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Edinburgh ■ 70 NORTH FORT STREET Daily 10am–5pm. FREE Built Overnight Sun 27 Jun–Sun 11 Jul. Artist-led group Rhubaba brings together the work of ten emerging visual artists. Part of Annuale.
■ AXOLOTL 35 Dundas Street, 07812 170279. Mon–Sat 10am–6pm; Sun 1–5pm. FREE Katie Cooke – Balancing Act Until 31 Jul. Images created using a pin-hole camera. FREE Alan McGowan–New Work Sat 10 Jul–Thu 5 Aug. Oil paintings of the human figure. ■ COLLECTIVE GALLERY 22–28 Cockburn Street, 220 1260. Tue–Sun 11am–5pm. FREE Torsten Lauschmann: Patchwork Cinema ●●●●● Until Sun 18 Jul. This exhibition pays homage to the moving image, from pre-cinema optics through to the digital projections to which we are accustomed.
■ CORN EXCHANGE GALLERY Constitution Street, 561 7300. Wed–Sat 11am–4.30pm. FREE Jonathan Lynch: Legacy Until Thu 15 Jul. Lynch presents a series of photographs that investigate the empty interiors of historical houses and heritage buildings.
■ DEAN GALLERY 73 Belford Road, 624 6200. Daily 10am–5pm. Home to a world-famous selection of works from the Dada and surrealist movements and a large collection of works by Edinburgh-born sculptor Sir Eduardo Paolozzi. FREE Nathan Coley: There Will Be No Miracles Here Until Fri 31 Dec. Turner-nominated Scottish artist’s illuminated text. ✽✽ FREE Another World: Dali, Magritte and the Surrealists Sat 10 Jul–Sun 9 Jan. A mind-melding collection of surrealist art from maestros familiar and arcane.
■ DOVECOT 10 Infirmary Street, 315 3054.
✽✽ FREE Sitting and Looking Fri 9 Jul–Sun 5 Sep. See picture
caption, right. ■ DUNDAS STREET GALLERY 6a Dundas Street, 558 9363. Mon–Fri 10am–6pm & Sat 11am–2pm. FREE Jamie Primrose – Ethereal Vistas Fri 2–Sat 10 Jul. Landscape paintings of Edinburgh scenes.
■ EDINBURGH PRINTMAKERS 23 Union Street, 557 2479. Tue–Sat 10am–6pm.
✽✽ FREE Prints of Darkness Sat 17 Jul–Sat 4 Sep. See preview, page
89.
■ EDINBURGH ZOO: GALLERY Corstorphine Road, 334 9171. Daily 9am–6pm. FREE Bestiary Until Sun 1 Aug. Contemporary artworks inspired by nature. Exhibiting artists include Ronald Binnie, Kit Leffler and Calum McClure. ■ EMBASSY The Roxy Art House, 2 Roxburgh Place. Daily noon–6pm. FREE Avalon Until Sun 11 Jul. Featuring Plastique Fantastique, Torsten Lauschmann, Alex Pollard and Ewan Sinclair. Part of Annuale.
■ FRUITMARKET GALLERY 45 Market Street, 225 2383. Mon–Sat 11am–6pm; Sun noon–5pm.
✽✽ FREE Johan Grimonprez ●●●●● Until Sun 11 Jul. Timely
and finely tailored exhibition which includes the first gallery showing of Double Take. 92 THE LIST 8–22 Jul 2010
■ THE HENDERSON GALLERY 4 Thistle Street Lane NW, 225 7464. Tue–Sat 11am–6pm. FREE Nerfertiti Sat 10 Jul–Thu 19 Aug. Celebrated Stone Roses guitarist John Squire presents a selection of art works.
■ LEITH GALLERY 65 The Shore, Leith, 553 5255. Mon–Fri 11am–5pm; Sat 11am–4pm. FREE Sea Shanties Until Sat 24 Jul. Exhibition of paintings inspired by the sea, together with ceramics by Ronnie Fulton and jewellery by Annie Weedon. ■ 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 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’. FREE The Glasgow Boys–Drawing Inspiration Until Thu 9 Sep. An intimate insight into the working methods and friendships of this loose- knit group. FREE Christen Købke: Danish Master of Light Sun 4 Jul–Sun 3 Oct. Works by one of the foremost talents of Denmark’s Golden Age.
■ THE QUEEN’S GALLERY Palace of Holyroodhouse, 556 5100. (Thu 1–Sun 31 9.30am–6pm); 9.30am–4.30pm. Dutch Landscapes ●●●●● Until Sun 9 Jan, 9.30am–6pm. £5.50 (£5; children £3; under 5s free, family ticket £14). See review, page 90. ■ RENROC CAFÉ 91 Montgomery Street, 556 0432. Mon–Wed 7.30pm–6pm, Thu & Fri 7am–7.30pm, Sat 9.30am–7.30pm & Sun 10.30am–6pm. FREE Black and White Town Until Thu 22 Jul. An exhibition of urban photography by Edinburgh Digital Photography Meet-up Group.
