focuses sunlight through a hand-held magnifying glass to draw on to pieces of discarded wood or scraps of card. Part of the Edinburgh Art Festival. creates a new commission in the library where Darwin was inspired to pursue his revolutionary theory. Part of the Edinburgh International Festival.
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■ SCOTTISH NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY 1 Queen Street, 624 6200. Tue & Wed 12pm–5pm, Sun 12pm–8pm. FREE Rough Cut Nation Fri 7–Sun 30 Aug. See Big Pic, page 67. Part of the Edinburgh Art Festival. ■ SCOTLAND-RUSSIA INSTITUTE 9 South College St, 668 3635. Tues–Fri 11am–4pm; Sat 1.30pm–4pm. FREE Gennadii Gogoliuk: Recent Work Sat 8 Aug–Sat 5 Sep. Exhibition of oil paintings by remarkable Russian painter Gennadii Gogoliuk. Part of the Edinburgh Art Festival.
■ THE SCOTTISH GALLERY 16 Dundas Street, 558 1200. Mon–Fri 10am–6pm; Sat 10am–5pm. FREE James Morrison – New Paintings Fri 7 Aug–Sat 5 Sep. Exhibition of work from the last two years by highly-regarded landscape painter James Morrison. Part of the Edinburgh Art Festival. ■ SIERRA METRO 22 West Harbour Road, 07731 302960. Thu–Sun 1pm–5pm. FREE Aileen M Stackhouse: How long is now? Sun 9 Aug–Sun 30 Aug. Incorporating a performative element into her drawing-dominated practice, this artist works in the space during the show, allowing visitors to witness the evolution of her drawn, sculpted, and environmentally worn installations. Part of the Edinburgh Art Festival.
■ SLEEPER 6 Darnaway Street, 225 8444. Mon–Fri 2pm–5pm. FREE Roger Ackling Mon 10 Aug–Tue 25 Sep. Artist Ackling
■ STILLS 23 Cockburn Street, 622 6200. 11am–6pm. FREE REWIND at Stills Thu 6 Aug–Sat 5 Sep. A specially curated exhibition of seminal works from the formative years of British video art. Part of the Edinburgh Art Festival. FREE Joachim Koester – Poison Protocols and Other Histories Thu 6 Aug–Sun 25 Oct. Working in film and photography, Danish artist Koester uses techniques of montage, archiving and storytelling to play with the constructs of myth and history. Part of the Edinburgh Art Festival. ■ STUDIO 11 17 William Street, 07779 223580. 11am–4pm. FREE Alexander Hamilton: Blue Flora Celtica Sat 8 Aug–Sat 22 Aug. An exhibition of cyanotypes inspired by Alexander Hamilton’s reflections on his relationship to artist Joseph Beuys. Part of the Edinburgh Art Festival.
■ TALBOT RICE GALERY University of Edinburgh, South Bridge, 650 2210. Mon–Sat 10am–5pm; Sun noon–5pm.
✽✽ FREE Jane and Louise Wilson Fri 7 Aug–Sat 26 Sep.
See feature, page 68. Part of the Edinburgh Art Festival. FREE Joseph Kosuth: An Interpretation of this Title: Nietzsche, Darwin and teh Paradox of Content Fri 7 Aug–Sat 26 Sep. Conceptualist giant Kosuth
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■ TENT GALLERY Edinburgh College of Art, Evolution House, 221 6154. Mon–Fri 1pm–4pm. FREE Camera Infinita – A Distance Between the World and Home Wed 5–Wed 19 Aug. Group exhibition featuring young artists from Japan and Europe. Part of the Edinburgh Art Festival. ■ TOTAL KUNST The Forest, 3 Bristo Place, 220 4538. Daily 10.30am–midnight. FREE Total Kunst 09 Wed 5 Aug–Sat 5 Sep. Summer programme of one-week exhibitions showcasing work
in a wide variety of media and formats. Part of the Edinburgh Art Festival. ■ TRAVERSE THEATRE Cambridge Street, 228 1404. Mon–Sat 10am–midnight; Sun 6pm–midnight. FREE Handprints: Paul Rodger Until Sat 12 Sep. Screen prints, hand rolled prints and spray-painted stencil images.
■ WESTON LINK Hawthornden Lecture Theatre, National Gallery, the Mound, 624 6560. FREE National Galleries of Scotland Art Competition for Schools 2009 Until Mon 31 Aug. Now in its sixth year, the competition’s 53 winning works from nursery to secondary and special education schools are now on display.
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