Jose Carreras
Unsurprisingly, this one-off concert by one of the world’s most respected tenors sold out months ago. If you’re one of the lucky ones with a ticket then prepare for superb evening of music and song, with guest soprano Lisa Milne, the City of Glasgow Chorus and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
Sculpture Biennale
Carrara is Tuscany’s ‘Marble City’. The 10th biennale celebrates the town’s long relationship with the characteristic grey local stone. The exhibition traces the last 100 years of sculpture in the region, with particular reference to some of the major artists, past and present, who have worked there. Familiar names include Henry Moore, Joan Miro, Ferdinand Botero, Igor Mitoraj and Marino Marini. Some 130 works, including marble and bronze sculptures, plaster models and sketches, are on show in various squares, parks and galleries around town.
Joan Osborne
The Kentucky folksinger Joan Osborne found herself somewhat incongruously in 1996 with a single that invited the listener to consider the possibility that God might be ‘just a slob like one of us’. Not the kind of thing that was going to earn plaudits from the guardians of America’s public morality, but it did create a sizable following. Her follow-up album ‘Righteous Love’ is less likely to draw attention but is nonetheless a solid showcase of the warm virtues that led to her breaking through in the first place.
Amazing Journeys
For a true surround sound and vision experience, the Omnimax theatre offers a full-on thrill. 360-degree vision in this domed theatre and there’s a series of programmes you would lap up if you’re a fan of the Discovery or National Geographic channels. ‘Amazing Journeys’ examines the life cycle of animals and birds in their annual migrations. Shows come with commentaries in four languages Cantonese, English, Putonghua and Japanese.
William Wegman
These high-fashion hounds are better dressed than most of Hollywood. In fact, they are stars themselves. The Fabric Workshop and Museum presents a special photography exhibition of William Wegman’s famous Weimaraners dressed in an array of haute couture. Organised by the Birmingham Museum of Art in Alabama, the show presents fabulous style with an imaginative canine twist. Clad in styles from the like of Versace, Gaultier, Gucci and Dolce Gabbana, these designer dogs are adorned in anything from string bikinis, gold sunglasses, beaded bags and elaborate hats.
Prodige
As a follow-up to last year’s Propice, the second Prix Ricard curated by Robert Fleck focuses on an even-younger set in Prodige. Three rooms give something of the sense of the plurality and energy of what he describes as an ‘extremely independent’ new generation, if making it hard to get much sense of each artist’s output. The overall result is patchy but amid some forgettable stuff and Seamus Farrell’s highly irritating installation, look out for Guillaume Janot’s photos taken in Glasgow station, Natacha Lesueur’s foodie fishnet tights, Valerie Mrejen’s video, Fabien Verschaere’s ice siren in its freezer coffin, and Zbigniew Adach’s large, multi-canvas painting of deconstructed modern building.
