Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize
24 June-10 September. Entry free. Scottish National Portrait Gallery, 1 Queen Street, Edinburgh, EH2 1JD.
The Taylor Wessing Photographic Prize celebrates the best in contemporary photography by drawing on more than 4,000 entries from across 62 countries. The works on display were taken by professionals and amateurs alike. Discover 51 portraits from 36 artists, including the winner of the prize Clementine Schenidermann’s work, Laundry Day.
https://www.nationalgalleries.org/exhibition/taylor-wessing-photographic-portrait-prize-2022
Never a joiner
24 June-16 September. Entry free. Ingleby Gallery, 33 Barony Street, Edinburgh, EH3 6NX.
As part of this year’s Edinburgh Art Festival, Ingleby presents an exhibition of new paintings from Glasgow-based artist Andrew Cranston. Visitors can discover a new sequence of large scale canvases, alongside the book cover paintings for which he has become well known in recent years.
https://www.inglebygallery.com/
Your Art World
24 June-14 April 2024. Entry free. Scottish National Portrait Gallery, 1 Queen Street, Edinburgh, EH2 1JD.
Helping young people across Scotland discover a whole new world of creative possibilities by providing tools and support, Your Art World makes art accessible to everyone. This exhibition, above, includes work collected over the past year in a nationwide call-out to those aged between 3-18. On display are the artworks they created for which they were free to use their creativity.
https://www.nationalgalleries.org/exhibition/your-art-world
Rearranging the Deck Chairs
24 June-2 July. Entry free. The Alchemy Experiment, 157 Byres Road, Glasgow, G12 8TS.
This exhibition features work from Amanda Stanton Nelson, Angus Fernie and Alice Sherlock and focuses on the domestic lives of pigeons, big chairs and tiny fences, with emphasis on something a little bit awry. The exhibition ultimately brings together three different artists’ approaches to dreamy storytelling through paint and print.
https://www.alchemyexperiment.com/rearranging-the-deck-chairs
Nicolas Party – ‘Cretaceous’
24 June-23 September. Entry free. The Modern Institute, 3 Aird’s Lane, Glasgow, G1 5HU.
Cretaceous takes its name from the geological period which ended in a mass extinction event 66 million years ago. The pieces in the exhibition include large pastels and intimately scaled oil-on-copper paintings on freshly painted walls that aim to highlight changes in scale and focus and contain a variety of subject matters.
https://www.themoderninstitute.com/exhibitions/cretaceous-2023-06-09/8589/
Sara Barker – Watch Movements
24 June-16 July. Entry free. Patricia Fleming Gallery, Oxford House, 4 Oxford Lane, Glasgow G5 9ER.
Sara Barker is one of Scotland’s leading contemporary artists and this latest exhibition, below, at the Patricia Fleming Gallery, is her first solo exhibition in Glasgow for six years. The display explores Barker’s response to the distinctive Victorian building before the gallery was fully renovated.
https://www.patricia-fleming.com/single-post/8-june-16-july-2023-sara-barker-watch-movements
An Odyssey of Chaos
24-30 June. Entry free. Glasgow Art Club & Gallery, 185 Bath Street, Glasgow, G2 4HU.
Lewis Deeney brings his first solo show to Glasgow and to the iconic Glasgow Art Club. Visitors can explore the multi-award-winning artist’s revolutionary approach to abstract paintings in this insight into his creative journey. Older paintings, alongside works from a new project, will be on display.
https://www.lewisdeeney.co.uk/
Heather Phillipson – Dream Land
24 June-1 July. Entry free. Cooper Gallery, 13 Perth Road, Dundee, DD1 4HT.
Dream Land is a new moving image work and live event from Turner Prize nominated artist Heather Phillipson. In this new work, Phillipson presents earthly life as a dream and has remixed and revoiced old BBC footage.
https://www.dundee.ac.uk/events/heather-phillipson-dream-land
David Sherry
24 June-6 July. Entry free. Volk Gallery, Keiller Centre, 22 Meadowside, Dundee, DD1 1DQ.
Volk Gallery presents the work of David Sherry, a Volk artist given a size limit and budget and left to his own devices. Within this brief, Sherry has produced 100 editions that are presented as a generalisation of the artist’s multidisciplinary practice.
https://volkgallery.com/david-sherry
Saoirse Amira Anis – Symphony for a fraying body
24 June-6 August. Entry free. Dundee Contemporary Arts, 152 Nethergate, Dundee DD1 4DY.
Artist Saoirse Amira Anis works across sculpture, performance, photography, film, writing and drawing. The artist’s newly commissioned film gives the exhibition its title, “symphony for a fraying body”. The artist is hopeful visitors will use the exhibition as an opportunity to slow down.
https://www.dca.org.uk/whats-on/event/saoirse-amira-anis
Charlotte Cohen
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