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Exhibitions are listed by city, then alphabetically by venue. Submit listings at least 16 days before publication to art@list. co.uk. Listings compiled by Laura Ennor and Alex Johnston. ✽ Indicates Hitlist entry EDINBURGH
■ THE ADAM POTTERY 76 Henderson Row, 557 3978. Mon–Sat 11am–6pm. FREE Clay 2012 Until Sat 1 Sep. Contemporary and traditional ceramics. Fringe. ■ AMBER ARTS 78 Montrose Terrace, Abbeyhill, 661 1167. Tue–Fri 10am–5pm; Sat 10am–2.30pm. FREE Cat Outram: Etching the Landscape Until Sat 8 Sep. Etchings showing Edinburgh, West Coast and Speyside landscapes.
■ ART’S COMPLEX St Margaret’s House, 151 London Road, 661 1924. Daily 11am–7pm. FREE Art’s Complex Summer Exhibition Until Sun 19 Aug. A wide range of art from the building’s many and varied creative residents.
■ ARTHUR’S SEAT see speedoflight2012.org.uk for bookings and info. NVA’s Speed of Light Thu 9 Aug– Sat 1 Sep (not Mon/Tue except Bank Holiday Mon 27 Aug), 9.15–11pm. £24 (£18). A unique night-time kinetic art installation consisting of hundreds of runners in light suits traversing the paths of Arthur’s Seat – join a guided walk for the full experience. ■ BON PAPILLON 15 Howe Street, 538 2505. Mon & Wed– Sun 9am–5pm. FREE Festival 5 Until Sat 1 Sep. Landscapes five contemporary Scottish artists.
LISTINGS FESTIVAL VISUAL ART
GIOVANNI BATTISTA LUSIERI This year’s Edinburgh Art Festival plays host to the first ever exhibition of work by the Italian landscape painter, hitherto most notorious for arranging the shipment of the Elgin Marbles from Greece to London. Lusieri, who lived and worked in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, was considered the most skilled landscape artist of his day, painting cityscapes, ancient buildings and monuments in incredible detail, against the fashion of the day. ■ Scottish National Gallery, 624 6200, until 28 Oct, £7 (£5).
■ BOURNE FINE ART 6 Dundas Street, 557 4050. Mon–Fri 10am–6pm; Sat 11am–2pm.
✽FREE Jock McFadyen: The Ability to Cling Until Sat 1 Sep.
Retrospective of work by the Paisley- born painter, who stars in our Artbeat column on page 86. EAF.
■ CAPTAIN TAYLOR’S COFFEE HOUSE 18 South Bridge, 556 9756. Daily 9am– midnight. FREE Collection II from The Photographers Collective Until Fri 31 Aug. Photography by Albie Clark, Jon Lee, Susie Lowe, Susan Richards, Paul Cowan and Kevin McCollum.
■ CENTRAL LIBRARY 7-9 George IV Bridge, 242 8100. Mon– Thu 10am–8pm; Fri 10am–5pm; Sat 9am–1pm. FREE The Anomaly That Is Burke, Hare and Knox Until Fri 31 Aug. Drawings and paintings by Joyce Gunn Cairns and effigies by Mary Archibald. ■ CITY ART CENTRE 2 Market Street, 529 3993. Mon–Sat 10am–5pm; Sun noon–5pm. Leslie Hunter: A Life in Colour ●●●●● Until Sun 14 Oct. £5 (£3.50). A major retrospective of the work of Scottish Colourist (1877–1931). Fringe & EAF. FREE The Scottish Colourists: Inspiration and Influence Until Sun 14 Oct. Exhibition placing the work of the Colourists in its historical and cultural context.
■ COLLECTIVE GALLERY 22–28 Cockburn Street, 220 1260. Tue– Sun 11am–5pm FREE Mick Peter & BS Johnson: Lying and Liars Until Sun 30 Sep. Exhibition concerned with truth and lies. EAF. ■ DIGITAL DESIGN SERVICES 61 Bread Street, 477 4524. Mon–Fri 10am–4pm; Sat noon–4pm. FREE Kate Knight Until Fri 24 Aug. Contemporary digital design.
