VisualArt
■ DOUBTFIRE GALLERY 3 South East Circus Place, 225 6540. Mon–Sat 10am–5pm. FREE Hugh Murdoch 1945-2010 Until Fri 6 May. Abstracts, figurative works and landscapes in oils. ■ EDINBURGH GALLERY 20a Dundas Street, 557 5002. Mon–Fri 11am–5pm; Sat 10am–1pm. FREE Brenda Lenaghan Until Sat 30 Apr. Figurative watercolours.
■ EDINBURGH PRINTMAKERS 23 Union Street, 557 2479. Tue–Sat 10am–6pm. FREE An Informed Energy: Lithography and Tamarind Until Sat 21 May. Lithographs by Jim Dine, Kiki Smith and Lesley Dill.
■ FRAMED GALLERY 11 Gayfield Square, 07809 758670. Mon–Fri 10am–7pm; Sat & Sun 10am–4pm. FREE Letters from Iberia Sat 7–Thu 26 May. New arts organisation Framed Edinburgh presents contemporary artists from Spain and Portugal.
■ FRUITMARKET GALLERY 45 Market Street, 225 2383. Mon–Sat 11am–6pm; Sun noon–5pm.
✽✽ FREE Narcissus Reflected Until Sun 26 Jun. A show based on
the myth of Narcissus with works by Yayoi Kusama, Cecil Beaton, Salvador Dali, Bill Brandt, George Platt Lynes, Paul Nash and Claude Cahun. ■ GLADSTONE’S LAND 477b Lawnmarket, 226 5856. Mon–Sat 10am–5pm; Sun 11am–4pm. FREE Serendipity Tue 24–Sun 29 May. Paintings by Ken and Moira Russell.
■ INGLEBY GALLERY 15 Calton Road, 556 4441. Mon–Sat 10am–6pm.
✽✽ FREE Winston Roeth/Jonathan Owen
●●●●● Until Sat 14 May. Subtly profound colour paintings from highly- regarded New York artist Roeth and new sculptures from Edinburgh-based artist Owen. See review, page 112.
■ INSTITUT FRANÇAIS D’ECOSSE 13 Randolph Crescent, 225 5366. Mon–Fri 9.30am–6.30pm (Thu until 8.30pm); Sat 10am–1pm. FREE Vive la Tapisserie! Until Sat 30 Apr. Scottish Tapestry Artists Regrouped (STAR), all graduates from the Edinburgh College of Art, have exhibited all over the world. Seventy two miniature pieces will be on display. FREE The Photographers Collective: Collection One Sat 7 May–Sat 4 Jun. Diverse inaugural exhibition from a new photography collective.
■ INVERLEITH HOUSE Royal Botanic Garden, Arboretum Place/Inverleith Row, 248 2971. Tue–Sun 10am–5.30pm. ✽✽ Thomas Houseago: The Beat of the Show Sun 15 May–Sun 3 Jul. Solo show by the California-based sculptor.
■ JOSEPH PEARCE’S 23 Elm Row, 556 4140. Daily 11am–midnight. FREE Aftermath . . . Still Life Mon 2 May–Mon 27 Jun. Photographs exploring the passage of time by Neil Macmillan. ■ LEITH GALLERY 65 The Shore, Leith, 553 5255. Mon–Fri 11am–5pm; Sat 11am–4pm. FREE To & Edwards Until Sat 30 Apr. Joint exhibition by Glasgow-based figurative artist Frank To and delicate painter Philip Edwards.
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■ NATIONAL GALLERY OF SCOTLAND The Mound, 624 6200. Daily 10am–5pm (Thu until 7pm). FREE French Drawings Until Sun 1 May. Last chance to catch work by Poussin, Boucher, Ingres, Corot, Pissarro and Seurat. FREE Portrait of the Nation ●●●●● Until Sun 4 Sep. A taster of the planned environment of the new Scottish National Portrait Gallery. FREE The Artist Up Close Until Tue 7 Jun. Self-portraits and other images of artists. ■ NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SCOTLAND Chambers Street, 0300 123 6789. Daily 10am–5pm. FREE A Passion for Glass Fri 20 May–Sun 11 Sep. Modern British and Irish glassworks recently gifted to the museum by Alan Poole and Dan Klein.
■ NEW COLLEGE Mound Place, shadowsofthedivine.org.uk FREE Shadows of the Divine Sat 14 May–Sat 11 Jun. Mon–Sat 10am–5pm. Paintings from the Methodist Art Collection, on show in on honour of the 400th birthday of the highly influential King James Bible.
