Galleries - December 2011

MAP 4 ENGLAND NORTH 21. GALLERIES DECEMBER 11 M 5 3 M 6 M 6 M 6 5 M 1 M 6 2 M 6 2 A 6 3 1 A 4 6 A 6 6 A 1 7 0 A 1 9 A 6 4 MERSEYSIDE CHESTER WREXHAM LLANGOLLEN LINCOLN GAINSBOROUGH WHITBY THIRSK SCARBOROUGH DARLINGTON BARNARD CASTLE PENRITH KESWICK LANCASTER HUDDERSFIELD HALIFAX BLACKBURN PRESTON BOLTON HALE YORK KENDAL SADDLEWORTH MACCLESFIELD HARTLEPOOL RIPON WAKEFIELD BRIDLINGTON STAITHES OLDHAM CHORLEY TODMORDEN SEDBERGH BOWNESS-ON-WINDERMERE HARROGATE KEIGHLEY STOKESLEY STOKE-ON-TRENT NOTTINGHAM BRADFORD LEEDS MANCHESTER HULL SHEFFIELD MIDDLESBROUGH DONCASTER LIVERPOOL a e d f c b SETTLE CUMBRIA a ABBOT HALL ART GALLERY Kendal, Cumbria LA9 5AL ARTIST ROOMS: Richard Long. Oct 21–Dec 17. The works on display are taken from ARTIST ROOMS, a new collection of modern and contemporary art held by Tate and National Galleries of Scotland for the nation. Also featuring new work chosen by Long and two recreated sculptures. Mon–Sat 10.30–5/4 Adults £6, u-18, f-t students u-25 free www.abbothall.org.uk t 01539 722464 NORTH YORKSHIRE b BIANCO NERO GALLERY 14 Bridge Road, Stokesley, North Yorks TS9 5AA Christmas Exhibition: Gallery Artists. Changing exhibitions featuring contemporary paintings, prints, sculpture, ceramics and glass. Tue–Sat 10–5 info@bianconero.co.uk www.bianconero.co.uk t 01642 714433 LEEDS c HENRY MOORE INSTITUTE 74 The Headrow, Leeds LS1 3AH Gallery 4 Tacita Dean: Mario Merz. Sep 4–Dec 4. Shelagh Cluett: Drawing in Space. Dec 1–Mar 11. United Enemies: The Problem of Sculpture in Britain in the 1960s and 1970s. Dec 1–Mar 11. Nice Style: The World’s First Pose Band. Dec 14–Feb 12. Mon–Sun 10–5.30, Wed 10–9, admn free www.henry-moore.ac.uk t 0113 246 7467 f 0113 246 1481 YORK d BLUE TREE GALLERY 23 Bootham, York YO30 7BW Winter Exhibition. Nov 29 to end of January. Stunning paintings by Janet Buckle, Colin Carruthers and Giuliana Lazzerini. Also challenging ceramics by Dianne Cross and Shirley Vauvelle. Tue–Sat 10–5.30, Sun 12.30–5 bluetreegallery@hotmail.co.uk www.giulianalazzerini.com/ bluetreegallery.htm t 01904 620660 d KENTMERE HOUSE GALLERY 53 Scarcroft Hill, York YO24 1DF ‘Art is for life – not just for Christmas’. Dec 19 to end of January. A festive mix of paintings and original prints by invited artists, including newcomers George Hainsworth and Rosie Dean. £100–£2,000. Gift vouchers also available. Also exhibition at the University of York, The Kings Manor, YO1 2EP: ‘The cream of Yorkshire’, including some of Yorkshire’s finest artists. Until Dec 22. *own art for both. Mon–Fri 10–4 plus some Saturdays (please ring the gallery) www.kentmerehouse.co.uk t 01904 656507 LANCASHIRE e WATER STREET GALLERY 25 Water Street, Todmorden Lancs OL14 5AB Contemporary Fine Art by leading and emerging artists and makers. ‘Small Works Show’. Open Exhibition of paintings, prints and sculpture by gallery and invited artists. ‘ . . . Just in Case’ . Open Exhibition of Multi-media works in a CD case, affordable original art. Makers and Crafts –wide choice with Christmas in mind. All Nov 4–Jan 8. Mon–Sat 9.30–5.30, Sun 11–3 or by appt info@waterstreetgallery.co.uk www.waterstreetgallery.co.uk t 01706 839714 OLDHAM - SADDLEWORTH f MILLYARD GALLERY 97 The Square, Uppermill, Saddleworth OL3 6BD December Exhibition –a varied selection of paintings, etchings, ceramic and bronze sculpture, glass, jewellery, photography and Fine Art prints. *own art Daily 10–5, Sun 12–4, closed Mon millyardgallery@xln.co.uk www.millyard-gallery.co.uk t 01457 870410 Real Presence: In Search of the Earliest Icons , by Sister Wendy Beckett, 138 pages, 53 col ills, Continuum hbk, £12.99 Concisely and with elegant subtlety, Sister Wendy Beckett explores the simplicity and devotional power of pre-iconoclastic icons housed in the monastery at Mount Sinai, in churches in Constantinople and Italy, as well as a recently discovered masterpiece of a serene Madonna and most poignantly plaintive Infant Jesus. Philip Vann BOOK reviews