VisualArt
■ CITY ART CENTRE 2 Market Street, 529 3993. Mon–Sat 10am–5pm; Sun noon–5pm. FREE A Parliament of Lines Sat 5 May–Sun 8 Jul. Work by Scotland- based artists with drawing as a central component in their practice. FREE Art and the Garden Sat 5 May–Sun 8 Jul. Exhibition that explores the relationships between artists and the garden. FREE Terrain Sat 5 May–Sun 8 Jul. The first public display for a collection of art established for Edinburgh’s schools in 1963. ■ COLLECTIVE GALLERY 22–28 Cockburn Street, 220 1260. Tue–Sun 11am–5pm. FREE Adaptation Until Sun 27 May. New work considering the effect that changing circumstances can have on forms. FREE Grace Schwindt: Tenant Until Sun 27 May. Film installation inspired by a story told to the artist by her grandparents.
■ THE DANISH CULTURAL INSTITUTE 3 Doune Terrace, 225 7189. Mon–Fri 10am–4pm. FREE Søren Solkær Starbird Until Thu 26 Apr. Portraits of musicians by the Danish photographer.
■ DOVECOT STUDIOS 10 Infirmary Street, 550 3660. Mon–Sat 10.30am–5.30pm.
✽✽ FREE Kurt Jackson: The Catacol Series Until Sat 28
Apr. See Artbeat, page 118. FREE Ptolemy Mann: The Architecture of Cloth, Colour & Space Fri 4–Sat 26 May. Contemporary weavings, hand-dyed fabrics, furniture and drawings.
FREE Amy Duncan (1968–2009) Wed 9–Sat 19 May. A retrospective of textile work. ■ EDINBURGH PRINTMAKERS 23 Union Street, 557 2479. Tue–Sun 10am–6pm. FREE New Print Generation Tue 1–Sat 19 May. See review, page 125.
■ FRUITMARKET GALLERY 45 Market Street, 225 2383. Mon–Sat 11am–6pm; Sun noon–5pm. FREE Tony Swain: Drowned Dust, Sudden Word Until Sun 8 Jul. Painted collages incorporating newspaper. ■ GLADSTONE’S LAND 477b Lawnmarket, 0844 493 2120. FREE Inexterior Tue 22 May–Sun 27 May, 10am–5pm. Work by second-year students at Edinburgh College of Art.
■ INGLEBY GALLERY 15 Calton Road, 556 4441. Mon–Sat 10am–6pm FREE Billboard for Edinburgh: Ruth Ewan Until Mon 30 Apr. Ingleby’s latest public art project is inspired by the artist’s research into the Socialist Sunday School movement.
✽✽ FREE Callum Innes: Works on Paper Sat 28 Apr–Sat 14 Jul.
Retrospective of works on paper from 1989 to 2012 by the artist. ■ INLINGUA EDINBURGH 40 Shandwick Place, 220 5119. Mon–Thu 9am–8pm; Fri 9am–6pm. FREE John Nicholls: Recent Work Until Thu 31 May. A Scottish photo journal.
■ INSTITUT FRANÇAIS D’ECOSSE 13 Randolph Crescent, 225 5366. Mon–Wed & Fri 9.30am–6.30pm (Thu until 8.30pm); Sat 10am–1pm.
UNTIL JULY 8 ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE -THE SCOTTISH TOUR
Robert Mapplethorpe Self Portrait 1980 (AR00225) © Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation. Used by permission. ARTIST ROOMS National Galleries of Scotland and Tate. Acquired jointly through The d’Offay Donation with assistance from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and the Art Fund 2008
The UK’s most unlikely cultural venue, the Burgh Hall in Dunoon, will present ‘Robert Mapplethorpe –The Scottish Tour, an exhibition of radical photography by one of the most iconic and often controversial artists of the twentieth century, American, Robert Mapplethorpe. This is the first of three Scottish venues to host this important exhibition.
