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Coming into Fashion: A Century of Photography at Condé Nast
Condé Nast Publications produce some of the most famous titles in the magazine world, including Vogue, Vanity Fair and the New Yorker. It should come as no surprise that they also pioneered fashion photography, employing such legendary photographers as Cecil Beaton, Erwin Blumenfeld, David Bailey, Helmut Newton, Corinne…
City Art Centre, Edinburgh
Wed 19 Jun
£5 (£3.50) / 0131 529 3993
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 10:00 – 17:00
Thu 20 Jun
£5 (£3.50) / 0131 529 3993
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 10:00 – 17:00
Fri 21 Jun
£5 (£3.50) / 0131 529 3993
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 10:00 – 17:00
Amazing Amber
Amber is beautiful as well as fascinating. It consists of fossilised tree resin, and since resin in liquid form is sticky, and amber is transparent, this means that insects, animals and plant material sometimes get trapped in it and are preserved intact, giving us a glimpse of life millions of years ago. The whole process…
National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh
Wed 19 Jun
Free / 0300 123 6789
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 10:00 – 17:00
Thu 20 Jun
Free / 0300 123 6789
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 10:00 – 17:00
Fri 21 Jun
Free / 0300 123 6789
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 10:00 – 17:00
Sarah Kenchington: Wind Pipes for Edinburgh
Sarah Kenchington builds her mechanical instruments from discarded materials. Bicycle spokes, typewriters, the inner tubes of tractor tyres are combined to create unique musical machines which emit a discordant array of moans, squeaks and chimes. Kenchington’s work offers a contemporary manifestation of a long history of…
Trinity Apse Church Nave, Edinburgh
Thu 1 Aug
Free
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 10:00 – 17:00
Fri 2 Aug
Free
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 10:00 – 17:00
Sat 3 Aug
Free
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 10:00 – 17:00
151st International Exhibition of Photography
Come and see the best of modern photography. Two hundred images are selected from a worldwide entry of more than 2500 by a panel of distinguished international judges. The exhibition is the oldest continuously running in the world and may be viewed at our great King Street exhibition centre in the heart of…
Edinburgh Photographic Society
Sun 4 Aug
Mon 5 Aug
Tue 6 Aug
Follow the Thread – Dazzle@Dovecot
Work by jewellery designers who incorporate textiles, yarns and fabrics into their work.
Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh
Fri 2 Aug
Free / 0131 550 3660
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 10:30 – 18:30
Sat 3 Aug
Free / 0131 550 3660
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 10:30 – 18:30
Sun 4 Aug
Free / 0131 550 3660
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 10:30 – 18:30
From Death to Death and Other Small Tales: Masterpieces from the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art and the D.Daskalopoulos Collection
From Death to Death and Other Small Tales brings together works from the D.Daskalopoulos Collection, one of the most important private collections of modern and contemporary art, with major works from the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art. This innovative exhibition comprises approximately 130 works and creates a…
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art One, Edinburgh
Wed 19 Jun
Free / 0131 624 6200
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 10:00 – 17:00
Thu 20 Jun
Free / 0131 624 6200
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 10:00 – 17:00
Fri 21 Jun
Free / 0131 624 6200
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 10:00 – 17:00
Man Ray Portraits
Man Ray was an American original. He was a painter, a photographer, a maker of Dadaist readymades, a scene-maker and the man responsible for some of the wittiest and most pungent artworks of the modernist era. He's also the man originally responsible for putting a camera in the hands of Lee Miller, for which documentary…
Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh
Sat 22 Jun
£7 (£5) / 0131 624 6200
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 10:00 – 17:00
Sun 23 Jun
£7 (£5) / 0131 624 6200
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 10:00 – 17:00
Mon 24 Jun
£7 (£5) / 0131 624 6200
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 10:00 – 17:00
A Patchwork of Leith Memories: Photos and Stories of Leith, Edinburgh
Picturing Leith's past through a great selection of unpublished photographs and memories. A unique exhibition which brings the past to life and describes many aspects of the Leith area in Edinburgh.
Living Memory Association, Edinburgh
Fri 2 Aug
Sat 3 Aug
Mon 5 Aug
21 Revolutions: Two Decades of Changing Minds at Glasgow Women's Library
Prints inspired by the collection of the Glasgow Women's Library.
Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
Sat 20 Jul
Free / 0131 225 6671
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 10:00 – 17:00
Sun 21 Jul
Free / 0131 225 6671
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 12:00 – 17:00
Mon 22 Jul
Free / 0131 225 6671
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 10:00 – 17:00
Alberto Morrocco: Drawing on Life
This exhibition of works by Alberto Morrocco OBE (1917 – 1998) spans the artist’s entire career, from early student drawings and sculptures to paintings and graphics produced in his final years. Many of the works included are being shown for the first time in public and the sheer range of pieces – from classical…
Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
Mon 12 Aug
Free / 0131 557 1020
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 10:00 – 18:00
Tue 13 Aug
Free / 0131 557 1020
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 10:00 – 18:00
Wed 14 Aug
Free / 0131 557 1020
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 10:00 – 18:00
Jeremy Deller and Alan Kane
In the year he represents the UK at the Venice Biennale, Jeremy Deller and his long-standing collaborator, Alan Kane will exhibit at Jupiter Artland. Since their early collaborative show at the infamous London nightclub Stringfellow’s in 1995 to ‘Folk Archive’ (2007), their acclaimed and unique celebration of British…
Jupiter Artland, Wilkieston
Sat 3 Aug
£8.50 (£4.50) / 01506 889900
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 10:00 – 17:00
Sun 4 Aug
£8.50 (£4.50) / 01506 889900
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 10:00 – 17:00
Mon 5 Aug
£8.50 (£4.50) / 01506 889900
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 10:00 – 17:00
Paul Reid: New Paintings
The poetic narratives of Ovid have inspired painters since the Renaissance, but the paintings of Paul Reid uniquely focus on incidental details and precursory moments from these classical myths, creating curious, enigmatic and sometimes disquieting images. The technical skill and allusions to classicism in Reid’s…
The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
Fri 2 Aug
Free / 0131 558 1200
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 10:00 – 18:00
Sat 3 Aug
Free / 0131 558 1200
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 10:00 – 16:00
Mon 5 Aug
Free / 0131 558 1200
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 10:00 – 18:00
Phoebe Traquair Song School Murals
Painted in 1888-1892, Traquair’s acclaimed murals, restored in 1998, illustrate the canticle Benedicite omnia opera. Showing the pre-Raphaelite influence, they are a moving expression of faith. Tours meet at the Cathedral entrance (Palmerston Place).
St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh
Thu 1 Aug
Fri 2 Aug
Sat 3 Aug
The Vodnjan Collective: Croatia Scotia
The Vodnjan Collective comprises ten artists based in Scotland: Annie Broadley, Hans K Clausen, Paul Clowney, Tessa Clowney, Amanda Egerton-King, Alexander Hamilton, Diana Hoare, Susie Johnston, Susanna Laing and Anna Welsh. To coincide with the admission of Croatia to the European Union in 2013, Croatia Scotia…
Doubtfire Gallery, Edinburgh
Sat 3 Aug
Free / 0131 225 6540
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 10:00 – 17:00
Mon 5 Aug
Free / 0131 225 6540
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 10:00 – 17:00
Tue 6 Aug
Free / 0131 225 6540
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 10:00 – 17:00
World Press Photos Awards
The annual awards for the best press photography of the year are happening in Edinburgh. Over 100,000 images by 5666 photographers were considered and you can see a display of the stunning winners and runners-up at the Scottish Parliament. Although this isn't officially an adults-only event, bear in mind that some of the…
The Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh
Tue 30 Jul
Free / 0800 092 7500
Part of Festival of Politics.
- 10:00 – 17:00
Wed 31 Jul
Free / 0800 092 7500
Part of Festival of Politics.
- 10:00 – 17:00
Thu 1 Aug
Free / 0800 092 7500
Part of Festival of Politics.
- 10:00 – 17:00
A 15th Century Artist Predicts 21st Century Radiology
Peter Abrahams, Professor of Clinical Anatomy at Warwick University, explores the value of Leonardo’s anatomical drawings as a tool for understanding the human body, and how closely the artist anticipated the range of imagery used by the medical profession today.
