The Scottish National Gallery is to host an exhibition of masterpieces from one of the world's finest private collections of 19th-century Norwegian and Swiss landscape paintings in a show beginning this week.
Thirteen works, by artists such as Johan Christian Dahl, Alexandre Calame and Thomas Fearnley, will be lent by American collector and leading expert Asbjörn Lunde on a long-term loan. The exhibition, Rocks and Rivers, begins on April 3 at the Scottish National Gallery.
The artists represented, who also include Caspar Wolf, Robert Zünd and Giuseppe Camino, travelled extensively, producing expansive views of locations in Scandinavia, Italy and Britain, as well as renowned sites in the Alps, such as Lake Lucerne and the Bernese Oberland. Works by these masters are extremely rare in British public collections.
nationalgalleries.org
The chief executive of Scotland's national ballet has resigned in an unexpected move. Cindy Sughrue, pictured, is stepping down from her pivotal role as chief executive and executive producer at Scottish Ballet. The company has issued a statement saying that the change takes place with "immediate effect."
A statement said: "The board would like to acknowledge the considerable contribution Cindy has made to Scottish Ballet and wishes her success in the future."
The process to recruit her successor will also begin immediately.
Sughrue has been with the company for more than a decade, starting in August 2004 as an administrative producer. Her role then changed to executive producer and finally to chief executive/executive Pproducer.
In the interim, Scottish Ballet's artistic director, Christopher Hampson, will assume the role of acting chief executive.
scottishballet.co.uk
Musicians and filmmakers looking to showcase at Scotland's only annual creative industries festival, XpoNorth, have until this Friday to submit their work. XpoNorth (formerly goNORTH) is being held this year on June 10 and 11 at venues across Inverness.
The showcase places musicians and filmmakers' work before leading creative industry players in the fields of screen, broadcast and music. Bands which showcased last year included; Hector Bizerk and United Fruit, both of whom went on to showcase at the recent South by South West Festival in Austin, Texas.
XpoNorth is also seeking volunteers to work for the duration of the festival. The deadline for applying for this is May 5.
xponorth.co.uk
Frank To, the Glasgow-based artist, will showcase his depiction of Machiavelli's masterpiece The Prince at an exhibition in The Leith Gallery, Edinburgh next month. To has chosen to depict a selection of key scenes from the famous book and, in another first, feature text excerpts from The Prince translated into Auld Scots.
Of his exhibition, he said: "From all the Machiavelli scholars I have consulted, none has found any records of any other artist having depicted The Prince."
To's Machiavelli-inspired paintings can be seen in as part of a joint exhibition with artist Jacqueline Marr called Ying and Yang opening at The Leith Gallery in Edinburgh on April 4.
the-leith-gallery.co.uk
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