list.co.uk/visualart VISUAL ART
Exhibitions are listed by city, then alphabetically by venue. Submit listings at least 16 days before publication to art@list.co.uk. Listings compiled Alex Johnston. All exhibitions free unless otherwise stated. ✽ Indicates Hitlist entry
GLASGOW
■ ANNAN GALLERY 164 Woodlands Road, 332 0028. Tue–Sat 10am–5.30pm; Sun noon–4pm. Gallery closed Wed 25 & Thu 26 Dec and Wed 1–Fri 3 Jan. LAST CHANCE Winter Exhibition Until Tue 31 Dec. Colourful work by gallery artists including Jane Blair, Jean Feeney, Ron Lawson, Georgie McMaster, Peter Nardini and others.
■ ART PISTOL 49 Cochrane Street, 416 1232. Opening hours vary, see individual exhibitions for details. LAST CHANCE Art Pistol Christmas Gallery Until Sun 22 Dec. Wed–Sun 10am–6pm. Original artworks and prints for sale. ■ BURRELL COLLECTION 2060 Pollokshaws Road, 287 2550. Mon–Thu & Sat 10am–5pm; Fri & Sun 11am–5pm. Gallery closed Wed 25 & Thu 26 Dec and Wed 1 & Thu 2 Jan; open Tue 31 Dec 10am–12.30pm. LAST CHANCE Burrell’s Masters of Impressionism Until Sun 5 Jan. Selections from Sir William Burrell’s magnificent collection of impressionists and postimpressionists, including works by Degas, Boudin, Fantin-Latour, Manet, Rodin, Cezanne, Pissarro, Renoir, Sisley, Gauguin, Le Sidaner, Simon and Vuillard.
■ CCA 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. Galleries Tue–Sat 11am–6pm; Sun noon–6pm; general opening hours Mon– Sat 10am–midnight; Sun noon–midnight. Gallery closed Wed 25 Dec–Thu 2 Jan.
✽ Henry Coombes and Carles Congost: Man of the World
●●●●● Until Sun 26 Jan. Joint show by UK artist Coombes and Spanish artist Congost, concerning the ways in which the art scene replicates the hierarchies of the social world. See review, page 130.
■ THE COMMON GUILD 21 Woodlands Terrace, 428 3022. Tue, Wed, Fri & Sat noon–5pm; Thu noon–7pm. Gallery closed Fri 20 Dec– Mon 6 Jan. LAST CHANCE Roman Ondák: Some Thing Until Sat 14 Dec. New work by Slovakian conceptual artist: paintings and drawings made by the artist as a teenager, coupled with the objects that the paintings and drawings depict.
■ DAVID DALE GALLERY AND STUDIOS 161 Broad Street, Bridgeton, 258 9124. Thu–Sat noon–5pm. Gallery closed Mon 23 Dec–Wed 8 Jan. Neil Clements, Chadwick Rantanen and Magali Reus: Silent Hardware Until Fri 24 Jan. Painting and sculpture from artists looking at technological tendencies within formalist practice. ■ EWAN MUNDY FINE ART 211 West George Street, 248 9755. Mon– Fri 10am–5pm. LAST CHANCE Christmas Exhibition Until Mon 23 Dec. Work by major 20th century Scottish painters, including Anne Redpath, Joan Eardley, Robin Philipson and others. LAST CHANCE JD Fergusson and Contemporaries Until Mon 23 Dec. Paintings by the eminent Scottish Colourist and his peers.
