Visual Art
■ INGLEBY GALLERY 15 Calton Road, 556 4441. Mon–Sat 10am–6pm. FREE Sean Scully: Iona Until Sat 19 Jun. Triptych responding to a visit to Iona the artist made 15 years ago. ■ INVERLEITH HOUSE Royal Botanic Garden, Arboretum Place/Inverleith Row, 248 2971. Tue–Sun 10am–5.30pm. FREE Vincent Fecteau / Hugh Cleghorn: Forests and Gardens of South India Sat 15 May–Sun 4 Jul. Drawings made for the forest conservator Hugh Cleghorn and a selection of abstract sculptures by Californian artist Vincent Fecteau.
■ KOMACHI 162 Fountainbridge, 07525 414626. Wed–Sun noon-6pm. FREE Little Sister Fri 18 Jun–Sun 18 Jul. Contemporary works by Daniel P Irwin and Natalie McGowan. ■ LEITH GALLERY 65 The Shore, Leith, 553 5255. Mon–Fri 11am–5pm; Sat 11am–4pm. FREE New Work from Sophie Mackay Knight and Jack Frame Until Sun 20 Jun. Figurative work and studies of trees.
■ NATIONAL GALLERY COMPLEX 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, including paintings by Raphael,Titian, Velázquez, Rembrandt and Rubens. FREE The Printmaker’s Art ●●●●● Until Sun 23 May. The oft- misunderstood art of printmaking is explored.
FREE Confrontation Until Sun 18 Jul. Lucas Cranach’s 16th century painting ‘Venus and Cupid’ is paired with Otto Dix’s 1932 ‘Nude Girl on a Fur’.
■ NEWHAVEN AGENCY 77 Brunswick Street, 558 5400. Daily noon–6pm. FREE 10 Sat 12–Tue 15 Jun. The culmination of Telford’s HND Professional Photography course.
■ NEWINGTON LIBRARY 17–21 Fountainhall Road, 529 5536. Mon–Thu 10am–8pm; Fri 10am–5pm; Sat 9am–1pm. FREE Islands and Cities Until Sat 26 Jun. Paintings of Iona and Orkney by Kevin and Rhiannon Connelly. ■ OCEAN TERMINAL Leith, 555 8888. Mon–Fri 10am–8pm; Sat 10am–7pm; Sun 11am–6pm. FREE Leith Festival Art Expo Fri 11–Sun 20 Jun. Second Expo featuring a large, varied selection of work. Part of the Leith Festival. FREE Spaceship Sun 13 Jun, 11am–5pm. Live chainsaw sculpture demo. Part of the Leith Festival.
■ OUT OF THE BLUE DRILL HALL 30–36 Dalmeny Street, Leith, 555 7100. Daily 10am–5pm. FREE Duncan Robertson: Remembrance Mon 14–Wed 16 Jun. Exhibition of new work by this Leith- based sculptor. Part of Leith Festival.
■ THE QUEEN’S GALLERY Palace of Holyroodhouse, 556 5100. Daily 9.30am-6pm. £5.50 (£5; Children £3; Under 5s free, Family ticket £14) Dutch Landscapes The Gallery ‘goes Dutch’ for the coming months with this remarkable collection of 42 classic works from the Netherlands.
■ THE ROSELEAF 23–24 Sandport Place, 538 3939. Daily 10am–10pm. Surfaced – a Collection of New Paintings by Adam Wallace and CP Campbell Fri 11–Sun 20 Jun. Abstract and representational paintings. Part of the Leith Festival.
■ ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY The Mound, 225 6671. Daily 10am–5pm. An independent institution led by eminent artists and architects. FREE RSA 184th Annual Exhibition Until Wed 23 Jun. Invited selections. FREE Frances Walker: Works on Paper Until Wed 30 Jun. Works by one of the country’s foremost landscape painters. Open Mon or by appointment only. ■ SCOTLAND-RUSSIA INSTITUTE 9 South College St, 668 3635. Tue–Fri 11am–4pm. FREE St. Petersburg: Reflections of a Floating Life Until Sat 26 Jun. Photographs of St Petersburg by Craig Brandist.
