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names happen to be appropriate to their subject matter. LAST CHANCE Senja Bownes: Machrihanish, McTaggart and Me Thu 17 & Fri 18 Oct. Landscapes and seascapes by gallery artist.
■ BOURNE FINE ART 6 Dundas Street, 557 4050. Mon–Fri 10am–6pm; Sat 11am–2pm. LAST CHANCE Gerald Laing Until Sat 26 Oct. Screenprints and a bronze bust of Andy Warhol by the late artist. LAST CHANCE Jennifer McRae: As Is Until Sat 26 Oct. Portraits by award-winning painter whose work is in several public collections.
■ CITY ART CENTRE 2 Market Street, 529 3993. Mon–Sat 10am–5pm; Sun noon–5pm. Citizen Curator Until Fri 28 Feb. A visual celebration of Leith and its heritage, featuring works chosen by local people and created by them. Walter Geikie Until Fri 28 Feb. Paintings, drawings and prints from the deaf artist (1795–1837). ■ COLLECTIVE GALLERY City Observatory & Dome, 38 Calton Hill, 556 1264. Tue–Sun 11am–5pm LAST CHANCE Karen Cunningham: Factish Field | Project 1 Until Sun 10 Nov. A new film work, Fib, considering the history of census taking.
■ DOUBTFIRE GALLERY 3 South East Circus Place, 225 6540. Mon–Sat 10am–5pm. LAST CHANCE Michael G Clark: Ménage Until Sat 26 Oct. A series of new paintings that can be regarded as one unit.
■ DOVECOT STUDIOS 10 Infirmary Street, 550 3660. Mon–Sat 10.30am–5.30pm. LAST CHANCE David Peat: An Eye on the World Until Sat 26 Oct. Retrospective of photographic work by the late David Peat (1947–2012), one of Scotland’s finest documentarists. LAST CHANCE Jacki Parry: Resonance – gathering and sampling Until Sat 26 Oct. Paper work from the acclaimed artist. NEW Jamie Primrose: Reflections on a City Fri 8–Sat 16 Nov. Paintings of Edinburgh by the highly collectable Scottish artist. ■ THE EDINBURGH GALLERY 20a Dundas Street, 557 5002. Mon, Tue, Thu & Fri 11am–5pm; Sat 10am–1pm. LAST CHANCE Joan Gillespie, Hugh MacIntyre and David Smith RSW Until Sat 26 Oct. Watercolours from gallery artists. NEW Brenda Lenaghan Sat 2–Tue 26 Nov. Figurative watercolours from a member of the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour.
■ EDINBURGH PRINTMAKERS 23 Union Street, 557 2479. Tue–Sat 10am–6pm. LAST CHANCE John Bellany: A Life in Print Until Sat 9 Nov. A collection of prints by the late artist.
■ FOREST CENTRE + 38 Castle Terrace, 229 4948. Wed–Fri 2–7pm; Sat 11am–2pm. LAST CHANCE Warm Up Until Sat 26 Oct. Forest inaugurates its new gallery space, Forest Centre +, a former job centre, with this exhibition of work by group members. ■ FRUITMARKET GALLERY 45 Market Street, 225 2383. Mon–Sat 11am–6pm; Sun noon–5pm. LAST CHANCE Gabriel Orozco: thinking in circles Until Sun 20 Oct. Major overview of work by the Mexican artist, featuring large works on acetate which have never before been exhibited.
GEORGINA STARR: BEFORE LE CERVEAU AFFAMÉ This large multimedia exhibition was created as a direct response to the Cooper Gallery by Georgina Starr, who first gained fame as one of the YBAs in the 1990s. Here she offers an insight into ‘the hungry brain’ in her distinctly complex and imaginative style. The exhibition, curated by Sophia Hao, consists of ceramics, drawings, sculpture, film, textiles and photography. ■ Cooper Gallery, Dundee, until Fri 13 Dec.
around Lithuanian photography, with the images accompanied by selections from Lithuanian poetry. Part of Lithuanian Photography Season. NEW Hugh Hood: Glasgow 1974 Thu 7 Nov–Sun 8 Dec. Gritty, unsentimental images of Glasgow. ■ SVEN WERNER’S STUDIO 71 Houldsworth Street. See exhibition times for details. NEW Sven Werner: The Escapement Thu 31 Oct–Sun 3 Nov. Thu–Sun 5–9pm. A new installation by Sven Werner, playing with concepts of time. Sonica.