■ OPEN EYE GALLERY 34 Abercromby Place, 557 1020. Mon–Fri 10am–6pm; Sat 10am–4pm. FREE Michael Snowden Until Tue 10 May. Work in bronze from the veteran sculptor, including figures and portrait heads. FREE Philip Reeves Until Tue 10 May. Mixed media and collage works spanning five decades from an artist who’s 80 this year, but whose rigorous abstraction is fresher than ever. FREE Sylvia von Hartmann Until Tue 10 May. Paintings, drawings and stained glass from the Edinburgh-based artist. FREE Lesley Strickland Sat 30 Apr–Tue 10 May. New jewellery inspired by natural forms and made from silver and cellulose acetate. FREE David Martin Fri 13–Tue 31 May. Paintings, drawings and mixed media documenting travels across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. FREE Roger Bennett Fri 13–Tue 31 May. Bowls and vessels made of sycamore from the master Irish woodturner. FREE Salvador Dali (1904–1989) Fri 13 May–Sat 18 Jun. Prints by the leading surrealist. FREE Sarah Thirlwell Fri 13 May–Tue 21 Jun. Handmade jewellery.
■ PATRIOTHALL GALLERY WASPS Patriothall Studios, off 48 Hamilton Place, 226 7126. FREE Kit Leffler: Second Nature Until Sat 30 Apr. Thu-Sat 12–5pm. Kit Leffler questions the natural and artificial through digital images.
■ THE QUEEN’S GALLERY Palace of Holyroodhouse, 556 5100. Daily 9.30am–6pm. Marcus Adams: Royal Photographer ●●●●● Until Sun 5 Jun. £6 (£5.50; under 17s £3; under 5s free; family ticket £15.50). Photographs by the man credited with revolutionising the forms of royal portraiture. ■ ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY The Mound, 225 6671. Times vary; see individual exhibition listings. FREE Folk, Yarn and Fancy Until Thu 16 Jun. Mon 10am–5pm or by appointment. Exhibition of historical paintings depicting Scotland’s strong narrative history and folk storytelling heritage. The 185th RSA Annual Exhibition Sat 30 Apr–Wed 8 Jun. Mon-Sat 10am–5pm; Sun noon–5pm. £4 (£2). Prestigious annual exhibition featuring selected work by RSA members and a
curated element entitled ‘Hidden Aspects of the Artist’s Work - Inspiration and Process’, which includes both members and the wider Scottish art community. ■ SCHOP 36 St Mary’s Street, www.schop.org.uk Mon–Fri 9am–5.30pm. FREE Richard Strachan: Re:alignment Until Fri 17 Jun. New paintings foregrounding the role of digital technology.
■ SCOTLAND-RUSSIA INSTITUTE 9 South College St, 668 3635. Tue–Fri 11am–4pm; Sat 1.30–4pm. FREE Olga Geoghegan: Paintings Until Fri 29 Apr. Figurative paintings. FREE Janet Quintrell Treloar: Russia’s Cities – War and Poetry Thu 5 May–Sat 4 Jun. Paintings inspired by a visit to sites of war in Russia. ■ SCOTLANDART.COM 2 St Stephen Place, 225 6257. Tue–Fri 10.30am–5.30pm; Sat 10am–5.30pm; Sun noon–5pm. FREE Through the Looking Glass Until Tue 10 May. Group show of new figurative paintings with a character- based/narrative theme. FREE Kenneth Burns: A Hebridean Journey Tue 17 May–Wed 22 Jun. Paintings that capture the landscape of the artist’s native island of Lewis and beyond.
■ SCOTTISH BOOK TRUST Sandeman House Trunks Close 55 High Street, 524 0160. Mon–Fri 11am–5pm. FREE Fountain V Until Sun 29 May. Artist Rania Ho shows the fifth incarnation of her DIY fountain in the peaceful surroundings of the Book Trust garden as part of the Collective Gallery’s How to Turn the World by Hand project. ■ THE SCOTTISH GALLERY 16 Dundas Street, 558 1200. Mon–Fri 10am–6pm; Sat 10am–4pm; closed Fri 29 Apr. FREE Alasdair Gray: Drawings From the 1950s and 1960s Until Sat 30 Apr. Drawings from the early career of one of Scotland’s living cultural legends. FREE Anne Finlay Sat 30 Apr. Jewellery and other small objects made out of paper. FREE Bare Branches, Blue Black Sky Until Sat 30 Apr. Irish artist Joe Hogan presents his first solo show of basket making at the Scottish Gallery. FREE Collioure Until Sat 30 Apr. Paintings drenched in the rich colours of the Mediterranean, conceived during a stay at the Mackintosh Residency at Collioure in the south of France. FREE A Shared Palette Wed 4 May–Wed 1 Jun. A joint exhibition by glass artist Alison McConachie and textile artist Sara Keith. FREE McCallum Collection Wed 4 May–Wed 1 Jun. Visual art from the collection of Keith and Hilary McCallum. FREE Perpetua Pope Wed 4 May–Wed 1 Jun. New paintings.
