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ANNOUNCEMENTS, LINE-UPS AND OPINION Peter Liversidge says ‘Hello’, as part of the EAF
NEWS IN BRIEF
• ASSEMBLY ROOMS LAUNCH FRINGE PROGRAMME The Assembly Rooms are leading the charge this month, launching their wares way before the ofi cial Fringe launch in June. Following the success of 12 Angry Men and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Omid Djalili and Phil Nichol will head up a cast of comedians for a stage adaptation of the 1994 i lm Shawshank Redemption. Other highlights include stand-up shows from Jerry Sadowitz and Father Ted star Ardal O’Hanlon, an intimate show from Makar Liz Lochhead, music from Hue & Cry, Horse and Donnie Munro, Motown star Martha Reeves, spoken word events from Monty Don and Val McDermid, and an appearance from Respect MP George Galloway. Rumours that he’ll be the cat are still to be coni rmed . . .
• SURREALIST WORKS ARRIVE IN EDINBURGH Two works by Surrealist Catalan artist Joan Miró – ‘Femme, 1970’ and ‘Personnage, 1978’ – have been loaned to the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art. The Gallery can keep the pieces for up to i ve years. • RITA ORA HEADS TO TITP Rita Ora (pictured) and Odd Future rappers Frank Ocean, Tyler, The Creator and Earl Sweatshirt are among the latest acts announced to perform at T in the Park. The quartet join a line-up that already includes Snoop Dogg, Dizzee Rascal, Azealia Banks and headliner Rihanna. Further north at RockNess, line-up additions include soul singer Lianne La Havas, upbeat indie poppers Dog is Dead, Shefi eld’s Reverend and The Makers fronted by the outspoken Jon McClure, Detroit techno master Rolando (Underground Resistance/Soma) and Brooklyn- based MC Zebra Katz. They will be joined on the banks of Loch Ness by Fatboy Slim, Plan B, Example and Basement Jaxx.
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BROAD STROKES As this year’s Edinburgh Art Festival line-up is launched, Anna Millar finds a diverse programme featuring rugs, pipes, flags and complaints
I t’s no small coincidence that as the sun finally appears, the Edinburgh Art Festival has released its programme for 2013. Colourful and smile-inducing, the month-long event features great venues, major new solo exhibitions and some enticing commissions, with a line-up of 45 exhibitions across 30 of the city’s galleries, museums and pop-ups.
Among the many highlights are a handful of publicly-sited pieces from such talents as Robert Montgomery (best known for his poetic sculptures) and Peter Liversidge, who will inspire the city to fly their white flags to the mast and say HELLO.
Meanwhile, Christine Borland collaborates with Brody Condon, Sarah Kenchington constructs an instrument from 100 decommissioned organ pipes, and Katri Walker brings us a multi-channel audio-visual installation. Daniel Padden and Peter Nicholson complete the line-up of new commissions with The Complaints Choir, which invites people to sing their complaints out loud. Elsewhere, throughout August, there will be a major new show from
Gabriel Orozco at the Fruitmarket Gallery, as well as works from Gregor Schneider and Lawrence Weiner. Adding to the EAF’s charms is the sprinkling of new venues, including the use of gallus gothic kirk, the Trinity Apse, for Kenchington’s installation. Well-known spaces will be reimagined too, with a huge 1.3 tonne stone library being installed at the National Museum of Scotland, as part of New York-born, Glasgow-based artist Ilana Halperin’s contribution to the programme.
Also keep ‘em peeled for a major exhibition on the life of Mary Queen of Scots, a century of fashion photography from Condé Nast’s archives, avant-garde artist Man Ray portraits at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery and an examination of witchcraft at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art. Other top contributions come from Alasdair Gray, Alan Davie and John Byrne, whose work on new hand-tufted rugs will be shown at Dovecot Studios.
Edinburgh Art Festival runs from 1 Aug–1 Sep.