FREE Local Shops Until Tue 23 Mar. Dutch artist Witte Wartena presents watercolour paintings of shops in Drylaw, Muirhouse and Pilton. ■ PATRIOTHALL GALLERY WASPS Patriothall Studios, off 48 Hamilton Place, 226 7126. Daily noon–4pm. FREE Sarah Barber and Katinka Harrison Sat 6–Tue 16 Mar. Figurative and abstract paintings by Sarah Barber and Katinka Harrison.
■ THE QUEEN’S GALLERY Palace of Holyroodhouse, 556 5100. Daily 9.30am–4.30pm. £5 (£4.50). Built in the former Holyrood Free Church, this Gallery presents a programme of changing exhibitions of works of art from the Royal Collection. The Heart of the Great Alone: Scott, Shackleton and Antarctic Photography ●●●●● Until Sun 11 Apr. A beautiful and daunting portrayal of the age of polar exploration. ■ THE ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH The Pelican Gallery, 51 Little France Crescent, Old Dalkeith Road, 536 1000. 9am–8pm. FREE Telling Tales Until Wed 31 Mar. Exhibition featuring highlights from recent Artlink workshops.
■ ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY The Mound, 225 6671. Daily 10am–5pm. An independent institution led by eminent artists and architects.
FREE Alan Davie HRSA: Scottish Prints Sat 6 Feb–Sun 21 Mar. Print works by revered Scottish artist. FREE RSA Members at Peacock Until Fri 26 Mar, Mon only 10am–5pm. A selection of works by RSA members in Aberdeen. ■ SCOTLAND-RUSSIA INSTITUTE 9 South College St, 668 3635. Tue–Fri 11am–4pm; Sat 1.30pm–4pm. FREE Shelagh Atkinson–A Walk along the Fontanka Sat 13 Mar–Sun 4 Apr. Prints and pastel drawings of street scenes in St Petersburg.
■ SIERRA METRO Ground Floor North, 22 West Harbour Road, Fri–Sun 1pm–5pm. FREE Caroline Gallacher, Bethan Maddocks & Anna Robbins Sun 14 Mar–Sun 4 Apr. Group exhibition of new work by recent graduates from Edinburgh, Glasgow and Newcastle.
■ STILLS 23 Cockburn Street, 622 6200. Daily 11am–6pm. FREE Elín Jakobsdóttir: Hinges Between Days Until Sun 14 Mar. Objects, photographs and films that toy with notions of work and play, contemplation and fantasy. ■ TALBOT RICE GALLERY University of Edinburgh, South Bridge, 650 2210. Tue–Sat 10am–5pm. FREE Drawing for Instruction: the Art of Explanation ●●●●●
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Until Sat 6 Mar. Collection of drawings and images drawn from different archives and institutions across Edinburgh. FREE Smugglerius Unveiled Until Sat 6 Mar. Exhibition revealing the man behind the cast used in the teaching of anatomical drawing at Edinburgh College of Art. ■ THE SCOTTISH GALLERY 16 Dundas Street, 558 1200. Mon–Fri 10am–6pm; Sat 10am–4pm. FREE Ann Oram RSW Until Wed 31 Mar. Sumptuous still lifes and flower pieces in oils and watercolours. FREE Jo Hayes-Ward Until Wed 31 Mar. Hayes-Ward’s intricate jewellery pieces have an architectural aesthetic. FREE Kate Thomson & Hironori Katagiri Until Wed 31 Mar. New sculptural works. FREE The Roberts Until Wed 31 Mar. Paintings and works on paper by Robert Colquhoun and Robert MacBryde.
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■ 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 Alex Frost: The Connoisseurs Sat 13 Mar–Sun 23 May. New series of contradictory mosaic pieces following Alex Frost’s recent Glenfiddich residency.
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■ EDINBURGH PRINTMAKERS 23 Union Street, 557 2479. Tue–Sat 10am–6pm. FREE Magne F: alpha beta ●●●●● Until Sat 6 Mar. Furuholmen works up layers of ink, image and text, deconstructing each character and allowing the viewer to invest it with new meaning.
■ EMBASSY The Roxy Art House, 2 Roxburgh Place, Thu–Sun noon–6pm. FREE You Turn Me On and On and On Sat 27 Feb–Sun 14 Mar. Exhibition that examines the consequences of handing the reins of art practice over to automated processes. ■ FRUITMARKET GALLERY 45 Market Street, 225 2383. Mon–Sat 11am–6pm; Sun noon–5pm. FREE Toby Paterson ●●●●● Until Sun 28 Mar. Delineating the planes, forms and brightly-coloured politics of postwar modernist architecture, Paterson’s accomplished works reference a montage of structures.
■ THE HENDERSON GALLERY 4 Thistle Street Lane NW, 225 7464. Tue–Sat 11am–6pm. FREE Charlie Anderson – Bliss Until Sat 20 Mar. Anderson explores the ever-changing importance of painting.
■ INGLEBY GALLERY 15 Calton Road, 556 4441. 10am–5pm.
✽✽ Peter Liversidge: The Thrill of it All ●●●●● Until Sat 10
Apr. See review, page 89. Gin Performance Thu 11 Mar, 6pm. Liversidge presents his Gin Performance and delivers a motivational speech to Scottish business leaders. Retribution Gospel Choir Fri 12 Mar, noon. Performance in the Gallery.
■ INVERARITY ONE TO ONE EDINBURGH Montrose House, 1 Montrose Terrace, 661 8816. Mon–Thu 10am–6pm; Fri 11am–7pm; Sat 10am–2pm. FREE Damian Callan Until Wed 31 Mar. Paintings and drawings.
■ INVERLEITH HOUSE Royal Botanic Garden, Arboretum Place/Inverleith Row, 248 2971. Tue–Sun 10am–5.30pm. FREE Victoria Morton Sun 14 Mar–Sun 2 May. A collection of paintings by critically acclaimed Glasgow-born artist.
■ KOMACHI 162 Fountainbridge, 07525 414626. Daily noon–6pm. FREE Doris & Lubin Until Sun 14 Mar. For their first collaborative exhibition the pair have co-edited texts written independently of each other. ■ LYRE & ANCHOR 39 Niddry Street, Daily 2pm–6pm. FREE After the Planners Until Fri 5 Mar. Exhibition inspired by Edinburgh’s vaults featuring works by Thomas Aitchison, Heather Craig, Leon Hill and Andrew MacDonald.
■ NATIONAL GALLERY OF SCOTLAND The Mound, 624 6200. Mon–Wed & Fri–Sun 10am–5pm; Thu 10am–7pm. The place to see a major part of the nation’s collection of fine art. Works from the early Renaissance to the end of the 19th century are on display.
✽✽ FREE The Printmaker’s Art Until Sun 23 May. Highlights from the collection – including iconic images by Durer, Rembrandt and Goya.
■ NORTH EDINBURGH ARTS CENTRE 15a Pennywell Court, 315 2151. Mon–Sat 10am–4pm. 92 THE LIST 4–18 Mar 2010
Dürer & Italy This new exhibition of engravings by Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528) focuses on the influence of the German artist on his Italian contemporaries, which included Raphael. The exhibition
presents astonishingly detailed engravings and woodcuts by the Nuremburg-born artist alongside Italian works of the period, including Marcantonio’s ‘The Judgement of Paris’ (pictured) and ‘Massacre of the Innocents’. ■ Hunterian Art Gallery, Glasgow, until Mon 22 Mar.