STEPHEN SUTCLIFFE: WORK FROM THE COLLECTION Gallery Of Modern Art, Glasgow, until Sun 21 Jan, glasgowlife.org.uk/ museums See review, page 124. JOHN AKOMFRAH: VERTIGO SEA Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh, until Sat 27
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CHILDHOOD FROM THE NATIONAL GALLERIES OF SCOTLAND Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh, until Sun 13 May, nationalgalleries.org See review, page 124. Part of Luminate Festival.
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WHEN WE WERE YOUNG: PHOTOGRAPHS OF AGES OF WONDER: SCOTLAND’S ART 1540 TO NOW
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Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Sat 4 Nov--Sun 7 Jan, royalscottishacademy. org Largest ever show of the RSA’s collection of five centuries of Scottish art. JACQUELINE DONACHIE The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, Sat 11 Nov- Sun 11 Feb, fruitmarket.
co.uk New and existing work from the artist. A NEW ERA: SCOTTISH MODERN ART: 1900- 1950 Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Two, Sat 2 Dec-Sun 10 Jun, nationalgalleries.org Alternative look at Scottish art from the first half of the 20th century.
VISUAL ART HIGHLIGHTS
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GLASGOW
THE VIGOROUS IMAGINATION — REVISITED Roger Billcliffe Gallery, until Sat 18 Nov, billcliffegallery.com Exhibition to mark the 30th anniversary of the 1987 show The Vigorous Imagination: New Scottish Art, which showcased 17 young artists, many of whom became household names. ALEKSANDRA VAJD & MARKÉTA OTHOVÁ: WHAT IS LIFE? Street Level Photoworks, until Sat 18 Nov, streetlevelphotoworks.org See review, page 123.
INTERNATIONAL POSTER EXHIBITION The Lighthouse, until Sat 25 Nov, thelighthouse.co.uk A showcase for exceptional poster design from all around the world.
VANESSA BILLY, EDITH DEKYNDT AND ERIN SHIRREFF: SLOW OBJECTS The Common Guild, until Sun 17 Dec, thecommonguild.org.uk Video, sculpture, installation and photography from three artists examining the way we perceive objects. THE TRUEST MIRROR OF LIFE: 19TH CENTURY FRENCH CARICATURES Hunterian Museum & Art Gallery, until Sun 21 Jan, gla.ac.uk/ hunterian A display of 19th-century French caricaturists, notably Honoré Daumier and Gavarni.
HANNE LIPPARD: NUMB LIMB David Dale Gallery and Studios, Sat 4 Nov–Sat 9 Dec, daviddalegallery. co.uk Sound installation from the UK- based Norwegian poet and artist.
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TOGETHER Glasgow Film Theatre, Sun 5 Nov, glasgowfilm.org Scottish-Italian artist Eduardo Paolozzi gave his first and only acting performance in this silent film about everyday, working-class life, which follows two deaf-mute dockers in London. Q&A.
AMANDA ROSS-HO Tramway, Glasgow, Fri 10 Nov– Wed 20 Dec, tramway.org New work inspired in part by Chaplin’s film Modern Times. ZANELE MUHOLI: SOMNYAMA NGONYAMA — HAIL THE DARK LIONESS Reid Building, Glasgow School of Art, Sat 11 Nov-Sun 17 Dec, gsa. ac.uk Self-portraits by acclaimed South African artist who uses her own
body as a canvas to explore questions of race and representation. ANNE COLLIER The Modern Institute, Sat 11 Nov- Sat 13 Jan, themoderninstitute. com New work by the US artist.
SARAH ROSE, SUSANNAH STARK, HANNA TUULIKKI: LILT, TWANG, TREMOR CCA, Thu 4–Sun 14 Jan, cca- glasgow.com Work by three Scottish artists whose work examines the politics and production of voice.
EDINBURGH
THE JILL TODD PHOTOGRAPHIC AWARD Summerhall, Sat 4–Sat 18 Nov, summerhall.co.uk Showcase of
finalists in the inaugural competition to find Scotland’s best student and graduate photographers. DEERHART Summerhall, until Fri 22 Dec, summerhall.co.uk Combining drawing, painting and text, Deerhart is the latest stage in the collaboration between artist Diana Zwibach and poet Yvonne Reddick.
ROBIN GILLANDERS Still, until Sun 14 Jan, stills.org Work by veteran Edinburgh-based photographer and teacher celebrating his vital contribution to the medium and marking the 40th anniversary of Scotland’s centre for photography.
MUSIC FROM THE BALCONIES – ED RUSCHA AND LOS ANGELES Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art One, until Sun 29 Apr, nationalgalleries.org Work drawing upon urban landscape and architecture, cinema and other aspects of the visual culture of Los Angeles and Hollywoood. See review at list.co.uk OUT OF TOWN
CHRISTIAN BOLTANSKI, KOMMISSAR HJULER AND MAMA BAER WITH JONATHAN MEESE, BOBBY SAYERS, AMY LEIGH BIRD Lust & The Apple, Temple, until Fri 8 Dec See review, page 124.
ULAY: SO YOU SEE ME Cooper Gallery, Duncan Of Jordanstone College Of Art And Design, Dundee, until Sat 16 Dec, dundee.ac.uk/djcad The first major exhibition in the UK of work by Slovenian artist best known for his collaboration with Marina Abramović.
KATE V ROBERTSON: THIS MESS IS KEPT AFLOAT Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee, Sat 9 Dec–Sun 25 Feb, dca.org.uk New sculptural work in Robertson’s first solo UK exhibition. 1 Nov 2017–31 Jan 2018 THE LIST 125