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GLASGOW
MFA DEGREE SHOW Glue Factory, until Sun 9 Jun, gsa. ac.uk The show for graduates of the Glasgow School of Art MFA programme. THE THEATRE OF ROBERT ANTON Tramway, until Sun 30 Jun, tramway. org Work by the avant-garde theatre artist Robert Anton, the first time it’s been seen in the UK.
GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART DEGREE SHOW Glasgow School of Art, until Tue 16 Jul, gsa.ac.uk Graduates of the GSA fine art, architecture and design programs display their work.
THE GERMAN REVOLUTION Hunterian Museum & Art Gallery, until 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. MARK MAKING: PERSPECTIVES ON DRAWING Gallery of Modern Art, until Sun 20 Oct, glasgowlife.org.uk/museums/ venues/gallery-of-modern-art-goma Work by six contemporary artists who view drawing as central to their practice: Erica Eyres, France-Lise McGurn, Gregor Wright, Jonathan Owen, Lois Green and Ross Hamilton Frew. See review, page 126.
EDINBURGH
EDINBURGH COLLEGE OF ART DEGREE SHOW Edinburgh College of Art, until Sun 9 Jun, eca.ed.ac.uk Annual degree show featuring work by graduating students across all disciplines. An ideal
opportunity to view, commission and purchase new work. There are nine days of free public viewing, including two late night openings. TRADING ZONE Talbot Rice Gallery, until Sun 23 Jun, ed.ac.uk/talbot-rice The return of the interdisciplinary student show featuring work by University of Edinburgh students.
CHARLES AVERY: THE GATES OF ONOMATOPOEIA Ingleby Gallery, until Sat 13 Jul, inglebygallery.com Charles Avery has spent some years focused on a fictional island; an all-encompassing, immersive investigation of the fabric and possibilities of another place. Through drawings, texts and objects, Avery describes the inhabitants, architecture, philosophies, customs and idiosyncrasies of this imagined territory, Onomatopoeia.
THOMAS KILPPER: THE POLITICS OF HERITAGE VS. THE HERITAGE OF POLITICS. Edinburgh Printmakers, until Sat 13 Jul, edinburghprintmakers.co.uk A site-specific floor carving by the German artist and activist, commissioned by the gallery to celebrate its opening at its new venue. See review, page 126.
THE LONG LOOK Scottish National Portrait Gallery, until Sun 27 Oct, nationalgalleries. org/visit/scottish-national-portrait- gallery A collaboration between the painter Audrey Grant and the photographer and printmaker Norman McBeath, exploring the art of portraiture. BRIDGET RILEY Scottish National Gallery, Sat 15 Jun–Sun 22 Sep, nationalgalleries. org A major overview of the work of one of Britain’s most distinguished artists, Bridget Riley, pioneer of Op Art.
RUSSIA: ROYALTY AND THE ROMANOVS The Queen’s Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse, Fri 21 Jun–Sun 3 Nov, rct.uk/visit/the-queens-gallery-
Russia: Royalty and the Romanovs
palace-of-holyroodhouse Exhibition exploring the relationship between the royal families of Great Britain and Russia, featuring more than 170 works of art, photographs and Fabergé masterpieces. DESIGN EXHIBITION SCOTLAND Lyon and Turnbull, Fri 28 Jun–Tue 2 Jul, designexhibitionscotland.co.uk Launched in 2018, Design Exhibition Scotland is a valuable showcase for Scottish designers working across a range of materials.
WILD AND MAJESTIC: ROMANTIC VISIONS OF SCOTLAND National Museum of Scotland, Wed 26 Jun–Sun 10 Nov, nms.ac.uk/ national-museum-of-scotland Displays and objects showing how some of the defining images of Scotland got created between the 18th and 19th centuries, including highland and military dress, landscapes, literature and other exhibits.
OUT OF TOWN ARCHITECTURE FRINGE Various venues, across Scotland, Fri 7–Sun 23 Jun, architecture fringe.com Exhibitions, performances, discussions, screenings, installations and more on the 2019 theme of ‘In Real Life’. See feature, page 54.
PATRICK STAFF: THE PRINCE OF HOMBURG Dundee Contemporary Arts, Sat 22 Jun–Sun 1 Sep, dca.org.uk Exhibition featuring works by British artist Patrick Staff reinterpreting the play The Prince of Homburg by Heinrich von Kleist. DANIEL LIE: THE NEGATIVE YEARS Jupiter Artland, Wilkieston, until Sun 14 Jul, jupiterartland.org Daniel Lie’s first solo exhibition, the result of a two- year research partnership.
NOW: ANYA GALLACCIO, CHARLES AVERY, PELES EMPIRE, AURÉLIEN FROMENT, ROGER HIORNS, ZINEB SEDIRA Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art One, Edinburgh, until Sun 22 Sep, nationalgalleries. org/visit/scottish- national-gallery-modern- art The latest in the three-
year series of contemporary art exhibitions is a major survey of the work of Paisley-born Anya Gallaccio. VICTORIA CROWE City Art Centre, Edinburgh, until Sun 13 Oct, edinburghmuseums. org.uk/venue/city-art- centre Major retrospective of the work of Victoria Crowe, with over 150
paintings from her career. See preview, page 126. SELF EVIDENCE: PHOTOGRAPHS BY WOODMAN, ARBUS AND MAPPLETHORPE Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh, until Sun 20 Oct, nationalgalleries.org/ visit/scottish-national- portrait-gallery Images
by three photographers working with self-portraiture: Francesca Woodman, Diane Arbus and Robert Mapplethorpe. See review, page 125. CINDY SHERMAN: EARLY WORKS 1975–1980 Stills, Edinburgh, Fri 28 Jun–Sun 6 Oct, stills. org An overview of the
seminal early works of Cindy Sherman. VIDEOGAMES: DESIGN/ PLAY/DISRUPT V&A Dundee, until Sun 8 Sep, vam.ac.uk/Dundee Exhibition focusing on the design of video games, reflecting on their complexity and the international debates surrounding them. See review, page 126.
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