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■ SKYPARK GLASGOW 8 Elliot Place, skypark-glasgow.com FREE Petrosphere Until Mon 7 May, daily 11am–7pm. Exchange project between five artists based in Glasgow and another five based in Athens. GI. FREE Art Pistol: Temporary Art Gallery Fri 4–Sun 13 May, Mon–Sat 10am–6pm; Sun 11am–4pm. Pop-up selling gallery with work by artists including Jody Kelly, Sheena Russell and Lee Robertson.
■ SMITHY GALLERY 74 Glasgow Road, Blanefield, 01360 770551. Tue–Sat 11am–5pm; Sun 1–5pm. FREE Alasdair Gray Until Sun 13 May. Work by the justly celebrated novelist, playwright, poet and artist. FREE Joyce Gunn Cairns Until Sun 13 May. Work by the Edinburgh-based artist. FREE Six Degrees of Separation Sun 20 May–Sun 24 Jun. New work by Christopher Wood, Kirsty Wither, Alice McMurrough, Kevin Low, Hazel Nagl and David Schofield. ■ SOUTHSIDE STUDIOS 17 Westmoreland St, southsidestudios.org Daily during GI, 11am–6pm. FREE Familiar Until Mon 7 May. Work from four notable young Scottish artists: Rose Ruane, Michelle Hannah, Erica Eyres and Anna Tanner. GI. FREE Real Time Glimpses Ahead Until Mon 7 May. Gallery artists present their vision for the studios’ future. GI.
■ STREET LEVEL PHOTO WORKS Trongate 103, 552 2151. Tue–Sat 10am–5pm; Sun noon–5pm; during GI also Mon 10am–5pm. FREE Growing Up in the New Age Until Sun 3 Jun. Photographs of the counter-culture by Marjolaine Ryley, including many pictures from the archive of Dave Walkling. GI. FREE Pete Horobin: DATA Until Sun 3 Jun. Dundee artist Pete Horobin chronicled his life from 1980 to 1989;
this exhibition displays some of the pictures, texts and other archive material that he accumulated. GI. ■ SWG3 Studio Warehouse, 100 Eastvale Place, 357 7246. Normal opening hours Wed–Sat noon–6pm; extended opening hours during GI Mon–Fri 10am–6pm, Sat noon–5pm. FREE #UNRAVEL Until Mon 7 May. Installation by Aidan Moffat and FOUND, in which the audience unravels the story of the narrator’s life by playing records from his collection. GI. FREE www.withholdmeaning.tv Until Mon 7 May. Ironic and witty work by Jose Eduardo (Yaque) Llorente, Max Prus and Diego Chamy. GI.
■ THE TALL SHIP AT RIVERSIDE 150 Pointhouse Place, 357 3699. Daily 10am–5pm. FREE The Tall Ship Presents . . . Bespoke Art Gallery Fri 18 May, 6–9pm. Booking essential. A pop-up art gallery on the River Clyde, with a portion of profits from the art sales going to charity. Part of the Festival of Museums. ■ TRAMWAY 25 Albert Drive, 0845 330 3501. Normal opening hours Tue–Fri noon–5pm, Sat & Sun noon–6pm; extended opening hours during GI, Mon–Sat 11am–6pm, Sun 12.30–6pm. FREE Kelly Nipper: Black Forest Until Mon 7 May. Work incorporating elements of dance, textiles and photography. GI. FREE Redmond Entwistle: Walk- Through Until Sun 13 May. Film installation inspired by the California Institute of the Arts. GI. FREE The Making Of Us Until Sun 6 May. A film set installation with video recorded over the first weekend of the festival. GI. FREE Moyra Davey: Les Goddesses Until Mon 7 May. Film based around the lives of 18th-century writer and women’s rights advocate Mary Wollstonecraft’s three daughters.
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■ TRANSMISSION GALLERY Trongate 103, 552 7141. Tue–Sat 11am–5pm. FREE Six Works of Art for your Interpretation Until Sat 5 May. An experiment in interpretation. GI.
■ TRON THEATRE 63 Trongate, 552 4267. Tue–Sat 10am–midnight; Sun 11am–midnight; Mon 10am–6pm. FREE Christine Leathem Until Sun 10 Jun. Prints exploring the contrast between ideals, dreams, and reality. ■ TRONGATE 103 Trongate, 276 8380. Opening hours vary for different parts of the building, see individual event listings. FREE The Mutual Charter Closing Event Rally and Publication Launch Sat 5 May, 4pm. The Mutual celebrates the end of its Charter programme with a mini- procession through Glasgow and a publication commemorating the whole thing. GI. FREE STUDIUM Fri 11–Wed 16 May (not Sun), 10am–5pm. Work by HND Contemporary Art Practice students at City of Glasgow College.
■ THE VIRGINIA GALLERY 45 Virginia Street, 552 5699. Tue–Sat 11am–5.30pm. FREE BOND: Female, Film and Photography Fri 27 Apr–Sat 19 May. Photography, painting and a short film work by female artists exploring the things that bind and bond us. ■ WASPS STUDIOS 77 Hanson Street, Dennistoun, 554 8299. Daily during GI, 10am–5pm (Thu until 7pm). FREE #pigeonsdontriot Until Mon 7 May. Anonymous multi-national art collective Ernest stages an intervention
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(or operation) in the streets of Glasgow in search of pigeons. GI. FREE Castling Until Mon 7 May. A billboard collaboration between artists based in Birmingham and Glasgow. GI. EDINBURGH
■ AMBER ARTS 78 Montrose Terrace, Abbeyhill, 661 1167. Tue–Fri 10am–5pm; Sat 10am–2.30pm. FREE Sophia Lindsay Burns: Visions of Edinburgh Until Sat 19 May. Unusual views of the capital.
■ ART’S COMPLEX St Margaret’s House, 151 London Road, 661 1924. Opening times vary, see individual exhibition listings for details. FREE COPE Exhibition Until Sun 29 Apr, 11am–7pm. Work by members of Caring for Older People in Edinburgh. FREE Melissa Peacock Until Sun 29 Apr, 11am–7pm. Mixed media, influenced by weather patterns. FREE Re: See It Until Sun 29 Apr, 11am–7pm. Work made from recycled materials. FREE Scottish Surfaces: An Embroiderer’s Approach Sun 6–Sat 19 May, Mon–Sat 10am–4pm (Thu until 7pm). Work by Scottish members of the Embroiderers’ Guild. FREE Stitching a Welcome to Athletes of the World Sun 6–Thu 17 May, Mon–Sat 10am–4pm (Thu until 7pm). A giant tapestry to welcome Olympic athletes. ■ BON PAPILLON 15 Howe Street, 538 2505. Mon & Wed–Sat 9am–5.30pm; Sun 11am–5pm; closed Tue. FREE Joyce Gunn Cairns & Kelly Anne Cairns Until Sat 5 May. Joint exhibition by highly-rated Scottish painters (who aren’t related).
This exhibition brings together some of the finest works in the Royal Collection to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in 2012. One hundred paintings will be on display including works by Rembrandt, Canaletto and Monet, as well as drawings by Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and Raphael, miniatures, watercolours, manuscripts, furniture, sculpture, ceramics and jewellery and Imperial Easter Eggs by Fabergé. ■ The Queen’s Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh, until Sun 4 Nov. 26 Apr–24 May 2012 THE LIST 123