Alexander Hamilton - Blue Flora Celtica

8 August – 22 August
Open daily 11am – 4pm
ADMISSION FREE

Blue Flora Celtica, an exhibition of photograms (cyanotypes) in which the artist Alexander Hamilton makes concrete the key points from his own artistic journey 1968 -2008.

07779 223580
www.alexanderhamilton.co.uk

art’s complex - self-made cavalcade

13 August – 5 September
Thurs-Sun 12-6pm
ADMISSION FREE

A three-point-perspective group show of emerging contemporary practitioners in performance, sculpture, film and sound exploring the network of relationships and cross-fertilisation generated by this praxis.

0131 661 1924
jaaliceklarr.blogspot.com
www.jaaliceklarr.org

Atticsalt - Passing

1 August – 29 August
Mon – Sat
2pm – 6pm
ADMISSION FREE

An evocative project by American photographer, Kate Pollard illustrating the aftermath of her father’s death in 2007. The series chronicles the journey through her family’s grieving process.

0131 225 2093
www.atticsalt.co.uk

Beyond Words - We Love Lomo

5 August – 31 October
Thurs - Mon
10am - 9pm (7-31 August)
Tues – Wed
10am – 6pm (7 Aug - 31 August)
Sun
1pm – 6pm (1 Sept – 31 Oct)
ADMISSION FREE

We Love Lomo is a showcase of images by local artists, all shot using Lomo cameras.

0131 2266636
www.beyondwords.co.uk

Bourne Fine Art - 200 Years of Scottish Painting

31 July – 5 September
Mon – Fri
10am-6pm
Saturday
11am-4pm
Or by appointment
ADMISSION FREE

For a small country, the history of Scotland’s visual arts is particularly rich and diverse. In this exhibition we have selected a dozen such examples that illustrate this.

0131 557 4050
www.bournefineart.com

Collective - The How Not To Cookbook – Lessons learned the hard way

5 August – 4 October
Tues – Sun
11am – 6pm
ADMISSION FREE

The exhibition ‘The How Not To Cook Book- Lessons learned the hard way’ is a limited edition book and art project by Aleksandra Mir, commissioned and produced by Collective.

0131 220 1260
www.collectivegallery.net

Corn Exchange Gallery - Andrew Ranville

31 July – 10 September
Tues – Sat
11am – 4.30pm
Or by appointment
ADMISSION FREE

American artist Andrew Ranville combines new large indoor/outdoor sculpture with film in this solo show exploring ideas of space in relation to one’s own body.

0131 561 7300
www.cornexchangegallery.com

doggerfisher - Nashashibi / Skaer

1 Aug – 26 September
Mon – Sat
10 – 6pm (August until 5 September)
Tues – Fri
10 – 6pm
Sat 12 – 5pm (8 – 26 September)
Or by appointment
ADMISSION FREE

Rosalind Nashashibi and Lucy Skaer have been collaborating since 2005. For their first solo exhibition in Scotland they will exhibit a new 16mm film, which takes as its starting point Paul Nash’s painting Flight of the Magnolia.

0131 558 7110
www.doggerfisher.com

Dovecot - The Creative World of Alan Davie

5 August – 26 September
August:
Mon – Sat 11am – 5pm (Wed open until 7pm)
September:
Tues- Sat 11am – 5pm
£3 (£2 concessions)

The Creative World of Alan Davie celebrates the remarkable breadth of work from one of Scotland’s most respected and influential artists.

0131 550 3660
www.dovecotstudios.com

Edinburgh College of Art - Milestone

1 August – 30 August
Tues – Sun
10am – 4pm
ADMISSION FREE

A unique arts event, where 10 internationally renowned sculptors will each carve a large-scale work in stone in the College quadrangle.

0131 221 6000
www.eca.ac.uk

Edinburgh Printmakers - Peter Blake: ‘Venice’ - In Association with the Paul Stolper Gallery, London

18 July – 29 August
Tues- Sat
10am – 6pm.
Open late on Thurs 13, 20 and 27 Aug, until 8pm.
ADMISSION FREE

Edinburgh Printmakers presents the Scottish Premiere of the Venice suite and other works by Peter Blake in association with the Paul Stolper Gallery, London.

0131 557 2479
www.edinburgh-printmakers.co.uk

Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop - MAGAZINE 09: Creative Spaces

15 August – 30 August
Mon – Sun
11am – 5pm
Thurs 27 Aug 11am to 8pm
ADMISSION FREE

Inspired by Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop’s planned new international centre for sculpture, artists explore the notion of creative space within ESW’s current premises.

0131 551 4490
www.edinburghsculpture.org

Embassy Gallery - Grandmother Waits for You

8 Aug - 5 Sept
Thurs – Sun
12-6pm
Or by appointment.
ADMISSION FREE

This exhibition takes a sympathetic and humorous look at British grannyhood as a specific cultural phenomenon defined by its own autopoietic sub-system. It focuses on the ‘knitting club’ both as a cross-generational creative platform and as a nodal point in an analogue network of localised information exchange.

