Dovecot
BARNABY BARFORD
13 JUN – 19 JUL, NOT SUNDAYS, 10:30AM – 5:30PM, FREE
Direct from MOCA The Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Dovecot host a selection of works from ceramic sculptor Barnaby Barford – with his kitsch figurines exploring all aspects of society in a sinister and sardonic, but invariably humorous, way. CURRENT EXCHANGES: DOVECOT AND THE AUSTRALIAN TAPESTRY WORKSHOP
5 JUL – 27 SEP, NOT SUNDAYS, 10:30AM – 5:30PM, FREE
Celebrating the continuing connections between the Australian Tapestry Workshop (in Melbourne) and Dovecot Studios (in Edinburgh), Dovecot bring together a selection of recent work from both institutions. Part of Edinburgh Art Festival. CRAIGIE AITCHISON
5 JUL – 27 SEP, NOT SUNDAYS, 10:30AM – 5:30PM, FREE
Retrospective showcase of paintings and etchings from the estate of Craigie Aitchsion (1926-2009), shown alongside a series of tapestries created by Dovecot Studios in collaboration with the artist.
Edinburgh Printmakers
CAROL RHODES + LOUISE HOPKINS
VARIOUS DATES BETWEEN 4 JUN AND 19 JUL, 10:00AM – 6:00PM, FREE
Printmakers Carol Rhodes and Louise Hopkins respond to ‘Below Another Sky’, an international residency programme designed to support research and the development of new work in print by artists from Scotland, Australia, Canada, India and Pakistan.
Jupiter Artland
KATIE PATERSON: EARTH-MOONEARTH (MOONLIGHT SONATA REFLECTED FROM THE SURFACE OF THE MOON)
VARIOUS DATES BETWEEN 17 JUL AND 28 SEP, 10:00AM – 5:00PM, FREE
New exhibition capturing a transmission of Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata reflected from the moon, converted into Morse code and played on a self-playing grand piano, with live performances scheduled throughout. Part of GENERATION/Edinburgh Art Festival. SILVY WEATHERALL: A BODY OF PARTS
VARIOUS DATES BETWEEN 18 MAY AND 20 JUL, 10:00AM – 5:00PM, £8.50 (£4.50)
Painter, sculptor, photographer and deconstructed taxidermist Silvy Weatherall exhibits a new project taking inspiration from her fear of waste – using by-products of her husband’s meat and game business and transforming them into objects of desire. ANYA GALLACCIO: STROKE
VARIOUS DATES BETWEEN 18 MAY AND 13 JUL, 10:00AM – 5:00PM, £8.50 (£4.50)
Anya Gallaccio returns to Jupiter Artland with a sensory-assaulting installation for which the entire room is covered in thick dark chocolate – to become, as so often is her practice, putrid and decayed over time. TESSA LYNCH: RAISING
VARIOUS DATES BETWEEN 17 JUL AND 28 SEP, 10:00AM – 5:00PM, £8.50 (£4.50)
Tessa Lynch and a team of volunteers present new work concerned with the current restrictions on home planning, construction and development, with the piece deconstructed and rebuilt throughout the exhibition duration. Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
Embassy Gallery Kalopsia RIBOFUNK VARIOUS DATES BETWEEN 20 JUN AND 6 JUL, 12:00PM – 6:00PM, FREE
Collective exhibition running as part of this year’s Embassy Annuale, featuring work by Rapidshare, Laura Yuile, Naomia Davies, Thomas Aithchison, Katie Cercone, Joey Holder and Ilona Sagar.
