SIR James MacMillan has been the subject of BBC Radio Four's Desert Island Discs.
Interviewed by Kirsty Young, the composer chose the chat Salve Festa Dies, Repton by Hubert Parry, Spem in Alium by Thomas Tallis, a Clarinet Quintet by Mozart, the End of Act 1 of Tristan and Isolde by Richard Wagner and Gerald Barry's Freude, schoner Gotterfunken.
He also chose Silver Machine by Hawkwind and Jackie Oates singing the lullaby Dream Angus.
For his luxury item he chose the stand up piano from his study, and for his book, the complete works of poet Michael Symmons Roberts.
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The Bernard Jacobson Gallery and 21 Publishing are to publish the autobiography of Scottish performance sculptor, Bruce McLean: A Lawnmower in the Loft.
The book is described as a "culmination of snapshots of the artist’s life", from growing up in Glasgow in the 1950s to enrolling at St Martins and beyond.
The book is available from November 7.
Bruce McLean will appear at the Tate Modern on that date for a special performance and book-signing.
McLean is a Scottish "action sculptor" painter and ceramicist.
In 1972 at the age of 27, he was the youngest artist ever to be offered a retrospective at The Tate, to which he responded with King for a Day, a one-day exhibition which consisted of a catalogue listing 1000 proposals for sculpture.
Last year, Mclean was one of the figures of Conceptual Art in Britain 1964–1979, which featured his work Pose Work for Plinths 3 (1971). This autumn, Mclean collaborated on a new ceramic commission, Garden Ware, for the V&A, launched during design week in the museum’s ceramic galleries.
McLean has shown with Bernard Jacobson gallery since 1984.
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'Slow Objects', with art by Vanessa Billy, Edith Dekyndt and Erin Shirreff is the exhibition at the Common Guild in Glasgow from October 14 to December 17.
The exhibition includes a selection of new and recent works by each artist, who share an interest in both "natural and pseudo-scientific processes, alchemy and labour."
‘Slow Objects’ includes video, photography, sculpture and installation.
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A new £10,000 Art Prize has been launched by online art platform Rise Art.
Artists are being invited to submit their work for the chance to win the cash prize, as well as "business mentorship and financial advice from some of the art world’s most respected individuals."
Artist Gavin Turk joins twice Turner Prize nominated Richard Wilson and Sarah Martin of the Turner Contemporary on the judging panel for the Prize’s debut year.
Finalists from each region will have their work displayed in a central London exhibition in February 2018.
Entries to the Rise Art Prize open on Ocotber 16 and close at midnight on November 12.
www.riseartprize.com
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