EDINBURGH GALLERIES
ART GYM Br CRAFT STUDIO
26 St Stephen Street, 225 5865. Mon-Fri (closed Tue) 11am—9pm; Sat 10am-7pm; Sun noon—6 m.
Mixed Exht ition On permanent display, arts and crafts by local artists. On Sun 3 Oct, meet local artists at this informal opening between 3—6pm.
THE BASEMENT
10a—12a Broughton Street, 557 0097. Daily noon—1am.
Schush Productions And Many Styles Fri 15—Sat 23 Oct. Schush Productions And Many Styles present the first in a series of collaborative events featuring a graffiti-inspired light installation by 16K Design and artists Mode 2 and Delta.
much talked about Sensation show, and is currently representing Britain at the 1999 Venice Biennale, shows new work. Using high-gloss paint on panels of aluminium, Hume’s paintings deal in the psychology of colour and deliver pure visual sensation.
DUNDAS STREET GALLERY
6a Dundas Street, 558 9363. Mon—Sat 10am—6 m.
Scottis Watercolours And Prints Wed 13—Sun 31 Oct. A selection of paintings and prints by various Scottish artists.
THE EDINBURGH ACADEMY
54 Henderson Row, Donaldson Building, 556 4603. Mon—Fri 9am—4.30 m. Duncan Pettigrew1973-1 3 Until Fri 15 Oct. Paintings by Duncan Pettigrew, a young artist suffering from leukaemia.
thoroughfare, Princes Street which were never executed.
EDINBURGH ZOO
Corstorphine Road, 334 9171. Daily 9am—5pm.
Abstractions And Dragons Until Sun 10 Oct. An exhibition of works by people with learning disabilities featuring paintings and silk banners.
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THE HUB
Edinburgh’s Festival Centre, Castlehill, 473 2000.
Cultural Until Sat 20 Nov. Commissioned photographs by Kevin Low, taken during Cultural Reflections at this year's International Festival. Russell Hunter, James MacMillan, Giles Havergal, Lynne Ramsay and David Greig are among the contributors.
THE FOUR PLUS ONE GALLERY
2 Warrender Park Road, 667 5152. Mon—Sat 10am—6pm.
Scottish Craft Exhibition This new gallery showcases the work of up-and- coming craftmakers and designers in Scotland. Permanently on display is a range of crafts and applied arts by a selection of artists.
INGLEBY GALLERY
6 Carlton Terrace, 556 4441. Wed—Sat 10am—5pm.
Felim Egan Until Sat 6 Nov. Large abstract paintings by Irish artist Felim Egan showing alongside an installation of watercolours taken from the 100 Tides series, seen at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam this year.
THE BELLEVUE GALLERY
4 Bellevue Crescent, 557 1663. Tue—Sat noon—6pm.
Julia McNairn Until Sat 16 Oct. Oil paintings. See review.
BEYOND WORDS BOOKSHOP
42-44 Cockburn Street, 226 6636. Tue—Sat 10am—6pm; Sun & Mon noon-5pm.
Steve Terry: Watching The River Flow Until Sat 18 Dec. Steve Terry captures moving water in close-up in this exhibition of monochrome prints.
BOURNE FINE ART
6 Dundas Street, 557 4050. Mon-Fri 10am—6pm; Sat 11am—2pm.
Recent Acquisitions Wed l3—Sun 31 Oct. A display of the gallery’s recent purchases.
CALTON GALLERY
10 Royal Terrace, 556 1010. Mon—Fri 10am-6pm; Sat 10am—1pm.
Mixed Exhibition Until Sat 30 Oct. Paintings drawn from stock including works by George Houston, J .D. Fergusson, Maclauchlan Milne and PW. Adam.
CITY ART CENTRE
2 Market Street, 529 3993. Mon—Sat 10am—6pm; noon—5pm. £3 (£2); family ticket £7/season ticket £5.50.
A Northern Dimension Until Sat 30 Oct. Nature photographs by Pertti Salolainen, Finland’s ambassador to Britain.
Housing The People Sat 16 Oct—Sat 8 Jan. This exhibition explores the history of Edinburgh’s colonies — unique houses built during the 19th century — through models, plans, photographs and objects.
Ceramic Contemporaries Thu 21 Oct—Sat 8 Jan. Ceramics by students and recent graduates from Britain and Ireland.
CONTACT GALLERY
Grindlay Court Centre, Grindlay Street Lane, 229 7941. Mon—Thu 10am—4pm; Fri 10am—2pm.
The September October Connection Until Fri 8 Oct. Recent oil and acrylic paintings and poems by Brian Sinclair. The Grindlays Mon 18—Fri 29 Oct. Large- scale black and white photographs by Colin Dickson documenting the musical projects between the SCO and Grindlay Court Day Centre.
CYBERIA INTERNET CAFE
88 Hanover Street, 220 4403. Mon—Sat lOam-lOpm; Sun noon—7pm.
The Cuckold Discovers His Muse Fri 8—Fri 29 Oct. Oil on board still life and figurative paintings by Ian Thompson.
THE DEAN GALLERY Belford Road, 624 6200 (recorded information 332 2266). Mon—Sat lOam—Spm; Sun 2-5pm. Cafe. Situated opposite the National Gallery of Modern Art, the new Dean Gallery is entirely devoted to art of the 20th century. A former 19th century orphanage, it houses a large collection of work by Eduardo Paolozzi, as well as outstanding works drawn from the National Galleries’ Dada and Surrealist collections by Giacometti, Picabia, Max Ernst and others. The upper galleries are
iven over to temporary exhibitions.
ew Work By Gary Hume Until Sun 17 Oct. £2.50 (£1.50). Famed London-based artist Gary Hume who exhibited in the
EDINBURGH COLLEGE OF ART Lauriston Place, 221 6000. Mon—Thu 10am-8pm; Fri 10am—5pm; Sat 10am—2pm.
