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FESTIVAL VISUAL ART | Hitlist ART HITLIST
Rachael Cloughton highlights some of the best visual art in the festival’s second week
JONATHAN OWEN: UNTITLED Impressive new sculpture reflecting on how society chooses to remember its icons and the predominance of men within that memorialisation. See review, page 97. Burns Monument, Regent Road, 226 6558, until 28 Aug, free.
OLIVIA WEBB: VOICES PROJECT
Sound works made in response to devastating earthquakes in New Zealand in 2011, installed in the striking Trinity Apse off the Royal Mile. See review, page 101. Trinity Apse, 226 6558, until 28 Aug, free.
RODERICK BUCHANAN: UNDERSTANDING VERSUS
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A complex and captivating video portrait of historian Owen Dudley Edwards, concentrating primarily on his study of James Connolly, the Cowgate-sired radical who rose to fame through his role in the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin. See review, page 101. St Patrick’s Church,
Cowgate, 226 6558, until 28 Aug, free.
CHRISTIAN BOLTANSKI Legendary French artist spoils audiences at Jupiter Artland with two temporary exhibitions, including the magnificent Les Archives du Coeur – a constantly evolving archive of heartbeats from around the world, as well as a new permanent installation. See feature, page 99. Jupiter Artland, 01506 889900, temporary exhibitions on until 25 Sep, £8.50 (£6).
LAURE PROUVOST: MONOLOG A deliberately chaotic and playful exhibition of video works exploring the relationship between the physical body and the spatial limits of the screen by Turner Prize winning French artist. See review list.co.uk Summerhall, 560 1580, until 30 Sep, free.
JO SPENCE Impressive overview of works by Spence that demonstrates photography’s ability to empower those that use and experience it. See review, page 101. Arusa Qureshi Stills Gallery, 622 6200 until 16 Oct, free.
Enjoy our programme by night, featuring exclusive performances, artist talks, tours and live music in galleries across the city
11 August Starting at Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop and including The Spook School at Leith Theatre. 18 August Starting at The Fruitmarket Gallery and including Jonnie Common at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.
25 August Starting at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, finishing with The Van T’s at Jupiter Artland.
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