■ DOVECOT STUDIOS 10 Infirmary Street, 550 3660. Daily 10.30am–6pm. FREE Weaving the Century: Tapestry from Dovecot Studios 1912–2012 ●●●●● Until Sun 7 Oct. Dovecot Studios celebrates 100 years of championing the finest contemporary work in tapestry. EAF. FREE Dazzle at Dovecot Fri 3– Mon 27 Aug. Work by 54 contemporary jewellery designers.
■ EDINBURGH ART FESTIVAL PAVILION St Andrew’s Square, edinburghartfestival.com FREE Andrew Miller: The Waiting Place Until Sun 2 Sep. Daily 10am–6pm. Temporary summerhouse designed for multiple purposes. EAF.
✽FREE Anthony Schrag: Tourist in Residence Sat 11 & Mon 13 Aug, 2–4pm, and further dates until Wed 29 Aug. Participatory walking tours with the artist, each one different. For details and to book see edinburghartfestival.com EAF.
■ EDINBURGH COLLEGE OF ART 74 Lauriston Place, 221 6000. Daily 10am–5pm. FREE Rachel Mayeri: Primate Cinema – Apes as Family Until Sun 2 Sep. Video installation about the parallels between humans and chimps. See review, page 88. EAF. FREE Cast Contemporaries Fri 3 Aug–Sun 2 Sep. Exhibition of different perspectives on ECA’s cast collection. EAF. ■ EDINBURGH PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY The Photographic Exhibition Centre, 68 Great King Street, 453 4814. Mon–Fri 10am–7pm; Sat 11am–6pm; Sun 1–5pm. ■ 50th International Photographic Exhibition Until Sun 2 Sep. £4. Two hundred images selected from worldwide entries.
■ EDINBURGH PRINTMAKERS 23 Union Street, 557 2479. Tue–Sat 10am–6pm. FREE Cheer Up! It’s Not the End of the World . . . Until Sat 8 Sep. Artists including Gordon Cheung, Etienne Clement, Jake & Dinos Chapman, Damien Hirst and Andy Warhol engage engaged with the subject of apocalypse. See review, page 87. EAF.
■ FRUITMARKET GALLERY 45 Market Street, 225 2383. Daily 10am–7pm.
✽FREE Dieter Roth: Diaries Until Sun 14 Oct. Exhibition of diaries by late great German-born, Iceland-based artist. See review, page 87. EAF.
■ GALERIE MIRAGES 46a Raeburn Place, 315 2603. Mon–Sat 10am–6pm; Sun 11.30am–5pm. FREE Arts & Crafts of Burma and Jewellery of the World Until Sun 2 Sep. World crafts and jewellery. ■ GARAGE 51a Northumberland Street, 07917 668044. FREE GARAGE Sat 11–Sun 26 Aug, Sat & Sun only, noon–4pm. Site-specific work developed through residencies in New Town garages by Malcy Duff, Sharon Quigley, Christine Hilditch and more. EAF.
■ INGLEBY GALLERY 15 Calton Road, 556 4441. Mon–Sat 10am–6pm; Sun noon–5pm.
✽FREE Ian Hamilton Finlay Until Sat 27 Oct. Work by the late great poet, artist and ‘avant-gardener’, including the recently rediscovered ‘Carrier Strike’, a naval battle enacted with irons, cotton wool and an ironing board. See review, page 88. EAF.
■ INLINGUA EDINBURGH 40 Shandwick Place, 220 5119. Mon– Thu 9am–8pm; Fri 9am–6pm. FREE Hand Wash Only Until Fri 28 Sep. Black and white photographs taken around Europe by Spanish artists Óscar Bärbosa and Junke Cid. ■ INSPACE 1 Crichton Street, 650 2750. Wed–Sun noon–8pm. FREE ~ in the fields Until Sun 2 Sep. Exhibition using found objects to make new landscapes. EAF.
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