The Queen's Gallery, Edinburgh
Mon 19 Aug
£10 (£8) / 0131 473 2000
Absolute Art
Back by popular demand for a fourth year, Scots photographer Jim Malcolm and French painter Christophe Philibert present an imaginative collection of photographs and paintings. Jim recently exhibited at the Smithsonian Museum in Washington DC. Christophe has produced several books of his work. Both have exhibited…
Leith Library, Edinburgh
Fri 2 Aug
Sat 3 Aug
Mon 5 Aug
Alpha and Omega
Angela Lemaire has exhibited widely and her work can be found in both private and public collections. Alpha and Omega is an exhibition of her prints, paintings and books and is in celebration of the publication of Jubilate Agno, a fine press book produced in collaboration with The Old Stile Press. It was written…
McNaughtan's Bookshop, Edinburgh
Tue 6 Aug
Wed 7 Aug
Thu 8 Aug
Amazing Amber
National Museum of Scotland. Bringing together highlights from National Museums Scotland's fine collections, Amazing Amber reveals the origins, properties and uses of this precious substance. Found all over the world, amber can vary widely in appearance and has many different uses. In this exhibition see pieces from…
National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh
Mon 29 Jul
Level 3: Special Exhibition Gallery
Free / 0131 226 0000
Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Tue 30 Jul
Level 3: Special Exhibition Gallery
Free / 0131 226 0000
Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Wed 31 Jul
Level 3: Special Exhibition Gallery
Free / 0131 226 0000
Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Ana Maria Pacheco: Memória Roubada
Translated literally, Ana Maria Pacheco's title Memória Roubada means 'stolen memories'. At the heart of this exhibition are two sculptural works characteristic of both Pacheco's practice and her personal and political concerns about the exercise of power. Displayed facing one another, each work is a wooden cupboard…
St Albert's Catholic Chaplaincy, Edinburgh
Thu 1 Aug
Free / 0131 650 0900
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 11:00 – 17:00
Fri 2 Aug
Free / 0131 650 0900
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 11:00 – 17:00
Mon 5 Aug
Free / 0131 650 0900
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 11:00 – 17:00
Ângela Ferreira: Political Cameras
For her first solo exhibition in a public gallery in the UK, Ângela Ferreira presents her renowned project Political Cameras (For Mozambique series) from 2011 alongside a new commission which will reference the legacy of David Livingstone's life and work, and the relationship between Africa and Europe from colonial days…
Stills, Edinburgh
Fri 2 Aug
Free / 0131 622 6200
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 11:00 – 18:00
Sat 3 Aug
Free / 0131 622 6200
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 11:00 – 18:00
Sun 4 Aug
Free / 0131 622 6200
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 11:00 – 18:00
Art of Alison Kinnaird - Luminesce
Alison Kinnaird. Alison Kinnaird has an international reputation as one of the world's leading artists working in glass. Her work combines the ancient technique of wheel engraving with the modern technology of LED lighting. The introduction of light brings luminescence and colour to works from small intimate pieces to…
Gallery 369, Edinburgh
Mon 29 Jul
Free / 0131 226 0000
Tue 30 Jul
Free / 0131 226 0000
Wed 31 Jul
Free / 0131 226 0000
Art, Science and Performance
Leonardo is celebrated as both an inspired artist and anatomist. This special event considers how contemporary artists, performers and scientists are informed by each other’s work in their exploration of the human body. Part of the Clod Ensemble’s Performing Medicine programme in collaboration with Wellcome Trust.
The Queen's Gallery, Edinburgh
Fri 23 Aug
£15 (£12) / 0131 473 2000
Art with a Mission
More than 50 artworks made by clients of the Glasgow City Mission. Many of the artists are vulnerable people recovering from addictions and this is the first time that they've shown their work in public.
C nova, Edinburgh
Wed 31 Jul
studio 1
£7.50 (£5.50; Seniors £5.50; Students £5.50) / 0131 226 0000
Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Thu 1 Aug
studio 1
£7.50 (£5.50; Seniors £5.50; Students £5.50) / 0131 226 0000
Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Fri 2 Aug
studio 1
£7.50 (£5.50; Seniors £5.50; Students £5.50) / 0131 226 0000
Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Artist guided walk: Lines Lost
Join artist Stuart McAdam for a guided walk along the Innocent Railway Path, the route of the capital’s first railway line which was closed in 1968, and learn about his nomadic journeys and walking as a methodology for art production. His latest project, part of a residency at Deveron Arts, is based around the infamous…
The Innocent Railway Path, Edinburgh
Thu 1 Aug
Free
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 13:15 – 17:30
