■ LEITH WALK BARBER’S SALON 280 Leith Walk, 553 4538.
✽ FREE LeithLate Thu 28 Jun, 6–9pm. See Boda Bar,
Edinburgh. Site-specific installation of male portraits by photographer Ross Fraser McLean.
■ MARCHMONT GALLERY 56 Warrender Park Road, 228 8228. Tue–Sat 10am–6pm. FREE Jess Lovell Until Sat 21 Jul. Linocuts of British wildlife, printed on the artist’s own press. ■ NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SCOTLAND Chambers Street, 0300 123 6789. Daily 10am–5pm. FREE A Sense of Place: New Jewellery from Northern Lands Until Sun 16 Sep. Contemporary Nordic jewellery designs. Catherine the Great: An Enlightened Empress Fri 13 Jul–Sun 21 Oct. £9 (£7.50; under 16s £6; under 12s free). Exhibition showcasing the amazing art collections of Catherine the Great.
■ OLD AMBULANCE DEPOT 77 Brunswick Street, 558 5400. Opening hours vary, see individual exhibition listings for details. FREE The Making of It Until Thu 28 Jun, daily 10am–5pm. Artists from Scotland, Turkey, Switzerland, Malta and Greece show work with process and playfulness at its heart. FREE LeithLate Thu 28 Jun, 6–9pm. See Boda Bar, Edinburgh. A special evening chance to explore current group exhibition, The Making of It. FREE Gold Sheep Wed 4 Jul– Mon 9 Jul, daily 10am–8pm. Stone lithography prints and watercolours from Czech artist Lucie Hrnickova and woodcut prints and mixed media work from Andy Cumming.
■ OPEN EYE GALLERY 34 Abercromby Place, 557 1020. Mon– Fri 10am–6pm; Sat 10am–4pm. FREE Leon Morrocco RSA RGI Fri 22 Jun–Tue 10 Jul. Colourful drawings and paintings inspired by world travels. ■ OSCAR’S ALTERATIONS 371 Leith Walk, 553 3662. FREE LeithLate Thu 28 Jun, 6–9pm. See Boda Bar, Edinburgh. A site-specific installation of artist Katie Orton’s latest work with clothing, associated with the Dressing for Facebook project.
■ OUT OF THE BLUE DRILL HALL 30–36 Dalmeny Street, Leith, 555 7101. Mon–Sat 10am–5pm. FREE Exposed 12 Until Fri 22 Jun. End-of-year photography exhibition from Stevenson College and the University of Abertay. Part of the Leith Festival. FREE The Birds of Worry and Care Tue 26–Fri 29 Jun. Work by Queen Margaret University Art Psychotherapy graduates. FREE LeithLate Thu 28 Jun, 6–9pm. See Boda Bar, Edinburgh. See the QMU Art Therapy exhibition (above), plus expect ping pong shenanigans and a guest DJ.
■ THE QUEEN’S GALLERY Palace of Holyroodhouse, 556 5100. Daily 9.30am–4.30pm. Treasures from the Queen’s Palaces ●●●●● Until Sun 4 Nov. £6 (£5.50; under 17s £3; under 5s free; family £15.50). A special Jubilee exhibition of seldom-seen pieces from the royal collection. ■ RED DOOR GALLERY 42 Victoria Street, 477 3255. Mon–Fri 12.30–5.30pm; Sat 11am–5.30pm; Sun noon–5pm. FREE Ewan John Until Thu 5 Jul. Lithographs and other items by an artist/designer specialising in narrative work.
■ RHUBABA STUDIO 25 Arthur Street, rhubaba.wordpress. com FREE It’s Hard To Find A Good Lamp Until Sun 1 Jul, Fri–Sun noon– 5pm. Group show by Embassy artists investigating the boundaries between art, furniture and interior design. Part of Annuale. FREE LeithLate Thu 28 Jun, 6–9pm. See Boda Bar, Edinburgh. An evening chance to explore the current exhibition (see above). ■ ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN Arboretum Place, 248 2909. Daily 10am–6pm. FREE Locating the Nest Until Sun 22 Jul. Words (by poet Tom Pow), images (by printmaker Hugh Bryden) and sculptures (by craft-artist Lizzie Farey) exploring the idea of the nest. FREE We are extInked Until Sun 29 Jul. Explore a project in which 100 volunteers were tattooed with an image of a threatened British species.
