Visual Art Edinburgh
■ CITY ART CENTRE 2 Market Street, 529 3993. Mon–Sat 10am–5pm. FREE Recognised: Highlights from the Collection Until Wed 31 Dec. Highlights from the CAC’s collection of Scottish art. FREE Space Age: Exploration, Design and Popular Culture Until Sun 4 Jan. This exhibition looks at how space has impacted on art, film, music and popular culture. FREE Treasured Places Until Sun 18 Jan. Exhibition celebrating the richness and variety of the heritage we all value and enjoy today.
■ COLLECTIVE GALLERY 22–28 Cockburn Street, 220 1260. Tue–Sat noon–5pm. FREE Richard Battersby and Chris Grieves Sat 20 Dec–Sat 10 Jan. As part of Echo’s new residency at the Collective, they’ve created a tropical club – The Coma Lounge – of sight, smell and sound installations.
■ CORN EXCHANGE GALLERY Constitution Street, 561 7300. Wed–Sat 11am–4.30pm. FREE Scales Until Thu 18 Dec, 11am–4.30pm. Mixed media exhibition, including an interactive work and photography by Gregory Chatonsky, Michael Zansky and Michael Rees. ■ DEAN GALLERY 73 Belford Road, 624 6200. 10am–5pm. FREE Four Scottish Painters Until Sat 31 Jan. A display of the work of four Scottish artists of the post-war period.
■ DOGGERFISHER 11 Gayfield Square, 558 7110. Tue–Fri 10am–6pm; Sat noon–5pm. FREE Spark Erosion Until Sat 24 Jan. New installation work of small sculptural pieces by Zurich-born artist Franziska Furter. ■ DOVECOT 10 Infirmary Street, FREE Henry Moore Textiles Until Sun 18 Jan. Over 50 drawings, notes and fabrics – many never exhibited before – from the well-known artist’s oeuvre.
■ FRUITMARKET GALLERY 45 Market Street, 225 2383. Mon–Sat 11am–6pm; Sun noon–5pm. FREE Close Up Until Sun 11 Jan. Exhibition exploring the defamiliarising effects of the extreme close-up in early 20th century photography and film. ■ INGLEBY GALLERY 15 Calton Road, 556 4441. 10am–5pm. Elsworth Kelly Until Thu 29 Jan. Plant lithographs drawn from the 40-year career of one of the world’s greatest living artists. Luca Frei Until Thu 29 Jan. Playful installations by the Swedish-based artist.
■ NATIONAL GALLERY OF MODERN ART LIBRARY The Dean Gallery, 73 Belford Rd, FREE John Watson Prize: Robert Powell Until Sun 15 Feb. A display of the works of the winner of this year’s annual John Watson Prize for graduates of the Edinburgh College of Art.
■ NATIONAL GALLERY OF SCOTLAND COMPLEX The Mound, 624 6200. Mon–Wed & Fri–Sun 10am–5pm; Thu 10am–7pm.
✽✽ Gerhard Richter Until Sun 4 Jan. £6 (£4). Figurative and abstract
paintings by the German Pop Artist who is one of the most influential artists living today. See caption, below. FREE Dutch Mannerism: Goltzius and his Contemporaries Until Sun 8 Feb. Exhibition in celebration of the dawn of the Golden Age of Dutch Art. FREE Turner in January Thu 1–Sat 31 Jan. The annual display of JMW Turner watercolours bequeathed by Henry Vaughan.
■ NORTH EDINBURGH ARTS CENTRE 15a Pennywell Court, 315 2151. Mon–Sat 10am–4pm. FREE Fission Until Thu 18 Dec. An exhibition of recent work by seven Edinburgh artists. Their first show together includes jewellery, sculpture, printmaking, painting & drawing. ■ OUT OF THE BLUE DRILL HALL 30–36 Dalmeny Street, Leith, 555 7101. FREE Leave Art Alone: Polish Woman Artists Perform Wed 17
Dec, 7pm. Live art from five young Polish artists currently based in the UK. ■ THE QUEEN’S GALLERY Palace of Holyroodhouse, 556 5100. £5 (£4.50). The Art of Italy in the Royal Collection: The Baroque Until Sun 8 Mar. £5 (£3–£4.50; under 5s free; family ticket £13). Part two of the gallery’s Italian art exhibition includes work by Caravaggio and Annibale Carracci’. Last admission is one hour before the gallery closes.
■ ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN (INVERLEITH HOUSE) Inverleith Row, 248 2983. Tue–Sun 10am–5.30pm. FREE Rosita McKenzie with Camilla Adams: Two Voices III / Horticulture Behind the Scenes Until Sun 8 Feb, 10am–3.30pm. Photographs by Edinburgh-based blind artist Rosita McKenzie, with accompanying tactile interpretations by Camilla Adams and audio commentaries. ■ ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY The Mound, 225 3922. Mon–Sat 10am–5pm; Sun noon–5pm. FREE Donald Urquhart Until Fri 19 Dec. A selection of prints from his Icelandic Suite and works from the Snow Described From Etchings inspired by a trip to the Cairngorms FREE William Littlejohn Until Sun 14 Dec. Retrospective of the work of the late William Littlejohn comprising oils, watercolours and prints. FREE A Lighter Touch Thu 1–Sat 31 Jan, 10am–5pm. A selection of historic and contemporary watercolours from the RSA’s permanent collection. FREE RSA at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig Thu 1–Sat 31 Jan, 10am–5pm. New film and watercolours by Kate Whiteford from her residency at Skye’s Sabhal Mòr Ostaig.
■ NATIONAL GALLERY OF MODERN ART 75 Belford Road, 624 6200. 10am–5pm. ✽✽ FREE The Islanders: An See review, page 104. Queen and Country Until Thu 15 Jan. Exhibition by Steve McQueen, the Turner Prize-winning artist behind the Introduction Until Sun 15 Feb.
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■ NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY 1 Queen Street, 624 6200. Mon–Wed & Fri–Sun 10am–5pm; Thu 10am–7pm (Thu 1 noon–5pm) (Closed Thu 25 & Fri 26). FREE Intimate Portrait Until Sun 1 Feb. Exploring the fascination for intimate portraiture in Georgian and Regency Britain.
■ STILLS 23 Cockburn Street, 622 6200. 11am–6pm. Urban Reflections Until Sun 22 Mar. Five different artists respond to the contemporary city, and the human imprint on the urban landscape. ■ TALBOT RICE GALLERY University of Edinburgh, South Bridge, 650 2210. Tue–Sat 10am–5pm. FREE Langlands and Bell Until Sat 13 Dec, 10am–5pm. An installation by Langlands and Bell. FREE Vaulting Ambition Until Sat 13 Dec, 10am–5pm. Touring exhibition looking at the life and work of the Adamas brothers, the first ‘celebrity architects’.
■ THE SCOTTISH GALLERY 16 Dundas Street, 558 1200. Mon–Fri 10am–6pm; Sat 10am–4pm. FREE Paul Reid – New Paintings & Drawings Until Wed 24 Dec. Exhibition of new work in which the artist continues to mine the potent imagery of the Greek myths as preserved in Ovid.
Dundee ■ DUNDEE CONTEMPORARY ARTS 152 Nethergate, 01382 909900. Tue, Wed, Fri & Sat 10.30am–5.30pm; Thu 10.30am–8.30pm; Sun noon–5.30pm. FREE Gravity Always Wins Until Sun 4 Jan, 10.30am–5.30pm. Solo exhibition featuring new work by contemporary American artist Spencer Finch.
Gerhard Richter: Paintings Time is running out to catch the first retrospective in the UK for 20 years of Gerhard Richter’s work (his first ever exhibition in Scotland). The stunning show reflects the zeitgeist of Richter’s native Germany between World War II and the early Cold War era in works ranging from large abstracts rendered in thick oils to dynamic studies, such as the triptych aerial view of modernist buildings, ‘Stadtbild TR (Townscape TR)’. The show raises questions about the nature of painting and the viewer. ■ National Gallery of Scotland Complex, Edinburgh, until Sun 4 Jan.
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