VisualArt
■ REGENT BRIDGE wCalton Road, under Waterloo Place, see edinburghartfestival.com for info. FREE Callum Innes: The Regent Bridge ●●●●● Until Sun 2 Sep. Times vary. An installation that floods the underside of Regent Bridge with light. EAF.
■ RHUBABA GALLERY & STUDIO 25 Arthur Street, rhubaba.org Thu–Sun noon–5pm. FREE We Are All UFO-nauts ●●●●● Until Sun 2 Sep. Works by art- ists inspired by the late Slovakian artist Julius Koller, exploring the illogical and other-worldly. EAF.
■ ROSE STREET see edinburghartfestival.com for info. FREE Kevin Harman: 24/7 Until Sun 2 Sep, daily 10am–6pm. Site-specific study of consumer culture. EAF. ■ ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN Arboretum Place, 248 2909. Daily 10am– 6pm. FREE Paradise Restored Until Sun 2 Sep. Exhibition about natural environ- ments in south west Asia. FREE The Nature of Iraq Until Sun 2 Sep. Photography depicting natural envi- ronments in Iraq.
■ ROYAL OVERSEAS LEAGUE 100 Princes Street, 225 1501. Daily 10am–6pm. FREE East Neuk Paradise Until Mon 27 Aug. Paintings of Fife by Hatti Pattison.
■ ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY The Mound, 225 6671. Mon–Sat 10am– 5pm; Sun noon–5pm. NB certain exhibi- tions are open Mon 10am–5pm only. FREE TUTAJ/TERAZ (HERE/NOW) Until Sun 9 Sep. Mon-Sat 10am–5pm; Sun 12–5pm. Work by emerging Polish artists based in Scotland. EAF. FREE A Royal Taste: Landscape Paintings from the RSA Collections (A Diamond Jubilee Celebration) Until Mon 17 Sep. Mon 10am–5pm. This, the first of two RSA exhibitions for 2012 celebrating the Diamond Jubilee, features work by Ian Fleming, Frances Walker, James Morrison, John Miller, James Fairgrieve, John Houston and John Busby. FREE Of Natural & Mystical Things Sat 15 Sep–Sun 4 Nov. Work exploring the physical, philosophical and mystical nature of the world by RSA Members and artists that have come through the RSA Awards & Exhibitions programme.
■ SCOTLAND-RUSSIA INSTITUTE 9 South College St, 668 3635. Tue–Fri 11am–4pm; Sat 1.30–4pm. FREE Soviet Grand Designs Until Sat 22 Sep. See preview, page 92. EAF. ■ THE SCOTTISH GALLERY 16 Dundas Street, 558 1200. Mon–Fri 10am–6pm; Sat 10am–4pm. FREE Duncan Shanks & Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Until Wed 5 Sep. Paintings with a modernist flavour. EAF. FREE Out of Abstraction Until Wed 5 Sep. An array of abstraction in all its forms. FREE Alison McGill: Shifting Seasons Sat 8 Sep–Wed 3 Oct. Paintings strongly influenced by nature but leaning towards abstraction. FREE Angie Lewin and Lizzie Farey: Revealed – A Familiar Landscape Sat 8 Sep–Wed 3 Oct. Prints and watercolours inspired by Speyside, juxtaposed with willow sculp- tures.
Panoramic Landscape Until Sun 28 Oct. £7 (£5). Panoramas and cityscapes by celebrated Italian master. EAF. FREE Masterpieces from Mount Stuart: the Bute Collection Until Sun 2 Dec. A selection of Old Master paintings from the famous collection. FREE Piranesi: Master of Fantasy Until Sun 7 Oct. Etchings of 18th- century Rome. FREE Take Five Illustrators Until Tue 30 Oct. Exhibition of work by artists who illustrate books for children, featur- ing Alice Melvin, Cate James, Barroux, Sara Ogilvie and Bruce Ingham.
✽Van Gogh to Kandinsky: Symbolist Landscape in
Europe 1880–1910 ●●●●● Until Sun 14 Oct. £10 (£7). See Hitlist, page 140. EAF.
■ SCOTTISH NATIONAL GALLERY OF MODERN ART ONE 75 Belford Road, 624 6200. Daily 10am– 5pm (until 6pm in Aug).
✽Picasso and Modern British Art ●●●●● Until Sun 4 Nov. £10
(£7). See Hitlist, page 140. EAF.
■ SCOTTISH NATIONAL GALLERY OF MODERN ART TWO 73 Belford Road, 624 6200. Daily 10am– 5pm (until 6pm in Aug) FREE Death, War and Desire Until Sun 23 Sep. Books, periodicals and woodcuts from the German Expressionist movement. Edvard Munch: Graphic Works from The Gundersen Collection ●●●●● Until Sun 23 Sep. £7 (£5). Graphic works including the celebrated ‘Scream’. EAF.
■ SCOTTISH NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY 1 Queen Street, 624 6200. Daily 10am– 6pm (Thu until 7pm). FREE In It To Win It Until Sun 7 Oct. Paintings and photographs of contempo- rary Scottish sportspeople.
✽FREE Roderick Buchanan: Legacy ●●●●● Until Sun 16 Sep.
Video and photography installation exploring sectarianism and Scottish flute bands. EAF. FREE Tesco Bank Art Competition Until Sun 21 Oct. Winning art from Scottish schoolchildren. FREE The Modern Scot Until Wed 31 Oct. Exhibition exploring how Scottish writers and artists developed a uniquely modern sensibility in the after- math of World War I. FREE War at Sea Until Mon 8 Oct. Work by war artist Sir John Lavery.
