Edinburgh Festival

Liz Shannon

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The Discovery of Spain - The National Gallery

The Discovery of Spain - The National Gallery

Work by the country's artists from Old Masters to iconic cubists

13 Jul 2009

After tantalising visitors with idyllic views of Turner’s Italy in their last major exhibition, the National Galleries have turned their attention to Spain for their new Festival show. Rather than concentrating upon the work of a single artist, the…

The Embassy: Mutatis Mutandis

The Embassy: Mutatis Mutandis

Good work, bad show

(2 stars)21 Aug 2008

When the Embassy emerged several years ago, it was as a playful, bright-eyed young gallery with a serious interest in art, as demonstrated by the strong exhibition programme. It seemed as though Edinburgh was finally going to get an ambitious artist-run…

Hugh Brady: 39

Hugh Brady: 39

Thought-provoking installation art

(4 stars)21 Aug 2008

The venue for this exhibition is Brady’s studio: a converted stable, which visually correlates to the photographer’s studio in Michelangelo Antonioni’s classic 1960s film Blow Up. From the starting point of the 39 on the exterior door, this is a…

Gledinbow

Gledinbow

Glasgow and Edinburgh reconciled through art?

(3 stars)14 Aug 2008

‘gleDinBow’ is pitched as an exhibition that has paired artists from Edinburgh with partners from Glasgow as a way to explore ‘sibling rivalry’ and attempt to cross perceived artistic boundaries between the two cities. In practise there is little…

Tracey Emin: The Perfect Place To Grow

Tracey Emin: 20 Years

Emin thrills… and disappoints

(3 stars)7 Aug 2008

Tracey Emin seems to polarise opinion – just check out the online comments on her column in The Independent. One of Britain’s most recognisable YBA artists, she’s been nominated for the Turner Prize and represented Britain at the Venice Biennale, but…

Alexander Hamilton

Interview - Alexander Hamilton

Travels without my camera

7 Aug 2008

It might seem laughably low-tech in a digital age, but the camera-less cyanotype, one of the earliest and simplest forms of photography, still enthrals Edinburgh artist Alexander Hamilton. ‘It’s just two chemicals mixed together and applied to…

Glendinbow

Gledinbow

A Tale of Two Cities

7 Aug 2008

Glasgow and Edinburgh: what a pair. Like errant brothers at a wedding, you can bet they’ll be brawling on the dance floor before the end of the night. The roots of this mutual antipathy are too numerous to mention, yet they extend into all aspects of…

Andrew Grassie

Andrew Grassie

Edinburgh International Art Festival

22 Jul 2008

There promises to be a lot of visitors doing a double-take in front of Andrew Grassie’s paintings at Edinburgh University’s Talbot Rice Gallery this summer. While a fleeting glance might suggest that the images are photographs, Grassie actually…

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