Unlikely Shapes/HAXTON
13 September-24 October. Entry free. Stallan-Bran Architecture and Design, 80 Nicholson Street, Glasgow, G5 9ER.
Fraser Taylor is an interdisciplinary visual artist based in Glasgow whose studio practice is rooted in drawing. Back in 2020, Taylor introduced ‘HAXTON’ an ongoing project that revisits methods of making that were prominent to his practice in the late 1970s and 80s. Unlikely Shapes marks an expansion of the project, exploring a new form of surface decoration in collaboration with ceramic artist Katie Nelis.
14 September-1 November. Entry free. Reid Gallery, The Glasgow School of Art, 167 Renfrew Street, G3 6RQ.
SurvOY was developed over four years as a contemporary artist ‘island almanac’, surveying and monitoring scales of change in the context of the island environment of Papa Westray, one of the most northern Orkney islands. Artists Saoirse Higgins and Jonathan Ford measured, monitored, observed, recorded, collected and archived change - whether that be weather change, daylight change, climate change, sea level change, among others. This exhibition in particular focuses on a year-long cycle looking at multiple viewpoints and provides a benchmark for future generation islanders.
13 September-2 October. Entry from £7. Mackintosh Queens Cross, Garscube Road, Glasgow, G20 7EL.
Presented by Graeme Nicholls Architects, this exhibition explores the architectural and cultural connections between Scotland and Portugal. Placing Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s original Willow Tearooms in dialogue with Alvaro Siza’s Boa Nova Tea House, this exhibition offers a reflective look at design, craft, place and ritual through drawings, models, photography, film and original artefacts.
The Milky Way
13 September-9 January. Entry free. Gallery of Modern Art, Royal Exchange Square, Glasgow, G1 3AH.
This exhibition is part of a touring programme for Feed, an arts-based project that promotes inclusive and sustainable approaches to infant feeding and public space. Core to The Milky Way is ‘Feeding Chair’ a multimedia artwork and infant feeding chair which has travelled up and down the country with Glasgow its only Scottish stop.
https://www.glasgowlife.org.uk
Take Me Somewhere
17-19 September. Entry free. Gallery of Modern Art, Royal Exchange Square, Glasgow, G1 3AH.
Public Trust asks visitors to Paul Ramirez Jonas’ exhibition to examine the value of their words. Participants can declare a promise that is recorded in a drawing they can keep and are asked to give their word in a way that is consistent with their beliefs. Their promise is then published on a monumental marquee board alongside promises made by politicians, scientists, companies and others.
https://takemesomewhere.co.uk/
Daytripping
20 September-17 January. Entry free. Platform Glasgow, 1000 Westerhouse Road, G34 9JW.
Discover a collection of evocative photographs documenting the joy of day trips and celebrating people and place, all taken by photographer Alan Dimmick. The items on display have been selected from a vast archive and celebrate old traditions of jaunts down the west coast, in particular the Isle of Cumbrae and Millport.
https://www.platform-online.co.uk
What Might Have Been
17-28 September. Entry free. Leith Makers, 105 Leith Walk, EH6 8NP.
Susan Mitchel and Sharon Woods have put together an exhibition of collages and assemblages that takes on a performance-like quality. The layered collages on show take visitors on a journey to a dreamlike space of sisterhood as the works explore the shifting nature of memory where logic seems to loosen.
Edinburgh Art Fair
18-21 September. Entry from £10. Edinburgh Corn Exchange, 10 New Market Road, EH14 1RJ.
Celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, the Edinburgh Art Fair is back with another jam-packed exhibition. Discover works from established, household name artists alongside recent graduates, artists who are mid-career as well as self-taught artists. There’s a vast selection of works on show ranging from original paintings, prints and sculpture to photography, ceramics, glass and even bespoke furniture.
Stone, Bone and Linen
18-29 September. Entry free. Dundas Street Gallery, 6A Dundas Street, Edinburgh, EH3 6HZ.
Minette Bell Macdonald, Mishi Bellamy and Silvy Weatherall have come together for this exhibition. The trio have created work on a loosely connected theme to put together figurative paintings, concept pieces and a contemporary take on paleolithic cave art. The artists will also be at the gallery every day to show visitors around and discuss their work.
https://www.mishibellamy.net./
John Forbes’ Songs and Fancies
13 September-4 January. Entry free. Aberdeen Art Gallery, Schoolhill, Aberdeen, AB10 1FQ.
The National Library’s centenary celebration sees selected treasures from their collections go on display around the country and in Aberdeen John Forbes’ Songs and Fancies, published in the city in 1682, is on display. This early secular music book would have been an important guide to music students back in the 17th century and will spend the next few months on loan at Aberdeen Art Gallery.
https://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/
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