VisualArt
FREE Scottish Painting Exhibition Fri 3–Wed 29 Jun. Paintings by artists working in the west of Scotland. ■ THE GALLERY @ MUSSEL INN 157 Hope Street, 572 1405. Mon–Fri noon–2.30pm & 5.30–10pm; Sat noon–10pm; Sun 12.30–10pm. FREE Ripple Effect 2 Until Tue 31 May. Monoprinting by six artists from Britain, Norway and France.
■ GALLERY OF MODERN ART Royal Exchange Square, 287 3050. Mon–Thu & Sat 10am–5pm (Thu until 8pm); Fri & Sun 11am–5pm. FREE Blueprint for a Bogey Until Sun 19 Jun. An exploration of play, including art work from GoMA’s collection by Dame Paula Rego, Sir Eduardo Paolozzi, Andy Goldsworthy and more. FREE British Art Show 7 Fri 27 May–Sun 21 Aug. See CCA, Glasgow.
■ GATEHOUSE GALLERY Rouken Glen Road, 620 0235. Mon, Fri & Sun 1.30–5.30pm; Sat 11.30am–5.30pm. FREE Alexandra Gardner Until Sun 29 May. Still lifes, portraits and landscapes. ■ GLASGOW BOTANIC GARDENS 730 Great Western Road, 334 2422. Daily 10am–6pm. FREE Ghost Orchids Until Thu 15 Sep. A site-specific sculptural installation in the gardens’ Orchid House by Siobhan Healy.
■ GLASGOW PRINT STUDIO Trongate 103, 552 0704. Tue–Sat 10am–5.30pm; Sun noon–5pm. FREE Marion McPhee Until Sun 29 May. Monotypes inspired by McPhee’s childhood home on the west coast of Scotland, from tiny details to sweeping landscapes. FREE Contemporary Monotypes Until Sun 3 Jul. Eighteen artists including well-known names like Adrian Wiszniewski, Peter Howson, Barbara Rae, Kate Downie and Bruce McLean apply painterly approaches to printmaking through the monotype. FREE Seth Orion Schwaiger Fri 3 Jun–Sun 3 Jul. Schwaiger uses planographs to explore ideas of flaw and process. ■ GLASGOW PROJECT ROOM Trongate 103, 552 1472. Daily noon–5pm. FREE Terrestrial Objects Sun 29 May–Sat 4 Jun. Daisy Richardson presents sculpture, painting and collage.
■ GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART 167 Renfrew Street, 353 4500. Mon–Thu 10am–9pm; Fri 10am–7pm; Sat 10am–5pm.
✽✽ FREE The Glasgow School Of Art Degree Show Sat 11–Sat 18
Jun. The annual degree shows for all graduating students from the departments of fine art, design, architecture and design, and a chance to spot the Turner prize winners of tomorrow, if past records are anything to go by. See feature, page 135. ■ GLUE FACTORY 22 Farnell Street, Garscube Industrial Estate, Maryhill. Tue–Sat 11am–6pm. FREE Glasgow School of Art MFA Show Thu 9–Sat 18 Jun. Graduation show for students on the GSA’s Master of Fine Art programme. Alumni include Richard Wright, Claire Barclay, Rosalind Nashashibi and Martin Boyce – no pressure on the class of 2011, then.
Photographs, maps and text providing an insight into a unique European nature conservation project mapping the biodiversity of the area around the Iron Curtain.
■ HAUNT Old Wynd, hauntspace@gmail.com. FREE The Golden Babies and the New Aesthetic Until Fri 3 Jun. The anti-gallery (it’s open all day every day, and everything is free for the taking) presents new work by Captain Hate. ■ THE HIDDEN GARDENS Tramway 25 Albert Drive, 0845 330 3501. Tue-Sat 10am–8pm; Sun noon–6pm. FREE From Death Zone to Nature Reserve: The European Green Belt Until Sun 5 Jun. See Goethe Institut, Glasgow.
■ HILLHEAD LIBRARY 348 Byres Road, 339 7223. Mon, Tue & Thu 10am–8pm; Wed 10am–5pm; Fri & Sat 9am–5pm; Sun noon–5pm. FREE Highrise Fri 3–Sun 26 Jun. Dramatic monochrome photographs by Lindsay Docherty documenting the lives of residents in Glasgow’s high rise blocks. West End Festival and Refugee Week Scotland. FREE Visual Journeys Fri 3–Sun 26 Jun. Work emerging from a project led by the University of Glasgow in which immigrant children created artistic responses to Shaun Tan’s graphic novel about a refugee’s experiences in a new land, The Arrival. West End Festival and Refugee Week Scotland.
