Visual Art
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The controversy over the attribution of the Skating Minister attracted hoards of people to a National Galleries of Scotland debate. Ruth Hedges investigates.
t‘x l2.45pm on a 'I'uexda) al'ternoon at the \Vexton link and an old \xoman ix arguing hitterl) Iot‘ her right to xit in on the Ieeture. She'x not got a tieket.
and xhe‘x not getting in. The theatre‘x lull and an air ol'
antieipation hu//ex about the mainh gre} headx paek'ed into the \Vexton lira}. I’t'uxtrated. xhe ma) he. hut the \\oman “ateliex along \xith lltl otherx outxide on the linked up \ideo xereenx. ’I‘he National (ialleriex ha\ e not xeen an_\thing like it.
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rankling in the prexx het\\een the douhterx and the I‘L‘IILWL‘I‘N WVIIH I’itllllt‘tl [Ilt‘ Skating .\Illll\IL‘l".’. l\ [IIL' quextion and e\er_\one'x gathered to lind out. \Vax it Sir lIenr_\ Ix’aehurn or. ax Dr Stephen I.Io_\d ix tr_\ing to argue. I-i'eneli painter llenri-I’ierre l)anlau\. While it ix a xpeeial eaxe. \ ixitorx. it xeemx. are regularl} xtarting to eome to the next \Vexton l.ink. \xhieh opened Iaxt lid}. in the xt_\Ie ol~ audieneex of old. \\ hen puhlie tneetingx \\ ere ax popular and partieipator} ax a xeriex ol mg Brother. ‘Numherx are going era/_\.' xa}x xenior edueation ot‘l'ieer Iimma \ieolxon. ‘\\'e‘\e both had ahttxe trotn \ ixitorx.‘
IIeIen \Ionaghan. talkx and e\entx programmer. hax \\orked eloer} \xith Iimma and euratorx to de\elop a programme \\hieh hax hoxted .lanet Street Porter and lid Ruxeha. ix .xoon to \xeleome I’runeIIa Sealex talking about Queen Vietoria. and xuper-realixt photographer .\Iartin I’arr later in the }t‘;tt‘.
Big namex grah attention. but mueh \xork ix heing done at ground Ie\e| to broaden the audieneex for regular dixeuxxionx. \xidening the traditional Iunehtime leeture eore. 'l‘m piloting thingx at the
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moment aimed at xtudentx and pi'ol‘exxionals.‘ xa_\'x \Ionaghan. ‘\\'e'\e got eontemporary artixt Riehard \\'athen talking ahout I.andxeer and haVe exeiting ideax tor the return of the Veniee Biennale hringing dixeuxxiom haek home linding out what all the luxx ix ahout.’ 'I‘he thinking ix lateral and tangential ax the lilm xeriex ol‘ Vietot'ian—related mmiex. ineluding li/t'p/nuil .l/mi xhoxx x. The galleriex are alxo \xorking \xith the I-‘ilmhone. the (‘oIleetix‘e (ialler). the Seottixh I’oetr) Librar} and the RS.-\.
l)expite inereaxing numherx. Iidinhurgh ix not. though. a naturth l‘ortheoming eit}. aeeording to .\'ieolxon. '.-\ttendanee l'or \ixiting euIturaI Venues ix had in Iidinhurgh. It xoarx during the I“exti\al. hut dexpite ha\ ing xe\eral uni\erxitiex and aeademie eentrex. people don't go out xo mueh compared \klll‘l other big eitiexf
'I’imex. it xeemx. are ehanging. The inereaxing trend ol
Iea\ ing the xol'a hehind ix xtarting to he noted. Ix realit} 'I'\' loxing itx l‘axeination‘.’ 'I think people are xtarting to xeek xtitnuIation.' xa}x Nieolxon. like going to the theatre. )ou realixe hou xtrong a li\e perl‘ormanee ix.‘
'I‘he ne\t Ii\e perl‘ormanee sure to get people xerapping in the aixlex ix the return bout on the Skating .\Iinixter dehate gi\en h} Dunean 'I‘homxon on 'I‘hurxda} ZS .-\priI. .-\ xtauneh del‘ender ot‘ the painting'x attribution. Thomon gaVe a taxte ol' hix tone in a ehallenge at the end of Stephen I.Iti}'tI'.x talk. Jtixt make xure _\ou hook _\our ticket at the front dexk lirxt. But Ieax e the handhagx at home. for heaten'x xake.
Raeburn’s Skating Minister, Weston Link, Edinburgh, Thu 28 Apr.
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