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century revival of Celtic art, through both his work as an artist and his highly influential manual Celtic Art: The Methods of Construction, still a standard text on the subject. This display features examples of his watercolours, drawings, sculptures and jewellery and includes much material that has never been publicly exhibited before. ■ SCOTTISH NATIONAL GALLERY OF MODERN ART ONE 75 Belford Road, 624 6200. Daily 10am–5pm. FREE Sol LeWitt, Wall Drawing #1136, 2004 Until Sun 6 May. Sol LeWitt’s Wall Drawing #1136, 2004 has been executed by members of the gallery team according to the late artist’s instructions; it’s a huge, vibrant and colourful abstract painting which is painted directly onto the gallery wall and therefore only exists for the duration of its exhibition. When the exhibition is over, the painting will be painted over again (until it’s painted in some other gallery some other time.) FREE The Sculpture Show Until Sun 24 Jun. A major new exhibition of sculptural works from the collection, alongside important works on loan. Featured artists include Rodin, Degas, Hepworth, Moore, Giacometti, Duchamp, Hirst, Lucas and others, along with photographic and film documentation. Ron Mueck’s enormous A Girl will return to the gallery from its world tour.
■ SCOTTISH NATIONAL GALLERY OF MODERN ART TWO 73 Belford Road, 624 6200. Daily 10am–5pm. FREE Scottish Painting Between the Wars Until Sun 18 Mar. An exhibition of an alternative tradition in Scottish painting to the one represented by the Scottish Colourists. Artists like Edward Baird, William Crosbie and William Crozier drew inspiration from the cubist and vorticist movements.
✽✽ The Scottish Colourist Series: FCB Cadell ●●●●● Until Sun 18
Mar. £7 (£5). The first of a series of retrospectives about the four artists known as the ‘Scottish Colourists’. Francis Campbell Boileau Cadell (1883–1937) was born in Edinburgh and is remembered for his interiors, still lifes and landscapes of Scotland and France. FREE The Scottish Colourists and their Circle Until Sun 18 Mar. An overview of the work of FCB Cadell, JD Fergusson, GL Hunter and SJ Peploe, and other artists who were working in a similar manner at the same time, as well as younger artists inspired by their work.
■ SCOTTISH NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY 1 Queen Street, 624 6200. Daily 10am–5pm (Thu until 7pm). Closed Sun 25–Mon 26 Dec; late opening Sun 1 Jan at noon. A host of new long-term displays exploring different aspects of Scottish Portraiture. On show are: a set of portraits of people painted wearing their tartan in the 18th century; a display looking at the relationship between philosopher David Hume and painter Allan Ramsay; Thomas Annan’s haunting photographs of a condemned Victorian Glasgow slum; a corner devoted to George Jamesone, widely accepted as Scotland’s first great portrait painter; an investigation into the Jacobites’ self-presentation through portraiture; military engineer John Slezer’s landscape engravings from the late 17th and early 18th centuries; a survey of how and why women had their portraits painted in the 19th century; an exhibition of work showing how sport was transformed by wider social and infrastructural changes in the last two centuries; a section focusing on the Reformation; and finally a group of portraits of the heroes of Scotland’s great
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The internationally acclaimed artists return to Scotland with two bodies of recent work: Atomgrad (Nature Abhors a Vacuum), a collection of photographs of sites around the abandoned town of Pripyat in the Chernobyl exclusion zone, and the premiere of a film installation called Face Scripting – What Did the Building See?, exploring the assassination of a Hamas operative in Dubai, with a script by the Newcastle- born sisters performed by Jordanian actor Nadim Sawalha. ■ Dundee Contemporary Arts, Sat 12 Jan–Sun 25 Mar.
industrial and cultural transformation of 1750–1850. FREE Graham Fagen: Missing Until Sat 31 Mar. Video work based on the theme of missing people. FREE Migration Stories: Pakistan Until Wed 31 Oct. An exhibition in three parts: photos of prominent Scots with a Pakistani heritage; a film by Pakistani filmmaker Sana Bilgrami; and a look at the life of a Scottish teacher in Lahore. FREE Pioneers of Science Until Wed 31 Oct. An exhibition of portraits of the men, women and in at least one case the sheep whose adventures in science have shaped the modern world. FREE Romantic Camera: Scottish Photography & the Modern World Until Sat 30 Jun. Exhibition exploring the powerful influence of Romanticism on early Scottish photography. FREE The Modern Scot Until Wed 31 Oct. An exhibition exploring how Scottish writers and artists developed a uniquely modern sensibility in the aftermath of World War I. FREE War at Sea Until Wed 31 Oct 2012. The work of Sir John Lavery, who recorded the lives of airmen, sailors and munitions workers in World War I.
■ THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT Horse Wynd, Holyrood, 0800 092 7500. Opening hours vary depending on parliament activities, please telephone for info. FREE Design & Democracy Until Fri 23 Mar. Work by 16 new designers, demonstrating ways in which design can alter the ways we live, be it in the fields of health, society or environment. ■ SCOTTISH STORYTELLING CENTRE 43–45 High Street, 556 9579. Mon–Sat 10am–6pm. FREE A New Look at the Old
Town Fri 20 Jan–Sat 25 Feb. The results of an ambitious two-year project by artist William Highet to paint the whole south side of the Royal Mile. 14 Jan. Handmade jewellery. FREE Jolomo: Boats, Crofts and Kirks Sat 21 Jan–Sat 11 Feb. Hebridean scenes by the ever-popular artist.
■ STILLS 23 Cockburn Street, 622 6200. Mon–Thu 11am–9pm; Fri–Sun 11am–6pm. FREE Richard Williams: United States Until Sun 18 Mar. Richard Williams’ exhibition of photos and artefacts is an examination of the history and future of the great Atlantic ocean liner SS United States. The largest ocean liner ever constructed entirely within the USA, she still holds the Blue Riband for the fastest crossing in passenger service and is now slowly rusting in a Philadelphia dock because nobody can agree on what to do with her: one of the most impressive (albeit obvious) metaphors ever constructed.
✽✽ FREE Allan Sekula: Ship of Fools Sat 21 Jan–Sun 18 Mar. A
photography exhibition documenting the voyage of the MV Global Mariner, a cargo ship that toured the world from 1998 to 2000 carrying in its holds a travelling exhibition of working conditions at sea. See caption, page108.
■ TALBOT RICE GALLERY University of Edinburgh, South Bridge, 650 2210. Tue–Sat 10am–5pm
✽✽ FREE Beholder ●●●●● Until Sat 18 Feb. An innovative
exhibition exploring ideas of taste, beauty and subjectivity, curated as part of David Hume’s 300th birthday celebrations. Artists include Yoko Ono, Karla Black, Alan Reid, Hamish Fulton, Anthony Schrag and many others. ■ TORRANCE GALLERY 36 Dundas Street, 556 6366. Mon–Fri 11am–6pm; Sat 10.30am–4pm. FREE Sheana Stephen DA Until Sat
■ UNION GALLERY 45 Broughton Street, 556 7707. Mon–Sat 10.30am–6pm; Sun noon–6pm. FREE Winter Wonderland Until Tue 24 Jan. Works by gallery artists, including Audrey Grant, Colin Brown, Stewart Bremner, Trevor Jones, Megan Chapman and others. OUTSIDE THE CITIES
■ DUNDEE CONTEMPORARY ARTS 152 Nethergate, Dundee, 01382 909900. Tue–Sat 11am–6pm (Thu until 8pm); Sun noon–6pm.
✽✽ FREE Torsten Lauschmann: Startle Reaction ●●●●● Until
Sun 8 Jan. Glasgow-based artist Lauschmann employs everything from zoetropes and cutting edge 3D film technology in a playful exploration of technological entertainment and our reactions to it, be they sceptical or optimistic.
✽✽ FREE Jane & Louise Wilson Sat 21 Jan–Sun 25 Mar. New
photography and film work from the Newcastle-born siblings. See picture caption, above. ■ THE PARK GALLERY Callendar Park, Falkirk, 01324 503789. Mon–Sat 10am–5pm. FREE Elizabeth Blackadder: Journeys from Home Until Sat 25 Feb. An exhibition charting the development of Elizabeth Blackadder through the artist’s own paintings, from her beginnings in Falkirk via her travels with her late husband, to the present.
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