ART & EXHIBITIONS
Stairway To Fame A new permanent portrait gallery on the entrance stairway of the library celebrating the achievements
. of some famous alumni. including Adam
Smith. James Boswell. Dame Louise
? Mclllroy and John Logic Baird.
I GOETHE-INSTITUT 3 Park Circus. 332 2555. Mon—Fri 10am—6pm.
I GLASGOW ART CENTRE 12 Washington Street. 221 4526. Mon—Fri l()am—8pszat 10am—3pm.
Strathclyde Schools Exhibition Until 24 Nov. Work by young artists from around the region.
I GLASGOW GROUP GALLERY l7 Queen's
Crescent. 332 4924. Mon—Fri l 1am—6pm.
SCOTLAND CREATES: 5000 Years of Art & Design
Sculpture-Related Until 29 Nov. Wall-mounted pieces. small-scale works and drawings by various Group members. including George Wyllie and Jim Connell. Christmas Exhibition 3—21 Dec. A seasonal show by various Glasgow Groupartists.
I GLASGOW PRINT STUDIO 22 King Street. 5520704. Mon~Sal 10am—~5.30pm.
Vier + Four: Glasgow-Berlin Book Project Until 24 Nov. Framed pages. along with additional drawings and paintings. from a limited edition book produced by artists and writers from Glasgow and Berlin. including Alasdair Gray and Liz Lochhead. The Glaswegians respond to Berlin. the Berliners to Glasgow.
Ana Maria Pacheco Until 24 Nov. Sculpture. prints and drawings by this Brazilian-born artist.
Eur0pean Paper Artists 3—24 Dee. A show by several artists. including Jacki Parry. lleinz Dieter Pietsch and Laurence Barker. who create sculptural work from hand-made paper.
Christmas Exhibition 3—24 Dec. Mixed show by gallery members.
I GLASGOW ROYAL CONCERT HALL West Nile Street. 332 3123. Mon—Sun 10am—4.30pm.
Scottish Press Photography Awards 1989 Until 30 Nov. Prize-winning pictures by full-time and freelance photographers from all over Scotland.
The Revolution Table/Signs and Miracles Until 8 Dec. Two exhibitions centring on a group of East German dissidents involved in last years‘s peaceful revolution. The eponymous table is where they used to meet in a Leipzig cafe. while in Signsand Miracles artists Edith Tar and Radjo Monk respond to the revolution with artwork. photographs. poetic graphics and sound. Wall Art/9 November 1989 Until 8 Dec. Two more exhibitions commemoratingthe events which culminated in the openingof the Berlin Wall. Wall Art by lleian. Kuzdas depicts the colourful graffiti adorning the Wall before its downfall. while 9 November1989 records the experiences of fourteen photographers from East and West as the Wall was breached.
Japan Weelt Exhibitions 26—29 Nov. A wide selection of Japanese artcfacts on show.
I including pottery. dolls. paper art and
' Asahi culture. See ()pen panel.
I GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART 167 Renfrew . Street. 332 9797. Mon—Thurs 10am—9pm. i Fri 10am—5pm. Sat 9am—noon.
Inside Story Until 24 Nov. Current projects and recent building by leading British interior designers.
5 Years Until 24 Nov. Work bygraduates of the Interior Design course at GSA from the past five years.
3d199O Until 24 Nov. A show ofwork currently ‘on the board'. on site or completed. by leading Scottish archhitects and designers.
Graphic Design UK 1—15 Dec. A display by consultants from the UK. including Pentagram. Minalle Pattersfield. the Mcllroy Coutts partners. Blue Peach and Gert Dunbar from Holland.
I GLASGOW UNIVERSITY John McIntyre Building. University Avenue. 339 8855. ext 6394. Mon—Sat 9.30am—5pm; Sun 2—5pm.
Underthe Microscope Until 21 Dec. The art of microscopy examined. with items from the Royal Microscopical Society. ‘hands on' exhibits from local companies and Microscapes — 50 photographs ofobjects magnified up to a billion times.
I GLASGOW UNIVERSITY LIBRARY University Avenue. 339 8855 ext 6754. Mon—Thurs 9am—9.30pm; Fri 9am—5pm; Sat 9am—12.30pm.
