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■ PRINCES SQUARE 48 Buchanan Street, 221 0324. FREE Around the Square Until Sun 7 Mar, 10am–6pm. Digital exhibition from 13th Floor Photography taking the centre of Glasgow as its subject. ■ PROJECT ABILITY Centre for the Developmental Arts, Trongate 103, 552 2822, Tue–Sat 10am–5pm. FREE Grounded Fri 5 Mar–Sat 10 Apr. Joint exhibition by Project Ability and Mono featuring landscape works by Project Ability artists.
■ RECOAT 323 North Woodside Road, 341 0069. Tue–Sun noon–6pm. FREE Fun Occult Until Sun 28 Mar. Sprawling wall paintings and imaginative illustrations from creative duo Becky Bolton and Louise Chappell aka Good Wives and Warriors.
■ ROGER BILLCLIFFE GALLERY 134 Blythswood Street, 332 4027. Mon–Fri 9.30am–5.30pm; Sat 10am–1pm. FREE Peter Graham: A Painter’s Odyssey Until Tue 23 Mar. Solo exhibition of works by modern colourist Peter Graham.
■ SORCHA DALLAS 5 St Margaret’s Place, 553 2662. Tue–Sat 11am–5pm. FREE Martin Soto Climent Until Fri 2 Apr. Mexican artist Soto Climent uses basic materials, often personal or discarded found objects, which he combines into poetic set ups. ■ STREET LEVEL PHOTO WORKS Trongate 103, 552 2151. Tue–Sat 10am–5pm; Sun noon–5pm. FREE Steffi Klenz: Nummianus ●●●●● Until Sat 27 Mar. London- based photographer presents a series of photographs of boarded up, terraced houses in the Greater Manchester area.
■ TOUCHBASE BUSINESS CENTRE Milnpark Street, Kinning Park (between Portman St & Middlesex St), 429 0294. Mon–Fri 10am–4pm. FREE By Word of Sign Until Wed 14 Apr. Sense Scotland Artist-in- Residence John Shankie presents an exhibition of objects, images and videos.
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■ ART AMATORIA 10 Bellevue Crescent, 07768 960578. Tue–Sat 2pm–5pm. FREE Impressionism and Realism from Ukraine Wed 10–Wed 24 Mar. Featuring oil paintings of animals and rural scenes from Andriy Yalanskyi and vivid still lifes from Lana Okiro.
■ ART’S COMPLEX St. Margaret’s House, 151 London Road, Daily 10am–7pm. FREE Eleven Views Until Sun 14 Mar. Photography from MA photography students at Edinburgh College of Art. ■ AXOLOTL 35 Dundas Street, 07812 170279. FREE Life, Death and Sex Until Sat 20 Mar. Figurative works by emergent Scottish artists Christine Clarke, Sarah Green, Kirsty Whiten and Sarah Wilson.
■ BOURNE FINE ART 6 Dundas Street, 557 4050. Mon–Fri 10am–6pm; Sat 11am–2pm. FREE John McLean: Sculpture from Painting Fri 5 Mar–Thu 1 Apr. Work characterised by the use of simple shapes and bold, pure colour. ■ COLLECTIVE GALLERY 22–28 Cockburn Street, 220 1260. Tue–Sun noon–5pm. FREE Documentalist Until Sun 28 Mar. International group show featuring work by Chris Evans, Deimantas Narkevicius and Suzanne Treister.
■ DEAN GALLERY 73 Belford Road, 624 6200. Daily 10am–5pm. Home to a world-famous selection of works from the Dada and surrealist movements and a large collection of works by Edinburgh-born sculptor Sir Eduardo Paolozzi. FREE Nathan Coley: There Will Be No Miracles Here Until Fri 31 Dec. Illuminated text by Turner-nominated Scottish artist. FREE The Gallery of Modern Art: A History Until Wed 14 Apr. Display charting the development of the Gallery from its beginnings in 1908. FREE Strange Encounters Sat 27 Feb–Sun 27 Jun. A display of surreal and surprising works by John Davies, Douglas Gordon, Martin Boyce and Robert Colquhoun.
✽✽ FREE ARTIST ROOMS: Diane Arbus Sat 13 Mar–Sun 13 Jun. See
■ TRAMWAY 25 Albert Drive, 0845 330 3501. Tue–Fri 10am–5pm; Sat & Sun noon–5pm.
✽✽ FREE Duncan Campbell ●●●●● Until Sun 14 Mar.
Campbell explores the equation of chrome with sex in his cinéma vérité- style documentary about the life of American car engineer John DeLorean. FREE Paulina Olowska Until Sun 28 Mar. The first solo exhibition in Scotland by Polish artist Paulina Olowska will further explore issues of ambiguity around picture making and portraiture. ■ TRANSMISSION GALLERY Trongate 103, 552 4813. Tue–Sat 11am–5pm. FREE Laura Aldridge: Cats are not important Tue 9 Mar–Sat 3 Apr. New work by Glasgow artist Laura Aldridge.
■ WASHINGTON GARCIA Arch 24 (Unit 13), Eastvale Place, Thu–Sat noon–6pm. FREE Erica Eyres and Michelle Hannah: My Black Hole Until Fri 12 Mar, noon–6pm. Dark video performance Earthrise apes the format of a psychic channel late-night talk show to comment on society’s obsession with alternative therapies and search for faith and meaning.
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■ DOVECOT 10 Infirmary Street, 315 3054. Tue–Sat 10.30am–5.30pm. FREE Taking Time: Craft and the Slow Revolution ●●●●● Until Wed 10 Mar. Collection of modern craft ranging from the eminently practical to the peculiar, begging the question of how contemporary craft is defined. FREE Tapestry Revealed: Patrick Caulfield Until Sat 13 Mar. Exhibition exploring the process of translating a painting into a tapestry with a special focus on the case of Patrick Caulfield’s tapestry design Pause on the Landing, woven by Dovecot Studios in 2005. FREE Enlightenment: The Art of Science Tue 9–Sat 27 Mar. An exhibition by photographer David McIntyre interpreting scientific research. ■ EDINBURGH COLLEGE OF ART SCULPTURE COURT 74 Lauriston Place, 221 6000. Mon–Thu 10am–8pm; Fri 10am–4pm; Sat 10am–2pm. FREE Capturing the Concept: The Sketchbooks of Sir Nicholas Grimshaw CBE PRA from 1982–2007 Until Fri 12 Mar. Sketchbooks by ECA alumni, architect and President of the Royal Academy of Arts Sir Nicholas Grimshaw.
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