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GLASGOW
LOTTE GERTZ: MIGRATING EYE CCA, Thu 28 Feb–Sat 9 Mar, cca- glasgow.com New work from the artist, produced during and since a residency at Cove Park in 2018. THE GERMAN REVOLUTION: EXPRESSIONIST PRINTS Hunterian Museum & Art Gallery, Fri 1 Mar–Sun 25 Aug, gla.ac.uk/ hunterian Prints from important German artists working between 1918 and 1919, including Schiele, Klinger, Kokoschka, Munch, Dix, Schmidt-Rottluff, Nolde, Beckmann and Käthe Kollwitz.
EDINBURGH
EMMA HART: BANGER The Fruitmarket Gallery, until Sun 3 Feb, fruitmarket.co.uk New work in ceramics from the London- based artist, exploring her interest in the car and urban landscape as well as presenting the major recent work Mamma Mia!.
NOW: MONSTER CHETWYND, HENRY COOMBES, MOYNA FLANNIGAN, BETYE SAAR, WAEL SHAWKY Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art One, until Sun 28 Apr, nationalgalleries.org/ visit/scottish-national-gallery- modern-art The latest in a series of contemporary art exhibitions foregrounds the Turner-nominated Monster Chetwynd, known for her exuberant and theatrical performances.
ROBOTS National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, until Sun 5 May, nms. ac.uk/national-museum-of- scotland New exhibition developed by the Science Museum that looks at our 500-year quest to make robots human. See preview, page 53. SOMETIMES I DISAPPEAR Ingleby Gallery, Sat 2 Feb–Sat 13 Apr, inglebygallery.com Work by women artists who work with self- portraiture conventions but whose work avoids or confronts the viewer’s gaze. Featuring Cindy Sherman, Francesca Woodman, Oana Stanciu and Zanele Muholi.
BP PORTRAIT AWARD 2018 Scottish National Portrait Gallery, until Sun 10 Mar, nationalgalleries.org/visit/ scottish-national-portrait-gallery Annual portrait painting competition. ORLA KIELY: A LIFE IN PATTERN Dovecot Studios, Thu 7 Feb–Wed 26 Jun, dovecotstudios.com Exhibition of the works of designer Orla Kiely, whose flat style and colourful palette have become very popular.
ANOTHER COUNTRY City Art Centre, until Sun 17 Mar, edinburghmuseums.org. uk/venue/city-art-centre Work by eleven artists all born or living in Scotland but from different ethnic and cultural backgrounds, examining themes of immigration and national identity. SYLWIA KOWALCZYK: LETHE Summerhall, until Sun 17 Mar, summerhall.co.uk Photography
ARTISTS BOOKMARKET The Fruitmarket Gallery, Sat 9 & Sun 10 Feb, fruitmarket.co.uk Stalls laden with artists’ books, in this market organised jointly with Stills. BORDERLINES Talbot Rice Gallery, Sat 23 Feb– Sat 4 May, ed.ac.uk/talbot-rice Group exhibition about the concept of borders, with work from Lara Almarcegui, Rossella Biscotti, Lonnie van Brummelen & Siebren de Haan,
Willie Doherty, Nuria Güell, Ruth E Lyons, Amalia Pica, Khvay Samnang, Santiago Sierra, Mona Vatamanu and Florin Tudor. OUT OF TOWN
PHIL COLLINS: CEREMONY Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, Dundee, until Sat 16 Feb, dundee.ac.uk/ cooper-gallery Exhibition reflecting on the work and life of Friedrich Engels, using a decommissioned Eastern European statue of Engels from Eastern Europe to explore themes of the representation of revolution, authority and capitalism.
Orla Kiely: A Life in Pattern
LORNA MACINTYRE: PIECES OF YOU ARE HERE Dundee Contemporary Arts, until Sun 24 Feb, dca.org.uk The artist’s first solo exhibition in a major UK institution, featuring new work specially commissioned for the gallery. DAVID AUSTEN: UNDERWORLD Dundee Contemporary Arts, Sat 23 Mar–Sun 9 Jun, dca.org. uk David Austen presents the full breadth of his work for the first time in Scotland. The exhibition aims to create a mythical space and journey with works in a range of media from oil paintings to cinematic projections.
ROBERT BLOMFIELD: EDINBURGH STREET PHOTOGRAPHY City Art Centre, Edinburgh, until Sun 17 Mar, edinburghmuseums. org.uk/venue/city-art- centre Exhibition of the work of street photographer Robert Blomfield. See review, page 100. RUTH BARKER &
HANNAH LEIGHTON- BOYCE Glasgow Women’s Library, until Sat 23 Mar, womenslibrary.org.uk New work developed as part of research residencies undertaken by the artists over 2017/2018. Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow, until Sun 5 May, glasgowlife.org. uk An exhibition looking at the legacy of the innovative Orcadian artist and film- maker, placing it alongside the works of contemporary artists and filmmakers. See review, page 100.
STALKING THE IMAGE: MARGARET TAIT AND HER LEGACY ANDY WARHOL AND EDUARDO PAOLOZZI:
I WANT TO BE A MACHINE Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Two, Edinburgh, until Sun 2 Jun, nationalgalleries.org/visit/ scottish-national-gallery- modern-art More than just a trawl through the greatest hits, pop art works by Warhol and Paolozzi show how they used found and captured images. See review, page 99. CHARLES II: ART AND POWER The Queen’s Gallery, Edinburgh, until Sun 2 Jun, rct.uk Charles II liked a good time, and that included having himself painted. This exhibition shows the extent of his patronage of the arts and the resurgence of state- sponsored art that happened under the Restoration. See review, page 100.
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