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strongly influenced by nature but leaning towards abstraction. FREE Angie Lewin and Lizzie Farey: Revealed – A Familiar Landscape Until Wed 3 Oct. Paintings and sculpture inspired by Scottish landscapes. ■ SCOTTISH NATIONAL GALLERY The Mound, 624 6200. Daily 10am–5pm (Thu until 7pm).
✽ Expanding Horizons: Giovanni Battista Lusieri and the
Panoramic Landscape ●●●●● Until Sun 28 Oct. £7 (£5). Panoramas and cityscapes by celebrated Italian master. See review, page 116. FREE Masterpieces from Mount Stuart: the Bute Collection Until Sun 2 Dec. A selection of Old Master paintings from the famous Bute Collection in Mount Stuart. FREE Piranesi: Master of Fantasy Until Sun 7 Oct. Giovanni Battista Piranesi was a master draughtsman and designer, but also a creator of great works of fantasy. FREE Take Five Illustrators Until Tue 30 Oct. Work by artists who illustrate books for children, featuring 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). Symbolism and landscape painting.
■ SCOTTISH NATIONAL GALLERY OF MODERN ART ONE 75 Belford Road, 624 6200. Daily 10am–5pm (Thu until 7pm). Picasso and Modern British Art Until Sun 4 Nov. £10 (£7). Picasso and his legacy in British art.
■ SCOTTISH NATIONAL GALLERY OF MODERN ART TWO 73 Belford Road, 624 6200. Daily 10am–5pm. FREE Death, War and Desire Until Sun 23 Sep. Books, periodicals and woodcuts from the German Expressionist movement of the early 20th century. Edvard Munch: Graphic Works from The Gundersen Collection ●●●●● Until Sun 23 Sep. £7 (£5). Graphic works including the celebrated ‘Scream’. ■ SCOTTISH NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY 1 Queen Street, 624 6200. Daily 10am–5pm (Thu until 7pm). FREE In It To Win It Until Sun 7 Oct. Paintings and photographs of contemporary Scottish sportspeople. FREE Migration Stories: Pakistan Until Wed 31 Oct. Tripartite exhibition exploring Scotland’s links with Pakistan. FREE Pioneers of Science Until Wed 31 Oct. Portraits of the men and women whose adventures in science have shaped the modern world. FREE Tesco Bank Art Competition Until Sun 21 Oct. Artworks by the winners of the Tesco Bank Art Competition for Schools. FREE The Modern Scot Until Wed 31 Oct. Exhibition exploring the modern sensibility of Scottish writers and artists after World War I. FREE War at Sea Until Mon 8 Oct. The war art of Sir John Lavery. FREE Lucknow to Lahore: Fred Bremner’s Vision of India Sat 6 Oct–Sun 7 Apr. The work of Fred Bremner, a Scottish commercial photographer who travelled widely in India between 1882 and 1922.
■ SCOTTISH POETRY LIBRARY 5 Crichton’s Close, Canongate, 557 2876. Tue–Fri 10am–5pm (Thu until 8pm); Sat 10am–4pm FREE Orchard Until Sat 29 Sep. Collaborative poetry/art exhibition celebrating the apple.
■ SCOTTISH STORYTELLING CENTRE 43–45 High Street, 556 9579. Mon–Sat 10am–6pm. FREE Kate Leiper: A Visual Treasury Fri 28 Sep–Sat 3 Nov. Folk tale-inspired illustrations. Part of the Scottish International Storytelling Festival.
■ SLEEPER Reiach and Hall Architects, 6 Darnaway Street, 225 8444. Mon–Fri 2–5pm FREE Martina Klein and Walter Janßen Until Fri 21 Sep. Work by two German artists. ■ STICK FACTORY 69c Mayfield Rd, 629 5171. Tue–Sat 10am–7pm. FREE Ross Spencer: New Works Until Thu 11 Oct. Original artwork created by drawing on board with a welding torch.
■ STILLS 23 Cockburn Street, 622 6200. Daily 11am–6pm. FREE James Casebere: Home and Other Fictions Until Sun 28 Oct. First Scottish solo exhibition for an artist known for his interests in architecture and sculptural installations.
■ SUMMERHALL 1 Summerhall, 0845 874 3001. Daily 11am–7pm, some exhibitions open later. Summerhall hosts a number exhibitions during September, selected highlights below. FREE Carolee Schneemann Until Thu 27 Sep. New and archive work from iconic US performance and video artist.
