VisualArt ■ FREEMASON’S HALL 96 George Street. FREE Art Friends of St Columba’s Hospice Thu 2–Sat 4 Jun. Thu & Fri 11am–7pm; Sat 11am–5pm. Charity exhibition.
■ FRUITMARKET GALLERY 45 Market Street, 225 2383. Mon–Sat 11am–6pm; Sun noon–5pm.
✽✽ FREE Narcissus Reflected ●●●●● Until Sun 26 Jun.
Featuring works by Cecil Beaton, Salvador Dali, Bill Brandt, Paul Nash and Claude Cahun. See review, page 136. ■ GLADSTONE’S LAND 477b Lawnmarket, 226 5856. FREE Serendipity Until Sun 29 May. Thu–Sat 10am–5pm; Sun 11am–4pm. Ken and Moira Russell present a series of paintings celebrating serendipity.
■ THE HENDERSON GALLERY 4 Thistle Street Lane NW, 225 7464. FREE The International Collection Mon 13 Jun–Sun 3 Jul. Mon–Sat 8am–10pm. Original works from around the world. ■ INSTITUT FRANÇAIS D’ECOSSE 13 Randolph Crescent, 225 5366. Mon–Fri 9.30am–6.30pm (Thu until 8.30pm); Sat 10am–1pm. FREE The Photographers Collective: Collection One Until Sat 4 Jun. Diverse work by a new group. FREE Patrice Poch: Rennes 1981 Tue 21 Jun–Sat 16 Jul. Artist Patrice Poch commemorates the thriving early 1980s Rennes punk rock scene with postcards, photos, other visual arts and music.
■ INVERLEITH HOUSE Royal Botanic Garden, Arboretum Place/Inverleith Row, 248 2971. Tue–Sun 10am–5.30pm. FREE Thomas Houseago: The Beat of the Show Until Sun 3 Jul. Sculptor whose work maintains a deliberately clumsy and unassuming integrity.
■ LEITH Various venues, leithfestival.com. FREE This is Lo-Fi Fri 10–Sun 19 Jun. Daily 3–5pm. Take-away exhibition of photography at various sites around Leith. Leith Festival. ■ LEITH GALLERY 65 The Shore, Leith, 553 5255. Mon–Fri 11am–5pm; Sat 11am–4pm. FREE Patti Yuill & Alexandra Steele Until Sat 28 May. New paintings. Kelly-Anne Cairns & Lindsay Turk Sat 4–Sun 26 Jun. New figurative paintings by Cairns and Turk.
■ LOS CARDOS 281 Leith Walk, 555 6619. FREE Parades: America on Display Fri 10–Sun 19 Jun. Fri & Sat noon–10pm; Mon-Thu & Sun noon–9pm. Sheila Masson exhibits photographs of pomp and pageantry in the USA. Leith Festival.
■ MARYB 44 Ferry Road FREE Pretty Sun 12–Sun 19 Jun. Sun 2–5pm; Mon, Wed-Sat 11am–5pm. Art inspired by plants. Leith Festival. ■ MCNAUGHTAN’S BOOKSHOP 3a & 4a Haddington Place, Leith Walk, 556 5897. FREE Kirstie Hustler and Ewan Taylor Fri 10–Sat 18 Jun. Tue-Sat 11am–5pm. Art on display amid the antique books. Leith Festival.
■ NATIONAL GALLERY OF SCOTLAND The Mound, 624 6200. Daily 10am–5pm (Thu until 7pm). FREE Portrait of the Nation ●●●●● Until Sun 4 Sep. Get a taster of 140 THE LIST 26 May–23 Jun 2011
the soon-to-reopen Scottish National Portrait Gallery. FREE The Artist Up Close Until Tue 7 Jun. Selected pieces where the artist is the focus of attention. FREE Dürer’s Fame Thu 9 Jun–Tue 11 Oct. Famous works by the stunningly gifted German painter and those he influenced. The 185th RSA Annual Exhibition Until Wed 8 Jun. Mon–Sat 10am–5pm; Sun noon–5pm. £4 (£2). Prestigious annual exhibition featuring the work of RSA members and a curated element. FREE Folk, Yarn and Fancy Until Thu 16 Jun. Mon only, 10am–5pm. Paintings depicting Scotland’s folk storytelling heritage.