The Burgh Hall is the most unorthodox gallery on the ARTIST ROOMS tour and Dunoon’s most important civic building. It was built in 1874 with local funds and rescued from demolition in 2009 by the John McAslan Family Trust. A tireless group of volunteers have worked to return the Burgh Hall to the heart of the community as an arts-led venue. The Mapplethorpe exhibition further aligns the Burgh Hall with its cultural ambitions to exhibit world class art to local and new audiences. Drawn from the ARTIST ROOMS collection of contemporary art given to the nation by Anthony d’Offay, and presented as part of ARTIST ROOMS On Tour With the Art Fund.
Burgh Hall, 195 Argyll St, Dunoon, PA23 7DD T: 01369 703302 Tue-Sat Noon- 5pm, Sun Noon-3pm www.burghhalldunoon.com
124 THE LIST 26 Apr–24 May 2012
FREE Gerard Jefferson-Lewis: ‘Untitled’ (Butcher Boys) Until Tue 1 May. Triptych portraits of young men wearing butchers’ whites. FREE STAR*: Vive La Tapisserie 3 Fri 4 May–Sat 2 Jun. Miniature tapestries. ■ INVERLEITH HOUSE Royal Botanic Garden, Arboretum Place/Inverleith Row, 248 2971. Tue–Sun 10am–5.30pm FREE Luke Fowler ●●●●● Until Sun 29 Apr. Fowler’s video, All Divided Selves, accompanied by sonic sculpture by Toshiya Tsunoda and photographs by John Haynes. FREE William McKeown Sat 12 May–Sun 8 Jul. Posthumous exhibition by the late Northern Ireland-born painter. FREE Remarkable Trees Sat 12 May–Sun 8 Jul. Photographs of trees by amateur Scottish botanist George Paxton.
■ JOSEPH PEARCE’S 23 Elm Row, 556 4140. Mon–Fri & Sun 11am–midnight; Sat 11am–1am. FREE Marton Zsichla: Take Your Time Until Thu 31 May. Photographs taken during the photographer’s travels in South East Asia. ■ LEITH GALLERY 65 The Shore, Leith, 553 5255. Mon–Fri 11am–5pm; Sat 11am–4pm FREE A Personal View Until Sat 28 Apr. Art by Dorothy Bruce, Jane Gray and Scott Irvine.
■ LEITH SCHOOL OF ART 25 North Junction Street, 554 5761. Mon–Fri 9am–5pm. FREE Craig Jefferson: Drawing Reality Until Fri 15 Jun. Recent drawings and paintings.
■ MARCHMONT GALLERY 56 Warrender Park Road, 228 8228. Tue–Sat 10am–6pm. FREE Place ART Here Wed 9–Fri 11 May. Work by Napier University third year photography students. ■ NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SCOTLAND Chambers Street, 0300 123 6789. Daily 10am–5pm. FREE A Sense of Place: New Jewellery from Northern Lands Fri 18 May–Sun 16 Sep. Jewellery from Scotland and Scandinavia.
■ OLD AMBULANCE DEPOT 77 Brunswick Street. Opening hours vary, see individual exhibition listings for details. FREE Persevere Until Sun 29 Apr, noon–5pm. Work by Edinburgh-based artists Bernie Reid, Liana Moran and Rabiya Choudhry.
