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Chelsea: BA Show 2013

Works in various media by BA Fine Art, BA Graphic Design Communication, BA Interior and Spatial Design, BA Textile Design, FdA Interior Design and Graduate Diploma Interior Design students.

Chelsea College Of Art And Design, London SW1P

Sat 22 Jun

Free / 020 7514 7751

  • 11:00 – 17:00

Alex Tobin: Floating Market

Intermedia works examining online anonymous horror fiction.

Summerhall, Edinburgh

Sat 22 Jun

Free / 0845 874 3001

Part of Prologue.

  • 11:00 – 18:00

Sun 23 Jun

Free / 0845 874 3001

Part of Prologue.

  • 11:00 – 18:00

Tapestry and Rug Collection

The constantly changing collection of rugs and tapestries can be viewed on the Viewing Balcony, and weavers can be seen at work below on the Weaving Floor.

Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh

Sat 22 Jun

Free / 0131 550 3660

  • 10:30 – 17:30

Zoe Williams: Soft Paste

Debut solo show in Scotland by artist who hand-makes disturbing animaloid objects.

SWG3, Glasgow

Sat 22 Jun

Free / 0141 357 7246

  • 12:00 – 18:00

Gray's School Of Art Degree Show

Annual showcase of the work of final year degree students.

Gray's School Of Art, Aberdeen

Sat 22 Jun

Free / 01224 263600

  • 10:00 – 17:00
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The Nature Of Women

Works by six abstract artists, Agnes Martin, Aureile Nemours, Marischa Burckhardt, Lisa Corinne Davis, Anne Appleby and Sylvia Heider, which will herald the closing of London's Mayor Gallery on Cork Street. The gallery was the first space in Europe to have shown works by Agnes Martin, with a solo show in 1974.

Mayor Gallery, London W1S

Sat 22 Jun

Free / 020 7734 3558

  • 12:00 – 15:00

Peles Empire

A collaboration between Katharina Stoever and Barbara Wolff, borrowing its name from Peleș Castle in Romania, which was built between 1873 and 1914 and which curiously prefigures post-modernist architecture in that each of its great rooms are all designed in a different historical style, so that the castle has no…

Glasgow Sculpture Studios

Sat 22 Jun

Free / 0141 353 3708

  • 11:00 – 17:00

Agency 10

Work by ten students from the M.Litt Fine Art Practice degree program at Glasgow School of Art. Featured artists include Sumin Bak, Ruaridh Crighton, Si Ne Lee, Sheena Mayer, Suzanne Taylor, Rongwei Zhang, Mine Kavuncu, Elizabeth Grant and Mitra N Forouhar.

iota, Glasgow

Sat 22 Jun

Free / 0141 338 6052

Part of West End Festival.

  • 10:00 – 17:00

Allotted

Contemporary works in a variety of media.

The Beetroot Tree, Derby

Sat 22 Jun

Free / 01332 873929

  • 10:00 – 17:00

Sun 23 Jun

Free / 01332 873929

  • 10:00 – 17:00

The Art Tour Showcase

Contemporary works in a variety of media.

Queen's Hall Arts Centre, Hexham

Sat 22 Jun

Gallery One

Free / 01434 652477

  • 10:00 – 16:00
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Critics Secrets

Works celebrating the centenary of the Critics' Circle, by 25 artists, craft-makers and architects selected by its members.

Mall Galleries, London SW1Y

Sat 22 Jun

Free / 020 7930 6844

  • 10:00 – 17:00

Denis Buckley: The Irishman (Nostos: End of Exile)

Irish artist Buckley explores tropes of Irishness, Irish identity and exile with laconic poetry and deadpan wit. This work completes his Irish Trilogy with a combination of video and still images of performance.