■ SCOTLANDART.COM 2 St Stephen Place, 225 6257. Mon–Fri 10.30am–5.30pm; Sat 10am–5.30pm; Sun noon–5pm. FREE Modern Landscapes Until Wed 28 Jul. Group exhibition featuring nine landscape artists, including well known gallery regular Lesley-Anne Derks.
■ SCOTTISH NATIONAL GALLERY OF MODERN ART 75 Belford Road, 624 6200. Daily 10am–5pm. Home to Scotland’s greatest collection of modern and contemporary art, this gallery shows special exhibitions and works from 1900 to the present day.
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FREE What You See is Where You’re At Until Thu 30 Dec. New displays of Scottish colourist and German and Austrian expressionist work, as well as works by Ian Hamilton Finlay, Callum Innes, Fiona Tan, Douglas Hall and Jacob Bee.
■ SIERRA METRO Ground Floor North, 22 West Harbour Road, Sat & Sun noon–6pm. FREE Johannes Sailer Until Sun 11 Jul. Exhibition of new sculptural and film work by this Edinburgh-based Austrian artist. ■ SOFI’S 65 Henderson Street, Leith, 555 1979. Mon–Fri 2pm–1am; Sat noon–1am; Sun 1pm–midnight. FREE Lauren Fox, Driftwood Mon 14–Fri 18 Jun. Artwork that aims to harness the freedom and beauty of driftwood. Part of the Leith Festival.
■ STILLS 23 Cockburn Street, 622 6200. Daily 11am–6pm. FREE The City and the Stars ●●●●● Until Sun 18 Jul. Successful combination of photography, moving image and sculptural installation.
■ TALBOT RICE GALLERY University of Edinburgh, South Bridge, 650 2210. Tue–Sat 10am–5pm. FREE They Do Things Differently There ●●●●● Until Sat 19 Jun. See review page 97. ■ THE SCOTTISH GALLERY 16 Dundas Street, 558 1200. Mon–Fri 10am–6pm; Sat 10am–4pm. FREE Becky Collins, Campbell Sandilands, Italian Jewellery, Joseph Harrington & Stephen Bird Until Wed 30 Jun. New paintings from Collins, modern studio glass from Harrington and works in the English figure and slipware tradition from Stephen Bird. FREE European Prints Until Wed 23 Jun. Selected works on paper.
■ TOTAL KUNST @ FOREST 3 Bristo Place, 220 4538. 10am–midnight. FREE Dust and Mud Until Sat 12 Jun. Photographs by Polish artist Krzysztof Brudlo.
■ TRANSGRESSION SKATE PARK Ocean Terminal, Leith, 555 3755. Daily 10am–10pm. FREE Transitions at Transgressions Fri 11–Sun 20 Jun. Local artists work on creating on-site pieces. Part of Leith Festival. ■ VARIOUS VENUES IN EDINBURGH FREE 6 TIMES Tue 22 Jun–Thu 30 Dec. Multi-part sculptural project by British sculptor Anthony Gormley comprising six life-sized figures positioned between the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art and the shore.
■ THE VILLAGE 16 South Fort Street, Leith, 478 7810. Mon–Sat 11am–11.45pm; Sun 12.30–11.45pm. FREE Ulysses Fri 11–Sun 20 Jun. Enigmatic photography exhibition. Part of the Leith Festival.
Dundee
Diane Arbus Take the opportunity for this, a last chance to see Arbus’ images as part of the Artist Rooms series. Arbus’ photographs focus largely on those living at the edge of society and
have a detached neutrality, and a matter-of-factness to their titles that is at times deliberately provocative and at times amusing. Intriguingly, the images of ‘freaks’ are the least compelling aspect of this show, partly because of the familiarity of the images themselves, and partly due to the fact that the self-consciously heightened drama of Arbus’ earliest work has been endlessly copied. Highly recommended. ■ Dean Gallery, Edinburgh, until Sun 13 Jun.
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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 Chicks on Speed: Don’t Art, Fashion, Music Until Sun 8 Aug. The multidisciplinary art collective presents its boundary-pushing punk- inspired oeuvre.