Marine: Ian Hamilton Finlay City Art Centre Until 3 October W: edinburghmuseums.org.uk/venue/cityart-centre Exhibition exploring the maritime theme that runs throughout Ian Hamilton Finlay’s art and poetry. Charles H Mackie: Colour and Light City Art Centre Until 10 October W: edinburghmuseums.org.uk/venue/ city-art-centre Major retrospective, including prints, sculpture, oil paintings and watercolours. ANDIAMO: Forty years of the RSA John Kinross Scholarships to Florence Royal Scottish Academy 11 September–17 October W: royalscottishacademy.org A varied exhibition of work by 20 selected artists and architects. Karla Black: sculptures (2001–2021) details for a retrospective Fruitmarket Until 24 October W: fruitmarket.co.uk Exhibition by one of Scotland’s most renowned sculptors. Karla Black inaugurates the newly expanded Fruitmarket. Includes two new commissions (see review, page 53). Hannah Mooney The Scottish Gallery December, dates tbc W: scottish-gallery.co.uk New paintings from the winner of the 2018 Fleming-Wyfold Bursary. Alison Watt: A Portrait Without Likeness Scottish National Portrait Gallery Until 9 January 2022 W: nationalgalleries.org/visit/scottishnational-portrait-gallery Watt explores and responds to the works of the 18th-century Scottish painter Allan Ramsay (see feature, page 37). 56 | ART
Glasgow Margot Sandeman: Poetry & Harmony Gerber Fine Art Until 1 September W: gerberfineart.co.uk Featuring works on paper and oils; from landscapes of the West Coast of Scotland to interior still lifes (read more about Sandeman’s work on page 11). Glasgow Open House: Artists in Isolation Various locations 24–27 September W: glasgowopenhousearts.co.uk This year’s festival explores the lived experiences of artists and the wider community throughout the pandemic, encouraging people to use any spaces and resources available to them. Whistler: Art and Legacy The Hunterian Until 30 October W: gla.ac.uk/hunterian Major exhibition detailing the life and work of the American artist James MacNeill Whistler, featuring works from the Hunterian’s own collection.
Perth Joan Eardley Perth Museum & Art Gallery 27 November 2021–28 February 2022 W: culturepk.org.uk A centenary exhibition celebrating the artist’s life and works, including paintings from the Fleming Collection (see Eardley feature, pages 8–26).
UK wide Margaret Mellis: Modernist Constructs Towner, Eastbourne 16 October 2021–30 January 2022 W: townereastbourne.org.uk
An artist often overlooked in favour of her contemporaries, this exhibition details the life and work of Margaret Mellis, who was one of the founders of the St Ives School; an integral part of British Modernism. Lucy McKenzie Tate Liverpool 20 October 2021–27 March 2022 W: tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-liverpool The first UK retrospective of the Glasgowborn artist. The exhibition brings together over 80 work, including architectural paintings, fashion and design, dating from 1997 to the present. Joan Eardley Mottisfont, Hampshire Until November W: nationaltrust.org.uk/mottisfont See three of Joan Eardley’s works, gifted to Mottisfont in 1996 by the artist Derek Hill: Catterline in Winter, Study of a Burn, and Cornfields, September. Jock McFadyen: Tourist without a Guidebook Royal Academy, London 5 February–10 April 2022 W: royalacademy.org.uk Over 20 of McFadyen’s large-scale paintings exploring the changing urban landscape of London over 30 years.
Elsewhere ASSEMBLY The Venice Glass Week, Venice 4–12 September W: northlandscreative.co.uk Glass artists from around the world who have worked with North Lands Creative over the last 25 years have been invited to submit artworks interpreting the ‘paperweight’ for the Caithness organisation’s Venice exhibition.