✽ FREE David Michalek: Figure Studies Until Thu 27 Sep. Video work honouring Eadweard Muybridge. See review, page 113. FREE Jean-Pierre Muller: 7 x 7th Street Until Thu 27 Sep. Seven sound sculptures with specially commissioned music. FREE Edinburgh International Fashion Festival Exhibitions Until Thu 27 Sep. Three exhibitions as part of this inaugural festival, featuring collaborations between designers, parfumiers and smell researchers, video by Hussein Chalayan and photography by Rankin. FREE OWWO Until Thu 27 Sep. Work by 30 female artists covering topics including human trafficking, the use of the female body in the sex industry, and women’s reasons for vagina-plasty. FREE Robin Gillanders: The Philosopher’s Garden Redux Until Thu 27 Sep. Photographs of a park beloved by Rousseau. FREE Static State Until Thu 27 Sep. Witty art from emerging Edinburgh artists. FREE Venus with Severed Leg Until Thu 27 Sep. William English’s legendary 1975 photoshoot of Vivienne Westwood. FREE Wolf Vostell Until Thu 27 Sep. Retrospective of the puckish German avant-gardist.
■ TALBOT RICE GALLERY University of Edinburgh, South Bridge, 650 2210. Tue–Sat 10am–5pm FREE Tim Rollins & KOS: The Black Spot ●●●●● Until Sat 20 Oct. Group show by renowned NYC art collective. FREE Working Papers: Donald Judd Drawings 1963-93 Until Sat 20 Oct. Exhibition of the instructional drawings of US sculptor. ■ TOLLCROSS COMMUNITY CENTRE 117 Fountainbridge FREE Brainstorm Fri 5–Wed 31 Oct, Mon–Fri 8.30am–9pm; Sat 10am–4pm; Sun 9am–2pm. An exhibition of posters created by graphic designers from different countries in an attempt to raise
awareness and understanding of mental health. Part of Scottish Mental Health Arts & Film Festival. ■ UNION GALLERY 45 Broughton Street, 556 7707. Mon– Sat 10.30am–6pm; Sun noon–6pm. FREE Autumn Exhibition Until Tue 9 Oct. Autumn exhibition by gallery artists including Drummond Mayo, Janet Melrose, Jackie Gardiner, Jenny Matthews, Ian Rawnsley and Cathy Campbell. FREE Derek McGuire Fri 12 Oct– Mon 12 Nov. Abstract paintings full of intrigue, wit and darkness.
■ CHAPLAINCY CENTRE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH 1 Bristo Square, 650 2595. Mon–Fri 10am–4pm. FREE Oor Mad History Presents: Walk With Us Mon 1–Thu 25 Oct. Exhibition featuring archive material from the Oor Mad History community history project and art work by people involved with CAPS Advocacy, the LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing and the Penumbra Self Harm Project. Part of Scottish Mental Health Arts & Film Festival.
■ WHITESPACE 11 Gayfield Square, 07814 514771. FREE Sax Shaw: Memorial Exhibition Until Sun 30 Sep, daily 11am–6pm. Retrospective of the work of Edinburgh artist Sax Shaw.
OUTSIDE THE CITIES
■ THE CHANGING ROOM Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, Stirling, 01786 274005. Tue–Sat 10am–6pm. FREE Laura Edbrook: The Copyist Until Sat 6 Oct. Edbrook presents an exhibition exploring
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■ DUNDEE CONTEMPORARY ARTS 152 Nethergate, Dundee, 01382 909900. Tue–Sat 11am–6pm (Thu until 8pm); Sun noon–6pm. FREE DashnDem: Imagine Being a World Leader Until Sun 18 Nov. Work from the artist duo Dash Macdonald and Demitrios Kargotis, in keeping with their favour for creative public experiments and witty interventions exploring social and political issues. Imagine Being a World Leader involves a fictional political event, inspired by the 2012 American Presidential election, working with local children from Blackness Primary School. FREE Nikolaj Bendix Skyum Larsen: From the Edge Until Sun 18 Nov. Three experimental pieces of film work exploring deprived areas in Europe, and the fast-developing world of Dubai. ■ MOUNT STUART HOUSE AND GARDENS Rothesay, Isle Of Bute, 01700 503877. Daily 11am–5pm. Sanctuary | Comraich Until Wed 31 Oct. £11 (£6–£9; exhibition only £4). Contemporary art from Ian Bourn, Gill Clarke and Lucy Skaer, Nina Danino, Kate Davis and more.
■ THE PARK GALLERY Callendar House, Callendar Park, Falkirk, 01324 503789. Mon–Sat 10am–5pm; Sun (until end Sep only) 2–5pm. FREE George Garson: A Retrospective Until Sat 3 Nov. The first major retrospective of the work of Garson, who worked in the Leith and Burntisland shipyards before becoming an artist.
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