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the ‘wari modoshi’ technique of splitting and reforming stone. ■ DEAN GALLERY 73 Belford Road, 624 6200. 10am–5pm. The Dean Gallery is home to a world- famous selection of works from the Dada and surrealist movements and a large collection by Edinburgh-born sculptor Sir Eduardo Paolozzi. Another World: Dali, Magritte and the Surrealists ●●●●● Until Sun 9 Jan. £7 (£5). A mind-melting collection of surrealist art featuring works by Picasso, Miro, Dali and Magritte.
■ DOVECOT 10 Infirmary Street, 315 3054. Mon–Sat 10.30am–5.30pm. FREE Tapestry Revealed Part Two: Harold Cohen Until Sat 2 Oct. Harold Cohen’s enormous work woven in 1966 for the offices of BP. ■ EDINBURGH GALLERY 20a Dundas Street, 557 5002. Mon–Fri 11am–5pm; Sat 10am–1pm. FREE Festival Exhibition 2010 Until Wed 15 Sep. Group show of new Scottish talent.
■ EDINBURGH PRINTMAKERS 23 Union Street, 557 2479. Tue–Sat 10am–6pm. FREE 3D 2D: Object and Illusion in Print Sat 18 Sep–Sat 30 Oct. Digitally- realised print works by a selection of artists from the Centre for Fine Print Research at the UWE in Bristol.
Cutting Words The Scottish Lettercutters association presents this exhibition of sandblasted, hand-cut text
engravings in stone, wood and glass by artists such as Ian Newton, Jane Raven, Gillian Forbes and Sheena Devitt. ■ Number 10 Gallery, Royal Terrace, Edinburgh, Thu 9–Sat 18 Sep.
Birds (un journal intime) Until Wed 15 Sep. A pictoral journal of poems, paintings and drawings. the Cultural Institute exploring the cultural and artistic ties linking the two cities.
■ FRUITMARKET GALLERY 45 Market Street, 225 2383. Mon–Sat 11am–6pm; Sun noon–5pm. FREE Martin Creed: Down Over Up ●●●●● Until Sun 31 Oct. A playful exercise in keeping order that experiments with ideas of scale, proportion and obsessive categorisation. ■ THE QUEEN’S GALLERY Palace of Holyroodhouse, 556 5100. Daily 9.30am–6pm. Dutch Landscapes ●●●●● Until Sun 9 Jan. £5.50 (£5; children £3; under 5s free, family ticket £14). Excellent examples of finely detailed landscapes in oils.
■ THE HENDERSON GALLERY 4 Thistle Street Lane NW, 225 7464. Tue–Sat 11am–6pm. FREE Macpherson’s Cave – Shadow and Enlightenment Until Sat 25 Sep. Artist Robert Powell presents an idiosyncratic multimedia exploration of Scotland’s history.
■ INGLEBY GALLERY 15 Calton Road, 556 4441. Mon–Sat 10am–6pm.
✽✽ FREE Iran do Espírito Santo ●●●●● Until Sat 25 Sep. Visual puns play with our ideas of perception and the visual in this new collection of marble and black granite sculptures.
■ INVERLEITH HOUSE Royal Botanic Garden, Arboretum Place/Inverleith Row, 248 2971. Tue–Sun 10am–5.30pm.
✽✽ FREE Joan Mitchell ●●●●● Until Sun 3 Oct. See Hitlist.
■ ROYAL OVER-SEAS LEAGUE 100 Princes Street, 225 1501. Daily 10am–6pm. FREE Edinburgh Printmakers Until Thu 30 Sep. A special exhibition of limited edition prints by Scottish contemporary artists.
