Art
POPPY NASH: CARE 1 FEB-17 MAR, TIMES VARY, FREE
Poppy Nash presents textiles telling stories of free labour and the economy of care.
Collective Gallery
DINEO SESHEE BOPAPE 〰️ [WHEN SPIRITUALITY WAS A BABY]
Glasgow The Old Women’s Library Hairdressers RUTH BARKER & HANNAH
1-10 FEB, 10:00AM – 4:00PM, FREE
1 FEB-22 MAR, TIMES VARY, FREE
JAMES N HUTCHINSON: RUMOURS OF A NEW PLANET
LEIGHTON-BOYCE
The exhibition includes specially commissioned works by Ruth Barker and Hannah LeightonBoyce, with some works being shown for the first time.
GoMA
STALKING THE IMAGE: MARGARET TAIT AND HER LEGACY
1 FEB-5 MAY, TIMES VARY, FREE
This exhibition provides an opportunity to honour Tait’s achievements in her centenary year alongside work by nine contemporary artists and filmmakers, many of whom have been inspired by Tait. QUEER TIMES SCHOOL PRINTS
1 FEB-10 MAR, TIMES VARY, FREE
An exhibition exploring aspects of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Polysexual, Queer, Intersex + Allies (LGBTPQI+A) histories and experiences in Scotland from the past 50 years.
Mary Mary
GERDA SCHEEPERS: ROOMS
9 FEB-30 MAR, TIMES VARY, FREE
South African artist Gerda Scheepers presents her fourth solo exhibition at Mary Mary, drawing on various bodies of work spanning the last 15 years.
New Glasgow Society WAYFINDING
2-9 FEB, 10:00AM – 5:00PM, FREE
An exhibition of tactile, audio and visual art navigating Glasgow past and present through the creativity of its older residents. With work by Glasgow As I See It and Castlemilk Senior Centre developed and facilitated with Luke Shaw and Joanna Peace.
Platform SEA AT PLATFORM
26 FEB-9 MAR, TIMES VARY, FREE
Now in its 8th year, SEA is the annual exhibition by selected 4th year students from the Sculpture and Environmental Art department at The Glasgow School of Art.
RGI Kelly Gallery ALLUSION IV
1-23 FEB, TIMES VARY, FREE
The Allusion group is comprised of elected RGIs who work in what might loosely be described as a “narrative” tradition. The artwork in Allusion invites a personal response, with clues sometimes being found in the title of the work.
Street Level Photoworks ARPITA SHAH: NALINI
9 FEB-7 APR, TIMES VARY, FREE
Arpita Shah’s Nalini is an ongoing series of work that focuses on her mother, her grandmother and herself. It explores the intimacy between the three of them and how their histories, memories and physical bodies are entangled and connected to one another. D. WIAFE / MARK AITKEN
1 FEB-3 MAR, TIMES VARY, FREE
A collaboration between Street Level Photoworks and Photofusion, London sees an exhibition of work by Derek Wiafe and Mark Aitken in Glasgow, and work by Arpita Shah and Chris Leslie in London.
The Lighthouse STILL LIFE
1 FEB-31 MAR, TIMES VARY, FREE
Over the course of their sixmonth residency in Gallery 2a, Aaron Ziggy and Will Jenkinson will investigate plastics, its potential uses and shortcomings. BEST USE OF TIMBER AWARDS 2018
1 FEB-24 MAR, TIMES VARY, FREE
The Best Use of Timber Awards 2018 exhibition showcases the winner and shortlisted entries to the annual RIAS Awards scheme.
February 2019
NEW POLISH POSTER EXHIBITION 2019: POLAND IS QUEER! 17-24 FEB, 6:00PM – 12:00AM, FREE
The second edition of the annual New Polish Poster Exhibition will focus on social posters and the LGBT community, with an emphasis on current conditions in Poland.