Ingleby Gallery KATIE PATERSON: IDEAS
VARIOUS DATES BETWEEN 27 JUN AND 27 SEP, TIMES VARY, FREE
The Glasgow artist continues her emphasis on cosmology, with the exhibition including the culmination of Second Moon – a year-long project for which a fragment of the moon has been circling the earth via airfreight courier. Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
Interview Room 11 WILLEM VENTER
VARIOUS DATES BETWEEN 20 JUN AND 5 JUL, TIMES VARY, FREE
As part of their contribution to Annuale 2014, Interview Room 11 present new work by South African artist Willem Venter – bringing together a group of recent large scale drawings, united with a fine thread between desire and expulsion. JANIE NICOLL: ROUGH EDIT
VARIOUS DATES BETWEEN 23 JUL AND 9 AUG, TIMES VARY, FREE
New installation work for which Janie Nicoll will use text as the foundation for a cross-platform exploration carried out in collaboration with other contemporary artists – who will contribute digital images and text works. Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
Inverleith House ISA GENZKEN: BOTANICAL GARDEN
VARIOUS DATES BETWEEN 19 JUL AND 28 SEP, 10:00AM – 5:30PM, FREE
First UK exhibition outside of London by German-born artist Isa Genzken, featuring recent work which of late has focused on the urban – combining aspects of photography, collage and cheap readymade objects. Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
July 2014
THE SCARF CREATION
5–31 JUL, TIMES VARY, FREE
Committed to exhibiting refreshing takes on contemporary textiles, Kalopsia - a pop-up gallery housed within Ocean Terminal - display a collection of unique scarfs designed by a variety of artists, to be auctioned off for Cancer Research.
National Museum of Scotland
MING: THE GOLDEN EMPIRE
27 JUN – 19 OCT, 10:00AM – 5:00PM, £10 (£8/£6.50 CHILDREN)
Collection of original artefacts from the Nanjing Museum, taking in key aspects of the Ming dynasty focusing on the remarkable cultural, technological and economic achievements of the period. Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
Ocean Terminal TO THE NTH DEGREE
11 JUL – 3 AUG, 10:00AM – 8:00PM, FREE
Taking over a two-story shop space in Ocean Terminal for the summer, the fledgling Pop Up! Edinburgh lot host an exhibition showcase encompassing a selection of this year’s graduate degree show work from art schools and universities across the UK.
Royal Scottish Academy (RSA) OPEN DIALOGUES
28 JUN – 31 AUG, TIMES VARY, FREE
Special showcase inviting one artist from each of the RSA New Contemporaries (2009-2014) to make and display a new body of work, selected on merit of their impact upon contemporary practice and their proven track record since RSA New Contemporaries.
Scottish National Gallery TITIAN AND THE GOLDEN AGE OF VENETIAN PAINTING
22 MAR – 14 SEP, TIMES VARY, FREE
Special exhibition celebrating the recent acquisition – jointly with the National Gallery in London – of two mythological paintings by Titian, shown alongside work from almost all of the major names in Venetian art of the period.
GENERATION @ SCOTTISH NATIONAL GALLERY 28 JUN – 2 NOV, TIMES VARY, FREE
Celebrating some of the best art to come out of Scotland in the last 25 years, the Scottish National Gallery’s GENERATION exhibition includes installations from Steven Campbell and Martin Boyce, plus new work from Karla Black and David Shrigley. THE ART OF GOLF: THE STORY OF SCOTLAND’S NATIONAL SPORT
12 JUL – 26 OCT, TIMES VARY, £8 (£6)
Story of the birth and evolution of golf, bringing together works of art, rare memorabilia and significant museum pieces from the game’s history - beginning in the early 17th century with paintings of the playing of ‘kolf'. Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
GENERATION @ SCOTTISH NATIONAL GALLERY OF MODERN ART
28 JUN – 25 JAN, 10:00AM – 5:00PM, FREE
Celebrating some of the best art to come out of Scotland in the last 25 years, the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art’s GENERATION exhibition includes installations by Ross Sinclair, Graham Fagen and Simon Starling. AMERICAN IMPRESSIONISM: A NEW VISION
19 JUL – 19 OCT, 10:00AM – 5:00PM, £8 (£6)
Showcase tracing the discovery of Impressionism by American artists in the late 19th-century, divided into four groups and including John Singer Sargent, William Merritt Chase and the American group known as 'The Ten'. Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
Scottish National Portrait Gallery MAKING HISTORY
12 OCT – 28 SEP, TIMES VARY, FREE
ANDREW GILBERT: THE GLORIOUS RETURN OF EMPEROR 7 JUN – 11 JUL, 11:00AM – 6:00PM, FREE
For his first Scottish solo exhibition, Andrew Gilbert has built his Imperial Palace in Summerhall – featuring drawings depicting moments from European Colonialism, and the reign of Emperor Andrew, interspersed with trophy heads and fetish sculptures. SEBASTIAN ERRAZURIZ: 12 SHOES FOR 12 LOVERS
7 JUN – 11 JUL, 11:00AM – 6:00PM, FREE
Artist and designer Sebastian Errazuriz shows a series of 3D printed shoes inspired by his former flames, with each shoe representing how he remembers its counterpart: either by a nickname, a personal attribute or sexual behaviour.
