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✍✍■ 3/3 ANTIGUA STREET 3/3 Antigua Street, 01968 670224. 11am–6pm. FREE PALIMPSEST Fri 7 Aug–Sun 9 Aug. Exhibition in an empty flat presenting new work by Sandy Hutton, Maggie Mowbray, Valerie Norris and Drew Wright. Part of the Edinburgh Art Festival. ■ 53 BELFORD ROAD First Floor, 220 1453. 10am–4pm; Sun 1–5pm. FREE A Place of Springs Mon 10 Aug–Sun 23 Aug. Recent paintings by Julia Fowler. Part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
■ THE ADAM POTTERY 76 Henderson Row, 557 3978. Mon–Sat 11am–6pm. FREE Clay 2009: Studio Ceramics Mon 10 Aug–Sat 5 Sep. Vibrant show of contemporary and traditional ceramics. Part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. ■ ART AMATORIA 10 Bellevue Crescent, 07768 960578. Daily 2pm–6pm. FREE Contemporary Scottish Artists Fri 31 Jul–Fri 28 Aug. Paintings by Lizzie McCorquodale, Lettie Blackett and Peter Harford-Cross.
■ ATTICSALT 50 Thistle Street, North East Lane, 225 2093. Mon–Sat 2pm–6pm. FREE Passing Sat 1 Aug–Sat 29 Aug. Evocative photographic project that illustrates the aftermath of artist Kate Pollard’s father’s death. Part of the Edinburgh Art Festival.
■ THE BIG SCREEN Festival Square, Lothian Road. 07500 461332. FREE Television Interruptions Sat 8 Aug–Sat 5 Sep. During the 1971 Edinburgh Festivals artist David Hall broadcast his Television Interruptions on Scottish TV, here intermittently repeated. Part of the Edinburgh Art Festival.
■ THE BONGO CLUB Moray House, 37 Holyrood Road, 558 7604. Mon–Fri 1pm–7pm. FREE All About Eve Until Sun 30 Aug. Solo exhibition of works on paper by artist Catriona Ruth Paterson aka burlesque starlet Wild Card Kitty. ■ BOURNE FINE ART 6 Dundas Street, 557 4050. Mon–Fri 10am–6pm; Sat 11am–4pm. FREE Scottish Paintings: Old Master to Contemporary Fri 31 Jul–Sat 5 Sep. Works by William McTaggart, Callum Innes and the Boyle Family. Part of the Edinburgh Art Festival.
■ C Chambers Street, 555 3940. FREE LGBT Youth Scotland Charity Art Exhibition and Sale Fri 7–Mon 31 Aug. Charity exhibition and sale in aid of LGBT Youth Scotland. ■ THE CARAVAN GALLERY Outside National Gallery Complex, The Mound, 07808 160207. 11am–5pm FREE The Caravan Gallery in Edinburgh Thu 6 Aug–Sun 9 Aug. Caravan Gallery artists have produced a new body of work exploring Edinburgh and Glasgow as part of an ongoing collaboration with Street Level Photoworks, Glasgow. Part of the Edinburgh Art Festival.
■ CLARENCE STREET 1 Clarence Street, Stockbridge, 07766 351 696. Noon–8pm; Mon, Wed & Fri 4pm–9pm. FREE Crossings: Land and Sea Fri 7 Aug–Mon 31 Aug (not 18–20). Paintings by Scottish and South African artists exploring the land and the sea. Part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. ■ COBURG HOUSE STUDIOS 15 Coburg Street, 554 6888. Sat & Sun 11am–6pm. FREE Coburg House Art Studios Open Event Fri 7–Sun 9 Aug, 11am–6pm. A chance to watch artists and designers at work.
■ COLLECTIVE GALLERY 22–28 Cockburn Street, 220 1260. Tue–Sun 11am–6pm. FREE The How Not To Cookbook – Lessons learned the hard way Fri 7 Aug–Sun 27 Sep. A limited edition book and art project based on artist Aleksandra Mir’s personal history of cooking disasters. Part of the Edinburgh Art Festival. FREE The Enlightenments: Susan Norrie Fri 7 Aug–Sat 26 Sep. Australian artist Susan Norrie’s Enola pictures a world that has become mummified as a result of nuclear trauma, whilst film project SHOT explores aspects of outer space.
■ CORN EXCHANGE GALLERY Constitution Street, 561 7300. Tue–Sat 11am–4.30pm.
✽✽ FREE Andrew Ranville Fri 31 Jul–Thu 10 Sep. See feature, page 68. Part of the Edinburgh Art Festival.
■ DANISH CULTURAL INSTITUTE 3 Doune Terrace, 225 7189. Mon–Fri 9am–5pm. FREE Steen Brogaard – Tales from the Top of Europe Sat 1 Aug–Fri 4 Sep, 9am–5pm. Captivating photographic exhibition depicting the daily life of Denmark in the prelude to The United Nations Climate Change Conference.
■ DEAN GALLERY 73 Belford Road, 624 6200. Daily 10am–5pm. FREE Alive with Innovations: Paolozzi’s Beginnings Until Sun 27 Sep. Paolozzi’s aggressive, machine-like sculptures and kaleidoscopic mosaics and paintings brought him to international prominence. FREE Paul & Nusch Eluard and Surrealism ●●●●● Until Sun 27 Sep. Small, but packed to overflowing one- room exhibition charting the affair between Surrealist Paul Eluard and his wife and muse Nusch.
■ DEAN GALLERY 73 Belford Road, 624 6200. 10am–5pm (until 6pm in Aug). FREE The Enlightenments Fri 7 Aug–Sun 27 Sep. Works by contemporary artists which put a modern spin on the ideals of the 18th century Scottish Enlightenment. Part of the Edinburgh International Festival. ■ DIGITAL DESIGN SERVICES 61 Bread Street, 477 4524. Mon–Fri 10am–4pm; Sat noon–4pm. FREE Caricatures and Florals – The Odd Couple Mon 10 Aug–Fri 28 Aug. Caricaturists Mick Hollinworth and Craig Rogalski exhibit artwork alongside young Scottish floral designer Kate Knight. Part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
■ DOGGERFISHER 11 Gayfield Square, 558 7110. Tue–Fri 10am–6pm; Sat noon–5pm.
✽✽ FREE Nashashibi/Skaer: Our Magnolia Sat 1 Aug–Sat 26 Sep. Mon–Sat 10am–6pm. See review, page 70. Part of the Edinburgh Art Festival.
The Conversation Piece Scenes of fashionable life 27 March–20 September 2009 Open daily 09:30–18.00 (last admission 17.00) Enjoy free re-admission for a year if you buy your ticket directly from us. Simply register on your first visit.
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THE QUEEN’S GALLERY PALACE OF HOLYROODHOUSE
14–21 Aug 2008 THE LIST FESTIVAL MAGAZINE 71