Tramway
LUCY BEECH: REPRODUCTIVE EXILE
1-10 FEB, TIMES VARY, FREE
A documentary fiction on the theme of transnational assisted conception, focusing on the movement of bodies and bio-genetic substances across borders in what has come to be known as ‘reproductive exile’. CÉCILE B. EVANS: AMOS’ WORLD
1 FEB-17 MAR, TIMES VARY, FREE
This exhibition represents Cécile B. Evans most ambitious installation to date and constitutes the culmination of a three-part installation and video work titled AMOS’ WORLD (2017-ongoing). EXTREME IMAGINATION: INSIDE THE MIND’S EYE
1 FEB-3 MAR, TIMES VARY, FREE
Extreme Imagination: inside the mind’s eye considers the impact of aphantasia and hyperphantasia on making art.
iota @ Unlimited Studios LEWIS WAUGH: EAST-WEST:WESTEAST
15 FEB-2 MAR, 12:00PM – 5:00PM, FREE
Inspired by experiences in the Skye Cuillins and Moroccan High Atlas, this exhibition centres on a collaboration between Lewis Waugh, two calligraphers and Iyad Hayatleh – Glasgow/Palestinian poet.
Edinburgh Art Arusha Gallery KATE WALTERS: SHETLAND NOTEBOOKS
28 FEB-17 MAR, TIMES VARY, FREE
Walters’ delicate watercolours are arresting in their simplicity and power. Her most recent body of work is inspired by residencies on Shetland.
City Art Centre
IN FOCUS: SCOTTISH PHOTOGRAPHY
1 FEB-12 MAY, TIMES VARY, FREE
In Focus: Scottish Photography showcases the City Art Centre’s photographic collections, charting the development of fine art photography in Scotland from the 19th century to present day. EDWIN G. LUCAS: AN INDIVIDUAL EYE
1-10 FEB, TIMES VARY, FREE
The first major exhibition to focus on this unusual and enigmatic artist and one of the most unique Scottish painters of the 20th century, featuring over sixty artworks from public and private collections. ROBERT BLOMFIELD: EDINBURGH STREET PHOTOGRAPHY
1 FEB-17 MAR, TIMES VARY, FREE
The exhibition displays a selection of Robert Blomfield’s stunning private archive, documenting the dramatic shifts taking place in Scotland’s urban landscape during the 1960s. ANOTHER COUNTRY
1 FEB-17 MAR, TIMES VARY, FREE
Another Country examines contemporary immigration to Scotland, exploring themes of integration, nationality and identity.
Dineo Seshee Bopape’s expansive multi-media practice explores memory, narration, and representation as contingent forms. 1 FEB-31 MAR, 10:00AM – 4:00PM, FREE
For his research project Rumours of a New Planet, Glasgow-based artist James N Hutchinson has investigated the life, work and travels of historical figures connected to Calton Hill. EMMIE MCLUSKEY: THESE WERE THE THINGS THAT MADE THE STEP FAMILIAR
1 FEB-10 MAR, 10:00AM – 4:00PM, FREE
Emmie McLuskey’s project explores interactions in and between bodies, considering the systems that control and record them.
Dovecot Studios ORLA KIELY: A LIFE IN PATTERN
7-28 FEB, 10:30AM – 5:30PM, £4.50 - £9
This exhibition offers a privileged insight into the Orla Kiely’s world, and explores the story of pattern and how some designs can come to epitomise the style of their time.
Embassy Gallery MAKING GROUND
15 FEB-24 MAR, 12:00PM – 6:00PM, FREE
EMBASSY presents new video, installation and performance work by Rosa Johan Uddoh, Ebun Sodipo and Zoë Zo, Zoë Tumika and Zoë Guthrie in an exploration of futurity, utopias, world building, and the intersection between place and identity formation.
Ingleby Gallery SOMETIMES I DISAPPEAR
2 FEB-13 APR, 11:00AM – 5:00PM, FREE
An exhibition of photography by four artists who use selfportraiture as a kind of challenge to both confront, and yet avoid, the viewer’s gaze.
Museum of Edinburgh
100 YEARS OF SCOTTISH POTTERY 1740-1840 1-24 FEB, 10:00AM – 5:00PM, FREE
Featuring examples of 18th and early 19th century Scottish East Coast pottery from Scotland’s foremost private collection.
National Museum of Scotland
NEW TO THE NATIONAL COLLECTION
1-24 FEB, 10:00AM – 5:00PM, FREE
Exhibition highlighting some of National Museums Scotland’s recent acquisitions, several of which will be on display for the first time. ROBOTS
1 FEB-5 MAY, 10:00AM – 5:00PM, £0 - £10
From early mechanised human forms to today’s cutting-edge technology, this major exhibition reveals our 500-year quest to make machines human, featuring more than 100 objects.
