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Exhibitions are listed by city, then alphabetically by venue. Submit listings at least 14 days before publication to art@list.co.uk. Listings compiled by Laura Ennor. ✽✽ Indicates Hitlist entry Glasgow
■ ALBERT DRIVE STUDIOS 334 Albert Drive, 07805 346314. Sat & Sun 10am–4pm. FREE Into Ironmongers Until Mon 30 Aug. Helene Witcher presents photographs of ironmongers’ shops. ■ THE ARCHES 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. Mon–Sat 9am–8pm; Sun noon–6pm. FREE Rachel Frances Sharpe: Publicity Until Fri 10 Sep. Photographic parodies of self-portraits.
■ ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN SCOTLAND Level 2, The Lighthouse, 11 Mitchell Lane, 225 8350. Mon & Wed–Sat 10.30am–5pm; Tue 11am–5pm. FREE Royal Institute of British Architects Awards 2010 Until Sat 28 Aug. An exhibition of 16 projects submitted to the prestigious awards. FREE A + DS and RIAS Scottish Student Awards for Architecture Fri 27 Aug–Sat 15 Jan. The best work produced by students at Scotland’s six architecture schools.
■ THE BRUNSWICK HOTEL 106--108 Brunswick Street, 552 0001. Mon–Sun 9am–midnight. FREE Heart Throb Sun 29 Aug–Wed 29 Sep. See caption. ■ BURRELL COLLECTION 2060 Pollokshaws Road, 287 2550. Mon–Thu & Sat 10am–5pm; Fri & Sun 11am–5pm. FREE Live Forever Until Sun 5 Sep. A project by high school pupils who were challenged to respond to the Burrell’s tapestry collection.
■ CAFÉ COSSACHOK Trongate 103, 553 0733. Tue–Sat noon–late; Sun 1pm–late. FREE Maxim Demidov Thu 2–Thu 30 Sep. Watercolours, oils and more from the Russian artist.
■ CASTLE GALLERIES Level One, Princes Square, 48 Buchanan Street, 221 6867. Mon–Wed, Fri & Sat 10am–6pm; Thu 10am–8pm; Sun noon–5pm.
FREE Marilyn Until Thu 30 Sep. An exciting collection of photographs of Marilyn Monroe taken by Eve Arnold.
■ CCA 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. Tue–Fri 11am–6pm; Sat 10am–6pm. FREE Fields, Factories and Workshops Until Sat 18 Sep. Exhibition exploring the relationships of communities and individuals to land and space from Simon Yuill.
✽✽ FREE Have Faith or Pandemonium Until Sat 28 Aug,
noon–5pm. See Hitlist.
■ COLLINS GALLERY 22 Richmond Street, 548 2558. Tue–Fri 10am–5pm; Sat noon–4pm. FREE Crossing Alba: Morven Gregor, Gerry Loose, Ian Stephen Until Sat 18 Sep. Documentation of two journeys made by four artists across the heart of Scotland.
■ THE COMMON GUILD 21 Woodlands Terrace, 428 3022. ✽✽ FREE Robert Barry – Words and Music Sat 4 Sep–Sat 6 Nov.
See preview, page 108.
■ COMPASS GALLERY 178 West Regent Street, 221 6370. Mon–Fri 9.30am–5.30pm; Sat 10am–5.30pm. FREE Connections: The Hospitalfield Alumni Exhibition Until Tue 31 Aug. Paintings, drawings and prints from artists who have stayed at Hospitalfield Centre for Art and Culture in Arbroath. FREE Mark I’Anson: Always Boats and Men Thu 2–Sat 25 Sep. Work from the Scottish artist who draws upon photographs and life to create evocative works in pencil and paint. ■ CYRIL GERBER FINE ART 148 West Regent Street, 221 3095. Mon–Sat 9.30am–5.30pm. FREE Summer Exhibition Until Tue 31 Aug. Modern British painting, drawing and sculpture. FREE Anthony Fry: Recent and New Work Until Sat 11 Sep. The first chance to view work by this noted English painter on Scottish soil.
■ GALLERY OF MODERN ART Royal Exchange Square, 287 3050. Mon–Wed & Sat 10am–5pm; Thu 10am–8pm; Fri & Sun 11am–5pm. FREE Unsettled Objects Until Tue 1 Mar. An exhibition of photography, video and installation from GoMA’s collection. FREE Tomorrow: Fiona Tan Until Mon 27 Sep. Tan’s first solo exhibition in the UK.
FREE Best Day of my Changing Life: Our Vision of Tomorrow Fri 3 Sep–Sun 16 Jan. Artistic responses by young people to the Fiona Tan exhibition. ■ GLASGOW PRINT STUDIO Trongate 103, 552 0704. Tue–Sat 10am–5.30pm; Sun noon–5pm. FREE Eduardo Paolozzi Until Sun 26 Sep. A collection of Leith-born artist Paolozzi’s screenprints, as well as four etchings produced at GPS in 1990. FREE Pop Goes the Easel Until Sun 26 Sep. Exhibition of pop art based around the film of the same name made by Ken Russell in 1962.
■ GLASGOW SCULPTURE STUDIOS 145 Kelvinhaugh Street, 204 1740. Thu, Fri & Sat noon–5pm. FREE Jimmie Durham: Universal Miniature Golf (The Promised Land) ●●●●● Until Sat 4 Sep. The renowned American sculptor responds to the histories and politics of his found materials. ■ HOUSE FOR AN ART LOVER Bellahouston Park, 10 Dumbreck Road, 353 4770. £4.50 (£3; under 10s free; family ticket £12). Opening times vary; please telephone venue. Kate Thomson Sculpture Until Thu 30 Sep. Included in admission. Smaller sculptural works from an artist best known for site-specific public works in stone. Rhonda Smith Until Mon 11 Oct. Included in admission. Evocative paintings of beaches and seascapes.