■ SCOTTISH NATIONAL GALLERY OF MODERN ART 75 Belford Road, 624 6200. Daily 10am- 5pm. FREE Artist Rooms: Jeff Koons ●●●●● Until Sun 3 Jul. A major grouping of Koons’ significant pieces. See review, page 112. ■ SCOTTISH STORYTELLING CENTRE 43–45 High Street, 556 9579. Mon–Sat 10am–6pm. FREE Nature’s Notebooks: The Art of Landscapes Sat 30 Apr–Fri 10 Jun. Pages from journals and sketchbooks sit alongside finished works from Gerry Cambridge, Louise Oppenheimer and Joanna Paterson.
■ SIERRA METRO Ground Floor North, 22 West Harbour Road, www.sierrametro.com FREE Caroline Gallacher: The Pankrateon Sun 1 May–Sun 5 Jun. Sat & Sun noon–6pm. New sculptures inspired in part by ancient and modern styles of wrestling ■ STILLS 23 Cockburn Street, 622 6200. Mon–Thu 11am–9pm; Fri–Sun 11am–6pm. FREE Ruth Maclennan: Anarcadia Until Sun 17 Jul. A film installation and series of large-scale photographs depicting desert wastes and abandoned shelters in Kazakhstan.
■ SUPERCLUB 11a Gayfield Square, info@superclubstudios.com Thu–Sun noon–6pm FREE Lachlann Rattray: Stealth Cowboy Until Tue 24 May. New prints, animations, zine-based artwork, t-shirts and other items from the Glasgow-based artist.
■ TALBOT RICE GALLERY University of Edinburgh, South Bridge, 650 2210. Tue–Sat 10am–5pm.
Drawings, Collages and Book ✽✽ FREE Rosemarie Trockel: Drafts ●●●●● Until Fri 29 Apr. Graphic works spanning the artist’s 30- year career to date.
■ TORRANCE GALLERY 36 Dundas Street, 556 6366. Mon–Fri 11am–6pm; Sat 10.30am–4pm. FREE Spring Exhibition Until Sat 7 May. Works by over 70 of the gallery’s artists, including jewellery by Sheana Stephen and glass by Carrie Paxton. FREE Mark Holden and Stuart Herd Sat 14–Sat 28 May. Scottish landscape works. ■ TRAVERSE BAR CAFÉ 10 Cambridge Street, 228 5383. Mon–Wed 11am–midnight; Thu–Sat 11am–1am. FREE Rock Trust Postcard Exhibition Until Sat 7 May. Charity exhibition and silent auction of tiny art, including work by David Shrigley, Sally Pring and Raymond Osbourn.
■ UNION GALLERY 45 Broughton Street, 556 7707. Mon–Sat 10.30am–6pm; Sun noon–6pm. FREE Barbara Franc: Diversity Until Mon 2 May. Sculptures created from recycled materials with subjects ranging from wild animals to kimonos. FREE Janet Melrose: A Still Life Thu 5 May–Mon 6 Jun. Still life paintings in muted tones. ■ WHITESPACE 11 Gayfield Square, 07814 514771. Times vary: please phone to check, FREE Group Show Fri 20–Thu 26 May. Work by Piotr Skibinski, Rachel Charter, Karthryn Llyod, Stephanie Mann and Elliott Burns.
OUTSIDE THE CITIES ■ DUNDEE CONTEMPORARY ARTS 152 Nethergate, Dundee, 01382 909900. Tue–Sat 11am–5.30pm (Thu until 8.30pm); Sun noon–5.30pm. FREE Manfred Pernice: Déjà vu Until Sun 8 May. Large-scale installations. FREE DCA Editions Until Tue 23 Aug. Prints created at DCA including new work by Chicks on Speed, Katy Dove and Alex Frost. FREE Cara Tolmie & Nina Rhode Sat 21 May–Sun 31 Jul. Cara Tolmie’s Read Thou Art And Read Thou Shalt Remain is an installation partly inspired by the artist’s research into medieval history. Nina Rhode is a German artist whose first show in Scotland is called Friendly Fire and features sculptures made from everyday materials.