■ OPEN EYE GALLERY 34 Abercromby Place, 557 1020. Mon–Fri 10am–6pm; Sat 10am–4pm. FREE Chris Bushe RSW Until Tue 8 May. Landscape paintings. FREE Jack Firth RSW (1917–2010) Until Mon 7 May. Landscape watercolours by the celebrated artist and teacher. FREE Patrick Procktor RA (1936–2003) Until Sat 5 May. Printed works by the noted portrait artist. FREE Matthew Draper Mon 14–Tue 29 May. Pastels of Edinburgh and local seascapes. FREE Roland Fraser Mon 14–Tue 29 May. Pieces made in found wood. ■ OUT OF THE BLUE DRILL HALL 30–36 Dalmeny Street, Leith, 555 7101. Mon–Sat 10am–5pm. FREE CURiO Gallery Edinburgh Presents Oxfam Art Fair Fri 18 May, 7–9.30pm. Sale of all kinds of art, with proceeds going to Oxfam. FREE Rock and Mineral Thu 24 & Fri 25 May, 10am–5pm. Various artists use fabrics and fibre to explore the
concept of caves, in an exhibition curated by CURiO Gallery. ■ THE OUTHOUSE 12a Broughton Street Lane, 557 6668. Sun–Thu 4pm–1am; Fri & Sat noon–1am. FREE Convergence Until Sun 20 May. Illustration from Dwayne Bell and Lucy MacLeod, who share interests in vintage comic books, retro photography and mid 20th-century lifestyle images.
■ THE QUEEN’S GALLERY Palace of Holyroodhouse, 556 5100. Daily 9.30am–6pm. Treasures from the Queen’s Palaces Until Sun 4 Nov. £6 (£5.50; under 17s £3; under 5s free; family £15.50). See caption, page 123.
■ RED DOOR GALLERY 42 Victoria Street, 477 3255. Mon–Fri 12.30–5.30pm; Sat 11am–5.30pm; Sun noon–5pm. FREE David Fleck: Our Ancestors Until Thu 3 May. Whimsical cityscapes, rendered as drawings, prints and 3D models. FREE May Flower Bike Ride Tue 8–Thu 31 May. Screenprints, mugs, seed bombs and seed cards. ■ RHUBABA STUDIO 25 Arthur Street, rhubaba.wordpress.com Fri–Sun noon–5pm. FREE Laurence Callaghan & Isabel Nolan: Painted Works Sat 5–Sun 20 May. Work by young artists.
■ ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN Arboretum Place, 248 2909. Daily 10am–6pm. FREE Allotments: Paintings and Prints by Pamela Grace Until Mon 7 May. Pamela Grace uses solar-plate etching and other techniques to embellish her allotment sketches. FREE Locating the Nest Fri 27 Apr–Sun 22 Jul. Words (by poet Tom Pow), images (by Hugh Bryden) and sculptures (by craft-artist Lizzie Farey) exploring the idea of the nest. FREE We are extInked Sat 12 May–Sun 29 Jul. Fascinating crossover of environmentalism and body art.
■ ROYAL OVERSEAS LEAGUE 100 Princes Street, 225 1501. Daily 10am–6pm. FREE Charlotte McDonald: Converging Beauty Until Thu 14 Jun. Recent paintings by the Scottish artist inspired by explorations of a privately owned forest in Scotland.
■ ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY The Mound, 225 6671. Mon–Sat 10am–5pm; Sun noon–5pm. NB certain exhibitions are open Mon 10am–5pm only. RSA 186th Annual Exhibition Sat 28 Apr–Wed 6 Jun. £6 (£2). Works from Scottish and international artists, including the winners of RSA awards. FREE A Royal Taste: Landscape Paintings from the RSA Collections (A Diamond Jubilee Celebration) Until Mon 17 Sep. Mon only, 10am–5pm. Exhibition celebrating the Diamond Jubilee. ■ SCOTLAND-RUSSIA INSTITUTE 9 South College St, 668 3635. Tue–Fri 11am–4pm. FREE Drawing the Court Until Tue 8 May. Drawings of the trial of controversial oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
■ THE SCOTTISH GALLERY 16 Dundas Street, 558 1200. Mon–Fri 10am–6pm; Sat 10am–4pm. FREE Derrick Guild: Object Painting Objects Until Wed 2 May. Paintings of animals, birds and bread. FREE Hannah Louise Lamb: A View of Edinburgh Until Wed 2 May. Jewellery inspired by the cityscape.