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Agnes Miller Parker

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.

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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).

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.

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