DECEMBER/JANUARY 2018-19 FREE! 12TH ANNUAL Art & WIN! A PAIR OF TICKETS TO ‘THE MOTHER’ Craft Gift STARRING BALLERINA Guide NATALIA OSIPOVA! 100s of NEW! Exhibition PERFORMING Previews ARTS SECTION KIRKER CULTURAL TOURS FOR DISCERNING TRAVELLERS Kirker Holidays offers an extensive range of independent and escorted Cultural Tours & Music Holidays, many with flights available from your local airport. Tours include leading festivals in Europe such as Grafenegg and the Verdi Festival in Parma, as well as Glyndebourne, Buxton and opera weekends in Vienna, Milan, Venice and New York. We also host our own exclusive music festivals on land and at sea, and arrange short breaks with opera, ballet or concert tickets, to all the great classical cities in Europe THE METROPOLITAN OPERA & ART GALLERIES OF NEW YORK A FIVE NIGHT HOLIDAY | 2 MARCH 2019 Enjoy three star-studded performances at the Metropolitan Opera featuring some of the world’s greatest opera singers including Ailyn Pérez, Anna Netrebko and Roberto Frontali as well as a backstage tour of the Met. In addition to the opera we will visit museums and galleries including the Whitney, the Metropolitan and MOMA, where we enjoy a private visit before the crowds arrive. We stay at the Hotel Empire (4*), located just across the street from the Lincoln Center, and a couple of minutes’ walk from the Met. Price from £2,659 per person (single supp. £330) including flights, transfers, accommodation on a room only basis, tickets to three operas, two dinners, all sightseeing, entrance fees and gratuities and the services of the Kirker Tour Leader. CHRISTMAS IN ROME A FIVE NIGHT HOLIDAY |22 DECEMBER 2018 The Eternal City is the perfect place to spend Christmas, and at this time of year it is also blissfully free from crowds, so we will explore the great galleries, religious buildings and ancient architecture in relative peace. We will stay at the 5* Grand Hotel de la Minerve, located in the heart of Rome, with a roof terrace which overlooks the dome of the Pantheon. There will be visits to the Forum, dotted with basilicas, temples and triumphal arches, the church of Santa Maria Antiqua on the beautiful Palatine Hill, and the Colosseum. A morning will be spent at the the Galleria Borghese and we will also visit the Pantheon, the best-preserved building of Ancient Rome. A Christmas Day lunch is included at a carefully selected local restaurant. Price from £2,096 per person (single supp. £428) for five nights including flights, transfers, accommodation with breakfast, Christmas Day lunch, four dinners, all sightseeing, entrance fees and gratuities and the services of the Kirker Tour Lecturer. Speak to an expert or request a brochure: 020 7593 2284 quote code GAR www.kirkerholidays.com THE QUEEN’S GALLERY EDINBURGH MEET THE KING WHO BUILT THE PALACE OF HOLYROODHOUSE 23 NOVEMBER 2018 – 2 JUNE 2019 www.rct.uk Enjoy free re-admission for a year by asking us to treat your +44 (0)303 123 7306 ticket purchase as a donation. Art Mag Advert 18.qxp_Layout 1 20/11/2018 16:00 Page 1 MORRISON 2019 Solo Shows Torrance Gallery Archway Gallery Caledonian Club Strathearn Gallery Gallery Q Clarendon Fine Art Gallery 8 The Glasgow Gallery Tolquhon Gallery www.jolomo.com Art Mag Advert 18.qxp_Layout 1 20/11/2018 16:00 Page 1 MORRISON 2019 Solo Shows Torrance Gallery Archway Gallery Caledonian Club Strathearn Gallery Gallery Q Clarendon Fine Art Gallery 8 The Glasgow Gallery Tolquhon Gallery www.jolomo.com ART WORKSHOPS with Aine Divine in 2019 Feel the joy and freedom of Aine’s approach. Come alive to your creativity. Subjects include portraits in watercolour and flowers in mixed media, acrylic and oil. Aine also offers one to one coaching, facilitating individual creative journeys. Vouchers, handwritten cards printed with images of Aines paintings, are available. Workshops held in beautiful Cockenzie House and Gardens, on the sea in East Lothian. Photo Jim Mackintosh 07806 423157 [email protected] ‘Serious art is born www.ainedivinepaintings.co.uk from serious play’ Facebook: Aine Divine Paintings Julia Cameron The Artists Way 33 44 23 CONTENTS 47 ART & CRAFT GIFT GUIDE CREATIVE GIFT IDEAS FOR CHRISTMAS AND ALL YEAR 8 35 NEW! PERFORMING ARTS SECTION MUSIC, THEATRE AND DANCE TO TAKE YOU INTO THE NEW YEAR 47 FEATURE CRAFT & DESIGN HAND-MADE FOR YOU AND YOUR HOME 21 COURSES, CLASSES & WORKSHOPS GET CREATIVE! 53 EXHIBITION PREVIEWS ART SUPPLIES & SERVICES ABERDEEN & NORTHEAST SCOTLAND 23 PAINT IT, FRAME IT, SHIP IT! 55 AYRSHIRE 25 BORDERS 27 SHOWCASE DUMFRIES & GALLOWAY 29 ARTISTS & CRAFTMAKERS DIRECTORY 57 DUNDEE & ANGUS 32 EDINBURGH & LOTHIANS 33 SUBSCRIBE TO ARTMAG FIFE 37 GIVE YOURSELF OR A FRIEND THE GIFT OF ART! 48 GLASGOW & GREATER GLASGOW 39 HIGHLANDS & ISLANDS 43 WIN! PERTHSHIRE 44 A PAIR OF TICKETS TO ‘THE MOTHER’ STARRING STIRLINGSHIRE & CLACKMANNANSHIRE 45 BALLERINA NATALIA OSIPOVA! 