ART / Gallery Openings

PUBLIC GALLERIES

COLCHESTER Minories Art Gallery Installations commissioned from four women photographic artists. Jaki Irvine, Marysia Lewandowska, Brighid Lowe and Annabel Nicholson. 74 High St (0206- 577067). 4 Oct-5 Nov. Tue-Sat 10.00-5.00; free.

EDINBURGH National Gallery of Scotland Renaissance portrait medals. Exquisite miniature images of the Medici, Mary Queen of Scots, Erasmus and other celebrities of the cinquecento and seicento. The Mound (031- 556 8921). To 8 Jan. Mon-Sat 10.00-5.00, Sun 2.00-5.00; free.

GLASGOW CCA Galleries New art in Scotland. The cutting edge work of Alan Currall, Stephen Hollingsworth, Christina McBride, Sandrine Rummelhardt, Stephanie Smith, Judith Spark and Clare Ursitti. 350 Sauchiehall St (041-332 7521). 7-29 Oct. Mon- Sat 11.00-6.00, Thur-Fri to 7.00; free.

LONDON

Goethe Institute Germany seen through the eyes of travelling English Romantic artists. Turner, Clarkson Stanfield, Callow, Ruskin and others. 50 Princes Gate, SW7 (071- 411 3400). 8 Oct-5 Nov. Mon-Thur 10.00-8.00, Fri 10.00-4.00, Sat 9.30-12.30; free.

Knapp Gallery Paul Foster. Huge paintings based on family snapshots. Regents College, Inner Circle, NW1 (071-487 7540). 4-31 Oct.

Tate Gallery Re-opening of the Clore Gallery, housing the Tate's collection of works by Turner. Millbank, SW1 (071-887 8000). From 5 Oct. Mon-Sat 10.00-5.00, Sun 2.00-5.00.

NOTTINGHAM Djangoly Art Gallery Late Victorian Art. Burne-Jones, Leighton, Waterhouse et al in a celebration of the cult of beauty in the art of the 1870s-1890s. University of Nottingham, University Park (0115- 951 3189). 7 Oct-27 Nov. Mon-Fri 10.00-6.00, Sat 11.00-6.00, Sun 2.00-5.00.

COMMERCIAL GALLERIES

GLASGOW Roger Billcliffe Five Scottish painters. 134 Blythswood St (041-332 4027). To 25 Oct. Mon-Fri 9.30-5.30, Sat 10.00-1.00.

LONDON

Agnew's Whistler and Roussel. Etchings and drypoints. 43 Old Bond St, W1 (071-629 6176). 5 Oct-11 Nov. Mon-Fri 9.30-5.30, Thur to 6.30.

Andrew Usiskin Terry Frost. Works on paper. 9-11 Flask Walk, NW3 (071-431 4484). 4- 30 Oct. Tue-Sat 10.00-6.00, Sun 1.00-6.00.

Banks Hoggins O'Shea Estelle Thompson. Compelling abstract painting. 25 Bedford St, WC2 (071-351 4252). 4-28 Oct. By appt.

Corr Contemporary Gallery New gallery opens. Mixed show including Willard Boepple. Aura House, 53 Oldridge Rd, SW12 (081-675 9404). 5 Oct-16 Nov. Mon-Fri 10.00- 6.00, Sat 11.00-5.00.

Fine Art Society Paul Maitland. French-inspired Realism. And Etchings and drypoints by Whistler. 148 New Bond St, W1 (071- 629 5116). 4 Oct-4 Nov. Mon-Fri 9.30-5.30, Sat 10.00-1.00.

Jonathan Cooper Pamela Stagg. Fine botanical watercolours. Park Walk Gallery, 20 Park Walk, SW10 (071-351 0410). 5-29 Oct. Mon-Fri 10.00-6.30 Sat 11.00-4.00.

Marlborough Graphics Christopher Le Brun. Aethereal mysticism. 6 Albermarle St, W1 (071-629 5161). 5 Oct-12 Nov. Mon-Fri 10.00-5.30, Sat 10.00-12.00.

Montpelier Studio Louise Richardson. Mixed media works juxtaposing natural history exhibits and personal memorabilia. 4 Montpelier St, SW7 (071-584 0667). To 8 Oct. Mon-Fri 10.00-5.30, Sat 11.00-1.00.

Spink Autumn watercolour show, mainly 19th century. King St, SW1 (071-930 7888). 4- 27 Oct. Mon-Fri 9.00-5.30, Tue to 7.00.

SALEROOMS

LONDON Sotheby's 19th-century paintings. An interesting selection of landscapes, nudes, genre and still-life. 34-35 Bond St, W1 (071-493 8080). View 4 Oct 9.00-4.30.