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patrons and the man responsible for the preservation of the Mackintosh House interior. Mackintosh Architecture Until Sun 4 Jan. £5 (£3). More than 80 architectural drawings, archival material, films and models – many rare or never before exhibited – exploring the work of Glasgow’s famous son. The exhibition comes as the culmination of the Hunterian’s Mackintosh Architecture: Context, Making and Meaning research project.
■ IOTA Unlimited Studios, 25 Hyndland Street, 338 6052. Tue, Wed, Fri & Sat 10am–5pm; Thu 10am–6pm during exhibitions, but individual exhibitions may vary. Otherwise open during office hours and on Farmers’ Market Saturdays. Window Shopping Until Tue 23 Dec. Daily (not Sun) 10am–6pm. Work by gallery artists. ■ KELVINGROVE ART GALLERY & MUSEUM Argyle Street, 276 9599. Mon–Thu & Sat 10am–5pm; Fri & Sun 11am–5pm. Note: gallery is closed Wed 24–Fri 26 Dec; open Wed 31 Dec 2014 10am–1pm; closed Thu 1 & Fri 2 Jan 2015. Alasdair Gray: From the Personal to the Universal Until Sun 22 Feb. £5 (£3; under 16s free). A major retrospective to mark the 80th birthday of one of Scotland’s most revered artists. More than 100 works are on display, many loaned from private collections, featuring pieces from Gray’s student days to the present. Note: some content may not be suitable for under 16s. The Alasdair Gray Season. Jewel-like Treasures: Dutch and Flemish Paintings on Copper Until Sun 14 Jun. Explore works in the collection dating back to the 1600s that eschew canvas or board in favour of thin sheets of copper. Looking at World War I Until Sun 12 Jul. Paintings and sculpture from the collection.
■ THE LIGHTHOUSE 11 Mitchell Lane, 276 5365. Mon–Sat 10.30am–5pm; Sun noon–5pm. Note: gallery is open Wed 24 Dec 10.30am–4pm; closed Thu 25 Dec 2014–Fri 2 Jan 2015 inclusive. Alice Dansey-Wright: Legitimate Likenesses Until Sun 11 Jan. Glasgow- based illustrator Dansey-Wright presents new work inspired by a research trip to the American Museum in Britain, the only museum of American decorative and folk art outside the USA. City Observatory Installation Until Sat 20 Dec. Installation by the Institute of Future Cities, showing how city data helps us to understand urban centres, and to plan better cities for the future. Postcode 3000 Until Wed 28 Jan. An examination of the development of Melbourne, Australia’s second-largest city, focusing on the highly successful re-urbanisation of the city centre in the 90s, which saw a large increase in residential development in the centre and a corresponding reduction of empty office space.
■ LILLIE ART GALLERY Station Road, Milngavie, 956 5536. Tue– Sat 10am–1pm & 2–5pm; closed Mon & Sun. Christmas Art Show Until Sat 20 Dec. Christmas-themed arts and crafts at affordable prices, from gallery artists. Class Acts Sat 13–Wed 17 Dec. Art produced by senior pupils from Secondary Schools in East Dunbartonshire. ■ MARY MARY Suite 2/1, 6 Dixon Street, 226 2257. Tue– Sat noon–6pm; closed Mon & Sun. Note: gallery is closed between Sun 21 Dec 2014 and Mon 5 Jan 2015 inclusive. Jonathan Gardner Until Sat 17 Jan. Work by artist whose paintings have been compared to those of Picabia, Magritte and Balthus.
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PRIVATE VIEW GOOD PRESS
Good Press was founded in 2011 to provide a platform for the most innovative and exciting independent art publishing. Alongside zines, prints, artists’ books and newspapers, the space also hosts ‘table-top’ exhibitions, showing the work of local and international artists, organises regular reading events and has a lively programme of external projects, participating in independent art publishing events around the world. Rachael Cloughton speaks to Good Press founders, Matthew Walkerdine and Jessica Susan Higgins. How has the space changed over the last three years?
When we first opened, the majority of publications were focused on visual art, now there is a huge growth in art writing and fiction from artists. It’s such an exciting thing to experience; the changing focuses of art publishing.
How do you programme your exhibitions and decide which artists you’ll show?
The table-tops are a space for an artist to do as they wish. They’ll come up with a project idea which may be something small or something huge, whatever works! We believe in absolute freedom for these things. What upcoming projects, exhibitions or new artists’ books are you most looking forward to?
We’re really enthused by our new artists’ book working group, ‘Work is a Four Letter Word and so is Book’. It’s a fortnightly meeting to discuss artists’ books and to share and present our own ideas. It’s been really beneficial for all so far, and it’s got us all wanting to make new publica- tions.
What are the ‘must reads’ in the shop just now? We recently published a book to accompany the installation ‘Freedom Isa Bonfire’ by Suzanna Zak which for photography and ephemera fans alike, is a wonderful thing. ■ The full version of this interview is available online.
VISUAL ART Victoria Morton, Dirty Burning, 1997 (detail) © the artist. Image courtesy of the artist, The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd, Glasgow and the National Galleries of Scotland. National Galleries of Scotland is a charity registered in Scotland (No. SC003728)
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