Foto: Modernity in Central Europe, 1918 – 1945 at the Dean Gallery is a must for all modern art lovers and budding photographers. Following highly successful runs in the USA, this is the only European showing of a truly magnificent exhibition. www.nationalgalleries.org

Visual Art, Glasgow

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Glasgay!
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Europe's largest queer multi-arts festival takes over Glasgow with comedy, music, film, theatre, visual art, performance art, literature, club nights, educational events and community arts projects. This year the festival also incorporates the Tennessee Williams Festival (see www.tennesseewilliamsfestival.com for more details).
1 Oct–9 Nov (Times vary) Various Venues, Glasgow
Dr Sketchy's Anti-Art School
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Live music, live girls and live art! The burlesque life drawing classes do things a little differently in the West, with a bit of a cafe feel for your Sunday afternoon.
27 Jul, 31 Aug 4.00–7.00 The Arches, Glasgow
The Other Side: Lys Hansen and Karen Christiansen
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An exhibition of politically charged sculpture and painting inspired by each artist's reactions of the others environment: Berlin and Scotland.
28 Jun–9 Aug, not Sundays 10.00am–5.00; Sat 12.00–4.00 Collins Gallery, Glasgow
Peeping at Bosch
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Ian Smith and Long-running performance troupe Mischief La Bas create a 'theatrically interactive art experience' around Hieronymus Bosch's 'Garden of Earthly Delights'.
10 Jul–13 Jul 8.00 Tramway, Glasgow
Art Nouveau Walking Tour
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Explore the lovelier side of the city's architecture. Tours leave from the Lighthouse at 11am every Saturday.
28 Jun–30 Aug, not Fridays, Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays 11.00am–12.00 The Lighthouse, Glasgow
Harry Benson: A Photographer's Journey
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An exciting homecoming exhibition of photographs from the 60-year career of Harry Benson, the internationally renowned photographer from Glasgow. Benson's career is a roll-call of contemporary history and culture, and some of his images have achieved icon status. On display are a range of images of world leaders and events; icons of fashion, music and film; and Scottish and American athletes, alongside images from his recent book 'Harry Benson's Glasgow'.
30 May–14 Sep Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Glasgow
Crafts for Scotland & Hobbycrafts
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Thousands of unique, high quality, hand-made crafts for Christmas and the home. Come along to the show to find finished gifts and crafty kits and supplies. Meet the crafts people themselves and be inspired!
23 Oct–26 Oct 9.30am–5.30; Sun 9.30am–5.00 SECC, Glasgow
Boucher and Chardin: Masters of Modern Manners
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This exhibition focuses on Jean Siméon Chardin's 'Lady Taking Tea' and François Boucher's 'Madame Boucher'. In an endeavour to tangentially transgress the path of traditional art history, the background to the two works will be examined using approximately 50 paintings, applied and decorative works, drawings and prints.
24 Sep–13 Dec, not Sundays Mon–Sat 9.30am–5.00 Hunterian Museum, Glasgow
Citylife: Photography by Keith Ingham
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A series of digital images by the Glasgow-based photographer inspired by the people and urban landscape of Mumbair.
23 Aug–27 Sep Mon–Fri 10.00am–5.00; Sat 12.00–4.00 Collins Gallery, Glasgow
Dark Horses
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Group show of three of the most promising art students in the UK. Margarita Louca, Kitty Clark and Anna Peaker create an otherworldly exhibition of alien celebrity alter egos, underdog success stories and pipe nebulae, overseen by first-time curator Emma Balkind
5 Jul–6 Aug Tue–Sun 12.00–6.00 Recoat, Glasgow
Gadburn School
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A display of clay project work created by pupils at Gadburn School, as part of the Sense over Sectarianism scheme.
10 Nov 2007–27 Nov 10.00am–5.00; Fri & Sun 11.00am–5.00 Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Glasgow
Jim Dick: Fornixxation
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'Fornix', Latin for 'Arch', is also the name of the triangular structure inside the brain responsible for memory and emotion. In ancient Rome, 'women of the night' were customarily found under the city's archways, giving rise to the modern English term 'fornication'. This exhibition presents a series of paintings on the theme of subconscious memories, desires and symbolic association.
5 Jun–9 Jul The Arches, Glasgow
Jo Spence
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An exhibition of self-portraits by the important British photographer Jo Spence (1934?92), who is best known for work on issues such as health, class, femininity and self-image.
12 Jun–16 Nov 10.00am–5.00; Thu 10.00am–8.00; Fri & Sun 11.00am–5.00 Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow
Life After Iraq
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Joint exhibition by award-winning photojournalist Angela Catlin and writer Billy Briggs, who travelled to Syria to document the plight of some of the millions of ordinary Iraqis living there who have fled the conflict in their homeland. 'Part of Refugee Week 2008'
10 Jun–26 Oct St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art, Glasgow
Offshore
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A collection of new original works with a sea theme by Malcolm Cheape, Blair Thomson and Alan Watson.
26 Jun–21 Jul scotlandart.com, Glasgow
A Passion for Painted Pattern
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An exhibition looking at the meticulous, hand-worked textile designs of Raymond Honeyman.
29 Nov–20 Dec, not Sundays Mon–Fri 10.00am–5.00; Sat 12.00–4.00 Collins Gallery, Glasgow
Steven Campbell: "...Oh Wretched Stars Insatiable Heaven...'
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Exhibition selected from the artist's body of completed work before his death in 2007.
16 Aug–11 Oct Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow
Cathy Wilkes
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New exhibition from the Belfast-born, Glasgow-based artist, whose installation and video works tend to tackle feminist issues often marginalised in the art world.
28 Jun–6 Sep The Modern Institute, Glasgow
Craft Workshop
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Maritime-themed craft activities aboard the Tall Ship.
Tuesdays–Thursdays 1.00–3.00 The Tall Ship at Glasgow Harbour, Glasgow
Haptic
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An exhibition from the Nippon Design Museum for which curator, Kenya Hara, invited artists from a variety of fields, including designers Siguru Ban and Jasper Morrison, and French graphic artist Mathieu Manche, to create products designed to stimulate the senses.
18 Jun–29 Sep The Lighthouse, Glasgow
Hunter: Man, Medic and Collector
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This exhibition tells the story of Dr. William Hunter, the Scottish obstetrician, teacher, collector and founder of the Hunterian museum. The displays explore Hunter's life and highlight both his passion for collecting and his hugely successful career as a royal physician, teacher of anatomy and surgery and scientific researcher. Parking for disabled visitors by prior arrangement only.
1 May–30 Sep, not Sundays 9.30am–5.00 Hunterian Museum, Glasgow
Jim Lambie: Forever Changes
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Lambie's biggest exhibition in Glasgow to date includes a new version of his celebrated black and white, vinyl floor amid a quiet riot of colour and materials fighting it out in sculptural works that take inspiration from both art history and contemporary hairstyling trends. 'Part of Glasgow international 2008'.
11 Apr–29 Sep Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow
Mladen Stilinovic: On Money, Zeroes, etc.
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A new installation work from the radical artist, using photography, collages, sculptural works and films to reflect on the fall of Communism and rise of capitalism in the former Yugoslavia.
7 Jun–19 Jul CCA, Glasgow
Seydisfj RU
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Artists Mhari Baxter and Melissa MacRobert will be trapping visitors in photographic light boxes immersing you in images of Icelandic harbour town Seydisfjordur.
11 Jul–6 Aug The Arches, Glasgow
You Should Be On Holiday!!
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Transmission's annual members' show -submissions of all sizes and shapes accepted.
8 Jul–26 Jul Transmission Gallery, Glasgow

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