CHARLES RENNIE MACKINTOSH: MAKING THE GLASGOW STYLE Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Glasgow, Fri 30 Mar–Tue 14 Aug, glasgowlife.org See preview, page 92. BURNS UNBROKE: CONTEMPORARY ARTS INSPIRED BY
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RACHEL MACLEAN: SPITE YOUR FACE Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh, Sat 24 Feb– Sat 5 May Maclean’s 2017 Venice Biennale work returns for its UK premiere.
ROBERT BURNS Summerhall, Edinburgh, until Sat 10 Mar, summerhall.co.uk See preview, page 92. LEE LOZANO The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, Sat 10 Mar– Sun 3 Jun, fruitmarket.
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CATHERINE STREET AND OTHERS Scottish National Gallery Of Modern Art (Modern One), Edinburgh, Sat 24 Mar–Sun 16 Sep, nationalgalleries.org A major survey of the work of Jenny Saville, spanning nearly 25 years, as well as rooms of work by five further artists.
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HELEN DE MAIN: YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT Platform, until Sun 11 Feb, platform- online.co.uk Prints made by the artist after a series of meetings in the gallery with local women who shared thoughts on work / housework and the experiences of being daughters, sisters, wives, mothers and grandmothers. STEVEN CAMPBELL: LOVE Tramway, until Sun 25 Mar, tramway.org Large-scale multi-media collages made between 1988 and 1991 by one of Glasgow’s most respected artists.
MARCELO BRODSKY: 1968–THE FIRE OF IDEAS Street Level Photoworks, Sat 10 Feb–Sat 7 Apr, streetlevelphotoworks.org Images of student and worker demonstrations from around the world in 1968, annotated by the artist’s hand to give context and background. REHANA ZAMAN: SPEAKING NEARBY CCA, Sat 10 Feb–Sun 25 Mar, cca- glasgow.com Debut solo exhibition in Scotland by English artist who works mostly with the moving image.
MARGARET SALMON: CIRCLE Tramway, Fri 16 Feb–Sun 18 Mar, tramway.org Work by New York-born, Glasgow-based artist, which weaves together poetry and ethnography. EDINBURGH
BP PORTRAIT AWARD 2017 Scottish National Portrait Gallery, until Sun 11 Mar, nationalgalleries. org/visit/scottish-national-portrait- gallery The best in contemporary portrait painting, selected from 2580
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entries by artists from 87 countries around the world.
SPLENDOURS OF THE SUBCONTINENT: A PRINCE’S TOUR OF INDIA 1875–6 The Queen’s Gallery, until Sun 22 Apr, royalcollection.org.uk/visit/ the-queens-gallery-palace-of- holyroodhouse An exhibition of some of the finest Indian treasures from the Royal Collection that tell the story of the grand tour of the subcontinent made by the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) at the end of the 19th century through watercolours, photographs and 74 exquisite works of art presented to the Prince as part of the traditional exchange of gifts. See review, page 92. WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR National Museum Of Scotland, until Sun 29 Apr, nms.ac.uk/national-
museum-of-scotland The largest and most prestigious wildlife photography competition in the world comes to Scotland. WHEN WE WERE YOUNG: PHOTOGRAPHS OF CHILDHOOD FROM THE NATIONAL GALLERIES OF SCOTLAND Scottish National Portrait Gallery, until Sun 13 May, nationalgalleries. org/visit/scottish-national-portrait- gallery Images of childhood to coincide with Scotland’s Year of the Young Person 2018, looking at how the experience of childhood has changed over the years but also how its portrayal has changed.
GARRY FABIAN MILLER: VOYAGE Dovecot Studios, Fri 2 Feb–Mon 7 May, dovecotstudios.com A new tapestry created in collaboration with the tapestry studio.
COLLECTED SHADOWS: THE ARCHIVE OF MODERN CONFLICT Stills, Sat 3 Feb–Sun 8 Apr, stills. org A selection from the Archive of Modern Conflict, which was established to collect vernacular photography and ephemera relating to the First and Second World Wars but which has expanded to over eight million images, not all relating to conflict. ARTISTS BOOKMARKET The Fruitmarket Gallery, Sat 17 & Sun 18 Feb, fruitmarket.co.uk Stalls laden with artist’s books, in this market organised jointly with Stills photography gallery.
DAVID CLAERBOUT Talbot Rice Gallery, Sat 24 Feb– Sat 5 May, ed.ac.uk/talbot-rice Work by the acclaimed Belgian video artist, whose works include The Pure Necessity, a reimagining of Disney’s The Jungle Book in which the animals lose all their human characteristics. OUT OF TOWN
NORMAN GILBERT: PASSION, VISION AND SPIRIT Tatha Gallery, Newport-on-Tay, until Sat 17 Feb, tathagallery.com Colourful, highly structured figurative paintings by veteran Glasgow-based artist now in his 92nd year. HERE WAS ELSEWHERE: ››FFWD Cooper Gallery, Duncan Of Jordanstone College Of Art And Design, until Sat 17 Feb, dundee. ac.uk/cooper-gallery/aboutus/ cooper-gallery Moving images by gallery artists. The selection is supported by Modern Edinburgh Film School.
KATE V ROBERTSON: THIS MESS IS KEPT AFLOAT Dundee Contemporary Arts, until Sun 25 Feb, dca.org.uk New sculptural work in the first solo exhibition in a UK institution by the artist.
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