Visual Art
I TRANSMISSION GALLERY
45 King Street. 552 7l4l. Tue—Sat
l lam—5pm.
FREE You Should Be On Holidayll Tue 8—Sat 26 Jul. 'l'ransmission's annual members' show submissions of all sizes and shapes accepted.
Edinburgh
I CITY ART CENTRE
2 Market Street. 529 3993. Mon—Sat 10am—5pm.
FREE Recognised: Highlights from the Collection Until Wed 24 Dec. 10am ~5pm. Highlights front the CAC‘s collection of Scottish art. including work by Redpath. Paoloz/i. Blackadder and Bellany.
I COLLECTIVE GALLERY
22-28 Cockburn Street. 220 1260. Tue—Sat noon 5pm; Mon Sat 9.30am—5pm.
FREE Paul Rooney: Lost High Street Until Sat I2 Jul. The Collective have commissioned a new. single-screen video projection piece by the Liverpudlian artist.
I CORN EXCHANGE GALLERY Constitution Street. 56] 7300. Wed Sat l lam—4.30pm.
FREE James Ryan: Parallax
.0 Until Thu 17 Jul. Geometric shapes on acrylic from last year‘s Conran Foundation Award winner. making for an ultimately dry and underwhelming
I DEAN GALLERY 73 Belford Road. 624 6200. Want 15pm. FREE Collage City: Urban Space in Contemporary Art 0000 l'ntil Sun 7 Sep. Works on paper by artists such as Toby Paterson. Langlands and Bell and Carol Rhodes looking at the way skylines. tnaps and city architecture have inspired creative work. This exhibition highlights the crucial position of urban space as a playground for artists over the past 60 years.
Foto: Modernity in Central
Europe .0... l'ntil Sun 3l Aug. l0am 5pm. £6 (£4). A vast selection of Modernist photography frotn Germany. Hungary. Czechoslovakia. Poland and Austria. See review. page 96.
I EDINBURGH PRINTMAKERS 23 Union Street. 557 2479. Tue Sat l0am--6pm.
FREE Artists Response to Climate Change [fntil Sat 5 Jul. l0am~--6pm. Group show on the theme of climate change.
FREE Velvet Until Sat 5 Jul. A group exhibition of prints using menotint. Featured artists include Stuart Duffin. Nan Mulder. Judith Rothchild and Kouki Tsuritani.
FREE inprint L'ntil Sat 5 Jul. An exhibition of woodcuts. drypoints and monoprints by Akram Rahmanzadeh. investigating public and private spaces and issues of social structure and human behaviour.
I FRUITMARKET GALLERY
45 Market Street. 225 2383. Mon Sat
1 Iain 6pm; Sun noon 5pm.
FREE Lucy Skaer oooo tintil Wed 9 Jul. A solo exhibition of work by one of Scotland's most promising young artists. The success of this exhibition lies in the artist’s ability to conjure a lingering sense of unease through large scale drawings. film and sculptural works.
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I GLADSTONE’S LAND
477b Lawnmarket. 0844 493 2 I 20. Mon—Sat l0am 5pm; Sun 2—5pm. £3.50 (£2.60; family ticket £9.50).
FREE Gladstone Gallery Until Sun 7 Sep. l lam-—5pm. The Gladstone Gallery will feature a selection of contemporary artists exhibiting and selling their work. There will be changing exhibitions throughout July. August and September.
I THE GRV
37 Guthrie Street. 220 2987.
FREE If you’ll believe in me, I’ll believe in you Until Sun 20 Jul. noon-7pm. Curated by MA Contemporary Art Theory students from the Centre for Visual & Cultural Studies at lidinburgh College of An. this brings together the work of lirica liyres. Sigga Bjorg Sigurardottir. Katinka Simonse and Lorraine Sue- Fern Yeung. Using different media. each artist explores the human tendency to anthropomorphise.
I INGLEBY GALLERY
6 Carlton Terrace. 556 444 l. l0am~-5pm.
FREE Richard Wright 8. Samuel Beckett Until Sat 5 Jul. The last of the lngleby’s series of contemporary artist pairings and the final exhibition before they move to new premises — sees installation artist and painter Richard Wright create an exhibition around the work of Samuel Beckett.
I INSTITUT FRANCAIS D’ECOSSE
l3 Randolph Crescent. 225 5366. Mon-Wed & Fri 9.30am—5.30pm; Thu noon—5.30pm; Sat 9.30am—2pm. FREE Au til d’Ecosse Until Fri 29 Aug. An oblique gaze at Scotland. the exhibition‘s images and words taking us on a journey across the country: paintings. photos. installation. Part of Iz'rlinlnuglt Art Festival.