■ ROYAL OVER-SEAS LEAGUE 100 Princes Street, 225 1501. Daily 10am–6pm. FREE Edinburgh Printmakers Until Thu 30 Sep. Limited edition prints by Scottish contemporary artists. ■ ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY The Mound, 225 6671. Mon–Sat 10am–5pm & Sun noon–5pm. An independent institution led by eminent artists and architects. FREE Geoff Uglow: Alastair Salvesen Travel Scholar 2009 Until Sun 1 Aug. New paintings and prints by Geoff Uglow who was awarded the travel scholarship to journey around the coast of Scotland in the footsteps of William Daniell.
■ 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. 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. FREE What You See is Where You’re At Until Thu 30 Dec. New displays of Scottish Colourist and German and Austrian Expressionist work and the first Scottish showing of key Ian Hamilton Finlay work from the ARTIST ROOMS collection.
■ SIERRA METRO Ground Floor North, 22 West Harbour Road, Fri–Sun noon–6pm. FREE Johannes Sailer: Deleted Scene Until Sun 11 Jul. New work encompassing film, sculpture and installation, by this Edinburgh-based Austrian artist. ■ STILLS 23 Cockburn Street, 622 6200. Daily 11am–6pm. FREE The City and the Stars ●●●●● Until Sun 18 Jul. Successful combination of photography and
Sitting and Looking One of the more eclectic exhibitions in this year’s Edinburgh Art Festival is this group
show at Dovecot, curated by internationally acclaimed furniture designers Jim Partridge and Liz Walmsley. Alongside work by the pair, who have collaborated for the past 22 years creating furniture and other functional woodwork, and fellow furniture designer El Ultimo Grito, the exhibition also features photographs, ceramics and jewellery by artists including Garry Fabian Miller, Gordon Baldwin, Rupert Spira and Nel Linssen. ■ Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh, Fri 9 Jul–Sun 5 Sep.
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sculptural installation, accompanied by a programme of artists films. FREE Alexander and Susan Maris: The Pursuit of Fidelity (a retrospective) Tue 20 Jul–Sun 24 Oct. Solo show of work by these two Glasgow-based artists, curated by Lisa Le Feuvre. ■ SURUCHI TOO RESTAURANT 121 Constitution Street, Leith, 554 3268. FREE Watercolour Exhibition Until Wed 21 Jul. An exhibition of paintings by Martin Hunt and Mr Srinivasan in celebration of the cultural links between India and Scotland.
■ THE SCOTTISH GALLERY 16 Dundas Street, 558 1200. Mon–Fri 10am–6pm; Sat 10am–4pm. FREE A Portrait of a Gallery Until Fri 30 Jul. Thematic group show of mixed media. FREE Wilhelmina Barns-Graham CBE, HRSA, HRSW Until Fri 30 Jul. A selection of the artist’s relief collages from 1982–1987.
■ TOTAL KUNST @ FOREST 3 Bristo Place, 220 4538. Daily 10am–midnight. FREE Betamaps Until Sun 11 Jul. Exhibition of works that engage with the theme of mapping. Exhibiting artists include Ericka Duffy, Sam Stead and David Berridge. Part of Annuale. ■ UNION GALLERY 45 Broughton Street, 556 7707. Mon–Sat 10.30am–6pm & Sun noon–6pm. FREE Dylan Lisle and Patsy McArthur Exhibition Until Mon 2 Aug. Two Scottish figurative painters exhibit images of the human form.
■ VARIOUS OUTDOOR LOCATIONS IN EDINBURGH FREE 6 Times Until Thu 30 Dec. Sculptural project by celebrated British artist Anthony Gormley comprising six life-sized figures positioned between the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art and the sea.
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 Chicks on Speed: Don’t Art, Fashion, Music ●●●●●
Until Sun 8 Aug. Typically irreverent and provocative show-and-tell from the globe-spanning riot grrl art provocateurs Chicks on Speed.
■ THE PARK GALLERY Callendar Park, 01324 503789. Mon–Sat 10am–5pm; Sun 2–5pm. ✽✽ FREE Alan Davie at 90: An Exhibition of Recent Work
Until Sat 16 Oct. Davie is, for many, one of the most important British painters of the post-war decade.
Isle of Bute ■ MOUNT STUART HOUSE AND GARDENS Rothesay, 01700 503877. £3.50-£7.50 (£2-£6; Family ticket: £9-18). Lee Mingwei: Trilogy of Sounds Until Thu 30 Sep. Taiwanese, New York- based artist Lee Mingwei presents a sound installation composed of new work in three separate parts.
■ JUPITER ARTLAND Bonnington House Steadings, 01506 889900. Fri–Sun 10am–4.30pm. £7 (Child ticket £4; Students & OAPs £4.50).
✽✽ Jupiter Artland Year Two Until Sun 12 Sep. The contemporary sculpture garden opens its gates for a second season.