■ HUNTERIAN MUSEUM & ART GALLERY University of Glasgow, 82 Hillhead Street, 330 5431. Mon–Sat 9.30am–5pm. FREE Past, Present and Future: Caring for William Hunter’s Prints Until Tue 21 Jun. Last chance to catch prints and paintings from William Hunter’s collection.
■ IOTA Unlimited Studios, 25 Hyndland Street, iota@unlimitedstudios.co.uk. Tue–Sat 10am–5pm; Sun 1–5pm. FREE Rita McGurn: Framed Drawings Fri 3–Sun 26 Jun. Small monochromatic works, which will be auctioned off in aid of Yorkhill Children’s Foundation at 4pm on Sun 26 Jun. West End Festival. ■ KELVINGROVE ART GALLERY & MUSEUM Argyle Street, 276 9599. Mon–Thu & Sat 10am–5pm; Fri & Sun 11am–5pm. FREE Drawing (on) Riverside Until Sun 14 Aug. Detailed studies of the new Riverside Museum.
■ KIBBLE PALACE Glasgow Botanic Gardens 730 Great Western Road, 334 2422. Daily 10am–6pm. FREE Digital Botanica Fri 3–Sun 26 Jun. Prints and an installation inspired by the greenery of the West End, by Tom Donald. West End Festival.
■ THE LIGHTHOUSE 11 Mitchell Lane, 221 6362. Mon–Sat 10.30am–5pm. FREE Digital Renaissance Fri 27 May–Sat 4 Jun. Graduate showcase from UWS Digital Art students. ■ LILLIE ART GALLERY Station Road, Milngavie, 578 8847. Tue–Sat 10am–1pm & 2–5pm. FREE Milngavie Art Club Sat 4 Jun–Fri 1 Jul. Popular annual exhibition.
■ THE MODERN INSTITUTE 14-20 Osborne Street, 248 3711. Mon–Fri 10am–6pm; Sat noon–5pm.
✽✽ FREE Martin Boyce: Night – terrace – lantern chains –
forgotten seas – sky ●●●●● Until Sat 25 Jun. New work generating ideas of the exterior landscape within the gallery space, from 2011 Turner Prize nominee Boyce. See review, page 136. ■ MONTGOMERY’S COFFEE HOUSE 9 Radnor Street, 357 1666. Daily 9am–6pm. FREE Neutral Gender: Stephanie Spindler Wed 1 Jun–Sun 31 Jul. Sculpture inspired by a residency in Istanbul. West End Festival.
■ EWAN MUNDY FINE ART 211 West George Street, 248 9755. Mon–Fri 10am–5pm (not Fri 27 & Mon 30 May). FREE Arran: The Firth of Clyde and Beyond Until Fri 3 Jun. Watercolours, oil paintings and drawings.
■ THE MUTUAL 3rd Floor, 84 Miller Street, themutual.org.uk Thu–Sat noon–6pm. FREE Douglas Morland: Under Ancient Boom Shadow Until Sat 28 May. Exhibition drawing on the imagery and vocabulary of mid-20th century broadcast culture. ■ NORTH GLASGOW COLLEGE 123 Flemington Street Springburn, 558 9001. FREE Spectrum Degree Show Sun 12–Fri 17 Jun, 10am–4pm. Degree show by visual arts students at North Glasgow College.
■ PROJECT ABILITY Centre for the Developmental Arts Trongate 103, 552 2822. Tue–Sat 10am–5pm.
✽✽ FREE Pum Dunbar: The Play of Parts Until Sat 18 Jun.
Paintings, collages and installations investigating the relationship between the self and the visual world. See Artbeat, page 134. ■ RECOAT 323 North Woodside Road, 341 0069. Tue–Sun noon–6pm. FREE Mutant Veneer Until Sun 19 Jun. Illustrator and graphic designer by FiST.
■ GOETHE INSTITUT 3 Park Circus, 332 2555. Mon–Thu 10am–5pm; Fri 10am–4pm. FREE From Death Zone to Nature Reserve: The European Green Belt Tue 21 Jun–Fri 19 Aug. ■ LIME GALLERY 899 Dumbarton Road, 334 6352. Tue–Sat 11am–5.30pm. FREE The Cream of Argyll Fri 3–Sat 18 Jun. Mixed media from artists working in Argyll. West End Festival.
