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FREE Festival of Spirituality and Peace: Various exhibitions Until Mon 27 Aug. An exhibition of imagery inspired by St Andrew of Scotland and The Black Madonna of Poland, the famous St John’s Mural, and site-specific work by Tommy Barr. ■ ST TRIDUANA’S CHAPEL Restalrig Village, 27 Restalrig Road South, 554 7400. FREE Pilgrimage: Inch Kenneth to St Triduana’s Chapel Until Sun 26 Aug. Thu–Sun 11.30am–4.30pm. Exhibition about multiple histories by art collective 6°WEST. EAF.
■ STICK FACTORY 69c Mayfield Rd, 629 5171. Tue–Sat 10am–5.30pm. FREE The Dancer, The Monkey, and the Seven Deadly Sins Until Thu 16 Aug. Figure-based work by Ross Blair, Laura Gill, Malcolm Sutherland and Nik Walls.
■ STILLS 23 Cockburn Street, 622 6200. Daily 11am–6pm. FREE James Casebere: Home and Other Fictions Until Sun 28 Oct. First solo exhibition of Casebere’s architecture and sculptural installations in Scotland. Part of EAF. ■ SUMMERHALL 1 Summerhall, 0845 874 3001. Daily 11am–7pm, some exhibitions open later. Summerhall has over 30 exhibitions during August, selected highlights below. FREE Art & Language Until Thu 27 Sep. Retrospective show of the conceptual art group’s output. EAF.
✽FREE Carolee Schneemann Until Thu 27 Sep. New and archive
work from (genuinely) iconic US performance and video artist. EAF. FREE David Michalek: Figure Studies Until Thu 27 Sep. Video work of bodies in motion, honouring Eadweard Muybridge. EAF. FREE Jean-Pierre Muller: 7 x 7th Street Until Thu 27 Sep. Seven sound sculptures with specially commissioned music. See review, page 88. EAF. FREE Phenotype Genotype (PhG) Until Thu 27 Sep. Four hundred avant-garde works from 1900 to the present. EAF. FREE Robert Kusmirowski: Pain Thing Fri 3–Sun 26 Aug. Site-specific installation inspired by the former vet school setting. EAF. FREE Robin Gillanders: The Philosopher’s Garden Redux Until Thu 27 Sep. Photographs of a park beloved by Rousseau. EAF. FREE Venus with Severed Leg Until Thu 27 Sep. William English’s legendary 1975 photoshoot of Vivienne Westwood. EAF. FREE Wolf Vostell Until Thu 27 Sep. Retrospective of the puckish German avant-gardist. EAF. FREE Denis Buckley Fri 10 Aug, 10pm. Screening of Buckley’s film Searching for the Unimagined Conscience of My Race, in which artist Buckley’s character drags a steel suitcase and a shovel from London to the west coast of Ireland and then burns the shovel on a beach; followed a live art performance in which Buckley will ‘decommission’ his own shovel. EAF. FREE Edinburgh International Fashion Festival Exhibitions Until Thu 27 Sep. Three exhibitions as part of this inaugural festival, featuring designers, parfumiers and smell researchers, video by Hussein Chalayan and photography by Rankin.
■ SUPERCLUB GALLERY AND STUDIOS 11a Gayfield Square, superclubstudios. com Thu–Sun 1–6pm.
TANIA KOVATS: RIVERS If you’re keen to escape the madness of the city centre this August, why not take a trip out of town to Jupiter Artland. The beautiful outdoor art and sculpture park, situated in the woodland and meadows of a Jacobean house, features work by the likes of Cornelia Parker, Anish Kapoor, Antony Gormley and Andy Goldsworthy and many more besides. This year a major new installation by British sculptor Tania Kovats will be unveiled along the lake at the park. River is created from 100 sealed museum quality jars containing specimens of water from 100 rivers around the British Isles, thus holding and preserving memories of time, place and events forever. Jupiter Artland, 01506 889 900, until 16 Sep (not Mon–Wed), £8.50 (£4.50).
FREE John Brown: Thingsplace Until Sun 2 Sep. Work exploring consumer culture and the nature of mass production. EAF. ■ TALBOT RICE GALLERY University of Edinburgh, South Bridge, 650 2210. Mon–Sat 10am–5pm; Sun noon–5pm. FREE Tim Rollins & KOS: The Black Spot Until Sat 20 Oct. Group show by renowned NYC art collective. EAF. FREE Working Papers: Donald Judd Drawings 1963–93 Until Sat 20 Oct. The instructional drawings of US sculptor. EAF.
■ TENT GALLERY Evolution House, 78 West Port, 221 6091. Mon–Fri 10am–4pm; Sat & Sun noon–4pm. FREE More Than Bird Until Mon 20 Aug. Exhibition of work by possibly fictional cultural movement. EAF. ■ TORRANCE GALLERY 36 Dundas Street, 556 6366. Mon–Fri 11am–6pm; Sat 10.30am–4pm. FREE Edinburgh Festival Exhibition Until Sat 25 Aug. Paintings
by Jack Firth, Jolomo, Dugald Findlay, Ronnie Ford and Tom Watt. FREE Moved by Metal Until Sat 8 Sep. Contemporary jewellery by Sheana M Stephen. ■ UNION GALLERY 45 Broughton Street, 556 7707. Mon–Sat 10.30am–6pm; Sun noon–6pm. FREE MOB (Mark of Beauty) Tue 7 Aug–Mon 3 Sep. A showcase of the best in contemporary Scottish abstract painting selected by Bill Hare, and featuring work by John McLean, Fred Pollock, Iain Robertson and more.
■ VARIOUS VENUES see edinburghartfestival.com for info.
✽FREE Susan Philipsz: Timeline Until Sun 2 Sep. Daily
1pm. Sound installations across the city, inspired by the One O’Clock Gun. EAF.
■ THE VINE TRUST BARGE Prince of Wales Dock, off Ocean Drive, 555 5598. Mon–Sat 10am–4pm. FREE Exhibition of Contemporary Scottish Painting Until Sat 25 Aug. Paintings by the likes of Peter Howson and John Bellany.
■ WHITE STUFF 89 George Street, 300 0330. Mon–Wed 9.30am–6pm; Thu 9.30am–7pm; Fri–Sat 9.30am–6pm; Sun 11am–5pm. FREE Harry Hill: My Hobby Until Sun 2 Sep. Naive, sometimes funny and sometimes eerie art by the TV comedian. EAF. OUTSIDE THE CITIES
■ JUPITER ARTLAND Bonnington House Steadings, Wilkieston, 01506 889900. Thu–Sun 10am–5pm. Also Mon 27 Aug 2012 10am–5pm. Jupiter Artland Until Sun 16 Sep. £8.50 (seniors £5 on Thu & Fri only; students & under 17s £4.50; under 6s & disabled badge holders free; family £23.50–£31.50). The celebrated outdoor sculpture park hosts its third summer season with new works on show by Anya Gallacio, Andy Goldsworthy and Henry Castle, plus existing sculptures by the likes of Antony Gormley, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Charles Jencks, Anish Kapoor, Cornelia Parker and others. There’s also a new installation by British sculptor Tania Kovats. 9–16 Aug 2012 THE LIST 91