■ NEW COLLEGE Edinburgh University, Mound Place, shadowsofthedivine.org.uk FREE Shadows of the Divine Until Sat 11 Jun. Mon–Sat 10am–5pm. Paintings from the Methodist Art Collection. ■ SCHOP 36 St Mary’s Street, 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.
■ OCEAN TERMINAL Leith, 555 8888. Daily 10am–10pm. FREE Leith Festival Art Exhibitions Fri 10–Sun 19 Jun. Exhibitions including Leith Art Club, the annual Festival Expo and work by local primary schools. ■ OPEN EYE GALLERY 34 Abercromby Place, 557 1020. Mon–Fri 10am–6pm; Sat 10am–4pm. FREE David Martin Until Tue 31 May. Travel-inspired paintings, drawings and mixed media. FREE David White Until Tue 21 Jun. Crackle-glazed ceramics. FREE Roger Bennett Until Tue 31 May. Sycamore works from the master Irish woodturner. FREE Salvador Dali Until Sat 18 Jun. Exhibition of prints. FREE Sarah Thirlwell Until Tue 21 Jun. Handmade jewellery. FREE Tom Mabon Until Tue 21 Jun. Accomplished landscapes. FREE Northern Lights Thu 2–Tue 21 Jun. Art by invited artists working north of central Scotland, including Barry McGlashan, Lennox Dunbar, Paul Barnes and Gordon Bryce.
■ OUT OF THE BLUE DRILL HALL 30–36 Dalmeny Street, Leith, 555 7100. Mon–Sat 10am–5pm. FREE Who Do You Think You Are? Mon 30 May–Fri 3 Jun. Art created by young people as part of an art therapy project curated by Link Housing Association. FREE Out of the Blue – The Art of Leith Tue 7–Fri 17 Jun. Group exhibition by Out of the Blue’s studio artists. Leith Festival. FREE Exposed 11 Wed 22–Thu 30 Jun. Showcase for graduating students from Stevenson College’s Photography Department.
■ 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). Large collection by the royal photographer. Northern Renaissance: Dürer to Holbein Fri 17 Jun–Sun 15 Jan 2012. £6 (£5.50; under 17s £3; under 5s free; family ticket £15.50). Works by Northern European artists of the turbulent 15th and 16th centuries.
■ THE ROSELEAF 23–24 Sandport Place, 476 5268. Daily 10am–10pm. FREE Fly Pigeon Fly Sun 5–Thu 30 Jun. Prints by Leith-based illustrator Liza Burgess. Leith Festival. ■ ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE Grindlay Street, 248 4848. FREE Ian Reddie: Dunsinane Until Sat 4 Jun. Daily 10am–11pm. Abstract paintings based on the artist’s interpretation of David Greig’s play.
■ SCOTLAND-RUSSIA INSTITUTE 9 South College St, 668 3635. Tue–Fri 11am–4pm; Sat 1.30–4pm. FREE Janet Quintrell Treloar: Russia’s Cities – War and Poetry Until Sat 4 Jun. Paintings sponsored by the Russkiy Mir Foundation. ■ SCOTLANDART.COM 2 St Stephen Place, 225 6257. Tue–Fri 10.30am–5.30pm; Sat 10am–5.30pm; Sun noon–5pm. FREE Kenneth Burns: A Hebridean Journey Until Wed 22 Jun. Hebridean landscapes.
■ SCOTTISH BOOK TRUST Sandeman House, Trunks Close, 55 High Street, 524 0160. FREE Fountain V Until Fri 27 May, 11am–5pm. Artist Rania Ho shows the fifth incarnation of her DIY fountain. ■ THE SCOTTISH GALLERY 16 Dundas Street, 558 1200. Mon–Fri 10am–6pm; Sat 10am–4pm. FREE A Private Collection: Property of Hilary and the late Keith McCallum Until Wed 1 Jun. Paintings by Anne Redpath, John Houston and others. FREE A Shared Palette Until Wed 1 Jun. Glass artist Alison McConachie and textile artist Sara Keith. FREE Perpetua Pope: New Paintings Until Wed 1 Jun. Landscapes in oil. FREE Earl Haig: Memorial Exhibition Sat 4–Wed 29 Jun. Paintings by the son of the notorious WWI general. Ed Kluz: Paintings & Prints Sat 4–Wed 29 Jun. Collages, drawings and prints that examine the role of our cultural heritage and contemporary views of landscape and architecture.