50 DECEMBER 2018/JANUARY 2019 5 Fairway to Heaven Alexander Millar View Alexander Millar’s latest collection of paintings, drawings and limited edition prints — Glasgow: Princes Sq Pop-Up, Buchanan St — New York: 144 5th Avenue, New York — Online: alexandermillar.com 6 DECEMBER 2018/JANUARY 2019 Fairway to Heaven ON THE COVER Alexander Millar Aine Divine RSW was a 2014 finalist in the Sky Arts portrait artist of the year competition. An award-winner for her watercolour portraits from the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour (RSW) and the Royal Watercolour Society (RWS), she teaches and paints commissioned portraits. She has five works in the RSW’s Open Annual Exhibition at the Royal Scottish Academy (until Dec 13), where she will be doing a live portrait demonstration of ex- British Lions rugby player Dean Richards (Sun Dec 2, 11am). Her work is also included in the EDS Gallery Winter Exhibition (until Jan 12). www.ainedivinepaintings.co.uk PUBLISHED BY Instant Publications Ltd., 0131 661 0765, 07968 191032 PUBLISHER Christie Dessy, publisher@ artmag.co.uk EDITOR Ian Sclater, [email protected] SOCIAL MEDIA & WEBSITE MANAGER Maria Cynkier, [email protected] PROOFREADER Tina Rose CULINARY ARTS EDITOR & CULTURE BLOG Rowan Anderson, [email protected] EDITORIAL DESIGN & PRODUCTION Creative Link ADVERTISING DESIGN Ian Farmer WEBMASTER David Marek, digital@artmag. co.uk ART BLOGGERS Liliya Nikolova, Isabelle Thui, Joanna Zuchowska DISTRIBUTION ENQUIRIES Scotland: 0131 337 4455, Northeast England: 07984 344254 View Alexander Millar’s latest collection © 2018 Instant Publications. Reproduction in whole of paintings, drawings and limited edition prints or in part is forbidden without the written permission of the Publisher. Instant Publications does not accept — responsibility for unsolicited material. Printed in the UK on paper sourced from sustainably managed forests Glasgow: Princes Sq Pop-Up, Buchanan St using a solvent-free printing method. 93% of all wastes — generated during the production New York: 144 5th Avenue, New York process are either reused or recycled. ADVISORY Readers are advised to — check all listed information before Online: alexandermillar.com attending an exhibition or event. WWW.ARTMAG.CO.UK Artmaguk @artmaguk @artmaguk DECEMBER 2018/JANUARY 2019 7 RT FOR RT’S SAKE ACreative gift ideas to suit all tastes and budgets SHELAGH BOYLE ‘PURPLE SKY’ (VELVET EASEL GALLERY, EDINBURGH) 1. Artisanand in Aberfeldy offers quirky, conceptual pieces of and iconic look, ideal for the most sophisticated of festive parties. It exceptional quality, style and function by established and emerging is one of a range of bar accessories, among all the other great gift Perthshire artists at affordable prices. Their Christmas offerings are ideas at Westgate Galleries in North Berwick. available, while the wall art exhibition will run into the New Year. www.westgategalleries.co.uk See ad p34 Shop local! www.artisanand.co.uk See ad p7 8. Housed in a listed former butcher’s shop, artist Alan Dawson’s Quay 2. Artist Angela Lawrence of Clience Studio in Castle Douglas paints Gallery in Aberdour has an inviting, domestic atmosphere. Open atmospheric landscapes and seascapes inspired by Galloway, the from Easter until Christmas, it is a great place to see a carefully Scottish west coast and Highlands and Cumbrian mountains. Small curated selection of paintings, prints and objets d’art, all sourced in or large paintings can be commissioned. Original gifts from Angela’s the UK. www.thequaygallery.co.uk See ad p38 paintings include prints, cards, calendars and tableware. www.cliencestudio.co.uk See ad p30 9. The Gallery Melrose has ceramic works with a crystalline glaze, one of the most challenging effects that the studio potter can strive 3. Rusko Studio offers art courses in oil painting in the stunning to perfect. The spectacular sheen is due to crystals which form within Galloway countryside. Vouchers are the perfect way to give the glaze during firing.They are three-dimensional and, as light someone the opportunity to stay on the beautiful Rusko estate and catches them, shimmer like holograms. www.thegallerymelrose.co.uk enjoy varied landscape and still life painting with tuition by owner/ See ad p27 artist Liz Gilbey. www.ruskostudio.co.uk See ad p31 10. This December Tea Green has an unmissable line-up of unique 4. In the heart of Perthshire Aberfeldy Gallery showcases a variety of festive shopping events in beautiful venues across Scotland, contemporary artwork in a bright and welcoming space, including where you’ll find an eclectic selection of Scottish art, design and paintings, photographs, hand-made prints, textile art, pottery, glass, contemporary craft. www.teagreen.co.uk See ad p42 woodwork, jewellery and sculpture. Pictured: Lin Pattullo, ‘Blue Hat/ Red Ball’, oil on canvas www.aberfeldygallery.co.uk See ad p44 11. The Selkirk Arms Hotel is a hidden gem in the “Artists’ Town” of Kirkcudbright. Traditional and authentic, the cosy, four-star hotel 5.