■ GALLERY OF MODERN ART Royal Exchange Square, 287 3050. Mon–
Wed & Sat 10am–5pm; Thu 10am–8pm; Fri & Sun 11am–5pm. Gallery closed Wed 25 & Thu 26 Dec and Wed 1 & Thu 2 Jan; open Wed 31 Dec 10am–12.30pm. A Picture Show Until Sun 2 Feb. Paintings by artists who live and work in Glasgow, including Neil Clements, Michael Fullerton, Lotte Gertz, Charlie Hammond, Louise Hopkins, Merlin James, Andrew Kerr, Victoria Morton, Carol Rhodes, Tony Swain, Hanneline Visnes and George Ziffo. Ian Hamilton Finlay ●●●●● Until Sat 1 Mar. A major exhibition of prints, cards, booklets and sculpture by poet and visual artist Ian Hamilton Finlay (1925–2006). Living with War: Artists on War and Conflict ●●●●● Until Sun 9 Mar. Work from the gallery’s collection on themes of war and conflict, featuring work by Barbara Kruger, Goya and Christopher Nevinson. ■ GLASGOW PRINT STUDIO Trongate 103, 552 0704. Gallery: Tue– Sat 10am–5.30pm; Sun noon–5pm. Gallery closed Wed 25 Dec–Thu 2 Jan; open Tue 24 Dec 10.30am–1pm. Living Proof Until Sun 2 Feb. Prints, paintings and sculpture from gallery artists, inspired by Charles Darwin’s research on the second voyage of HMS Beagle. Featured artists include Alasdair Gray, Ashley Cook, Elizabeth Blackadder, Eileen Cooper and John Byrne. See preview, page 128.
■ GLASGOW SCULPTURE STUDIOS The Whisky Bond, Dawson Street, 353 3708. Wed–Sat 11am–5pm. Gallery closed Mon 23 Dec–Mon 6 Jan. LAST CHANCE Haegue Yang: Journal of Bouba/kiki Until Fri 20 Dec. First Scottish show for Berlin- based Korean artist interested in placing everyday objects in unfamiliar contexts and configurations. This show consists of works made over the course of a three- month residency in the studios, from June to September 2013.
■ HIDDEN LANE GALLERY 1081 Argyle Street, 07760 669011. Tue– Sat 11am–5pm. Gallery closed Tue 24 Dec–Thu 2 Jan. NEW Margaret Watkins: Art and Advertising Thu 2 Jan–Sat 8 Feb. Advertising images from the Scottish- Canadian photographer’s time in New York in the 1920s. See preview, below. ■ HOUSE FOR AN ART LOVER Bellahouston Park, 10 Dumbreck Road, 353 4776. Art Lovers Cafe and Shop open daily 10am–5pm. Gallery closed Wed 25 & Thu 26 Dec and Wed 1 & Thu 2 Jan. LAST CHANCE On the First Day of Christmas Until Mon 6 Jan. Christmas-themed exhibition by artists from the gallery.
■ HUNTERIAN MUSEUM & ART GALLERY University of Glasgow, 82 Hillhead Street, 330 4221. Tue–Sat 10am–5pm; Sun 11am–4pm. Gallery closed Wed 25–Fri 27 Dec and Wed 1–Fri 3 Jan; open Tue 24 Dec 10am–3pm and Sat 28–Tue 31 Dec 11am–4pm. LAST CHANCE Allan Ramsay: Portraits of the Enlightenment Until Sun 5 Jan. £7.50 (£5); free from Sat 28–Tue 31 Dec. A major exhibition of the work of Allan Ramsay, focusing on his portrait paintings, but also including a selection of material chosen to place him in his intellectual and historical context. Whistler and Watercolour Until Sun 23 Feb. Watercolours by the flamboyant American artist. ■ IOTA Unlimited Studios, 25 Hyndland Street, 338 6052. Tue, Wed, Fri & Sat 10am–5pm; Thu 10am–6pm during exhibitions. Gallery closed from Sun 22 Dec–Sun 5 Jan.
MARGARET WATKINS: ART AND ADVERTISING Part of the Hidden Lane’s series of exhibitions looking at the work of the Canadian-born photographer, who lived in obscurity in Glasgow for the last 40 years of her life. Here the gallery displays her advertising work, which appeared in publications including The New Yorker and Harper’s Bazaar. ■ Hidden Lane Gallery, Glasgow, until Sat 8 Feb.
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