VisualArt
■ PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION CENTRE 68 Great King Street, edinburghphotographicsociety.co.uk Mon–Fri 10am–7pm; Sat 1–7pm; Sun 1–5pm. International Exhibition of Photography Until Sun 4 Sep. £4 (£3). Selected images from the thousands of entries to the 149th Edinburgh Photographic Society competition. Fringe. ■ PORTOBELLO INDOOR BOWLS AND LEISURE CENTRE 20 Westbank Street, Portobello, bigthingsonthebeach.org.uk FREE Big Things on the Beach Sat 27 Aug–Sat 3 Sep. Times vary. Results of a unique, interactive community art project exploring what public art means in various locations on Edinburgh’s own riviera. EAF.
■ THE QUEEN’S GALLERY Palace of Holyroodhouse, 556 5100. Daily 9.30am–6pm. Northern Renaissance: Dürer to Holbein ●●●●● Until Sun 15 Jan. £6 (£5.50; under 17s £3; under 5s free; family ticket £15.50). An impressive collection of works by Northern European artists of the turbulent 15th and 16th centuries. EAF.
■ ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN Arboretum Place, 248 2909. Daily 10am–6pm. FREE Found in the Fields Until Sun 4 Sep. Lithographs and linocuts by artist Carry Ackroyd accompany poems by the great 19th-century poet John Clare. FREE Thomas Houseago: The Beat of the Show Until Jun 2012. Outdoor sculptures, mostly in bronze and many on display for the first time. FREE Gold Glass Rubber and Recycling Until Sun 11 Sep. Work by six Danish designers who are concerned about resources. ■ ROYAL OVERSEAS LEAGUE 100 Princes Street, 225 1501. FREE Scottish Landscapes by Rail Until Sun 4 Sep, 10am–6pm. Views from Scotland’s railways by Leo de Feu. Fringe.
■ ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY The Mound, 225 6671. Mon–Sat 10am–5pm; Sun noon–5pm. NB certain exhibitions are open Mon only. FREE In Japan: Highlights of Academicians Projects in Contemporary Japan Until Sun 18 Sep. A group show investigating elements of collaboration in the work of RSA members whose work has been directly influenced by Japan and Japanese artists. FREE Muse: Paintings from the RSA Collections Until Mon 9 Jan, Mon 10am–5pm only. Pictures of women by male painters from the Academy’s collections.
■ SAPPHIRE ROOMS 81–83 Lothian Road, 229 6391. Sun–Thu 2–6pm. FREE Pot of Dreams Until Mon 29 Aug. Photos by Jannica Honey and Holly Davidson depicting Edinburgh’s lap dancing community. Fringe. ■ SCHOP 36 St Mary’s Street, schop.org.uk Mon–Fri 9am–5.30pm. FREE Nick Sargent: A Scottish Land Until Fri 7 Oct. A site-specific work comprising two large painted and embroidered canvases which investigate the nature of the picturesque.
■ SCOTLAND-RUSSIA INSTITUTE 9 South College St, 668 3635. Tue–Fri 11am–4pm; Sat 1.30–4pm. FREE Alexander Voitsekhovsky: My Never-Ending Friend Until Sat 3 140 THE LIST 25 Aug–22 Sep 2011
Sep. Works by the contemporary Russian graphic artist. EAF. FREE Poyekhali! Sat 17 Sep–Fri 28 Oct. Subtitled Yuri Gagarin and the Dawn of Space Exploration, this exhibition tells the story of man’s first space flight (50 years ago this year) through photographs, many of which have never been seen before. ■ SCOTLANDART.COM 2 St Stephen Place, 225 6257. Tue–Fri 10.30am–5.30pm; Sat 10am–5.30pm; Sun noon–5pm. FREE Cosmopolitan Until Sun 28 Aug. Paintings by Lesley Anne Derks, Lesley Mclaren and Pam Carter taking in the bright lights of the city and the quiet idylls of the Scottish countryside. FREE Patsy McArthur and Lee Robertson Fri 2 Sep–Sun 2 Oct. Figurative paintings.
■ THE SCOTTISH GALLERY 16 Dundas Street, 558 1200. Mon–Fri 10am–6pm; Sat 10am–4pm. FREE Elizabeth Blackadder, Jacqueline Mina and Colin Reid Until Sat 3 Sep. Some of the Falkirk- born artist’s most recent paintings plus works in gold and glass by Mina and Reid respectively. FREE Diamonds in the Rough Wed 7 Sep–Sat 1 Oct. Work by outstanding Scottish jewellery graduates. FREE Janice Tchalenko Wed 7 Sep–Sat 1 Oct. The ceramicist presents the results of two new forays into porcelain and printmaking.
