Scottish Art Events & Exhibitions: January 2024
January can be a quiet month, but there’s still plenty of exciting exhibitions to catch in Scotland's galleries
At The Hunterian in Glasgow, The Trembling Museum (until 19 May) is a collaboration between filmmaker, writer and scholar Manthia Diawara and art historian and curator Terri Geis that showcases and reinterprets the museum’s collection of African art.
Meanwhile, at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, artist Aqsa Arif has been in residence for 15 months, working closely with the museum’s South Asian Collection. This has culminated in Anam Ki Almari (The Trophy Cupboard), a new film and installation work that sits at the heart of Kelvingrove. Arif’s installation is open to the public to view until April, while the Kelvingrove's wider exhibition Glasgow – City of Empire, continues until the end of the year.
At Tramway, Sydney-based Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran’s first solo show in Europe continues until 21 April. Idols of Mud and Water features dizzyingly vibrant figurative sculptures that respond to iconography and mythologies from South Asia, while also reflecting on the artist’s own queer identity.
In Edinburgh, The Printmaker’s Art: Rembrandt to Rego, at The National Gallery of Scotland until 25 February, brings together prints by a range of historic and contemporary artists, from Hokusai to Warhol, Emin to Ofili.
At Fruitmarket, Sarah Wood, who uses found images to interrogate the relationship between historical narratives and individual memories, explores the 1974 Black and White Oil Conference, which took place in tandem with the imminent exploitation of oil and natural gas in the North Sea. Catch Project Paradise before it closes on 21 January. Fruitmarket celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, so look out for a dynamic programme of exhibitions and events throughout 2024.
At Talbot Rice, The Recent brings together artists exploring a vast array of geological, evolutionary, human and environmental timeframes, partially inspired by Edinburgh’s own unique geological history. Exhibiting artists include Helen Cammock, Otobong Nkanga and Simon Starling, open until 17 February.
In Dundee, look out for a series of Solidarity Screenings of films by Palestinian filmmakers throughout the month organised by Dundee Art Workers for Palestine, hosted by Generator Projects.