Open Eye Gallery
ADRIAN WISZNIEWSKI RSA: NOT NOW
1 FEB-4 MAR, TIMES VARY, FREE
An exhibition of new paintings and works on paper from the Glasgow-based artist. Since achieving instant fame in the 1980s as one of the ‘New Glasgow Boys’, Wiszniewski has become one of the best-known artists working in Scotland. RUTH NICOL: LEITH IN SPRING
1 FEB-4 MAR, TIMES VARY, FREE
New paintings and drawings from the Edinburgh-based artist, Leith In Spring reflects on the ever evolving historic port of Leith in Edinburgh.
Royal Scottish Academy RSA AVIARY
1-17 FEB, TIMES VARY, FREE
An exhibition of Royal Scottish Academicians reflecting on the significance of birds as a motif in contemporary Scottish art.
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
NOW: MONSTER CHETWYND, MOYNA FLANNIGAN, HENRY COOMBES, BETYE SAAR, WAEL SHAWKY
1 FEB-28 APR, 10:00AM – 5:00PM, FREE
At the centre of the fourth instalment of the NOW series of contemporary art exhibitions at Modern One is a major survey of work by the Turner Prize nominated artist Monster Chetwynd.
ANDY WARHOL AND EDUARDO PAOLOZZI: I WANT TO BE A MACHINE
1 FEB-2 JUN, 10:00AM – 5:00PM, FREE
Taking its theme from a muchquoted remark by Andy Warhol, this exhibition examines Warhol’s and Paolozzi’s work, showing how they captured images from photography and advertisements. HAPPYHERE
1-24 FEB, 10:00AM – 5:00PM, FREE
HappyHere is a participatory, immersive light installation, created for Pig Rock Bothy, which uses colour and light to visualise thoughts and feelings.
CONTEMPORARY PAINTERS: MICHAEL ARMITAGE, GEORG BASELITZ, PETER DOIG, CHRIS OFILI, RAQIB SHAW
1 FEB-17 MAR, 10:00AM – 5:00PM, FREE
This room brings together five artists whose work critically engages with and expands the field of contemporary painting.
Scottish National Portrait Gallery SCOTS IN ITALY
1 FEB-5 MAR, TIMES VARY, FREE
A showcase of the Scottish experience of Italy in the eighteenth century, a time when artistic, entrepreneurial and aristocratic fascination with the country was reaching boiling point. THE MODERN PORTRAIT
1 FEB-27 OCT, TIMES VARY, FREE
A display collating paintings, sculptures and works from the Portrait Gallery’s twentiethcentury collection, feat. a variety of well-known faces, from Ramsay Macdonald to Alan Cumming, Tilda Swinton to Danny McGrain. REFORMATION TO REVOLUTION
1 FEB-1 APR, TIMES VARY, FREE
An exhibition examining the cultural consequences of the national religion becoming Protestantism in 16th century Scotland.
BP PORTRAIT AWARD 2018 1 FEB-10 MAR, TIMES VARY, FREE
The most prestigious portrait painting competition in the world, representing the very best in contemporary portrait painting. Over the years, this has attracted over 40,000 entries from more than 100 countries. BEINGS
2 FEB-28 APR, TIMES VARY, FREE
In this interactive exhibition addressing well-being, young people explore their feelings by creating new art in direct response to particular works of art from the Scottish National Portrait Gallery’s collection.
Stills
ANDRES SERRANO: TORTURE
1 FEB-3 MAR, 11:00AM – 6:00PM, FREE
A curated exhibition of work by controversial artist Andres Serrano, featuring a selection of recent photographs from Serrano’s Torture series, commissioned by socio-political arts organization a/ political in 2015.
Summerhall
SYLWIA KOWALCZYK: LETHE
1 FEB-17 MAR, 11:00AM – 6:00PM, FREE
Lethe is a collection of collages, portraits, objects and landscapes and drawn from Sylwia Kowalczyk’s own images, where these loose prints from her past grow into new entities. THE SAME TENDENCY
1 FEB-3 MAR, 11:00AM – 6:00PM, FREE
The Same Tendency brings together a collection of Royal College of Art graduates to Summerhall’s Basement Galleries and Library Gallery for a month residency in 2019. 369 REVISITED: THE MEN
9 FEB-17 MAR, 11:00AM – 6:00PM, FREE
Following the success of 369 Remembered: The Women last year at Summerhall, the 40th anniversary celebration continues with an exhibition of work by male artists associated with the gallery over the last four decades.