■ SCOTTISH NATIONAL GALLERY The Mound, 624 6200. Daily 10am–5pm (Thu until 7pm). Internationally- significant collection of classical art from the early Renaissance to the end of the 19th century, including pieces by Raphael, El Greco, Velázquez, Rubens, Van Gogh, Monet, Cézanne, Degas and Gauguin. FREE Dürer’s Fame ●●●●● Until Tue 11 Oct. Prints by the master of the Northern Renaissance.
✽✽ Elizabeth Blackadder ●●●●● Until Mon 2 Jan. £8 (£6). Major retrospective of the work of the ECA alumnus in her 80th year. EAF. FREE Portrait of the Nation ●●●●● Until Sun 4 Sep. A taster of the new Scottish National Portrait Gallery before it reopens this autumn. The Queen: Art & Image Until Sun 18 Sep. £7 (£5). Charting the changes in royal portraiture over Queen Elizabeth II’s 60-year reign. EAF.
■ SCOTTISH NATIONAL GALLERY OF MODERN ART ONE 75 Belford Road, 624 6200. Daily 10am–5pm (10am–6pm until Wed 31 Aug). Outstanding collection of international postwar art and the country’s most significant collection of modern Scottish art as well as early 20th-century French and Russian art, Cubist paintings and important examples of Expressionism.
✽✽ Tony Cragg: Sculptures and Drawings ●●●●● Until Sun 6 Nov. £7 (£5). Around 50 major works detailing the British sculptor’s artistic journey. EAF & Fringe.
■ SCOTTISH NATIONAL GALLERY OF MODERN ART TWO 73 Belford Road, 624 6200. Daily 10am–5pm (10am–6pm until Wed 31 Aug). A world-famous selection of works from the Dada and Surrealist movements by artists such as Dalí, Miró, Ernst, Magritte and Picasso, and a large collection of works by Edinburgh-born sculptor Sir Eduardo Paolozzi.
✽✽ Hiroshi Sugimoto Until Sun 18 Sep. £7 (£5). Work from two of the Japanese photographer’s most poetic and abstract series, Lightning Fields and Photogenic Drawings. EIF.
■ SCOTTISH STORYTELLING CENTRE 43–45 High Street, 556 9579. Mon–Sat 10am–6pm; Sun noon–6pm. FREE Joyce Gunn Cairns Until Tue 6 Sep. Portraits of writers, actors, storytellers and musicians.
■ SIERRA METRO Ground Floor North, 22 West Harbour Road, sierrametro.com Thu–Sun noon–6pm. FREE Peles Empire: Carmen Sylva ●●●●● Until Sun 11 Sep. New sculptural works created by international project Peles Empire. EAF. ■ ST ANDREW SQUARE New Town, edinburghartfestival.com FREE Karen Forbes: Solar Pavilion Until Sun 4 Sep, 10am–5pm. A new installation created specially for the Art Festival by Edinburgh College of Art professor Karen Forbes.
■ STILLS 23 Cockburn Street, 622 6200. Mon–Thu 11am–7pm; Fri–Sun 11am–6pm. FREE Stephen Sutcliffe: Runaway, Success Until Sun 30 Oct. A tender trawl through the archives of cultural history in ten years of Sutcliffe’s video work plus newer drawings and photographs.
■ SUCH AND SUCH 105 Brunswick Street, 07851 283718. FREE Such and Such: Residents Until Sun 11 Sep, 11am–6pm. Work in silver, mixed media and printmaking by Such and Such Studio’s resident artists. ■ SUPERCLUB 11a Gayfield Square, info@superclubstudios.com FREE Eric Shaw Fri 26–Mon 29 Aug, noon–6pm. Medium to large scale abstract gouaches exploring the corruptive and creative powers of vision from a Brooklyn-based artist. FREE Bob’s Factory Workshop Pop-Up Exhibtion Sun 4 Sep, 10am–6pm. A one-day exhibition at Superclub showcasing the work generated by participants in Bob’s Factory Workshop (Sat 3 Sep).