■ SCOTTISH POETRY LIBRARY 5 Crichton’s Close, Canongate, 557 2876. Mon–Fri 10am–5pm (Thu until 7pm); Sat 10am–4pm. FREE Orchard Until Sat 29 Sep. Collaborative poetry/art exhibition cel- ebrating the apple. EAF. ■ SCOTTISH STORYTELLING CENTRE 43–45 High Street, 556 9579. Mon–Sat 10am–6pm (also Sun 10am–6pm in Aug). FREE The Full Story Until Sun 2 Sep. Marjory Boyle Crooks’ film work and large ink studies inspired by story- tellers.
■ SLEEPER Reiach and Hall Architects, 6 Darnaway Street, 225 8444. Mon–Fri 2–5pm FREE Martina Klein and Walter Janßen Until Fri 21 Sep. Klein is a German artist known for monochrome paintings.
■ SCOTTISH NATIONAL GALLERY The Mound, 624 6200. Daily 10am–6pm (Thu until 7pm). Expanding Horizons: Giovanni Battista Lusieri and the ■ SOUTHSIDE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT 20 Nicolson Street, 510 0051. Mon–Sat 9am–6pm. FREE Combin(e)d 3: A Scottish Sequel Until Fri 31 Aug. Prints, paint-
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ings and textile art by part-time students of the ECA. ■ ST ANDREW SQUARE see edinburghartfestival.com for more information FREE ~ in the fields: Yen to See Different Places Until Sun 2 Sep, daily 10am–6pm. A new commission playing with tourists’ views of idealised land- scapes. EAF.
■ ST JOHN’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH Princes Street, 221 2273. Daily 10am– 6pm. 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. ■ STILLS 23 Cockburn Street, 622 6200. Daily 11am–6pm. FREE James Casebere: Home and Other Fictions Until Sun 28 Oct. Casebere is known for his interests in architecture and sculptural installations. This first solo exhibition of his works in Scotland spans over 30 years of practice.
■ SUMMERHALL 1 Summerhall, 0845 874 3001. Daily 11am–7pm, some exhibitions open later. Summerhall has over 30 exhibitions dur- ing August & September, selected high- lights below.
✽FREE Carolee Schneemann ●●●●● Until Thu 27 Sep. See Hitlist,
page 140. 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 spe- cially commissioned music. EAF. FREE Robert Kusmirowski: Pain Thing Fri 3–Sun 26 Aug. Site-specific installation inspired by the former vet school setting. EAF. FREE Edinburgh International Fashion Festival Exhibitions Until Thu 27 Sep. Three exhibitions as part of this inaugural festival, featuring col- laborations between 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. FREE John Brown: Thingsplace Until Sun 2 Sep. Work exploring con- sumer 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 until Mon 3 Sep; normal open- ing hours, Tue–Sat 10am–5pm, thereafter. FREE Tim Rollins & KOS: The Black Spot ●●●●● Until Sat 20 Oct. Group show by renowned NYC art col- lective. EAF. FREE Working Papers: Donald Judd Drawings 1963-93 Sat 20 Oct. Exhibition of the instructional drawings of US sculptor. 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) Until Mon 3 Sep. A showcase of the best in contemporary Scottish abstract painting selected by Bill Hare.
■ VARIOUS VENUES see edinburghartfestival.com for info.
✽FREE Susan Philipsz: Timeline ●●●●● Until Sun 2 Sep. Daily 1pm.
See Hitlist, page 140. 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.
■ WESTSIDE PLAZA Wester Hailes Road, travellinggallery. com FREE The Travelling Gallery: We Form Geology Tue 28 Aug, 11am– 5pm. See City Art Centre, Edinburgh. ■ 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.
■ WHITESPACE 11 Gayfield Square, 07814 514771. Daily 11am–6pm. FREE Sax Shaw: Memorial Exhibition Sat 1–Sun 30 Sep. Retrospective of the work of Edinburgh artist Sax Shaw.
OUTSIDE THE CITIES
■ DUNDEE CONTEMPORARY ARTS 152 Nethergate, Dundee, 01382 909900. Tue–Sat 11am–6pm (Thu until 8pm); Sun noon–6pm. FREE Infinite Jest Until Sun 26 Aug. Three artists (Cinthia Marcelle, Rob Pruitt and William Mackrell) interpret the notion of infinity.
■ JUPITER ARTLAND Bonnington House Steadings, Wilkieston, 01506 889900. Thu–Sun 10am–5pm. Also Mon 27 Aug 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; fam- ily £23.50–£31.50). Celebrated outdoor sculpture with new works on show by Anya Gallacio, Andy Goldsworthy, Tania Kovats and Henry Castle.
■ MOUNT STUART HOUSE AND GARDENS Rothesay, Isle Of Bute, 01700 503877. Daily 11am–5pm. House entry £11 (£6–£9). Sanctuary | Comraich Until Wed 31 Oct. Exhibition only £4. Contemporary art smorgasbord curated by James Mackay and Sophie Crichton Stuart and featuring Ian Bourn, Gill Clarke and Lucy Skaer, Nina Danino and Kate Davis.
■ TRAQUAIR HOUSE Innerleithen, 01896 830323. Daily 11am– 5pm. House entry £7.70 (seniors £7.20; children £4.20). Reflective Histories Until Sun 30 Sep. Entry included in house & garden admission. Work by seven Scottish artists reflecting the history and significance of Traquair House, curated by Edinburgh Printmakers.