Summerhall, Edinburgh

Sat 22 Jun

Free / 0845 874 3001

  • 11:00 – 18:00

Sun 23 Jun

Free / 0845 874 3001

  • 11:00 – 18:00

From Death to Death and Other Small Tales: Masterpieces from the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art and the D.Daskalopoulos Collection

From Death to Death and Other Small Tales brings together works from the D.Daskalopoulos Collection, one of the most important private collections of modern and contemporary art, with major works from the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art. This innovative exhibition comprises approximately 130 works and creates a…

Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art One, Edinburgh

Sat 22 Jun

Free / 0131 624 6200

Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.

  • 10:00 – 17:00

Sun 23 Jun

Free / 0131 624 6200

Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.

  • 10:00 – 17:00

India Dewar: The Cosmic Onion

Philosophical works in various media inspired by the symbiotic relationship between the worlds of art and science, based on discoveries in particle physics and astrophysics.

Subway Gallery, London W2

Sat 22 Jun

Free / 07811 286503

  • 11:00 – 19:00

Jitka Zabkova: Think Sea

Images inspired by the sea.

Seventeen, Aberdeen

Sat 22 Jun

Free / 01224 644885

  • 10:00 – 16:00

Sun 23 Jun

Free / 01224 644885

  • 10:00 – 16:00
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Keith Albarn: Pattern and Belief

Immersive exhibition by veteran artist and former TV presenter Keith Albarn (whose son happens to be a certain Damon).

The Minories Galleries, Colchester

Sat 22 Jun

Free / 01206 712437

  • 10:00 – 17:00

Ohh Deer Pop-Up Shop at Wolf and Badger

Pop-up shop featuring all kinds of knick-knacks and creative jujubes from illustration collective Ohh Deer and independent retailer Wolf and Badger.

Wolf & Badger Pop-Up Shop, London W1S

Sat 22 Jun

Free

  • 11:00 – 17:00

Sun 23 Jun

Free

  • 11:00 – 17:00

Paper

Contemporary works on paper by artists including Rachel Adams, Aglae Bassens, Matthew Brannon, Jason Brinkerhoff, Jodie Carey, Dawn Clements, Sean Dack and Gerald Davis.

Saatchi Gallery, London SW3

Sat 22 Jun

Free / 020 7811 3070

  • 10:00 – 18:00

Sun 23 Jun

Free / 020 7811 3070

  • 10:00 – 18:00

Sheree Hovsepian

An exhibition of works by the Iranian-American photorealist.

Bischoff/Weiss, London W1J

Sat 22 Jun

Free / 020 7629 5954

  • 10:00 – 18:00

1759

Philadelphia's most famous son is the ridiculously multi-talented Benjamin Franklin – statesman, diplomat, inventor, scientific researcher, writer, political theorist and (not least) postmaster. It was in 1759 that he first travelled to Scotland to witness the then-flourishing Scottish Enlightenment for himself. In the…

Summerhall, Edinburgh

Sat 22 Jun

Free / 0845 874 3001

  • 11:00 – 18:00

Sun 23 Jun

Free / 0845 874 3001

  • 11:00 – 18:00
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59th Texaco Children's Art Competition

Contemporary works in a variety of styles and media created by local children.

Gordon Gallery, Derry

Sat 22 Jun

Free / 028 7137 4044

  • 11:00 – 16:00

ACE Showcase 2013

Contemporary works and designs by architecture, computing and engineering students, highlighting a range of approaches and philosophies.

University Of East London, E16

Sat 22 Jun

Free / 020 8223 3000

  • 10:00 – 18:00

Sun 23 Jun

Free / 020 8223 3000

  • 10:00 – 18:00

Adam McEwen: Sawney Bean

Art exploring themes associated with mythical 16th century Scottish cannibal Sawney Bean.

The Modern Institute, Glasgow

Sat 22 Jun

Free / 0141 248 3711

  • 12:00 – 17:00

Anne Ryan

Contemporary works by the artist.

Greengrassi, London SE11

Sat 22 Jun

Free / 020 7840 9101

  • 11:00 – 18:00

Annica Neumuller

Abstract paintings by the Swedish artist.

New Leaf Gallery, Monmouth

Sat 22 Jun

Free / 01600 714527

  • 10:00 – 17:00
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