■ 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 of around 90 works incorporating paintings by Monet, Pissarro, Renoir, Manet and Sisley. A true florilegium as well as a crowd-pleaser. FREE RSA New Works Fri 10 Sep–Sun 10 Oct. The second in a series of newly commissioned shows for 2010 detailing new works by contemporary Scottish artists. FREE Scotland and Rome Mon 13–Thu 30 Sep. Exhibition organised by
■ 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. ■ SCOTLAND-RUSSIA INSTITUTE 9 South College St, 668 3635. Tue–Fri 11am–4pm; Sat 1.30–4pm. FREE The Russian Village Through British Eyes Sat 11 Sep–Sat 9 Oct. Photographs of rural northern Russia by Elizabeth Warner.
■ THE SCOTTISH GALLERY 16 Dundas Street, 558 1200. Mon–Fri 10am–6pm; Sat 10am–4pm. FREE Emiko Suo: After the Party Until Sat 2 Oct. An exhibition of contemporary jewellery from the Japanese artist. FREE Matthew Blakely & Catrin Howell Until Sat 2 Oct. A joint exhibition of ceramics. FREE Paradise Paradise: Derrick Guild Until Sat 2 Oct. Paintings and mixed media work inspired by a stay on Ascension Island in the South Pacific. FREE William Crozier Until Sat 2 Oct. New paintings from Crozier as he reaches his 80th birthday.
■ NATIONAL GALLERY COMPLEX The Mound, 624 6200. Mon–Wed & Fri–Sun 10am–5pm; Thu 10am–7pm. FREE The Glasgow Boys – Drawing Inspiration Until Thu 9 Sep. Around 30 works proffer an intimate insight into the working methods and friendships of The Glasgow Boys. Christen Købke: Danish Master of Light ●●●●● Until Sun 3 Oct. £7 (£5). See review, page 91.
■ NUMBER 10 GALLERY 10 Royal Terrace, www.scottishlettercutters.co.uk. Daily 10am–5pm. FREE Cutting Words Thu 9–Sat 18 Sep. See picture caption, below. ■ PATRIOTHALL GALLERY WASPS Patriothall Studios, off 48 Hamilton Place, 226 7126. Tue–Sat noon–4pm. FREE Caty Lévêque: Unconscious
Artists from
Artmap Argyll Exhibiting in:
Helensburgh Library West King Street Helensburgh
September 3rd - 24th Tel: 01436 658 833 Normal library opening times apply www.artmapargyll.com
Visual Art
■ SCOTTISH NATIONAL GALLERY OF MODERN ART 75 Belford Road, 624 6200. Daily 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 large sculptures from Robert Therrien, multi-part works by Gilbert and George and proposals from Peter Liversidge.
■ SCOTTISH STORYTELLING CENTRE 43–45 High Street, 556 9579. Mon–Sat 10am–6pm. FREE Masharef: Vistas Until Sat 25 Sep. Photography documenting the endangered Palestinian landscape. ■ STILLS 23 Cockburn Street, 622 6200. 11am–6pm. FREE Alexander and Susan Maris: The Pursuit of Fidelity (A Retrospective) ●●●●● Until Mon 4 Oct. Solo show of work by Glasgow- based artists Alexander and Susan Maris.
■ TALBOT RICE GALLERY University of Edinburgh, South Bridge, 650 2210. Tue–Sat 10am–5pm. FREE Craigie Aitchison: A Celebration Until Sat 25 Sep. Exhibition in testimony to the life and works of the artist who died in 2007.
✽✽ FREE Julie Roberts: Child ●●●●● Until Sat 25 Sep,
10am–5pm. See Hitlist. ■ UNION GALLERY 45 Broughton Street, 556 7707. Mon–Sat 10.30am–6pm; Sun noon–6pm. FREE Derek McGuire: Ella Novo Loco Thu 9 Sep–Mon 4 Oct. ECA lecturer Derek McGuire showcases his abstract paintings.
Cyril Gerber Fine Art
19th-21st Century British Drawings, Paintings & Sculpture
Anthony Fry 19th Aug – 15th Sep 2010
The first Scottish exhibition of paintings & drawings by this major Modern British Master.
148 West Regent Street,
Glasgow, G2 2RQ Mon-Fri 9.30-5.30, Sat 10.00-5.00 0141 2213095 www.gerberfi neart.co.uk
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