Highlights | VISUAL ART
RIPPLES ON THE POND LEE MILLER AND
Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow, until 3 Apr 2016, glasgowlife.org. uk/museums/goma A selection curated by Katie Bruce from the gallery’s collection, designed as a conversation between works on paper by women and the moving image. See preview, page 98.
PICASSO Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh, until Sun 6 Sep, nationalgalleries. org/portraitgallery. Images of Picasso his family and friends by photographer and sometime model Lee Miller, exploring the long friendship between a great
artist and an extraordinary photographer. See preview, page 99.
JERWOOD / FVU AWARDS 2015: ‘WHAT
and Marianna Simnett, marking the culmination of an ambitious year-long project. See preview, page 99.
WILL THEY SEE OF PHOENIX BURSARIES
ME?’ CCA, Glasgow, until Sun 12 Jul, cca-glasgow. com New commissions from the Jerwood Award- winning artists Lucy Clout
Reid Building, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Fri 4 Jul–Sun 2 Aug, gsa.ac.uk Work by GSA final year students from 2014 whose degree show
work was destroyed in the Glasgow School of Art fire. See feature, page 40.
ANNUALE Various venues, Edinburgh, Fri 12–Sun 28 Jun, annuale.org A festival celebrating independent grassroots creative projects in Edinburgh, curated by the Embassy gallery.
H I T L I S T
VISUAL ART HIGHLIGHTS
invites 100 artists, writers and curators that it’s worked with over the past five years to contribute work to this constantly changing show; works are installed, exhibited and removed in the course of the show, leaving it in a state of flux.
DUNCAN SHANKS: THE POETRY OF PLACE
Hunterian Museum & Art Gallery, until Sun 16 Aug, gla.ac.uk/ hunterian A selection from the collection of sketchbooks bequeathed to the Hunterian by the distinguished landscape artist.
EDINBURGH
ARTIST ROOMS: ROY LICHTENSTEIN
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art One, until Jan 2016, 75 Belford Road, nationalgalleries.
org A three-room display of the work of the wittiest of the pop artists.
GARRY FABIAN MILLER: DWELLING
Dovecot Studios, until Sat 4 Jul, 10 Infirmary Street, dovecotstudios. com Rugs and other work created as part of a collaboration between Dovecot Studios and the photographic artist. See review, page 100.
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GLASGOW URS FISCHER: ∞
The Modern Institute, Sat 6 Jun– Sat 29 Aug, themoderninstitute. com Work by Swiss-born artist, noted for his dark sense of humour and expansive, decaying installations.
MARYSIA GACEK Glasgow Sculpture Studios, Sat 11 Jul–Sat 5 Sep, glasgowsculpturestudios.org Sculptural work from Polish-born artist, using personal symbolism and different modes of representation. See preview, page 100.
THE PERSISTENCE OF TYPE Tramway, Sat 20 Jun–Sun 26 Jul, tramway.org Work by artist Fiona Jardine and designers Sophie Dyer and Maeve Redmond, exploring the dialogue between graphic design, visual art and historical and fictional writing. Curated by Panel.
OPEN FOR BUSINESS Street Level Photoworks, Fri 3 Jul–Thu 27 Aug, streetlevelphotoworks.org Britain’s manufacturing industry as depicted by nine Magnum photographers: Martin Parr, Mark Power, Bruce Gilden, Jonas Bendiksen, David Hurn, Peter Marlow, Alessandra Sanguinetti, Chris Steele- Perkins, and Stuart Franklin.
ANNE HARDY: TWIN FIELDS The Common Guild, Sat 6 Jun–Sun 9 Aug, thecommonguild.org.uk Photographed sculptural installations from the English artist. See preview, page 99.
FINITE PROJECT ALTERED WHEN
OPEN David Dale Gallery and Studios, Sat 6 Jun–Sat 4 Jul, daviddalegallery.co.uk The gallery
SLAVS AND TATARS: LEKTOR Collective Gallery, City Observatory & Dome, until Sun 12 Jul, collectivegallery.net New work from the art collective, exploring the Mirrors for Princes: handbooks of medieval advice for rulers, advising them on etiquette, leadership and other important subjects. It takes the form of a multi-channel audio installation.
MC ESCHER Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Two, Sat 27 Jun–Sun 27 Sep, nationalgalleries.org The first major UK exhibition of the work of the Dutch artist responsible for some of the most astonishing images in 20th century art, informed by his profound intuitive understanding of mathematics and a razor-sharp technique.
MOTHS Summerhall, until Wed 15 Jul, summerhall.co.uk New work from artists brought together by Modern Edinburgh Film School: Zoë Fothergill, Anne McGuire, Lucy Skaer, Katrina Vallé, Amy Pickles, Mairi Lafferty, Anna Lucas, Allison Gibbs, Jenny Brady and Bobby Niven.
HENRY COOMBES: TWO DISCS AND A ZED
Summerhall, until Wed 15 Jul, summerhall.co.uk New film work from the ever-intriguing artist.
PHOTOGRAPHY: A VICTORIAN SENSATION
National Museum of Scotland, until Fri 31 Jul, nms.ac.uk Learn all about the Victorian craze for photography.
LEITHLATE Various venues, Fri 12 Jun–Sun 27 Sep, leithlate.co.uk LeithLate has expanded its format for 2015 with a programme of events running over a four month period across the Leith area, including public artworks such as The Shutter Project on Great Junction Street and The Mural Project with Kirsty Whiten (pictured left).
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