07950 872479
www.embassygallery.org

gallerA1 @ The Lighthouse - JUMP 2 DE-Light

8 August – 5 September
Daily 10am – 4pm
Or by appointment
ADMISSION FREE

Contextual response to the Edinburgh Waterfront. The artistic intent: awareness raising and debate around Place, Planning, Landownership, Developer Led Regeneration and scope for alternative models.

0131 555 2280 or 0775 261 2607
www.artinarchitecture.co.uk/site_2/gallerA1.html

Ingleby Gallery - Callum Innes

5 August – 19 September
Mon – Sat
10-6pm (Thurs til 7pm)
Sun 12-5pm
ADMISSION FREE

Ingleby Gallery will exhibit new work by Callum Innes, one of the leading abstract painters of recent years, whose quietly seductive paintings continue to nudge the possibilities of painting forward.

0131 556 4441
www.inglebygallery.com

Institut Francais d’Ecosse - Paul Nougé, Subversion of the images

13 August – 26 September
Mon – Fri
9.30am – 6.30pm
Sat 9.30-1pm
(closed on 31/08/09 and 14/09/09)
ADMISSION FREE

Paul Nougé (1895 -1967) was a Belgian poet, instigator and theorist of the Surrealism in Belgium. Between December 1929 and February 1930 Nougé carried out nineteen photographs which were published in 1968 with the title “ Subversion of the images”. 19 original photographs and documents will be exhibited, they all belong to the ‘Archives and Literature Museum’ of Belgium.

0131 225 5366
www.ifecosse.org.uk

Inverleith House - John McCracken

6 August – 11 October
Tues – Sun (Daily during Art Festival)
10am – 5.30pm
ADMISSION FREE

First UK solo exhibition by key American artist John McCracken, whose use of colour and form continues to influence artists across generations, in a career spanning 45 years.

0131 248 2971
www.rbge.org.uk/inverleith-house

Jupiter Artland - Jupiter Artland Year 1

1 August – 31 August
Thurs – Sun
10am – 4pm
Adults – £5
Concessions (students with proof of ID) £3 and under 18s.
Under 5’s & Disabled badge holders – Free

Jupiter Artland brings together some world renowned sculptors and exciting British newcomers in 90 acres of stunning woodland and fields 10 miles from central Edinburgh.

0131 257 4170
www.jupiterartland.org

Kate V Robertson - Notices

5 August – 5 September
The exhibition will be installed externally, in various city centre locations, and on view at all times.
ADMISSION FREE

A collection of works installed on walls throughout the city, camouflaged against their backdrops, they appear like invisible graffiti, or mute advertising; ghosts of propaganda.

07881 713 687
www.katevrobertson.com

National Galleries of Scotland - Summer 2009 at the National Galleries of Scotland

The Discovery of Spain
18 July – 11 October 2009. National Gallery Complex.
Admission £8/ £6
ARTIST ROOMS
Until 8 November 2009. Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art.
Admission free
The Enlightenments
7 August – 27 September 2009. Dean Gallery.
Admission free
Rough Cut Nation
7 August – 30 August 2009 (see www.roughcutnation.co.uk for opening times). Scottish National Portrait Gallery.
Admission free

0131 624 6200
www.nationalgalleries.org

National Museum of Scotland - Ballast: Bringing the Stones Home

5 August – 8 November
Daily
10am – 5pm
ADMISSION FREE

Using stone from historic quarries in Scotland, New Zealand artist John Edgar celebrates the strong culture that is common to both countries.

0131 225 7534
www.nms.ac.uk

Nekojuice - Change - An International Art Project

7 August – 5 September
Daily 11am - 5pm
£1 for Charity

The Berlin based group Nekojuice and Edinburghs’ Perennial Art invited 21 young international artists to work on one theme: Change. Change seems to be the word for 2009 promising a new, not really graspable, but certainly very different future.

0131 53 80 750 or 0777 0800 482
www.nekojuice.com

New Media Scotland - Reveal/Reset

5 August – 5 September
Wed – Sun
10am-6pm
ADMISSION FREE

Reveal/Reset: New artworks, devices and creative applications commissioned by the Alt-w Fund from artists and technologists based in Scotland.

0131 651 5661
www.alt-w.com

Open Eye Gallery - John Bellany ‘A Celtic Voyage’

7 August – 1 September
Mon – Fri
10am – 6pm
Sat
10am – 4pm
ADMISSION FREE

An exhibition of work by John Bellany, voyaging through every decade of his life and celebrating the artistic mastery of this devoted Celt.

0131 557 1020
www.openeyegallery.co.uk

Patriothall Gallery, WASPS Studios - “This is Now: From Drawing to Contexture”

1 August – 29 August
Mon – Sat
11am – 5pm
Thu 11am – 7pm
Sun 12pm – 5pm
Thurs 27 Aug, until 9pm
ADMISSION FREE

In “This is Now: From Drawing to Contexture”, the artists reveal the diverse and hidden creative processes behind their resulting works of art.

0131 220 3355 or 07877 457332
www.patriothallgallery.co.uk/festival.htm

REWIND at Stills

6 August – 5 September
Daily
11am – 6pm
ADMISSION FREE

An exhibition of seminal works from the formative years of British Video Art.

