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■ ROYAL OVER-SEAS LEAGUE 100 Princes Street, 225 1501. Daily 10am–6pm. FREE Edinburgh Printmakers Until Thu 30 Sep. Limited edition landscape prints by Scottish contemporary artists. Fringe. ■ ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY The Mound, 225 6671. Mon–Sat 10am–5pm; Sun noon–5pm. FREE Philip Braham: Falling Shadows in Arcadia ●●●●● Until Fri 3 Sep. Winner of the 2009 Morton Award for lens based work. See review, page 55. EAF.
■ SARAH DALLAS GALLERY 63 Raeburn Place, 332 2484. Tue–Fri noon–6pm; Sat 11am–4pm. FREE Festival Exhibition Until Sat 18 Sep. Solo show of work by Sally-Ann Johns, with ceramics by Lesley D McKenzie and Charlotte Cadzow.
■ SCHOP 36 St Mary’s Street, 477 4513. Mon–Sat 10am–6pm. FREE Tram Spotting / Train Stopping Until Sat 4 Sep. Drawings, maquettes and 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 Until Sat 29 Aug. Original painting, drawing and sculpture by selected gallery artists. Fringe. ■ SCOTLAND-RUSSIA INSTITUTE 9 South College St, 668 3635. Tue–Fri
11am–4pm; Sat 1.30–4pm. FREE Alison Milner-Gulland: Russian Memories Until Sat 4 Sep. A personal snapshot of Russia. ■ SCOTT MONUMENT Princes Street Gardens East, 226 0000. Mon–Sat 9am–7pm; Sun 10am–6pm. The Scott Monument – Edinburgh 283 Until 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 ●●●●● Until Sat 4 Sep. New painting inspired by Venice and the Scottish Borders. See review, page 56. EAF. FREE Grace Girvan Until Sat 4 Sep. First solo show from this jeweller and artist. FREE Julian Stair Until Sat 4 Sep. Provocative and surprising ceramics. FREE Emiko Suo: After the Party Wed 8 Sep–Sat 2 Oct. An exhibition of contemporary jewellery from the Japanese artist. FREE Matthew Blakely & Catrin Howell Wed 8 Sep–Sat 2 Oct. A joint exhibition of ceramics. FREE Paradise Paradise: Derrick Guild Wed 8 Sep–Sat 2 Oct. Paintings and mixed media work inspired in part by a stay on Ascension Island in the South Pacific. FREE William Crozier Wed 8 Sep–Sat 2 Oct. New paintings from Crozier as he reaches his 80th birthday. ■ SCOTTISH NATIONAL GALLERY OF MODERN ART 75 Belford Road, 624 6200. 10am–5pm. FREE What you See is Where You’re At The third phase of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art’s 50th Anniversary re-hang includes work from Robert Therrien, Gilbert and
George, Peter Liversidge, Moyna Flannigan and the Boyle Family. There are also new displays of Russian Abstraction, Super-Realism and Scottish Modernism, joining work already on show from earlier phases.
■ 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. Collaboration between poet Paul
Muldoon and photographer Norman McBeath. See review, page 56. EAF. ■ SCOTTISH STORYTELLING CENTRE 43–45 High Street, 556 9579. Mon–Sat 10am–6pm. FREE Masharef Until Sat 25 Sep. A photographic exhibition of the Palestinian landscape.
■ 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. In this exhibition of 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. Presentation examining ideas of representation, truth and temporality. EAF.
■ ST JOHN’S CHURCH Princes Street, 0131 221 2277. Mon–Sat 10am–6pm. FREE Festival of Spirituality and Peace Until Mon 30 Aug. Including a new mural, the Golden Rule Light Sculpture and photographs of the Dalai Lama. FoSP.
■ ST MARY’S CATHEDRAL 23 Palmerston Place, 0131 225 6293. Mon–Sat 9am–1pm & 2–5pm. Sun noon–3pm. FREE Past, Present and Future Until Tue 31 Aug. Costume and photography presented by the Burma Assist charity. Fringe.
■ TALBOT RICE GALLERY University of Edinburgh, South Bridge, 0131 650 2210. Mon–Sat 10am–5pm. Sun noon–5pm. FREE A Celebration: Craigie Aitchison Until Sat 25 Sep. Paintings suffused with an instinctive use of colour. EAF.
✽✽ FREE Child: Julie Roberts ●●●●● Until Sat 25 Sep. Playing
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■ TENT GALLERY Evolution House, 78 West Port, 0131 221 6091. Mon–Fri 10am–5pm; Sat 11am–5pm. FREE Mini Fri 27–Tue 31 Aug. Exhibition exploring different meanings of the word ‘mini’. EAF. ■ TOTAL KUNST @ FOREST 3 Bristo Place, 0131 220 4538. Mon–Sun 10am–10pm. FREE TKX – Mik Godley Until Sun 5 Sep. Mik Godley presents the next installment of his ongoing ‘Considering Silesia’ project. EAF.
■ TRANSREAL FICTION 7 Cowgatehead, 226 2822. Mon–Fri 11am–6pm; Sat 10am–6pm; Sun noon–5pm. FREE Attack of the Knitted Tentacles Until Sat 4 Sep. Site-specific textile tableaux, photography and other installations inspired by Lovecraft and a love of craft. Fringe.
■ TRAVERSE THEATRE Cambridge Street, 0131 228 1404. Daily 10am–midnight. FREE Dazzle Jewellery Exhibition Until Mon 30 Aug. Selling exhibition of major European contemporary jewellery Fringe. ■ 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. Some of Edinburgh’s finest contemporary talents collaborate. EAF.
■ USHER HALL Lothian Road, 0131 228 1155. 10am–6pm (not Sun 8 Aug). FREE Lara Green: Colony Until Sat 4 Sep. New sculptures inspired by the grand themes encountered in a major music venue. EAF.
■ VARIOUS OUTDOOR LOCATIONS IN EDINBURGH FREE Six Times Six life-sized figures created by Anthony Gormley and positioned between the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art and the sea. FREE Heather Tweed: Lost Not Found: Abscission Until Mon 30 Aug. Twenty-eight small art works are hidden around Edinburgh city centre. EAF.
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■ JUPITER ARTLAND Bonnington House Steadings, 01506 889900. Thu–Sun 10am–4.30pm. £8.25 (children £4; family ticket £21.25–£30.50). Jupiter Artland Year Two Until Sun 12 Sep. The second season of contemporary sculpture, featuring works by Andy Goldsworthy, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Anish Kapoor and more.
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upon attraction and repulsion, Roberts explores the subject of the ‘child’. EAF. 3D/2D PRESENTS EDINBURGH Wes End FAIR 10
Barbara Rae and Matthew Draper: Contrasting Landscapes, Painterly Abstractions A pair of distinct and individual responses to contemporary landscape painting from the two Scottish artists. ■ Open Eye Gallery, 557 1020, until 31 Aug (not Sun), free.
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