■ RGI KELLY GALLERY 118 Douglas Street, 248 6386. Mon–Fri 10.30am–5pm; Sat 10.30am–3pm. FREE Emma Semple Until Sat 28 May. Work influenced by travel experiences.
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■ MANSFIELD PARK GALLERY 5 Hyndland Street, 342 4124. Wed–Fri 11am–5pm; Sat 11am–5pm. FREE Kirsty Wither: New Paintings Until Sat 4 Jun. Scottish landscapes, flowers and sultry nudes.
■ MARKET GALLERY 334 Duke Street, 556 7276. Thu–Sun 11am–5pm. FREE It’s Our Playground Until Tue 31 May. Curatorial residency exploring progressive and performative elements of art. ■ MARY MARY Suite 2/1, 6 Dixon Street, 226 2257. Tue–Sat noon–6pm. FREE Aleana Egan: ‘nature had an inside’ Until Sat 4 Jun. New work from the Dublin-based artist.
■ MITCHELL LIBRARY North Street, 287 2999. Mon–Thu 9am–8pm; Fri & Sat 9am–5pm. FREE Red Road by Robert Ormerod Thu 9–Thu 30 Jun. The photojournalist explores the unstable lives of people seeking asylum in Scotland. Refugee Week Scotland.
■ ROGER BILLCLIFFE GALLERY 134 Blythswood Street, 332 4027. Mon–Fri 9.30am–5.30pm; Sat 10am–1pm. FREE Black and Gold Until Sat 28 May. New work from leading contemporary jewellers. FREE Gordon Mitchell: New Paintings Until Tue 31 May. Surrealist paintings. FREE Mike Lythgoe Until Sat 28 May. Woodcarving. ■ SCOTLANDART.COM 193 Bath Street, 221 4502. Tue–Fri 10.30am–5.30pm; Sat 11am–5pm; Sun noon–5pm. FREE A Fisherman’s Tale Until Wed 22 Jun. Paintings inspired by the sea.
■ SMITHY GALLERY 74 Glasgow Road, Blanefield, 01360 770551. Tue–Sun 11am–5pm. FREE George Allen Until Sun 29 May. Expressionist landscapes from the Glasgow artist. FREE Summer Exhibition Sun 5 Jun–Sun 24 Jul. Group show of new work.
■ SORCHA DALLAS 5 St Margaret’s Place, 553 2662. Tue–Sat 11am–5pm.
✽✽ FREE Rob Churm: The Exhaustion Hook Until Fri 27 May. Drawings and etchings from the Glasgow-based artist. FREE Duncan Marquiss Fri 10 Jun–Fri 15 Jul. An artist who works in paint, drawing and video.
■ STREET LEVEL PHOTO WORKS Trongate 103, 552 2151. Tue–Sat 10am–5pm; Sun noon–5pm.
✽✽ FREE Victoria Clare Bernie: Slow Water ●●●●● Until Sun 5
Jun. A combination of video, film, drawing and photography following the cycle of insect life and death in a Highland loch. See review, page 136. FREE Gina Glover: Playgrounds of War Sat 11 Jun–Sat 6 Aug. Poignant photographs of abandoned military bases. ■ MACKINTOSH CHURCH Queen’s Cross, 870 Garscube Road, 946 6600. FREE Adorn Wed 22–Sat 25 Jun, 10am–5pm. Nine emerging makers show jewellery.
■ TRAMWAY 25 Albert Drive, 0845 330 3501. FREE British Art Show 7 Fri 27 May–Sun 21 Aug. Tue–Sun 11am–5pm. See CCA, Glasgow.
■ TRANSMISSION GALLERY Trongate 103, 552 4813. Tue–Sat 11am–5pm. FREE Tino Sehgal Until Sat 4 Jun. Sehgal makes art out of encounters between the viewer and people performing various specified instructions. ■ TRON THEATRE 63 Trongate, 552 4267. Mon–Sat 10am–6pm. FREE Murray Robertson: New Work Until Sun 12 Jun. Printmaking.
EDINBURGH ■ ART’S COMPLEX St. Margaret’s House, 151 London Road, 661 1924. Exhibition opening times vary, see individual listings. FREE Lynn Ahrens: Nightwalk Until Sun 29 May, noon–6pm. New paintings inspired by night-time strolls. FREE Ross Flemington & Kay Richardson Sat 28 May–Sun 5 Jun, 11am–7pm. Contemplative new work about the nature of reality. FREE Susan Brightman: It Could Have Been Me Sat 28 May–Sun 5 Jun, noon–6pm. Exhibition relating to