SALLY HACKETT: FUN JUST WANTS TO HAVE GIRLS
7 JUN – 11 JUL, 11:00AM – 6:00PM, FREE
Known for her contemporary ceramics documenting social rituals associated with current youth, Sally Hackett presents new work exploring notions of selfobsession, self-objectification, the monotony of celebrity and the absurdity of certain viral phrases.
Celebrating art made in Scotland in the last 25 years, the Portrait Gallery's GENERATION exhibition forms a three-headed showcase alongside the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art and the Scottish National Gallery. Part of Edinburgh Art Festival. JOHN RUSKIN: ARTIST AND OBSERVER
4 JUL – 28 SEP, TIMES VARY, £8 (£6)
Retrospective exhibition illustrating the range and quality of John Ruskin's drawn and painted work - from Gothic palaces in Venice to minutely defined coloured birds and plants. Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
Stills
A THOUSAND OF HIM, SCATTERED
12 APR – 20 JUL, 11:00AM – 6:00PM, FREE
Group exhibition exploring the history, definitions and simultaneous utility/redundancy of diaspora as an umbrella term, sparked by Edward Said’s outright rejection of the concept.
Summerhall
MICHELE MARCOUX: HAG-RIDDEN
7 JUN – 11 JUL, 11:00AM – 6:00PM, FREE
Ohio-born, Scotland-based artist Michele Marcoux displays a new body of work exploring the idea of personal identity – specifically female identity – as a form of haunting.
Cooper Gallery
Exhibition of Scottish art photography selected from Dundee City’s permanent collection, showcasing images from over 50 photographers collected in the 28 years following the purchase of two important early photographs by Thomas Joshua Cooper in 1985.
Nomas* Projects
20 JUN – 31 AUG, TIMES VARY, FREE
Having recently relocated to Edinburgh from London, artists Jim McCutcheon and Linda Downie host their first Scottish exhibition in over a decade.
Whitespace
ROSE STRANG: EIGG ISLAND
18–23 JUL, TIMES VARY, FREE
Solo showcase of the fruits of artist Rose Strang’s month-long residency on Eigg island back in April, taking in a series of new landscape paintings on canvas/ wood completed as part of her painting-a-day project. OPAL
4–9 JUL, TIMES VARY, FREE
Kate McAllan and Martyn Mckenzie present a selection of new drawings and paintings engaging with the poetic sensibilities of the Scottish landscape.
STUDIO JAMMING: ARTISTS’ COLLABORATIONS IN SCOTLAND
28 JUN – 2 AUG, NOT SUNDAYS, TIMES VARY, FREE
Taking its cue from the improvised excitement of musical jamming, Cooper Gallery present the first discursive survey to foreground the grassroots character of artists’ collaboration that’s contributed to the achievements of contemporary art in Scotland.
Trio of solo exhibitions – taking in work by Rob Churm, Raydale Dower and Tony Swain – built around a core installation, featuring events, concerts and interventions reflecting their symbiotic approach to art and music. SKISSER FRÅN PLATSER JAG INTE BESÖKT, ÄN
12 JUN – 14 AUG, 9:00AM – 9:00PM, FREE
Stockholm-based artist Samuel Sander explores themes of wandering, escapism, the natural environment, and their interplay in art and imagination - taking in small-scale paintings of the imagined Scottish landscape, shown alongside explorer’s equipment.
