The Scottish artist Susan Philipsz has opened a new show at the Kunsthaus Bregenz in Austria. Night and Fog is inspired by the life and music of composers persecuted during the political reign of the Nazi Party in Germany.
The new work takes Hans Eisler's soundtrack for Alain Resnais' groundbreaking 1955 French documentary, Nuit et Brouillard as a major inspiration.
Installed throughout the Kunsthaus museum spaces, Philipsz deconstructs Eisler's soundtrack for the film into the individual instruments and presents them as a sound installation. A second installation is installed at the Jewish Cemetery in Hohemems, in collaboration with the Jewish Museum.
Night and Fog was the first documentary about the Nazi concentration camps. It was directed by Alain Resnais with a commentary written by Jean Cayrol, who had been a prisoner in the Austrian concentration camp of Mauthausen/Gusen.
The show runs until April 3.
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A rare painting is returning to Glasgow after an absence of 120 years.
The oil on canvas, Siblings Feeding Rabbits, by David Fulton (1848-1930) (pictured) was transported to Germany for a The Munich International Exhibition in 1894 and has remained overseas ever since.
Now the painting, valued at between £8,000 and £12,000 - has returned to the artist’s home town where it will feature as one of the lots in The Scottish Pictures Auction at McTear’s on 14 February.
Born in Parkhead in 1848, David Fulton studied at Glasgow School of Art before establishing a reputation as a skilled painter of children, often with animals or at play.
Brian Clements, managing director at McTear’s Auctioneers, said: “David Fulton is a true son of Glasgow and one of greatest artists to come out of the city in the past 200 hundred years. This painting is perhaps the artist’s finest work and it is fantastic to see it back in Glasgow after a break of 120 years."
The 4ft by 3ft work will feature in The Scottish Pictures Auction at McTear’s.
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John Lowrie Morrison - known as Jolomo - is to open a show titled The Magical Light of Bute in Rothesay on February 13.
Jolomo said: "Bute does have a magical light, it’s quite different, maybe because of where it’s positioned in the Firth of Clyde and what’s around it. The Scottish West Coast is famed for its beautiful light that is ever-changing. The Isle of Bute is a supreme example of that quality. I have been painting for 50 years now, and The Magical Light of Bute still entrances me to paint it."
The exhibition is being staged at the Castle Gallery, on the High Street in Rothesay and runs until March 5.
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