Festival Visual Art
■ CORN EXCHANGE GALLERY Constitution Street, 0131 561 7300. Mon–Fri 11am–4.30pm. FREE Faraway Mountain: Atsuo Okamoto Until Thu 30 Sep. Large sculptural works in granite. EAF. ■ CRAFT HOUSE CONCEPT 31e Minto Street, 07900 901481. Wed–Sat & Mon 10am–6pm; Sun noon–6pm. FREE Craft House Concept Fri 6 Aug-Sun 5 Sep. A hand-crafted home from home for craftspeople. Fringe.
■ DANCE BASE 14-16 Grassmarket, 0131 225 5525. Daily 10am–6pm until Tue 10 Aug; 10am–9pm thereafter. FREE Catherine Sargeant: May I Have The Pleasure Mon 9 Aug-Sat 28 Aug. Screen prints of dance-themed text and symbols. EAF.
■ DEAN GALLERY 73 Belford Road, 624 6200. Daily 10am–5pm. Another World: Dali, Magritte and the Surrealists ●●●●● Until Sun 9 Jan. £7 (£5). See review, page 78. EAF. FREE Richard Wright: The Stairwell Project See feature, page 76. EAF. ■ DOVECOT 10 Infirmary Street, 315 3054. Mon–Sat 10.30am–5.30pm. FREE Sitting and Looking ●●●●● Until Sun 5 Sep. See review, page 78. EAF.
■ DUNDAS STREET GALLERY 6a Dundas Street, 0131 558 9363. Mon–Sat 10am–9pm; Sun 2–6pm. FREE Barbara Rae – Prints Until Sun 5 Sep. New prints inspired by wildernesses. EAF.
■ ED CROSS FINE ART The English Speaking Union, 23 Atholl Crescent, 07507 067567. Daily 10am–6pm. FREE Witness – The Spectre of Memory in Contemporary African Art Fri 6-Mon 30 Aug. Recollected images of childhood and documentary photography. EAF. ■ EDINBURGH GALLERY 20a Dundas Street, 557 5002. Mon–Fri 11am–5pm; Sat 10am–1pm. FREE Festival Exhibition Until Wed 15 Sep. Scottish artists, including Patsy McArthur, David Smith and Ian Elliot.
■ EDINBURGH PRINTMAKERS 23 Union Street, 557 2479. Tue–Sat 10am–6pm.
✽✽ FREE Prints of Darkness ●●●●● Until Sat 4 Sep. See
review, page 78. EAF.
■ FRUITMARKET GALLERY 45 Market Street, 0131 225 2383. Daily 10am–7pm.
✽✽ FREE Martin Creed: Down Over Up Until Sun 31 Oct. New
work from the Turner winner. EAF.
■ THE HENDERSON GALLERY 4 Thistle Street Lane NW, 225 7464. Tue–Sat 11am–6pm. FREE Nefertiti ●●●●● Until Thu 19 Aug. Ex-Stone Roses guitarist John Squire presents works inspired by a 1967 Miles Davis album. EAF. ■ I2 GALLERY 34 Abercromby Place, 558 9872. Mon–Fri 10am–6pm; Sat 10am–4pm. FREE Ecole de Paris Fri 6 Aug–Sat 4 Sep. Master printmakers with connections to Paris, including Picasso, Matisse and Corbusier. EAF.
■ INGLEBY GALLERY 15 Calton Road, 556 4441. Mon–Sat 10am–6pm. Sun noon–5pm. 80 THE LIST 5–12 Aug 2010
FREE Iran do Espírito Santo Until Sat 25 Sep. Installation work. EAF.
■ INVERLEITH HOUSE Royal Botanic Garden, Arboretum Place/Inverleith Row, 248 2971. Tue–Sun 10am–5.30pm.
✽✽ FREE Joan Mitchell Until Sun 3 Oct. See feature, page 76. EAF.
■ JAALICEKLARR AT ECA LIBRARY Evolution House, 78 West Port. Mon–Thu 9.15–4.30pm; Fri 10am–4.30pm. FREE ShelfLife: A Biblio- sideshow Until Fri 3 Sep. A show questioning the boundaries between the written and the visual. EAF. ■ KOMACHI 162 Fountainbridge, 07525 414626. Daily noon–6pm. FREE Change X Until Fri 3 Sep. Exchange of ideas between Berlin collective Basso and Edinburgh artists. EAF.
■ MATTHEW ARCHITECTURE GALLERY 20 Chambers Street, 0131 650 2342. Mon–Fri 11am–4pm. FREE Curating The City: Representation and Seriality Until Fri 3 Sep. Work exploring the curatorial process in museums and in the wider urban context. EAF.