■ HUGHSON GALLERY 1 Cleveden Gardens, 334 2473. Wed–Sat noon–6pm. FREE Summer Exhibition Until Sat 28 Aug. Exhibition of the work of five artists: Doug Cocker, Lys Hansen, Stuart McKenzie, John Taylor and Heiner Thiel. ■ HUNTERIAN MUSEUM & ART GALLERY University of Glasgow, 82 Hillhead Street, 330 5431. Mon–Sat 9.30am–5pm. FREE Artist Rooms: Joseph Beuys Until Mon 27 Sep. A selection of works from the Artist Rooms collection, including portraits of Beuys by Andy Warhol. FREE Aspects of Scottish Art 1860–1910 Until Sat 11 Sep. Featuring works by Fraser and Bough, McTaggart, Chalmers and William York MacGregor. FREE James Paterson: Works from The Artist’s Studios Until Mon 27 Sep. Small exhibition celebrating aspects of the James Paterson Museum collections.
■ KELVINGROVE ART GALLERY & MUSEUM Argyle Street, 276 9599. Mon–Thu & Sat 10am–5pm; Fri & Sun 11am–5pm. Pioneering Painters: The Glasgow Boys 1880–1900 ●●●●● Until Mon 27 Sep. £5 (£3). Major new retrospective exhibition focusing on the pioneering Scottish and international artists of the late 1800s. FREE Scottish Glass at Kelvingrove Sat 28 Aug–Sun 1 Jul 2011. A unique long-term exhibition of glass art and artefacts from the 18th century to the present day.
■ LILLIE ART GALLERY Station Road, Milngavie, 578 8847. Tue–Sat 10am–1pm & 2–5pm. FREE Eyots Until Wed 22 Sep. Paintings and drawings made by Saul Robertson in the ten years since his graduation from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art.
Heart Throb Otherwise known as Jacob Smith, the GSA alumnus, who has previously exhibited at Recoat Gallery,
produces huge, surreal and often humorous paintings in oils. ■ The Brunswick Hotel, Merchant City, Glasgow, Sun 29 Aug–Wed 29 Sep.
■ MACKINTOSH MUSEUM The Glasgow School of Art, 167 Renfrew Street, 353 4500. Mon–Fri 10.30am–4.30pm; Sat 10am–2pm.
Visual Art FREE Henry Coombes: Magic Towards Your Face Until Sat 28 Aug. Henry Coombes returns to his alma mater to showcase new film work.
■ THE MODERN INSTITUTE 14–20 Osborne Street, 248 3711. Mon–Fri 10am–5pm; Sat noon–5pm.
✽✽ FREE Richard Wright Sat 4 Sep–Sat 23 Oct. See Hitlist.
■ EWAN MUNDY FINE ART 211 West George Street, 248 9755. Mon–Fri 10am–5pm; Sat 10am–2pm. FREE Landscapes and Shorelines Until Fri 3 Sep. One hundred Scottish drawings and paintings.
■ PLATFORM The Bridge, 1000 Westerhouse Road, Easterhouse, 276 9696. Mon–Thu 10am–8pm; Fri 10am–5pm; Sat & Sun 10am–5pm. FREE . . . a thousand ships Until Fri 27 Aug. Large-scale portraits on canvas by artists who attend Project Ability’s creative arts programme.
■ PROJECT ABILITY Centre for the Developmental Arts, Trongate 103, 552 2822. Tue–Sat 10am–5pm. ✽✽ FREE Recalling Lines: New Work by Robert Reddick See
Hitlist.
■ RECOAT 323 North Woodside Road, 341 0069. Tue–Sun noon–6pm. FREE Recoat Third Birthday Exhibition Until Sun 29 Aug. The gallery celebrates with a group exhibition.
■ ROGER BILLCLIFFE GALLERY 134 Blythswood Street, 332 4027. Mon–Fri 9.30am–5.30pm; Sat 10am–1pm. FREE Come Rain Come Shine Until Mon 30 Aug. Annual summer exhibition including a special section devoted to new artists. ■ SHARMANKA KINETIC THEATRE Trongate 103, 552 7080. Tue–Fri noon–4pm; Sat & Sun noon–5pm. FREE Starting Over: Recent Photographs by Robin C Mitchell Until Sat 28 Aug. Photography covering everything from circus skills training to Sharmanka Kinetic Theatre itself.
■ SORCHA DALLAS 5 St Margaret’s Place, 553 2662. Tue–Sat 11am–5pm.
✽✽ FREE Sophie Macpherson Fri 3 Sep–Fri 8 Oct. See Hitlist.
■ STREET LEVEL PHOTO WORKS Trongate 103, 552 2151. Tue–Sat 10am–5pm; Sun noon–5pm. FREE Mandy Edwards: A Celebration Until Thu 2 Sep. Documentary project looking at the development of Glasgow’s East End ahead of the Commonwealth Games. FREE Futureproof Until Sun 12 Sep. Exhibition profiling several recently graduated photographers.
■ TRAMWAY 25 Albert Drive, 0845 330 3501. Tue–Fri 10am–5pm; Sat & Sun noon–5pm. ✽✽ FREE GLORY – Pietro Fortuna Sat 28 Aug–Sun 12 Sep. See Hitlist. FREE Corin Sworn Fri 3 Sep–Sun 17 Oct. New film shot by Sworn in the main theatre at the Tramway.
Falkirk ■ THE PARK GALLERY Callendar Park, 01324 503789. Mon–Sat 10am–5pm; Sun 2–5pm. FREE Alan Davie at 90: An Exhibition of Recent Work Until Sat 16 Oct. One of the most important British painters of the post-war decade.
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