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Richard Wright
11:00 – 17:00, FreeKelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Argyle Street, Glasgow, G3 8AGSpecial exhibition of works by the Glasgow-based artist and 2009 Turner Prize winner, brought together from galleries, museums and private collections across the globe. Part of GI Festival.
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Grace Schwindt
11:00 – 17:00, FreeCollective Gallery, 22-28 Cockburn Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1NYThe German artist takes over Collective, premiering her new film, Tenant, which tells the story of a woman who rented a room in her Grandparent's home during the Second World War.
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Karla Black
11:00 – 17:00, FreeGallery of Modern Art, Royal Exchange Square, Glasgow, G1 3AHThe Turner Prize-nominated artist takes over the ground floor of Glasgow's GOMA with a selection of major new sculptures.
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Midnight Scenes and Other Works
11:00 – 18:00, FreeMary Mary, Suite 2/1 6 Dixon Street, Glasgow, G1 4AXNew body of sculptural objects from Lorna Macintyre, exhibited alongside a display of works on paper, digital animation and cyanotypes, all reflecting on the building’s original function as a hotel.
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Katy Dove: Films
11:00 – 17:00, FreeGallery of Modern Art, Royal Exchange Square, Glasgow, G1 3AHLooped selection of four animated films from Psychology and Fine Arts graduate Katy Dove, using the role of the mind to inform her creative process.
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Scott Myles: This Production
11:00 – 18:00, FreeDCA, 152 Nethergate, Dundee, DD1 4DYFirst major UK solo show for Dundee-born and educated artist Scott Myles, featuring a mix of new works including an expansive site-specific installation, new sculpture works and prints made in the DCA Print Studio.
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They Had Four Years: 2012
12:00 – 17:00, FreeGenerator Projects, Unit 25-26 Mid Wynd, Dundee, DD1 4GJTriple-header exhibition from a trio of Scottish graduates: Edinburgh College of Art's Calvin Laing, Duncan of Jordanstone's Neil Nodzak and Glasgow School of Art's Romany Dear.
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Lis Rhodes
12:00 – 17:00, FreeTramway, 25 Albert Drive, Glasgow, G41 2PESelection of films that encompass performance, photography, composition, writing and political commentary, including Rhodes' inspired film made without a camera, Dresden Dynamo.
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ECA Fashion Show 2012
18:30 – 19:30, £15Edinburgh College of Art, 74 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, EH3 9DFThe ECA's Fashion, Performance Costume, and Textile graduating students host their annual run of shows, taking their creations to a catwalk setting.
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ECA Fashion Show 2012
20:30 – 21:30, £15Edinburgh College of Art, 74 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, EH3 9DFThe ECA's Fashion, Performance Costume, and Textile graduating students host their annual run of shows, taking their creations to a catwalk setting.
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The Skinny Showcase Shop
09:30 – 18:30, FreeUrban Outfitters, 157 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, G1 2JXUnique exhibition featuring seven Scottish artists handpicked by The Skinny from previous Skinny Showcase artists – with the full collection of works available to buy via theskinny.co.uk/shop.
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Callum Innes: Works on Paper
10:00 – 18:00, FreeIngleby Gallery, 15 Calton Road, Edinburgh, EH8 8DLThe Edinburgh-born artist shows an exhibition of three new bodies of work in watercolour, pastel and gouache shown alongside selected works on paper from the past 25 years.
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Edvard Munch: Graphic Works from The Gundersen Collection
10:00 – 17:00, £7 (£5)Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, 75 Belford Road, Edinburgh, EH4 3DRCollection of 50 works on paper by the famed Norwegian artist, taken from a private Norwegian collection, and showing in the UK for the first time.
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Anya Gallaccio and Andy Goldsworthy
10:00 – 17:00, £8.50 adv.Jupiter Artland, Bonnington House Steadings, Wilkieston, Edinburgh, EH27 8BBJupiter Artland opens for its fourth summer season, presenting fresh work by Anya Gallaccio and Andy Goldsworthy in the surrounds of their glorious sculptural garden.
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Alasdair Gray: City Recorder
10:00 – 17:00, FreeGallery of Modern Art, Royal Exchange Square, Glasgow, G1 3AHShowcase of work from the celebrated Glasgow artist and playwright, focusing on his City Recorder series – a large body of work that Gray created as an ‘artist recorder’ for the City of Glasgow in 1977.
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A Sense of Place: New Jewellery From Northern Lands
10:00 – 17:00, FreeNational Museum of Scotland, 2 Chambers Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1JFSelection of specially designed jewellery by 16 contemporary makers from Northern Europe, each asked to create pieces inspired by a place they love.
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The World Awaits (For More Info)
10:00 – 17:00, FreeProject Ability, Trongate 103, Glasgow, G1 5HDA series of new works within various dialogues – formed by notes, stories, urgent calligraphies and textual abstractions.
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A Parliament of Lines
10:00 – 17:00, FreeCity Art Centre, 2 Market Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1DECollective exhibition from 15 contemporary Scottish artists, all of whom use drawing as an important element in their practice – including work from delightful Glasgow doodler David Shrigley.
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Terrain
10:00 – 17:00, FreeCity Art Centre, 2 Market Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1DEA selection of works from a unique artist collection amassed in 1963 – offering school children access to original art – taking on its first public display, with works from the likes of Elizabeth Blackadder, Barbara Rae and William Littlejohn.
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Boyling Point
10:00 – 18:00, FreeScottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1SRSelection of political cartoons by Frank Boyle, cartoonist in residence at the Edinburgh Evening News.
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Recommended events
- 22May
The Skinny Showcase Shop
Urban Outfitters, Glasgow09:30 – 18:30; FreeUnique exhibition featuring seven Scottish artists handpicked by The Skinny from previous Skinny Showcase artists – with the full collection of works available to buy via theskinny.co.uk/shop.
- 22May
Edvard Munch: Graphic Works from The Gundersen Collection
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh10:00 – 17:00; £7 (£5)Collection of 50 works on paper by the famed Norwegian artist, taken from a private Norwegian collection, and showing in the UK for the first time.
- 22May
Olivia Bliss
Glasgow Print Studio, Glasgow10:00 – 17:30; FreeGlasgow-based interdisciplinary artist Olivia Bliss presents a series of works exploring ecology through art, as part of Glasgow Print Studios 40th anniversary celebrations.
- 22May
Dundee Degree Show 2012
Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, Dundee10:00 – 18:00; FreeAnnual degree show from the graduating students at Duncan of Jordanstone School of Art and Design.
- 22May
Karla Black
Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow10:00 – 17:00; FreeThe Turner Prize-nominated artist takes over the ground floor of Glasgow's GOMA with a selection of major new sculptures.
- 22May
Katy Dove: Films
Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow10:00 – 17:00; FreeLooped selection of four animated films from Psychology and Fine Arts graduate Katy Dove, using the role of the mind to inform her creative process.
- 22May
Scott Myles: This Production
DCA, Dundee11:00 – 18:00; FreeFirst major UK solo show for Dundee-born and educated artist Scott Myles, featuring a mix of new works including an expansive site-specific installation, new sculpture works and prints made in the DCA Print Studio.