■ SWEET GRASSMARKET Apex City Hotel, 61 Grassmarket, 0870 241 0136. Spelling the Myth Until Sun 28 Aug, 12.20–1.20pm. £4. A daily, one-hour showing of recent video art works by four Irish artists. ■ TALBOT RICE GALLERY University of Edinburgh, South Bridge, 650 2210. Daily 10am–5pm until Sun 4 Sep; Tue–Sat 10am–5pm from Tue 6 Sep. FREE Anton Henning ●●●●● Until Sat 22 Oct. Provocative and bemusing attempt at an immersive Gesamtkunstwerk, featuring crass, colourful and exuberant work in a range of media. FREE Ragamala: Indian Miniature Paintings Until Sat 22 Oct. Unique miniature paintings from the University collections.
■ TENT GALLERY Evolution House, 78 West Port, 221 6091. FREE Atsuo Hukuda Fri 26 Aug–Sun 4 Sep, 10am–5pm. Exhibition from the contemporary Japanese artist who has frequently exhibited at Edinburgh’s sleeper gallery.
■ TORRANCE GALLERY 36 Dundas Street, 556 6366. Mon–Fri 11am–6pm; Sat 10.30am–4pm. FREE Mapped in Metal Until Sun 28 Aug. Jewellery by Sheana M Stephen. ■ TRAVELLING GALLERY Various locations around Edinburgh, 529 3930. FREE Waste Management Thu
25–Wed 31 Aug, times vary. The unique, bus-based Travelling Gallery showcases paintings, prints, drawings and sculpture by contemporary artists Jonathan Owen and Charlie Hammond. Parking up the following venues: City Art Centre (Thu 25 Aug, noon–5pm), Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Two (Fri 26 Aug, 10am–6pm), Portobello High Street (Sat 27 Aug, 11am–6pm), Hawes Promenade, South Queensferry (Mon 29 Aug, 11am–5pm), Lochside Place (Tue 30 Aug, 11am–6pm) and Craigmillar Arts Centre (Wed 31 Aug, 10.30am–3.30pm). ■ UNION GALLERY 45 Broughton Street, 556 7707. Mon–Sat 10.30am–6pm; Sun noon–6pm. FREE Philip Braham: Still Until Mon 5 Sep. Solo show by Edinburgh- based artist, featuring woodland interiors, exploring the artist’s biography. FREE Plight of the Bumblebee Thu 8 Sep–Mon 10 Oct. Artists including Derek McGuire, Jenny Matthews, Hannah Haworth and Marcela Trsova have been commissioned to create art inspired by bumble bees, in order to raise awareness of declining bumble bee populations and the problems this could cause.
■ UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH MAIN LIBRARY University of Edinburgh, 30 George Square, 650 3384. FREE Singing the Reformation Until Fri 2 Sep, Mon–Sat 10am–5pm. Enter a soundscape of Reformation Scotland with the help of contemporary books, manuscripts, paintings, needlework and maps. Fringe.
■ VARIOUS GALLERIES edinburghartfestival.com FREE Art Late Thu 25 Aug, from 5.30pm. A regular and popular feature of the Edinburgh Art Festival, Art Late is a night of late openings and special performances at galleries across the city. Booking essential. ■ VERMILLION STUDIOS 76-78 East Crosscauseway. FREE Vermillion Studios Open Exhibition Until Wed 31 Aug, 10am–5pm. Work from artists Ashley More, Anna Geissler, Laura Delahunt and Darren Duddy. 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 DCA Editions – Martin Boyce Until Wed 30 Nov. Prints created at DCA. FREE Ruth Ewan: Brank & Heckle Until Sun 9 Oct. Exploring the idea that history is always alive, Ruth Ewan presents historical images and sounds and renders them ‘active’ through use. ■ JUPITER ARTLAND Bonnington House Steadings, Wilkieston, 01506 889900. Thu–Sun 10am–5pm. Also open Bank Holiday Mon 29 Aug, 10am–5pm. Jupiter Artland Until Sun 18 Sep. £8.50 (children £4.50; family £23.50; seniors £6.50; students £4.50). Last chance to catch the 2011 season at the celebrated sculpture park, with works on show by Laura Ford, Andy Goldsworthy, Antony Gormley, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Charles Jencks, Anish Kapoor, Cornelia Parker, Marc Quinn and others. Walker & Bromwich: The Conch [Sound Studio] Sat 27 & Sun 28 Aug, 10am–5pm. Included in Jupiter Artland admission. A travelling structure that records people’s hopes for the future, commissioned by IOTA and the Highland Council. EAF.