Painting & Drawing

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Steven Campbell: Wretched Stars, Insatiable Heaven (new work 2006-2007)

Steven Campbell: Wretched Stars, Insatiable Heaven (new work 2006-2007)

4 Sep 2008

Steven Campbell's work may not be to everyone's taste, but it's certainly powerful and affecting. Large-scale paintings assail the viewer with bright colours; paisley patterns merge with abstract designs and motifs borrowed from art history while…

Portrait of Andrea Odoni

The Art of Italy in the Royal Collection: The Renaissance

Treasure trove of Italian masters

31 Jul 2008

You wonder what Prince William was thinking when he switched courses at university – when your Grandma owns art like this, studying Art History must have been a doddle. This exhibition, the first of two from the Royal Collection’s holdings of 16th and…

Alison Watt - The dark fold

The dark fold

27 Feb 2007

If the substance of all painting is light, then artist Alison Watt has got a dark sense of humour. Perhaps best known for her luminous oil paintings of shapely white calico fabrics and creamy brocade drapes, Watt has quietly spent two years creating her…

Harry Smith Anthology Remixed

Harry Smith Anthology Remixed

17 Jul 2008

REVIEW PAINTING, DRAWING, PHOTOGRAPHY, MUSIC CCA, Glasgow, until Sat 26 Jul Artist, filmmaker, musicologist: just a few of the labels attached to Harry Smith, the great American polymath of the 1950s. This exhibition celebrates the chain-smoking…

Split Personality - Alan Michael

Split Personality - Alan Michael

31 Jan 2008

Rosie Lesso creates an imaginative map of associations as she considers the work of painter Alan Michael Like many artists before him, Alan Michael’s first point of reference is the sea of visual information we encounter as by-products of…

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Immersive/Reality: Samuel Douglas
Date	Location
Sam Douglas' exhibits his oil paintings which feature the landscape of his home town in Somerset, including local and contemporary landmarks and rural scenery. Viewings can also be booked by appointment.
5 Sep–16 Oct, not Sundays, Mondays 11.00am–4.30	Corn Exchange Gallery, Edinburgh

Steven Campbell: Wretched Stars, Insatiable Heaven
Date	Location
Exhibition in two locations, selected from the artist's body of completed work before his death in 2007.
16 Aug–28 Sep, not Sundays, Mondays Tue–Sat 10.00am–5.30	Glasgow Print Studio, Glasgow
16 Aug–11 Oct	Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow

The Art of Italy in the Royal Collection: The Renaissance
Date	Location
32 paintings and 42 drawings from the period of the Italian Renaissance, including works by Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael and Tintoretto, Giovanni Bellini, Lorenzo Costa and Titian. This is the first of two-part exhibition, the second of which will cover the Baroque period. Last admission 5pm.
1 Sep–26 Oct 9.30am–6.00	The Queen's Gallery, Edinburgh

Techniques of the Old Masters: Prints and drawings from Durer to Daumier
Date	Location
A chance to see Burrell's collection of early prints and drawings from artists including Rembrandt, Ingres, Durer and Daumier. The focus is on woodcuts, engravings and etchings.
1 Sep–29 Sep Mon–Thu & Sat 10.00am–5.00; Fri & Sun 11.00am–5.00	Burrell Collection, Glasgow

Dr Sketchy's Anti-Art School
Date	Location
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.
21 Sep 4.00–7.00	The Arches, Glasgow

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