Thresholds Until Sun 31 Oct. Work by students and tutors on the post graduate Art Thera course.
ll Pro tlo Delle Nuvole Until Fri 22 Oct. A major exhibition of landscape photographs by one of Italy’s best exponents of this media, Luigi Ghirri.
EDINBURGH GALLERY
18a Dundas Street, 557 5227. Mon—Fri 11am—5pm; Sat 10am—1pm.
John Crawford and Sheila Arnot Until Tue 12 Oct. New paintings.
EDINBURGH PRINTMAKERS
23 Union Street, 557 2479. Tue-Sat 10am—6pm.
In House Until Fri 8 Oct. An exhibition of work by staff members illustrating the range of print techniques developed and em loyed in the studio.
Co in Dunbar Until Fri 8 Oct. Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art graduate Colin Dunbar shows a selection of illustrative etchings and lithographs made during his six month residency at the studio. Publication Prints Until Fri 8 Oct. New works by Spanish realist Roberto Gonzalez Fernandez, American figurative artist Robert River, Japanese abstract minimalist Hisashi Momose and Edinburgh-based artist Michael Windle. Also on show, the latest prints published by the studio.
A. Balasubramaniam Sat 16 Oct—Sat 20 Nov. Recent prints and other works on paper by this artist and printmaker from South India.
EDINBURGH WORLD HERITAGE TRUST (Formerly New Town Conservation Trust), 13a Dundas Street, 557 5222. Mon—Fri 9am-1pm & 2—5pm.
Princes Street: Unexecuted Designs 1767-1999 Until Fri 29 Oct. Plans and designs for Edinburgh’s major
FRUITMARKET GALLERY
45 Market Street, 225 2383. Mon—Sat 11am—6pm; Sun noon-5pm.
Martin Boyce/Ross Sinclair Until Sat 13 Nov. The first part of Visions For The Future which aims to commission new work from six of Scotland’s most dynamic artists. Glasgow School of Art graduate Martin Boyce has created a large-scale, strip-lighting installation for the ground floor of the gallery space. Ross Sinclair, who was recently awarded a Paul Hamlyn Foundation visual arts award, remembers the island of St Kilda and considers notions of utopia.
GALLERY 21
21 Rutland Square, 221 9377. Open Fri 10am-5pm or by appointment. Glimpstng Women In India Until Sat 9 Oct. Paintings by Ettie Spencer and photographs by Aliki Sapountzi.
HANOVER FINE ARTS
22a Dundas Street, 556 2181. Mon-Fri 10.30am—6pm; Sat 10am—4pm (closed Mon 20 Sep).
15th International Festival Exhibition Until Sat 9 Oct. Paintings by over 40 gallery artists from Scotland, Belgium, Brazil, China, Germany, Russia, Ukraine and the USA.
Mountains And Remote Places Until Sat 9 Oct. Oil, watercolour and gouache paintings by selected artists.
Recent Works By Four Artists Sat 16 Oct—Sat 13 Nov. Acrylics and watercolours of Scotland and Italy by Susan Hepworth, Scottish landscapes in oils by Ian S. Johnstone, still life and landscapes in oils by Jackie Philip and still life and landscapes in watercolours by Kate Philp.
HELIOS FOUNTAIN
7 Grassmarket, 229 7884. Mon—Sat 10am—6pm; Sun noon-5pm. Imaginable Perspectives Until Sun 24 Oct. Themed photographic images by Ingrid Alexander.
INK TANK
28 St Stephen Street, 226 5449. Mon—Fri 9.30am—5pm.
Landscapes Until Mon 15 Nov. Photographs by Dave More tracing the route of Edinburgh’s Water of Leith.
INSTITUT FRANCAIS D'ECOSSE
13 Randolph Crescent, 225 5366. Mon—Fri 9.30am—6.30pm; Sat 9.30am—1.30pm. Photographter L'Objet Until Mon 25 Oct. Marc Guillemot asked fifteen artists including Philippe Stark, Andree Putman and Jean-Michel Wilmotte to select an everyday object which he then photographed, resulting in a contemporary portrait of French design.
La Bande Dessinee Fri 15 Oct-Thu 23 Dec. An exhibition looking at the history of ‘La Bande Dessinee’, which is an inheritance of the ‘serials’ of the 19th century, which appeared weekly in major newspapers. Balzac, Dumas and Zola are among the authors who popularised this technique.
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66 Cumberland Street, 558 9872. Mon-Fri 10am—6 m; Sat 10am—4pm. MichaerCraig-Martin Until Sat 30 Oct. Screenprints.
KINGFISHER GALLERY
5 Northumberland Street Lane, 557 5454. Tue—Sat Ham—4.30pm.
New Faces Until Fri 15 Oct. Artists new to the gallery featuring painting by George Birrell, Helen Jackson and Leslie M. Somerville, jewellery by Gilbert McManus and sculpture by Tom Allan and Barbara Middleton.
KOJIN
49 Bernard Street, Leith, 467 7392. Tue—Fri 11am-6pm; Sat & Sun 11am—4.30pm.
Mixed Exhibition Until Sun 31 Oct. Contemporary works by local artists.
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House hold orbit: Michael Craig-Martin's Japanese Screen is on show at l2
7-21 Oct 1999 TIIEUUTTT