The McManus A SILVERED LIGHT
6 DEC – 30 NOV, TIMES VARY, FREE
NICK EVANS: THE WHITE WHALE
Immersive new sculptural installation by Nick Evans – known for his organically-shaped white plaster sculptures – inspired by the Gothic architecture of The McManus and the museum collections held within.
CLAIRE ANDERSON + HANNA DÍS WHITEHEAD: WEAVING DNA
7 JUN – 11 JUL, 11:00AM – 6:00PM, FREE
Collaboration between Icelandic product designer Hanna Dís Whitehead and Scottish textile designer Claire Anderson – reappropriating traditional Nordic and Scottish textiles to examine the ways they represent and shape aspects of national identity. HIGH VIS.
Talbot Rice Gallery
28 JUN – 2 NOV, TIMES VARY, FREE
5 JUN – 3 JUL, NOT SUNDAYS, 9:00AM – 5:00PM, FREE
VARIOUS DATES BETWEEN 28 JUN AND 24 AUG, TIMES VARY, FREE
CONTINUE WITHOUT LOSING CONSCIOUSNESS
Creating narratives inspired by the painting process, Georgia Rose Murray displays a collection of her surreal landscapes – desiring to understand the role of the conscious and subconscious within our awareness of experience.
14 JUN – 19 OCT, TIMES VARY, FREE
GENERATION @ SCOTTISH NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY
DCA
7 JUN – 11 JUL, 11:00AM – 6:00PM, FREE
4 JUN – 5 JUL, 11:00AM – 6:00PM, FREE
Showcase of works from the Paisley-born artist, celebrating his innovative and richly varied portraiture across an exhibition of 60 drawings, paintings and multimedia works from throughout his career.
Dundee
JIM MCCUTCHEON + LINDA DOWNIE: REALLY
GEORGIA ROSE MURRAY: SNAKEWISE
Solo exhibition of recent work by Sandy Stoddart (Sculptor In Ordinary to The Queen of Scotland), of which the main focus will be the creation of a new figurative statue of William Birnie Rhind commissioned by the Scottish National Portrait Gallery. JOHN BYRNE
Union Gallery
This year’s Edinburgh College Creative Arts HNDs Illustration, Textiles and Interior Design final year students mark their biggest showcase to date, running as part of the Let’s Glow showcase from all areas of Creative Industries at Edinburgh College.
JASON LEE: PURSUIT OF A SHADOW
31 MAY – 5 JUL, 10:00AM – 5:00PM, FREE
The Glasgow-based video artist displays his most comprehensive exhibition of work to date, concerned with the transformation of cinema’s material origins, revealing the uncanny effects of a contemporary medium still haunted by its past. NORMAN MCLAREN: HAND-MADE CINEMA
31 MAY – 5 JUL, 10:00AM – 5:00PM, FREE
Showcase of the Scottish-born Canadian animator and film director’s fluid – almost alchemical – creative process, screening examples of his films alongside the physical materials that made them possible.
The Fruitmarket Gallery JIM LAMBIE
28 JUN – 19 OCT, TIMES VARY, FREE
Solo showcase of the renowned Scottish artist, bringing together early sculptures and recent work – including a new version of ‘Shaved Ice’ that will fill the ground floor with floor-to-ceiling mirrored ladders. Part of GENERATION/ Edinburgh Art Festival.
The Queen’s Gallery
IN FINE STYLE: THE ART OF TUDOR AND STUART FASHION
14 MAR – 20 JUL, 9:30AM – 4:30PM, £6.50 (£5.90)
Exhibition exploration of Tudor and Stuart period style, tracing changing tastes in fashionable attire using paintings, drawings and miniatures from the Royal Collection, and a number of rare surviving examples of clothing and accessories.
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