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Telephone Booking Fringe 0131 226 0000 International Festival 0131 473 2000 Book Festival 0845 373 5888 Art Festival 07500 461 332
■ 3/3 ANTIGUA STREET 01968 670 224. Tue–Sun noon–6pm. FREE If I Jump Off A Bridge, Will You Follow Me? Sat 7 Aug-Sun 5 Sep. New work addressing notions of threat. Part of the Edinburgh Art Festival.
■ THE ADAM POTTERY 76 Henderson Row, 0131 557 3978. Mon–Sat 11am–6pm. FREE Clay 2010: Studio Ceramics Mon 9 Aug–Sat 4 Sep. Exhibition of ceramics in a working pottery. Part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
■ AMBER ARTS 78 Montrose Terrace, Abbeyhill, 0131 661 1167. Tue–Fri 10am–5pm; Sat 10am–2.30pm FREE The Space Between Until Fri 15 Oct. A mixed printmaking show bringing together 13 contemporary artists. EAF. ■ ART AMATORIA 10/2 Bellevue Crescent, 07768 960578. Tue–Sat 2pm–5pm. FREE The Weird and Wonderful World of Rob Hain Until Thu 26 Aug. Quirky and colourful depictions of Edinburgh’s Old Town. Fringe.
■ ART’S COMPLEX 1 St. Margaret’s House, 151 London Road, 07542 017947. Daily 11am–7pm. FREE Braw presents: Floored Sat 7 Aug–Sun 5 Sep. Mixed media from eight newly graduated artists. EAF.
■ ART’S COMPLEX 2 St. Margaret’s House, 151 London Road, 07770 800482. Wed–Sun noon–6pm. FREE Perennial Art – A Drawback Sat 7 Aug–Sun 5 Sep. International drawing exhibition. EAF.
■ ART’S COMPLEX 3 St. Margaret’s House, 151 London Road, 661 1924. Daily 11am–7pm. FREE Ian Reddie – Dirt, Grit, Gluedust, Sat 7 Aug-Sun 5 Sep. Mixed media paintings, screen prints and digital art evoking a primordial world of desert and rock. EAF. ■ ASSEMBLY @ GEORGE STREET 54 George Street, 623 3030. Daily 11am–11pm. FREE Ulf Mark Pederson Until Mon 30 Aug. Photography enhanced with old- fashioned techniques. Fringe.
FREE Zimbabwe Sculpture Until Mon 30 Aug. A haunting range of work from Zimbabwe. Fringe.
■ ATTICSALT 50 Thistle Street, North East Lane, 0131 225 2093. Tue–Thu & Sat 1–5pm; Fri 2–5pm.
✽✽ FREE Mairi Gillies – Natura Sensus Until 4 Sep. See Big
Picture, page 75. EAF.
■ AXO GALLERY 59 Queen Charlotte Street, 0131 557 1460. Thu–Sat 11am–7pm. FREE Festival Exhibition Fri 6- Sat 28 Aug. New installations in Edinburgh’s newest conceptual art venue. Fringe.
■ AXOLOTL 35 Dundas Street, 07812 170279. Mon–Sat 10am–6pm; Sun noon–5pm. FREE Young Northern British Artists Fri 6–Mon 30 Aug. Selections of the best graduates from the Scottish art schools. ■ BOURNE FINE ART 6 Dundas Street, 0131 557 4050. Daily 10am–6pm. FREE Alexander Stoddart: Cabinet Works and Studies Until Tue 31 Aug. Smaller work from the Paisley-born sculptor. EAF.
■ CITY ART CENTRE 2 Market Street, 529 3993. Mon–Sat 10am–5pm; Sun noon–5pm.
✽✽ Edward Weston: Life Work Until Sun 24 Oct. £8 (£5; includes
entry to William Wegman exhibition). See preview, page 77. EAF. FREE In our Own Image: Representing the Human Form Until Sun 24 Oct. Works demonstrating the artist’s preoccupation with the human figure. EAF.
✽✽ William Wegman: Family Combinations Until Sun 24 Oct.
£8 (£5; includes admission to Edward Weston exhibition). See preview, page 77. EAF.
■ CITY OBSERVATORY Calton Hill, 668 8100. Daily 11am–6pm.
✽✽ FREE Staged Until Sun 15 Aug. A multi-channel video installation transforming Edinburgh into a mise-en- scène. EAF.
■ COBURG HOUSE STUDIOS 15 Coburg Street, 0131 554 6888. FREE Open Studios Fri 6-Sun 8 Aug, 11am–6pm. Explore creative workspaces and purchase work. EAF. ■ COLLECTIVE GALLERY 22-28 Cockburn Street, 0131 220 1260. 11am–6pm. FREE Hito Steyerl: In Free Fall Until Sun 5 Sep. Works telling the story of the global economic crisis. EAF.
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