I THE LOT
4 Grassmarket. 225 9922.
FREE GV5 Mon 7 Jul~-Thu ll Sep. Mixed media show by live artists from Garvald lidinburgh. including Julie Whitson's delicate cast glass works inspired by the architecture of the Grassmarket and Micheal McLellan's huge canvases about his favourite rock bands.
I NATIONAL GALLERY OF SCOTLAND
The Mound. Princes Street. 624 6200. Mon Wed 8: Fri—Sun [0am 5pm; Thu l0am——7pm.
F REE Fantasy and Function: Design for Goldsmiths Until Sun 3 Aug. Prints and drawings produced by artists and craftsmen in the ‘Grotesque' style that was popularised during the Renaissance after the excavation of Roman grottos at that time.
F REE Old Edinburgh: Parliament
Square and the Grassmarket Until
Thu 31 Jul. l0am-—5pm. Prints and drawings from the National Gallery's collections that focus on the older parts of Edinburgh. Par! aft/1e Old Town Festival.
FREE Sense and Sensibility in “no Paintings by Greuze Fri 1 l Jul. l2.45— l . l 5pm. Belinda Thomson. independent art historian. discusses Greu/e's ‘A Boy with a Lesson-book' and ‘A Girl with a Dead Canary".
FREE Kaleidoscope: Works on Paper Recently Acquired for Scotland Tue I5 Jul—Sun 2l Sep. Recent acquisitions on paper and photographs including a sketch of the Holy Family by the 18th century Venetian painter Tiepolo. a pastel portrait
‘ of the actress Tilda Swinton by her
husband John Byrne and Picasso‘s
etching. ‘Weeping Woman‘.
I OWL AND LION
l5 Grassmarket.
FREE Artist Books Until Fri ll Jul. l lam 6pm. Collected. crafted ‘books‘
by a selected range of international artists.
I PATRIOTHALL GALLERY WASPS Patriothall Studios. off48 Hamilton Place. 226 7126.
FREE Return of the Soul - The Nakbah Project Until Mon 18 Aug.
l lam—6pm. Featuring thousands of tiny figures held in limbo. this installation by
, Jane Frere is the outcome of an eight-
month residency in liast Jerusalem. The work is sombre reflection upon the consequences of a never-to-be-forgotten tragedy in liurope that cast the Palestinian people into purgatory. sowing the seeds of perpetual unrest in the Middle East. Par! oft/w Edinburgh Art Festival.
I THE QUEEN’S GALLERY Palace of l'iolyroodhouse. 556 5100 £5 (£4.50).
The Art of Italy in the Royal Collection: The Renaissance Until Fri 24 ()ct. 9.30am—6pm. £5 (£3—£4.50; under 5s free; family ticket £13). Thirty- two paintings and forty-two drawings front the period of the Italian Renaissance. that includes works by Leonardo da Vinci. Michelangelo. Raphael and Tintoretto. Giovanni Bellini. Lorenzo Costa and Titian. This is the first of a two-part exhibition. the second of which will cover the Baroque period. Last admission 5pm.
I ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN (INVERLEITH HOUSE)
lnverleith Row. 248 2983. Tue-Sun 10am—5.30pm.
FREE Louise Bourgeois: Nature Study 0... Until Sun 6 Jul. l()am~5.30pm. A big. messy. splotchy celebration of fertility by the nonogenarian artist.
What is life: Christine Borland, Graham Fagen, Simon Starling Sat 12 Jul—Sun 3] Aug. l0am—5pm. Sculpture inspired by the symbolism of plants. created by three of Scotland‘s leading artists.
I ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY The Mound. 225 6671. Mon—Sat
l0am 5pm; Sun noon—5pm.
FREE Frank Pottinger RSA Sat 5 Jul-Mon 29 Sep. 10am—5pm. Solo exhibition of prints and small sculptures. Viewings also available by appointment.
FREE Research: RSA Residencies in Focus Sat 12 Jul—Sun 21 Sep. Exhibition featuring the work of RSA Residency participants who have completed RSA opportunities in 2007.