■ SCOTTISH NATIONAL GALLERY OF MODERN ART 75 Belford Road, 624 6200. Daily 10am- 5pm. FREE Artist Rooms: Jeff Koons ●●●●● Until Sun 3 Jul. Contemporary work preoccupied with the aesthetics of consumerism and taste.
■ SCOTTISH STORYTELLING CENTRE 43–45 High Street, 556 9579. Mon–Sat 10am–6pm. FREE Nature’s Notebooks: The Art of Landscapes Until Fri 10 Jun. West coast landscapes, sketches and journals. FREE Two Old Town Artists Sat 18 Jun–Tue 26 Jul. Diverse works of art from Kenny Skeel and Nell Dunn. ■ SIERRA METRO Ground Floor North, 22 West Harbour Road, sierrametro.com FREE Caroline Gallacher: The Pankrateon Until Sun 5 Jun. Sat & Sun noon–6pm. New sculptures inspired in part by ancient and modern styles of wrestling
■ ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY The Mound, 225 6671. Exhibition opening hours vary, see individual listings. ■ ST MARY’S CATHEDRAL 23 Palmerston Place, 225 6293. Daily 11am–4pm. FREE The Battle of Prestonpans
Tapestry Sat 11 Jun–Wed 31 Aug. Designed by artist Andrew Crummy and woven by a team of volunteers. ■ 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 the desert wastes and abandoned shelters of Kazakhstan.
■ SUPERCLUB 11a Gayfield Square, info@superclubstudios.com Thu–Sun noon–6pm FREE Jamie & Rickie McNeill: Take Me To Your Dealer Until Sun 12 Jun. New work by cartoon/graffiti- influenced artist brothers.
■ TALBOT RICE GALLERY University of Edinburgh, South Bridge, 650 2210. Tue–Sat 10am–5pm.
✽✽ FREE Microstoria Sat 28 May–Sat 25 Jun. The writing and
curating collective – [Relay] – presents a group exhibition concerned with questioning the stories, myths and micro- histories that make up our cultural presumptions. ■ TORRANCE GALLERY 36 Dundas Street, 556 6366. Mon–Fri 11am–6pm; Sat 10.30am–4pm. FREE Mark Holden and Stuart Herd Until Sat 4 Jun. Scottish landscape works.
■ TOTAL KUNST @ FOREST 3 Bristo Place, 220 4538. Daily 10am–midnight. FREE Jade Gilbert Until Sun 29 May. New work by artist who has specialised in working and reworking materials until they’re on the verge of being destroyed.
■ UNION GALLERY 45 Broughton Street, 556 7707. FREE Janet Melrose: A Still Life Until Mon 6 Jun. Mon–Sat 10.30am–6pm; Sun noon–6pm. Still life paintings in muted tones. FREE Now We Are Two Thu 9 Jun–Mon 4 Jul. Mon–Sat 10.30am–6pm; Sun 10.30am–4pm. An exhibition of work by various artists who have supported Union Gallery during its first two years.
OUTSIDE THE CITIES ■ DUNDEE CONTEMPORARY ARTS 152 Nethergate, Dundee, 01382 909900. Tue–Sat 10.30am–5.30pm (Thu until 8.30pm); Sun noon–5.30pm. FREE Cara Tolmie & Nina Rhode Until Sun 31 Jul. Installation partly inspired by Tolmie’s research into medieval history and dynamic sculptures from Rhode. FREE DCA Editions Until Tue 23 Aug. Prints created at DCA including newly released work by Chicks on Speed, Katy Dove and Alex Frost.
■ DUNCAN OF JORDANSTONE COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN University of Dundee 13 Perth Road, Dundee, 01382 345330.
✽✽ FREE Dundee Degree Show 2011 Until Sun 29 May. Thu & Fri
10am–8pm; Sat 10am–4pm. Degree show from students graduating in 2011 from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design.
■ JUPITER ARTLAND Bonnington House Steadings, Wilkieston, jupiterartland.org Thu–Sun 10am–5pm.
✽✽ Jupiter Artland Until Sun 18 Sep. £8.50 (children £4.50; family £23.50; seniors £6.50; students £4.50). The celebrated outdoor sculpture park opens its doors for the 2011 season.