■ THE ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH Little France, Old Dalkeith Road. Contact Artlink Edinburgh, 229 3555, for more information. FREE X-ray Exhibition: Inr-i Until Mon 25 Jun, times tbc. Work made in hospital settings in collaboration with radiographers.
■ ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY The Mound, 225 6671. Mon–Sat 10am–5pm; Sun noon–5pm. NB certain exhibitions are open Mon 10am–5pm only. FREE Drawing from the Landscape Until Sun 22 Jul. Landscapes by RSA members. FREE A Royal Taste: Landscape Paintings from the RSA Collections Until Mon 17 Sep, Mon only 10am–5pm. Work by Ian Fleming, Frances Walker, James Morrison, John Miller, James Fairgrieve, John Houston and John Busby.
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■ 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. New painted collages incorporating newspaper, from the Glasgow-based artist. ■ THE GALLERY ON THE CORNER 34 Northumberland Street, 557 8969. Tue–Sat 10.30am–6pm. FREE Stuart Russell: Fractured Fife Until Sat 7 Jul. Photographs of natural landscapes which have been fragmented and reassembled.
■ GLADSTONE’S LAND 477b Lawnmarket, 0844 493 2120. Daily 10am–5pm (Jul & Aug until 6.30pm). FREE Kindred Spirit Tue 3–Sun 8 Jul. Photography, paintings, pottery and woodcraft. FREE Howard & Mary Butterworth Tue 17–Sun 22 Jul. Landscapes of the Scottish countryside. ■ GRIFFEN FITNESS STUDIO 3 Balfour Street, 07743 741088. FREE LeithLate Thu 28 Jun, 6–9pm. See Boda Bar, Edinburgh. An exhibition is on show by performance photographer Eoin Carey, entitled Feet Up.
■ INGLEBY GALLERY 15 Calton Road, 556 4441. Mon–Sat 10am–6pm. FREE Anya Gallaccio: Billboard for Edinburgh Until Sat 21 Jul. A microscopic photograph of a tiny speck of dirt taken from Arthur’s Seat. Billboard is viewable at any time. FREE Callum Innes: Works on Paper ●●●●● Until Sat 14 Jul. Retrospective of works on paper from 1989 to 2012 by Edinburgh-based abstract artist.
■ INLINGUA EDINBURGH 40 Shandwick Place, 220 5119. Mon–Thu 9am–8pm; Fri 9am–6pm. FREE Linda Jackson: Postcards from Ireland Until Fri 27 Jul. Photographs of the Emerald Isle.
■ INSTITUT FRANÇAIS D’ECOSSE 13 Randolph Crescent, 225 5366. Mon– Wed & Fri 9.30am–6.30pm (Thu until 8.30pm); Sat 10am–1pm. FREE Sites célèbres et billets doux Until Fri 29 Jun. Work by second year pupils from Perth Academy created as part of a project focusing on interdisciplinary learning. ■ INVERLEITH HOUSE Royal Botanic Garden, Arboretum Place/ Inverleith Row, 248 2971. Tue–Sun 10am–5.30pm. FREE William McKeown Until Sun 8 Jul. The first posthumous exhibition by the late Northern Ireland-born painter. FREE Remarkable Trees Until Sun 8 Jul. Photographs of trees by amateur Scottish botanist George Paxton (1850– 1904), on show for the first time.
■ LEITH CIRCLE OF FRIENDS 115 Leith Walk, 07564 138768. ✽ FREE LeithLate Thu 28 Jun, 6–9pm. See Boda Bar, Edinburgh.
Diverse live music including traditional African sounds, rap, and acoustic songs.
■ LEITH GALLERY 65 The Shore, Leith, 553 5255. Mon–Fri 11am–5pm; Sat 11am–4pm FREE David Farren, Penny Gildea and Malcolm Dobson Until Sat 30 Jun. Oil and acrylic paintings in an impressionist style of New York and Edinburgh. FREE Jennifer Irvine, Kate Wimbush & Dave McKeen Sat 7–Sat 28 Jul. Landscapes and townscapes of France, Spain, Italy and Japan plus work from jeweller Wimbush and woodcarver McKeen. 124 THE LIST 21 Jun–19 Jul 2012
The Arches foyer plays host to this intriguing new exhibition showing body builders snapped against the post-industrial backdrop of Dumbarton, at the confluence of the Leven and Clyde rivers. Campbell’s exhibition is part of a larger body of photographic work that explores the metamorphosis of land and its occupants as a result of the post-industrial changes. ■ Arches, Glasgow, until Thu 26 Jul.