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BRIEFS ROD STEWART is to perform in Scotland next summer. The hip- swaying golden oldie will perform at Inverness Caledonian Thistle’s Tulloch Caledonian Stadium on 17 July.
THE EDINBURGH International Film Festival has launched a competition for Edinburgh school pupils, allowing them the chance to have their work selected for the next Festival in June 2010. The selected short films, made by individuals, classes and youth groups, will show alongside premieres from around the world. See www.edfilm fest.org.uk for info. FUNNY BONES at the ready, following news that Dara O’Briain, Frankie Boyle and Chris Addison are just a few of the comedians signed up for next year’s Glasgow International Comedy Festival. See www.glasgow comedyfestival. com for more details.
TITP HEADLINER ANNOUNCED ■ Kasabian have been announced as a headline act for next year’s T in the Park. The Leicester band will take centre stage at the festival, which runs next year from 9–11 Jul. TITP head man Geoff Ellis said of the pick: ‘I’m chuffed to bits that we can announce one of our headliners this early on. Kasabian blow me away every time I see them and they’re going to be amazing headliners. We’ve had lots of fans tell us they want to see Kasabian headline T In The Park so it’s great to be able to give them an early Christmas present.’ Keep an eye on www.tinthepark.com for more.
THE STROKES ROCK UP TO ROCKNESS
The Strokes are to headline next year’s RockNess festivities. The New York band will be joined on the line-up by 2 Many DJs/ Soulwax. Mercury-nominated band Friendly Fires will also play over the weekend. For more see www.rockness.co.uk
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Wright’s gold-leaf fresco at Tate Britain
Goldfingers With a Turner Prize now firmly under his belt, the future looks even brighter for Richard Wright. Words: Anna Millar
our rich architectural heritage and internationally admired galleries and artists. ‘The Art Festival commissions, supported by Expo funding, will not only see new works from two acclaimed Scottish contemporary artists animating historic spaces, but offer an unrivalled opportunity for emerging artists to make and display new work at next year’s internationally renowned Festivals.’
The Stairwells Project at the Dean Gallery
will see Wright make a major new painting highlighting Thomas Hamilton’s original design for the then Dean Orphan Hospital. Both of the stairwells will be made available to Wright for his work.
G lasgow-based artist Richard Wright has won the Turner Prize just months before making a major new work for the Dean Gallery in Edinburgh. Forty-nine-year old Wright (pictured), a graduate of both Glasgow and Edinburgh’s art schools, received his prize from Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy as part of a ceremony at the Tate Britain earlier this month. The artist received £25,000 for a gold leaf fresco on the walls of the Tate. Shortlisted artists Roger Hiorns, Enrico David and Lucy Skaer received consolation prizes of £5,000.
Born in London, Wright studied painting at Edinburgh College of Art from 1978 to 1982, and took an MFA at Glasgow School of Art between 1993 and 1995. This summer he joins fellow Turner winner Martin Creed to create new public artwork as part of the Edinburgh Art Festival. Wright will make a major new painting at the Dean Gallery, while Creed will create a public work in the centre of the city. All the works will be unveiled at the opening of the 2010 Edinburgh Art Festival next year. Former culture minister Michael Russell said of the projects: ‘Edinburgh is the cultural capital of the world and a flourishing centre for the visual arts, with