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Scottish art exhibition highlights: May 2021
The galleries are open! Here s our pick of the paintings, pieces and paraphernalia to peruse this month across Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dundee Feature by Anahit Behrooz | 03 May 2021
Rabiya Choudhry, Fiona Jardine, Raisa Kabir + Hanneline Visnes: Ambi @ CCA
In partnership with the Glasgow School of Art, this exhibition sees four specially commissioned UK-based artists develop work inspired by objects in the textiles, fashion and costume holdings from the GSA’s Archives & Special Collections.
Archie Brennan (1931-2009), tapestry artist, formative director of Edinburgh’s Dovecot Studio’s modern era, and sometime pop artist of the textile world, was an innovator whose prolific output belied a life spent teaching and promoting tapestry worldwide. Well known amongst tapestry aficionados, his light faded at home when he left Scotland in the 1970s to pursue his passion for tapestry abroad. Innovatively using photographic and mass media for images for his work, including those of Muhammad Ali and Princess Diana, and questioning the notion that a weaver should only copy paintings, he packed up his portable loom and travelled the world, a long way from his Edinburgh origins just half a mile from the Dovecot’s original studios in Corstorphine.
Holyrood Distillery Finally, we can sit in a beer garden once again. The Holyrood Distillery Courtyard Bar is the perfect place to get you back into the world. Returning with a range of drinks from local independent brewers and distillers, visitors can be the first to try new drinks including HolyXXXX Gin – Holyrood Distillery’s latest release. Award-winning Edinburgh caterer Hickory will be providing a menu. There’s a covered and heated seating area for when the weather’s not playing ball.
1-9pm Thursday-Saturday and 12-6pm Sundays. Booking recommended, www.holyrooddistillery.co.uk
Emma Talbot – Ghost Calls Galleries are back open. This latest exhibition from Dundee Contemporary Arts debuts a new series of work from British artist Emma Talbot after receiving the Max Mara Prize in March last year. Talbot’s work considers complex issues such as feminist theory and storytelling; politics and the natural world; and pertinent questions focusing on our shifting relatio
Galleries and studios across Scotland are ready to welcome visitors
Visitors to the Pier Arts Centre in Stromness enjoy their re-opening displays, including works from their collection. Photo: The Pier Arts Centre.
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.- From the Pier Arts Centre in Orkney to Cample Line Gallery in Dumfries and Galloway all over the country this spring and summer, Scotlands art galleries, studios, contemporary art venues and production workshops are opening up. Now a new campaign to help the public find their nearest gallery and champion Scotlands world class contemporary art and studio facilities has been launched.
The #ArtUnlocks campaign organised by Scottish Contemporary Art Network (SCAN), will highlight the cultural opportunities in neighbourhoods across Scotland, with venues that are ready to welcome visitors and artists from 26th April over the coming months. New openings will be announced and shared using the hashtag #ArtUnlocks and a continually refreshed list of contempora