VISUAL ART
■ SMITHY GALLERY 74 Glasgow Road, Blanefield, 01360 770551. Tue–Sat 11am–5pm; Sun 1–5pm; closed Mon. LAST CHANCE Margaretann Bennett RSW Until Sun 16 Nov. Figurative and landscape paintings and watercolours. NEW Christmas Exhibition Sun 23 Nov–Wed 24 Dec. Seasonal paintings and ceramics. ■ STREET LEVEL PHOTOWORKS Trongate 103, 552 2151. Tue–Sat 10am– 5pm; Sun noon–5pm; closed Mon. LAST CHANCE Jill Todd Photographic Award Until Sun 7 Dec. Competition to find Scotland’s best student and graduate photographers.
■ SWG3 Studio Warehouse, 100 Eastvale Place, 357 7246. Opening times vary, see individual exhibition listings for details.
✽ Dominic Samsworth: Salting the Mirage Until Sat 13 Dec.
Wed–Sat noon–6pm. See Private View, page 99.
■ THE TELFER 3rd Floor, 84 Miller Street, the-telfer.com Thu–Sun noon–5pm during exhibitions. LAST CHANCE Elizabeth Corkery: Small Decors Until Sun 23 Nov. See preview, page 97.
■ TRAMWAY 25 Albert Drive, 0845 330 3501. Building open: Tue–Sat 10am–8pm, Sun noon–6pm; Exhibitions open: Tue–Fri noon–5pm; Sat & Sun noon–6pm; closed Mon.
✽ NEW Mike Nelson: Eighty Circles Through Canada Sat 15
Nov–Sun 11 Jan. See preview, right.
■ TRONGATE 103 Trongate 103, 276 8380. Tue–Sat 10am– 5pm; Sun noon–5pm; closed Mon. NEW Alexander Storey Gordon: Be Vigilant Dear Friends, Because You Never Know When Your Eyes Are Going To Be Gouged Out Sat 22–Sun 30 Nov. Daily noon–4pm. New work from Glasgow- based artist. ■ VARIOUS VENUES: GLASGOW LAST CHANCE Kate V Robertson: Converse Until Sun 16 Nov. Thu–Sat, all day. Speaker-based sound art in various locations all over the city.
EDINBURGH
■ BON PAPILLON 15 Howe Street, 538 2505. Wed–Sun 9am–5pm; closed Mon & Tue. LAST CHANCE Returning Autumn Visitors Until Wed 19 Nov. New paintings from Tom Sutton Smith, Melanie Williamson, Stanley Bird, Chris Brook and Jenny Martin.
■ CITY ART CENTRE 2 Market Street, 529 3993. Mon–Sat 10am–5pm; Sun noon–5pm. LAST CHANCE A–Z: An Alphabetical Tour of Scottish Art Until Sun 16 Nov. Overview from 17th century to now. Picturing Conflict: Art of the First World War Until Jan 2015. Images of war from Eric Robertson, DY Cameron and Sir John Lavery. ■ COBURG HOUSE STUDIOS 15 Coburg Street, 554 6888. Opening hours vary, see individual exhibition listings for details. LAST CHANCE Absurd Mode Until Sun 16 Nov. Thu–Sun 11am–6pm. ECA students explore social identity.
■ COLLECTIVE GALLERY City Observatory & Dome, 38 Calton Hill, 556 1264. Tue–Sun 10am–4pm; closed Mon. Vanessa Billy: Sustain, Sustain 100 THE LIST 13 Nov–11 Dec 2014
■ EDINBURGH SCULPTURE WORKSHOP 25 Hawthornvale, 551 4490. Mon–Sat 10am–5pm but individual events may vary. Norbert Delman: S / S / S Until Tue 25 Nov. Work by Polish artist exploring issues around bodybuilding culture. NEW Concrete Antenna Fri 14 Nov– Sat 31 Jan. Daily (not Sun) 9.30am–5pm. A sound installation by Rob St John, Tommy Perman and Simon Kirby.
■ EMBASSY GALLERY 10b Broughton Street Lane, embassygallery.org Thu–Sun noon–6pm. NEW Vitae Sat 15–Sun 30 Nov. Works by Jaakko Pallasvuo and Danna Vajda. ■ THE FINE ART SOCIETY (FORMERLY BOURNE FINE ART) 6 Dundas Street, 557 4050. Mon–Fri 10am–6pm; Sat 11am–2pm; closed Sun. NEW Derek Clarke: Portraits of Rocks Fri 14 Nov–Wed 24 Dec. Landscape painting by the late artist. NEW William Wilson 1905–1972: Etchings Fri 14 Nov–Wed 24 Dec. Etchings by the distinguished artist.
■ FLAUBERT GALLERY 74 St Stephen Street, 225 5007. Tue–Fri 10am–6pm; Sat & Sun 11am–5pm; closed Mon. NEW Caroline Hepburne-Scott Fri 14–Wed 19 Nov. Mon-Wed, Fri-Sun 10am–6pm. Detailed bird and botanical drawings plus taxidermy by Colin Scott.
■ FRUITMARKET GALLERY 45 Market Street, 225 2383. Mon–Sat 11am–6pm; Sun noon–5pm.
✽ Stan Douglas Until Feb 2015. See preview, page 97.
■ INGLEBY GALLERY 15 Calton Road, 556 4441. LAST CHANCE Thomas Joshua Cooper: Scattered Waters – Sources, Streams, Rivers Until Sat 29 Nov. Daily (not Sun) 10am–6pm. Landscape photography by a master. NEW Billboard for Edinburgh Exhibition Sat 6 Dec–Sat 10 Jan. A look back at the gallery’s public billboard project. ■ INTERVIEWROOM 11 Forest Centre +, 38 Castle Terrace, interviewroom11.tumblr.com Wed–Fri 2–7pm; Sat 11am–2pm; closed Sun–Tue, but individual exhibitions may vary. NEW Another Athens Wed 26–Sat 29 Nov. Wed–Fri 4–7pm; Sat 11am–2pm. An artistic exchange between artists and writers in Edinburgh and Athens.
