 Exhibition Until Mon 19 Jan. £3 (£1, free on Saturdays). Discover a new generation of design talent at the annual Glasgow 1999 Design Medal exhibition, a platform for designers studying at Glasgow’s Higher and Further Education institutions. Atelier EB Mon 1 Dec–Sun 22 Feb. £3 (£1, free on Saturdays). An installation
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Paolozzi, Blackadder and Bellany. FREE A Time and Place: Paintings from the City Collection Until Sat 17 Jan. In conjunction with Treasured Places this showcases works by Scottish painters with an affinity to a vast array of Scottish places both rural and urban. FREE Treasured Places Until Sun 18 Jan. Exhibition reflecting and connecting the lives of the people of Scotland – where they live, work and gather from prehistory to the present day. See caption, page 90.
■ COBURG HOUSE STUDIOS 15 Coburg Street, 554 6888. Sat & Sun 11am–6pm. FREE Coburg House Art Studios Open Event Fri 5–Sun 7 Dec, 11am–5pm. Open day at Coburg House Art Studios, a hub of creativity with homegrown and international painters, jewellers, silversmiths, sculptors and textile designers working side by side.
FREE COLLECTIVE GALLERY 22–28 Cockburn Street, 220 1260. Tue–Sat noon–5pm. FREE Alex Dordoy Until Mon 8 Dec. This first solo show from the upcoming artist consists of a new series of sculptures and paintings drawn from a range of imagery including wildlife footage, diagrams of underwater exploration and snaps of 1980’s advances in microchip technology. ■ CORN EXCHANGE GALLERY Constitution Street, 561 7300. Wed–Sat 11am–4.30pm. FREE Scales ●●●●● Until Thu 18 Dec, 11am–4.30pm. Mixed media exhibition including an interactive work and photography by Gregory Chatonsky, digital photographs of dioramas by Michael Zansky and an animation and series of sculptures by Michael Rees.
■ DANISH CULTURAL INSTITUTE 3 Doune Terrace, 225 7189. Mon–Fri 9am–5pm. FREE Carl-Henning Pedersen Until Fri 12 Dec, 9am–4pm. An exhibition of paintings by Danish artist Carl-Henning Pedersen (1913-2007), who was a key member of the international Cobra- movement, and is known for his fairytale scenes and otherworldly creatures and magical. ■ DEAN GALLERY 73 Belford Road, 624 6200. 10am–5pm. FREE Exhibiting Surrealism: The International Surrealist Exhibition, London 1936 Until Mon 1 Dec. Celebrating the impact of the 1936 International Surrealist Exhibition which featured works by Dali, Miro and Ernst, as well as a number of British artists. FREE Four Scottish Painters Until Sat 31 Jan. A display of the work of four Scottish artists of the post-war period: Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, John Bellany, Alan Davie and Anne Redpath.
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