Alastair R Ross sculpture exhibition

The Alastair R Ross sculpture exhibition at the Glasgow Caledonian University, on level one of the Saltire Centre, will run until 22 July.

Dr Ross’ work can be found worldwide in both public and private collections, as well as galleries. He is a Fellow and past Vice-President of the Royal Society of British Sculptors (in 1989 he was awarded the Society’s Sir Otto Beit medal), an Academician of the Royal Scottish Academy, an R.G.I. and an Hon. Fellow of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland.

For more information on this contemporary sculptor, check the GCU website.

Wildering Phantasies: an Interdisciplinary Conference

Wildering Phantasies: an Interdisciplinary Conference devoted to the Pre-Raphaelites will take place on 7-10 July 2011 , at the D'Arcy Thompson Lecture Theatre, University of Dundee, and will bring together researchers from a range of backgrounds to explore the work of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and assess their legacy across several media.

It includes an exhibition of Pre-Raphaelite paintings, with sketches taken from Dundee University's own holdings and the surrounding area. In addition, there will be an opportunity to see D.G. Rossetti's Dante's Dream, the finest Pre-Raphaelite painting in Scotland, works by Millais and Joseph Paton at the newly renovated McManus Gallery as well as other Pre-Raphaelite gems, including the recently restored St. Salvador's church, designed by George Fredrick Bodley