■ INVERLEITH HOUSE Royal Botanic Garden, Arboretum Place/ Inverleith Row, 248 2971. Tue–Sun 10am–3.30pm; closed Mon. Tony Conrad: Invented Acoustical Tools 1966–2012 Until Jan 2015. Elegant and enigmatic instruments designed. See review, page 96.
■ LEITH GALLERY 65 The Shore, Leith, 553 5255. Tue–Sat 11am–5pm; closed Sun & Mon. LASTT CHANCE Marion Drummond and Michael Durning Until Sat 29 Nov. New paintings.
■ NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SCOTLAND Chambers Street, 0300 123 6789. Daily 10am–5pm. LAST CHANCE Danie Mellor: Primordial – SuperNaturalBayiMinyjirral Until Sun 23 Nov. Work by the acclaimed contemporary Australian artist. ■ OPEN EYE GALLERY 34 Abercromby Place, 557 1020. Mon– Fri 10am–6pm; Sat 10am–4pm; closed Sun. LAST CHANCE Ben Risk: Field Work Until Tue 25 Nov. Post-industrial landscapes with a narrative element.
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INSTALLATION MIKE NELSON: EIGHTY CIRCLES THROUGH CANADA Tramway, Glasgow, until Sun 11 Jan
Subtitled ‘The last possessions of an Orcadian mountain man’, this show by the twice Turner-nominated British artist Mike Nelson comes from a deeply personal place, serving as it does as a reaction to the death of his friend and sometime collaborator Erlend Williamson, who fell from Glencoe while climbing in 1996. Although Nelson’s installations are generally built to fit a specific space and gallery situation and dismantled after, this one has seen life before: first as part of his show ‘Amnesiac Hide’ in Vancouver in 2013, and at the Power Plant in Toronto earlier this year.
‘The installation consists of a double-sided unit made of found wood collected from Vancouver beaches,’ says exhibition organiser Chloe Josse, ‘with a slide projection and a collection of Williamson’s belongings.’ These slides were produced during road trips across British Columbia and into Alberta. The notion of travelling is strong here, says Josse, as is a sense ‘of disjointed memory and flashbacks associated with the death of Williamson. His [Nelson’s] installations have a unique narrative, always connected to their location in some ways. They’re set up as seemingly abandoned environments, which can be disorientating to the viewer.’
The exhibition will show Williamson’s own used ropes and boots, his tattered wrist cast and rock collection, while the film was made on Nelson’s journey through the wilds of Canada, its meditation on the scenery partly focused on abandoned campsites and fire spots. It seems like a very resonant, human reaction to the absence of somebody from a setting which was so familiar to them and of humanity from the natural world, and Josse sums it up intriguingly when she says the entire installation is ‘an exploration of the trace left by human presence and an expression of loss and absence.’ (David Pollock)
Until Sun 21 Dec. Recent sculptural work from Swiss artist. NEW Collette Rayner: Access as idiot distraction Sat 22 Nov–Sun 21 Dec. A film based on the artist’s research into the Principality of Sealand, a former World War II sea fort off the coast of Suffolk.
■ CORN EXCHANGE 11 Newmarket Road, 477 3500. NEW Edinburgh Art Fair Fri 14– Sun 16 Nov. Times tbc. The chance to peruse and pick up artwork from over 60 exhibitors from the UK and Europe. Thousands of pieces by 20th and 21st century artists are on offer and there’s also a fully licenced cafe and bar available. See preview at list.co.uk. ■ THE DANISH CULTURAL INSTITUTE 3 Doune Terrace, 225 7189. Mon–Thu 10am–4pm; Fri 10am–3pm (gallery closed on Fridays). LAST CHANCE Jesper Christiansen: Found Drawings Until Tue 2 Dec. Debut solo exhibition for major Danish artist.
■ DOVECOT STUDIOS 10 Infirmary Street, 550 3660. Building: Mon–Sat 10.30am–5.30pm, closed Sun; Viewing Balcony: Mon–Fri noon–3pm, Sat 10.30am–5.30pm, closed Sun; but individual exhibitions may vary.
NEW Selected Sat 29 Nov–Sun 21 Dec. A Christmas selling exhibition of work by 27 Scotland-based makers.
■ DUNDAS STREET GALLERY 6a Dundas Street, 557 4050. Opening times vary, see individual events for details. LAST CHANCE Jamie Primrose: Light and Shade Until Sat 15 Nov. Thu–Sat 11am–6pm. New oil paintings and Indian ink drawings. ■ THE EDINBURGH GALLERY 20a Dundas Street, 557 5002. Mon–Fri 11am–5pm; Sat 10am–1pm; closed Sun. LAST CHANCE Connie Simmers and Sheila Macmillan Until Sat 29 Nov. New paintings.
■ EDINBURGH PLAYHOUSE 18–22 Greenside Place, 0844 871 3014. LAST CHANCE Fifty Comics Exhibition Until Sat 15 Nov. Thu– Sat, times vary. Collection of portraits of comic performers such as Vic Reeves, Frank Skinner and Jimmy Carr.
■ EDINBURGH PRINTMAKERS 23 Union Street, 557 2479. Tue–Sat 10am–6pm; closed Mon & Sun. No Fixed Abode Until Tue 23 Dec. Work by member artists on the issue of homelessness. See preview, page 97.