George Oliver Until 14 Dec. Glasgow photographer ()liver‘s documentation of
I the influential Strategy Get Arts exhibition ofGerman avant-garde art in the 1970
Edinburgh Festival.
I HARBINGERS 417 Great Western Road. 3399999. Mon—Sat 10am—6pm.
Works from the gallery’s collection. including watercolours and ink drawings. I HUNTERIAN ART GALLERY University of Glasgow. 82 llillhead Street. 339 8855 ext 5431. Mon—Fri 9.30am—5pm; Sat 9.30am—1pm.
§ Whistler in Europe Until 5 Jan. An
exhibition of Whistler's pastels. drawings. watercolours. etchings and lithographs. revealing a variety of European influences.
I INTEROEC GALLERY Maryhill Burgh Hall. 24 Gairbraid Ave. 9465912. Mon—Fri l()am—5.30pm; Sat 10am—4pm. Christmas Exhibition 1 Dec—l8 Jan. A mixed show of work from around thirty artists. including paintings. drawings. photography. batik and ceramics.
I JOHN GREEN FINE ART 203 Bath Street. 2216025. Mon—Fri 10am—5pm; Sat 10am—1pm.
19th and 20th century British and Continental oils and watercolours.
I KELLY GALLERY 118 Douglas Street. 248 6386. Mon—Fri 10.30am—2pm. 2.30—5.30pm: Sat 10.30am—4.30pm. James Fullerton Until 1 Dec. Recent paintings.
I LANGSIOE GALLERY 26—28 Battlefield Road. 649 8888. Mon—Sat 9am—12.30pm. l-5.30pm.
Donald Hamilton Fraser: Originals and Prints Until 30 Nov. Paintings ofthe Scottish Ballet and the Royal Ballet at work.
I LILLlE ART GALLERY Station Road. Milngavie. 956 2351. Tue—Fri 11am—5pm and 7—9pm; Sat and Sun 2—5pm. Closed Mon.
Seven Rois at the Lillie Until 24 Nov. Works by Glen Scouller. George Devlin. John Cunningham. and others.
Laurel Bank at the Lillie 4—20 Dec. Work
collected by friends of Laurel Bank School
over the century. including llunter. Peploe. McTaggart. Eardley. Redpath and many more.
I MAIN FINE ART Michael Main Gallery
and The Studio Gallery. 16 and 34 Gibson u Street. Both galleries on 334 8858 and
open Mon—Sat “lam-5.30pm.
Collection of paintings. mostly new. by l. Lesley Main and others.
I MARYRILL ARTS CENTRE 11 Malloch Street. 945 3995. Mon—Fri 10am—1pm. 2—5pm.
Flora MacDonald Until 23 Nov. Textile work. including weaving. embroidery and
tapestry. by a local artist.
I MCLELLAN GALLERIES 270 Sauchiehall Street. 331 1854. Mon-Sat 10am—5pm
(Thurs 10am—10pm); Sun noon—6pm.
Scotland Creates: 5000 Years of Art and Design Until 1 April 1991. The firstever collaboration between Scotland‘s national galleries. libraries. and museums. this exhibition spans the country‘s entire
3 history of artistic production. The central theme is Scotland as a land ofopposites. with contrasts explored through exhibits
' from painting and sculpture to furniture
and industrial design.
5 I MITCHELL LIBRARY North Street. 221
7030. Mon—Fri 9.30am—9pm; Sat
9.30am—5pm.
' Pages And Pictures Until 24 Nov. A farrago
of Mitchell Library treasures. including the smallest letterpress-printed book in the world. illuminated manuscripts. examples ofearly printing. life-size depictions of US birds by J .J. Audubon. watercolours by William Simpson and a
The collaboration between Glasgow Museums and Art Galleries and The Scottish National Institutions has brought together some of the nation's most precious and intriguing objects into one exhibition. The theme of Scottish Design over the years is devised by Murray Grigor and is set against the apparent contrast and parallels in Scots Culture.
McLellan Galleries, 270 S auchiehall St, Glasgow
04] 331 1854
I.II.I.EY
—-+-THE AGE OF ——
VAN GOGH
DUTCH PAINTING 1880—1895
This exhibition highlights, through eighteen works of Van Gogh, how innovations abroad inspired
revolutionary changes in Dutch Painting.
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Burrell Collection, Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow
041 649 7151
The List 23 November— 6 December 199069