■ TRAMWAY 25 Albert Drive, 0845 330 3501. Tue– Fri noon–5pm; Sat & Sun noon–6pm, but individual installation and performance times may vary. NEW House Style Fri 25 Oct–Sun 19 Jan. New work and historic material responding to a film programme sourced from the archive of the BFI. NEW Lucy Skaer: Exit, Voice and Loyalty Fri 25 Oct–Sun 15 Dec. New sculptural work engaging with notions of history, using heavy ‘sinker’ mahogany recovered from rivers in Belize. NEW Rob van Rijswijk, Jeroen Strijbos, Pierluigi Pompeï: Whispers Thu 31 Oct–Sun 3 Nov. Thu–Sat noon–7pm; Sun noon–5pm. Sound installation. Sonica. NEW George Higgs: Door Thu 31 Oct, 6pm. Fri 1 Nov, 1pm. Two performers trundle a musical door through Tramway, stopping periodically to play it (it comes equipped with percussion elements). Sonica. NEW Voice by Maja SK Ratkje and HC Gilje Thu 31 Oct, 7.30pm. £12 (£8). Norwegian audio-visual performance for voice, LED screens and electronics. Sonica. NEW Yannis Kyriakides: The Buffer Zone Fri 1 Nov, 7.30pm. £12 (£8). A multimedia work inspired by the Cypris UN buffer zone: musicians play 116 THE LIST 17 Oct–14 Nov 2013
imaginary duets with virtual instruments on the other side of a screen. Sonica. NEW Release: The Koestler Exhibition for Scotland Sat 2 Nov– Sun 15 Dec. Art and writing selected for the 2013 Koestler Awards from work produced in prisons and other secure settings in Scotland and curated by young care leavers.
■ TRANSMISSION GALLERY Trongate 103, 552 7141. Tue–Sat 11am–5pm. LAST CHANCE public building Until Sat 26 Oct. Artists working in the livelier and more provocative end of performance: Phoebe Amis, gas-tower. com, Hardeep Pandhal and Internet (Siân Robinson Davies and Diego Chamy).
■ VARIOUS VENUES: GLASGOW NEW Sonica Thu 31 Oct–Sun 3 Nov. Times vary. Prices vary. Cutting- edge performance by established international artists blurring the boundaries of music, theatre, visual and electronic art. This year’s fest includes eight UK premieres and two Scottish premieres, and features works from Maja Solveig Kjelstrup Ratkje, Yannis Kyriakides, Michaela Davis and more. See preview, page 82. ■ VERGE 1226 Govan Road, ga-studios.co.uk Opening times vary; see individual exhibitions for details. NEW Great & Good: Isabella Elder and the History of Women and Protests on the Clyde Mon 4–Sat 9 Nov noon–4pm. Community art project celebrating the hidden histories of women from Govan and Linthouse.
■ THE VIRGINIA GALLERY 45 Virginia Street, 552 5699. Tue–Sat 11am–5.30pm. LAST CHANCE I Am . . . Until Sat 9 Nov. The experience of being LGBT in the 21st century, as articulated by 20 young LGBT people. Part of Glasgay!.
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■ ALPHA ART GALLERY 52 Hamilton Place, Stockbridge, 226 3066. Mon, Tue, Thu–Sat 11am–5pm; Sun noon–4pm; Closed Wed. NEW Jack Frame Fri 25 Oct–Sat 23 Nov. New work from popular artist and winner of the Jolomo Scottish Landscape Painting Award.
■ ART’S COMPLEX St Margaret’s House, 151 London Road, 661 1924. Daily 10am–10pm, but individual exhibition times may vary. LAST CHANCE Academy of Realist Art Open Studio Until Sun 20 Oct. Thu–Sun 10am–6pm. The Academy of Realist Art, based in Toronto, Ottawa, Boston and Edinburgh, aims to teach the techniques of 19th-century realist art. LAST CHANCE Make Yourself @ Home Until Sun 20 Oct. A group show by studio tenants. LAST CHANCE Re: See It Until Sun 20 Oct. Arts and crafts made from recycled material (or at any rate reflecting the concept of recycling). NEW Martin McCafferty Fri 25 Oct– Sun 3 Nov. Daily 11am–6pm. Debut solo exhibition by the Edinburgh painter. NEW Mary Walters and Annie Peel: Landworks Fri 25 Oct–Sun 3 Nov. Daily 11am–6pm. New art on geological themes. NEW Studio 2.33 Fri 1–Sun 10 Nov. Daily 11am–6pm. New work by Alan Kay, Jenny Haslem and Lesley Helfer. NEW Angel Featherstone: Angel and the Dandelion Fri 8–Sun 17 Nov. Daily 11am–6pm. New work. NEW Jane Chisholm Fri 8–Sun 17 Nov. Daily 11am–6pm. Work made from natural materials. ■ BON PAPILLON 15 Howe Street, 538 2505. Wed–Sun 9am–5pm. LAST CHANCE Kittie Jones and Stanley Bird Until Fri 1 Nov. Paintings of animals and birds by two artists whose