■ NATIONAL GALLERY COMPLEX The Mound, 624 6200. Fri–Wed 10am–6pm; Thu 10am–7pm. FREE The Glasgow Boys – Drawing Inspiration Until Thu 9 Sep. An insight into the working methods and friendships of The Glasgow Boys. Christen Kobke: Danish Master of Light Until Sun 3 Oct. £7 (£5). The most exhaustive selection of paintings by the pre-eminent Danish painter (1810–1848) ever to be shown outside Denmark. EAF.
■ NEW MEDIA SCOTLAND InSpace, Crichton Street, 650 2750. Wed–Sun noon–8pm. FREE life.turns. Until Sun 5 Sep. Interactive photo/video project. EAF.
■ NEWHAILES Newhailes Road, Musselburgh, 0844 493 2125. Access by guided tour only; contact venue to book. Subjects for Melancholy Retrospection Until Sun 5 Sep, £10.50 (£7.50). Mixed-media relating to language and memory. EAF. ■ OLD AMBULANCE DEPOT 77 Brunswick Street, contemporaryartexchange.org. Daily 2–4pm. FREE Neither Here Nor There Sun 8–Sat 14 Aug. Work by Edinburgh artists exploring cultural identity and relationships to place.
■ OPEN EYE GALLERY 34 Abercromby Place, 0131 557 1020. Mon–Fri 10am–6pm; Sat 10am–4pm. FREE Barbara Rae and Matthew Draper: Contrasting Landscapes, Painterly Abstractions Fri 6–Tue 31 Aug. Two distinct and individual responses to contemporary landscape painting. EAF.
■ OUT OF THE BLUE DRILL HALL 30–36 Dalmeny Street, Leith, 555 7100. Mon–Sat 10am–5pm. FREE The Land and the Sea: Alastair Cook Until Sat 14 Aug. Black and white photos of British coastlines. ■ PATRIOTHALL GALLERY WASPS Patriothall Studios, off 48 Hamilton Place, 0131 226 7126. Tue–Sat noon–4pm.
FREE Decay Sun 8 Aug–Sat 28 Aug. Special opening Sun 8 Aug noon–4pm. Four international artists explore the idea of decay. EAF. FREE Park/Platz, Mels Dees Sun 8 Aug–Fri 28 Aug. Video work about the decay of a model car park. EAF.
■ PORTOBELLO PUBLIC ART HOUSE 56 Kings Road, Portobello, www.bigthingsonthebeach.org.uk. Thu 10am–6pm; Fri 10am–8pm; Sat 1–8pm; Sun 1–6pm. FREE Big Things on The Beach – City Beach Until Sun 29 Aug. Art commissions for Portobello Beach. EAF.
■ ROYAL OVER-SEAS LEAGUE 100 Princes Street, 225 1501. Daily 10am–6pm. FREE Edinburgh Printmakers Until Thu 30 Sep. Limited edition prints. Fringe. ■ ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY The Mound, 225 6671. Mon–Sat 10am–5pm; Sun noon–5pm. Impressionist Gardens Until Sun 17 Oct. £10 (£7). Major international exhibition including paintings by Monet, Pissarro and Renoir. EAF. FREE Philip Braham: Falling Shadows in Arcadia Fri 6 Aug–Fri 3 Sep. Winner of the 2009 Morton Award for lens-based work. EAF. FREE RSA New Works Programme 1 Fri 6 Aug–Fri 3 Sep. Commissioned new work.
■ SCHOP 36 St Mary’s Street, 477 4513. Mon–Sat 10am–6pm. FREE Tram Spotting / Train Stopping Tue 10 Aug–Sat 4 Sep. Images illustrating how the residents of Edinburgh and Galashiels might use their newly revived tram and train lines. EAF.
■ SCOTLANDART.COM 2 St Stephen Place, 0131 225 6257. Tue–Fri 10.30am–5.30pm; Sat 10am–5.30pm; Sun noon–5pm. FREE Best of Scottish Fri 6–Sat 29 Aug. Including work by Patsy McArthur, David Smith and Ian Elliot. Fringe. ■ SCOTT MONUMENT Princes Street Gardens East, 226 0000. Mon–Sat 9am–7pm; Sun 10am–6pm. The Scott Monument – Edinburgh 283 Fri 6–Mon 30 Aug. £3. The first ever photography exhibition on the monument. Fringe.
