FESTIVAL VISUAL ART LISTINGS
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. See feature, page 14.
■ BON PAPILLON 15 Howe Street, 538 2505. Mon & Wed– Sun 9am–5pm. FREE Festival 5 Until Sat 1 Sep. Landscapes five contemporary Scottish artists. ■ 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. EAF.
■ CALEDONIAN LANGUAGE SCHOOL 7 Torphichen Street, caledonianlanguageschool.com Sat & Sun 10am–6pm. FREE New Work by Dina Campbell Sat 18–Sun 26 Aug. Recent paintings and drawings by Scottish artist. ■ 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. FREE Human Race: Inside the History of Sports Medicine Until Sun 9 Sep. An in-depth look at the human body as it prepares for, 80 THE LIST 16–23 Aug 2012
and competes in, sport, as well as an examination of how the limits of the body have changed over the years. EAF. 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.
■ THE DANISH CULTURAL INSTITUTE 3 Doune Terrace, 225 7189. Mon–Thu 10am–4pm. FREE Playground of Dreams by Maria Lomholdt & Mlle Borcher Fri 17 Aug–Thu 6 Sep. The weird and wonderful work of Danish photographer Maria Lomholdt and fashion designer Christina Borcher. Part of Edinburgh International Fashion Festival. ■ 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.
■ DR NEIL’S GARDEN Church Lane, Duddingston Village. FREE Octagon 2012 Tue 21–Sun 26 Aug, daily 11am–6pm. Fine art, photography, jewellery, textiles and illustration from 15 young Scottish artists.
■ 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 Fri 17 Aug, 3–5.30pm; Sat 18 Aug, noon–4pm; Sun 19 Aug, 7–10am, Sat 25 Aug, 3–7pm; Wed 29 Aug, 2.30–5pm. 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. EAF. FREE Cast Contemporaries Until Sun 2 Sep. Exhibition of different perspectives on ECA’s cast collection. EAF.
■ EDINBURGH PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY 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. 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. 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 Until 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. 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. ■ INVERLEITH HOUSE Royal Botanic Garden, Arboretum Place/Inverleith Row, 248 2971. Tue– Sun 10am–5.30pm. FREE Philip Guston: Late Paintings Until Sun 7 Oct. Shocking and hilarious cartoonish late work by former abstract expressionist. EAF.
■ JOEY D 54 Broughton Street, 557 6672. Daily 10.30am–6pm. FREE Heart Breakers Sun 19–Sat 25 Aug. Work by six young artists – Alex Allan, Liam Allan, Charlie Anderson, Kevin Harman, Calum McClure and Kenny Watson – engaging with the urban environment.
■ LEITH LIBRARY 28–30 Ferry Road, 529 5517. Mon– Thu 10am–8pm; Fri 10am–5pm; Sat 9am–1pm. FREE Art Assemblage: Cities and Other Topics Until Mon 27 Aug. Work by Scottish photographer Jim Malcolm and French painter Christophe Philibert.
■ MANSFIELD TRAQUAIR 15 Mansfield Place, 555 8475. Mon–Fri & Sun 11am–1pm. FREE Phoebe Anna Traquair Murals Mon 6–Mon 27 Aug. Arts and crafts mural scheme in ‘Edinburgh’s Sistine Chapel’. Fringe. ■ MARCHMONT GALLERY 56 Warrender Park Road, 228 8228. Tue–Sat 10am–6pm. FREE Mina Braun and Rosie Walters Until Sat 1 Sep. Work on imagined cities and landscapes by Edinburgh-based illustrators and printmakers.
■ MCNAUGHTAN’S BOOKSHOP 3a & 4a Haddington Place, Leith Walk, 556 5897. Tue–Sat 11am–5pm. FREE Select Cuts: The Relief Prints of Robert Crozier Until Sat 1 Sep. Original prints of Scottish life. ■ 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 bling. EAF. Catherine the Great: An Enlightened Empress Until Wed 31 Oct. £9 (£7.50; under 16s £6; under 12s free). Exhibition showcasing the amazing collections of Catherine the Great. EAF. FREE One Thousand Points of Light: Melvin Moti Until Sun 21 Oct. New art inspired by vibrantly coloured items from the museum’s mineralogy department. EAF.
■ OLD AMBULANCE DEPOT 77 Brunswick Street, 558 5400. Mon-Sat 10am–6pm; Sun 11am–5pm. FREE Through the Looking Glass, Dimly Until Sat 18 Aug. Work by visually impaired photographers. EAF.
■ OPEN EYE GALLERY 34 Abercromby Place, 557 1020. Mon– Fri 10am–6pm; Sat 10am–4pm.
✽ FREE John Bellany at 70 Until Tue 4 Sep. Celebration of a great painter and remarkable survivor. EAF. FREE Picasso, his Contemporaries and Modern British Printmaking Until Sat 22 Sep. Prints by Picasso and others. EAF.
■ OUT OF THE BLUE DRILL HALL 30–36 Dalmeny Street, Leith, 555 7101. Daily 10am–5pm. FREE Self-Reliance (1841) Until Thu 30 Aug. Alicia Bruce, Malcy Duff and Johnny Gailey collaborate on an exhibition created from reclaimed wood and funded through crowd funding – the eponymous principle in action. ■ PATRIOTHALL GALLERY WASPS Patriothall Studios, off 48 Hamilton Place, 226 7126. FREE Dialogues with Reality Until Sat 25 Aug, Tue–Sat noon–4pm. Work engaging with notions of reality and unreality, by Bergen-based artists Robert Alda (Poland), Gillian Carson (Scotland), Karen Kipphoff (Germany/ Canada) and Rita Marhaug (Norway).
■ THE PHOENIX 46–48a Broughton Street, 557 0234. Mon–Sat 9am–1am; Sun 12.30pm–1am. FREE Despair vs Hope Until Wed 31 Oct. Figurative and abstract paintings by Tom Neil. ■ 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;