The McManus
ARTIST ROOMS: LAWRENCE WEINER
1-17 FEB, TIMES VARY, FREE
This exhibition will bring together a cycle of wall texts from ARTIST ROOMS with a later wall piece and a selection of posters, drawings, artist books and ephemera from the Tate and The University of Dundee. LINKS WITH THE PAST
1 FEB-31 MAR, TIMES VARY, FREE
A partnership project between The McManus and the University of Edinburgh’s Unit for Forensic Anthropology Research has uncovered new details about a Pictish man’s life and death, which are revealed in a new display.
V&A Dundee MAEVE REDMOND
1 FEB-15 SEP 20, 10:00AM – 5:00PM, FREE
A compelling piece of graphic design that unpacks the wider context around a 19th century trade catalogue by cast iron manufacturers Walter MacFarlane & Co. CIARA PHILLIPS
1 FEB-15 SEP 20, 10:00AM – 5:00PM, FREE
A new commission, championing the often-unseen process of making by evoking a moment suspended in time where vital decisions about materials and their composition are made. SCOTTISH DESIGN GALLERIES
1 FEB-15 SEP 20, 10:00AM – 5:00PM, FREE
Explore the everyday relevance of design and how it improves our lives, experience the processes that underpin it and discover little-known stories of Scottish design with international impact. OCEAN LINERS: SPEED AND STYLE
1-24 FEB, 10:00AM – 5:00PM, £6 - £12
Discover how ocean liners became one of the most powerful and admired symbols of 20th century modernity.
Talbot Rice Gallery BORDERLINES
23 FEB-4 MAY, TIMES VARY, FREE
Borderlines is a group exhibition that gives form to the conceptual, geo-political, economic and cultural impacts of borders.
HEROES AND HEROINES
1 FEB-31 MAY, TIMES VARY, FREE
A re-examination of major Scottish figures which questions our habit of framing history around individuals and idols.
ART AND ANALYSIS: TWO NETHERLANDISH PAINTERS WORKING IN JACOBEAN SCOTLAND
1 FEB-26 JAN 20, TIMES VARY, FREE
A small exhibition focusing on two 17th century artists, Adrian Vanson and Adam de Colone, showcasing a group of paintings which have been examined by paintings conservator Dr Caroline Rae, along with the findings from her research. IN FOCUS: THE EXECUTION OF CHARLES I
1 FEB-26 JAN 20, TIMES VARY, FREE
An exhibition centred around a painting of the execution of Charles I – based on eye-witness accounts and contemporary engravings – by an unknown Dutch artist. THE REMAKING OF SCOTLAND | NATION, MIGRATION, GLOBALISATION 1760-1860
1 FEB-21 JUN 20, TIMES VARY, FREE
An exhibition exploring the lives and careers of the Scots behind the period of dramatic change between 1760 and 1860, when Scotland rapidly attained a central role in European cultural life and in Britain’s industrial and imperial expansion. It documents the material and artistic benefits of their achievements, while also confronting the darker shadows they cast.
Dundee Art Cooper Gallery PHIL COLLINS: CEREMONY
1-16 FEB, 11:00AM – 5:00PM, FREE
Reflecting on the work and legacy of Friedrich Engels, co-author of the Communist Manifesto with Karl Marx, Ceremony is a nuanced and timely exploration of Engels’ ideas within the context of the social conditions in contemporary Britain.
DCA: Dundee Contemporary Arts MARGARET SALMON: HOLE
1-24 FEB, TIMES VARY, FREE
Glasgow-based American artist and filmmaker, Margaret Salmon will present a new moving image work and installation commissioned specifically for Gallery 1 at DCA.
LORNA MACINTYRE: PIECES OF YOU ARE HERE
1-24 FEB, TIMES VARY, FREE
Scottish artist Lorna Macintyre’s first solo exhibition in a major UK institution will debut a new body of work commissioned specifically for Gallery 2 at DCA.
Generator Projects
GENERATORPROJECTS MEMBERS’ SHOW 2019
8 FEB-3 MAR, 12:00PM – 5:00PM, FREE
The Generator Projects annual Members’ Show is an exciting and inclusive showcase of local creative talent in the heart of the city of discovery that aims to celebrate artistic diversity across a range of disciplines and mediums.
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