DETAILS of the new exhibitions to be staged as part of the Artist's Rooms project, bringing contemporary art to venues across Scotland in 2017, have been announced.
This is the eighth year of the Artist Rooms tour, backed by the National Galleries of Scotland and the Tate and during 2017 this will include five exhibitions, featuring the work of Ed Ruscha, Andy Warhol, Sir Don McCullin and Johan Grimonprez at venues across the country.
The Warhol show will mark the re-opening of the Burgh Hall in Dunoon, and inaugurate its new exhibition galleries. The work of the Belgian multimedia artist and filmmaker Johan Grimonprez will be seen at Caithness Horizons Museum in Thurso and the Gracefield Arts Centre in Dumfries will present a display of images by the photographer Don McCullin, who was awarded a knighthood in the recent New Year’s Honours list.
Since it was established in 2008, the collection has been shared with some 40 million visitors to 149 exhibitions at 77 associated museums and galleries around the UK.
The Burgh Hall in Dunoon has been a venue since 2009, hosting its first display – by the acclaimed American photographer Robert Mapplethorpe – in 2012. The building is currently in the final stages of a major refurbishment, and will re-open in spring 2017.
artistrooms.org
THE WORLD premiere of Dr Stirlingshire’s Discovery, a new family show presented by Grid Iron, Lung Ha Theatre Company, RZSS Edinburgh Zoo and the Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh, will be at Edinburgh Zoo on April 1.
Written by Morna Pearson and directed by Joe Douglas and Maria Oller, Dr Stirlingshire’s Discovery tells the tale of Dr Vivien Stirlingshire, a cryptozoologist, who is unveiling her latest discovery. The promenade performance takes place inside and outside the Zoo.
The cast will include members of Lung Ha Theatre Company, lighting is by Simon Wilkinson, design is by Karen Tennent with music by Philip Pinsky.
Dr Stirlingshire’s Discovery is supported by Creative Scotland, the City of Edinburgh Council and is part of the Edinburgh International Science Festival.
lungha.com
NEXT month the Tron Theatre in Glasgow will host the Scottish premiere of Made In India, a new play about "motherhood and blood ties between women and nations in a brave new world."
Made In India is written by Satinder Chohan and it won her the 2013 Adopt-a-Playwright award of a partnership with the Tamasha theatre company.
The play centres around the meeting of three women in a surrogacy clinic in Gujarat and will run from February 8 to 11.
tron.co.uk
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