I SCOTLANDART.COM
2 St Stephen Place. 225 6257. Mon—Fri l().30am--5.30pm; Sat l()am—5.30pm: Sun noon-5pm.
FREE Scottish Landscapes Until Mon [4 Jul. An exhibition of new Scottish Landscape paintings by artists Alison Auldjo. Karen Cairns. Hazel Cashmore. Mairi Clark. Iilaine Cunningham and Chris Forsey.
FREE Contemporary Scottish Landscapes Until Sat 12 Jul. Group exhibition featuring Alison Auldjo. Karen Cairns. Hazel Cashmore. Mairi Clark. lilaine Cunningham and Chris Forsey.
I SCOTTISH GALLERY
l6 Dundas Street. 558 I200. Mon—Fri l0am—6pm: Sat l0am—4pm.
FREE Perpetua Pope Until Sat 2 Aug. New exhibition of landscapes in oils by the 92-year old artist.
FREE Scottish Gallery Summer Exhibition Until Sat 2 Aug. Annual mixed exhibition from emergent and established artists in the gallery's stable.
I NATIONAL GALLERY OF MODERN ART
75 Belford Road. 624 6200. l0am---5pm. FREE Foto: Modernity in Central Europe Curator’s Tour Mon 7 Jul.
of the ltnaginate Children‘s Festival.
www.list.co.uk/visualart
l2.45—l.30pm. Behind the scenes of the
current exhibition with Daniel Herrmann.
FREE National Gallery of Modern
Art Highlights Tours Sat 12 Jul. An introduction and tour of the National
Gallery‘s permanent collection. focusing on key paintings.
I NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY
l Queen Street. 624 6200. Mon—Wed & Fri—Sun l0am—5pm; Thu l0am—7pm. FREE Faces and Places Until Sun
: 20 Jul. ()rganised in partnership with the Royal Commission on the Ancient
and Historical Monuments of Scotland. this collection of paintings. sculpture. drawings. photographs. architectural drawings and sketches coincides with the centenary of the RCAHMS.
FREE Heroes Until Sun 7 Dec. A critical re-examination of what we mean
by the term ‘Victorian values‘. focused
through portraits and information on the individuals considered role models in that society.
Vanity Fair Portraits:
Photographs 1913-2008 on
Until Sun 2] Sep. £8 (£6). Photographs of some of the weightiest names and
brightest stars to have graced the pages
of Vanity Fair. by internationally renowned photographers. including Man Ray. Cecil Beaton. Mario Testino and Annie Leibovitz. See review. page 95.
I ST CECILIA’S HALL
Niddry Street. 473 2000. Three Blows Sat 5 & Sun 6 Jul. Times vary. £16 (£14; weekend
pass £25.50—£29.50). A weekend of all
sound acoustic performance by contemporary visual artists and musicians for the inaugural year of Three Blows. See preview. page 95.
I STILLS
23 Cockburn Street. 622 6200. l lam— 6pm. FREE Nicky Bird: Beneath The Surface / Hidden Place COCO Until Sun 20 Jul. [lam—6pm. Photographic works using materials found by collaborating with communities across Scotland whose surroundings have undergone significant change. See review. page 96.
I "wens: THEATRE BAR : Cambridge Street. 228 I404. Mon—Sat
10amemidnight; Sun 6pm—midnight.
FREE Storm Hags and Other Stories Until Sat 5 Jul. Exhibition of
highly detailed illustrations for a series of Scottish folk tales by the artist David llutchison. to coincide with the opening
I WRITERS’ MUSEUM
Lady Stair‘s Close. Lawnmarket. 529 490i. Mon—Sat l0am—5pm.
FREE A Scots Helicon: Portraits of Nine Contemporary Scottish Women Writers Until Sat 12 Jul. 10am—5pm. Portraits of nine contemporary Scottish women writers: Kate Atkinson. Helen Dunwoodie. Margaret Elphinstone. AL Kennedy. Joan Lingard. Val McDermid. Denise
‘ Mina. Dilys Rose and Louise Welsh. All
by Edinburgh-based artist Anna Caro.
Outside the cities
I DUNDEE CONTEMPORARY ARTS 152 Nethergate. Dundee ()l382 909900. Tue. Wed. Fri & Sat l().30am~5.30pm; Thu l0.30am—-8.30pm; Sun noon—5.30pm. FREE Altered States ot Paint Sat 5 Jul-Sun 7 Sep. Group show
of paintings that start off with
psychedelia and get darker. Artists include Jutta Koether. Till Gerhard.
: Andreas Dobler. Angela de la Cruz. Neil ‘ Clements and Rabiya Choudry. See ‘ preview. page 94.