■ THE SCOTTISH GALLERY 16 Dundas Street, 0131 558 1200. Mon–Fri 10am–6pm; Sat 10am–4pm. FREE Victoria Crowe – New Works Fri 6 Aug–Sat 4 Sep. Painting inspired by Venice and the Scottish Borders. EAF. FREE Grace Girvan Fri 6 Aug–Sat 4 Sep. First solo show from the jeweller. FREE Julian Stair Fri 6 Aug–Sat 4 Sep. Provocative and surprising ceramics.
■ SCOTTISH NATIONAL GALLERY OF MODERN ART 75 Belford Road, 624 6200. 10am–5pm.
✽✽ FREE What you See is Where You’re At Until Thu 30 Dec. See
Big Picture, page 75. EAF.
■ SCOTTISH POETRY LIBRARY 5 Crichton’s Close, Canongate, 0131 557 2876. Mon–Fri 11am–6pm. Sat 1–5pm. FREE Plan B Until Sat 4 Sep. Twenty- eight photographic perspectives on ten poems. EAF. ■ SCOTTISH STORYTELLING CENTRE 43–45 High Street, 556 9579. Mon–Sat 10am–6pm. FREE Masharef Sat 7 Aug–Sat 25 Sep. Photographs of the Palestinian landscape.
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■ SIERRA METRO Ground Floor North, 22 West Harbour Road, 07971 510877. Thu–Sun noon–5pm. FREE Shapes and Things: Richard Healy & Gemma Holt Until Sat 5 Sep. New site-specific film installation, sculpture and drawing. EAF.
■ STILLS 23 Cockburn Street, 0131 622 6200. Daily 11am–6pm. FREE Alexander and Susan Maris: The Pursuit of Fidelity (A Retrospective) Until Mon 4 Oct. Work by the Glasgow-based artists. EAF. ■ ST JOHN’S CHURCH Princes Street, 0131 221 2277. Mon–Sat 10am–6pm. FREE Cartooning in Conflict Fri 7– Sun 15 Aug. Cartoons reflecting on conflict. Part of the Festival of Spirituality and Peace. FREE Continuing Controversy Until Mon 30 Aug. A new festival mural is unveiled for public viewing and comment. FoSP. FREE Golden Rule Light Sculpture Fri 7 –Mon 30 Aug. Sculpture by Andrea Easton highlighting the common core values of world religions. FoSP.
■ TALBOT RICE GALLERY University of Edinburgh, South Bridge, 0131 650 2210. Mon–Sat 10am–5pm. Sun noon–5pm. FREE A Celebration: Craigie Aitchison Until 25 Sep. Iconic still life, portrait and landscape paintings. EAF.
✽✽ FREE Child: Julie Roberts Until 25 Sep. See feature, page 76.
EAF.
■ TENT GALLERY Evolution House, 78 West Port, 0131 221 6091. Mon–Fri 10am–5pm; Sat 11am–5pm. FREE The Spacemakers Until Tue 24 Aug. Exhibition looking at the making of homes in a modern urban environment. EAF. ■ TOTAL KUNST @ FOREST 3 Bristo Place, 0131 220 4538. Mon–Sun 10am–10pm. FREE TKX – Katalin Hausel Until Sat 7 Aug. An installation that draws on the process of making and the specifics of the space. EAF. FREE TKX – Szajner Sun 8–Sat 21 Aug. An installation and sound piece by French composer, theorist and visual artist Szajner. EAF.
■ UNION GALLERY 45 Broughton Street, 0131 556 7707. Mon–Sat 10.30am–6pm; Sun noon–6pm. FREE 7 Artists: Edinburgh Soul Until Sat 4 Sep. Collaborative exhibition from seven Edinburgh artists. EAF.
■ USHER HALL Lothian Road, 0131 228 1155. 10am–6pm (not Sun 8 Aug). FREE Lara Green: Colony Until Sat 4 Sep. Sculptures inspired by birth, death, love and conflict. EAF.
■ VARIOUS OUTDOOR LOCATIONS IN EDINBURGH FREE Six Times Six life-sized figures created by Antony Gormley and positioned between the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art and the sea. EAF. FREE Heather Tweed: Lost Not Found: Abscission Fri 6-Mon 30 Aug. Twenty-eight commissioned works are hidden around the city. EAF. ■ JUPITER ARTLAND Bonnington House Steadings, 01506 889900. Thu–Sun 10am–4.30pm. Jupiter Artland Year Two Until Sun 12 Sep. £8.25 (children £4; family ticket £21.25–£30.50). Commissioned works by Alec Finlay, Andy Goldsworthy, Ian Hamilton Finlay and more.