0131 622 6200
www.rewind.ac.uk

Rose Frain - Alexandria Light

5 August – 29 August
(and 31 Aug to 5 Sept by appointment only)
Wed – Sat
2pm – 5.30pm
Or by appointment
31 Aug – 5 Sept by appointment only
ADMISSION FREE

An installation referencing the socio-political tensions of Alexandria /Egypt at This Time in History. Related work will be exhibited concurrently in the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Egypt.

0131 225 2294
07970 969159
www.rosefrain.com

Royal Scottish Academy - lokal_30 - We Would Like You To Know That We Are Not Them

6 August – 13 September
Mon – Fri
10am – 5pm
Sun 12 – 5pm
ADMISSION FREE

A presentation of contemporary Polish fine-art film curated by Lokal_30, Warsaw.

0131 225 6671
www.royalscottishacademy.org

Schop - ‘Making Ends Meet’ An exhibition by Nigel Peake

3 August – 29 August
Mon – Sat
10am – 6pm
ADMISSION FREE

A collection of drawings and prints from Irish-born artist Nigel Peake.

His work focuses on imagined sheds, forgotten homes and maps for small-time adventures.

0131 477 4513
www.schop.org.uk

Scotland-Russia Institute - Gennadii Gogoliuk: Recent Work

8 August – 5 September
Tues – Fri
11am – 4pm
Sat
1.30pm – 4pm
Or by appointment
ADMISSION FREE

A new arts venue in central Edinburgh presents the first major Scottish exhibition of oil paintings by the Russian painter Gennadii Gogoliuk.

0131 668 3635
www.scotlandrussiaforum.org

Sierra Metro - How long is now?

9 August – 30 August
Thurs – Sun
1pm – 5pm
ADMISSION FREE

A solo exhibition of new, site specific drawings and sculpture by Aileen M.Stackhouse, created in Sierra Metro’s space during the exhibition.

07731 302960
www.sierrametro.com

sleeper - Roger Ackling

10 August – 25 September
Mon – Fri
2pm -5pm
ADMISSION FREE

Focusing sunlight through a hand held magnifying glass, Ackling draws onto pieces of discarded wood or scraps of card which he rescues from the edges of our everyday lives.

0131 225 8444
www.sleeper1.com

Stills - Joachim Koester - Poison Protocols and Other Histories

6 August – 25 October
Mon – Sun
11am – 6pm
ADMISSION FREE

In this first UK solo exhibition of Joachim Koester’s works, Stills pays attention to the artists exploration of invisible and forgotten histories of transgression.

0131 622 6200
www.stills.org

Talbot Rice Gallery - Jane and Louise Wilson

6 August – 26 September
August: Mon – Sat
10am – 5pm
Sun 12 noon – 5pm
September: Tues – Sat
10am – 5pm
ADMISSION FREE

An exhibition of film and photography by Jane and Louise Wilson, including a new film and recent photographs alongside a new sculptural commission.

0131 650 2210
www.trg.ed.ac.uk

Tent Gallery - Camera Infinita - A Distance between the World and Home

5 August – 19 August
Mon-Fri
2pm -5pm
Or by appointment
Gallery is fully visible from the street and lit at night.
ADMISSION FREE

Camera Infinita explores Japanese and European approaches to the construction and inhabitation of internal and external spaces, and the overcoming of spatial confinement and encapsulation.

0131 221 6154
www.eca.ac.uk

The Fruitmarket Gallery - Eva Hesse Studiowork

5 August – 25 October
Mon – Sun
10am –7pm (5 August – 31 August)
Mon – Sat
11am – 6pm
Sun 12 – 5pm (1 September – 25 October)
ADMISSION FREE

This exhibition is a rare chance to see sculpture by German-born, American artist Eva Hesse (1936-70), a major figure in post-war art.

0131 225 2383
www.fruitmarket.co.uk

The Grey Gallery - Bob and Roberta Smith This Artist is Deeply Dangerous

5 August – 5 September
Open daily
11am – 6pm
ADMISSION FREE

Bob and Roberta Smith’s This Artist is Deeply Dangerous premieres an 11 metre painting based on tennis correspondent Steve Bierley’s review of a Louise Bourgeois exhibition.

07910 359 086
www.thegreygallery.com

The Henderson Gallery - Unspoken Lines

9 July – 15 August
Tues – Sat
11am – 6pm (9 July – 1 Aug)
Mon – Sun
10am – 6pm (3 Aug – 5 Sept)
ADMISSION FREE

Unspoken Lines by Joyce Gunn Cairns continues her fascinating engagement with the portrayal of key figures in Scottish life and culture.

0131 225 7464
www.thehendersongallery.com

The Queen’s Gallery - The Conversation Piece: Scenes of fashionable life

27 March – 20 September
Open daily
9.30am – 6pm (last admission 5pm)
Adult £5.50; Over 60/Student £5.00; Under 17 £3.00; Under 5 free; Family (2 adults, 3 under 17s) £14.00

Group portraits offering a fascinating insight into high-society style and manners, from the time of Charles I to the reign of Queen Victoria.

0131 556 5100
www.royalcollection.org.uk

The Scottish Gallery - JAMES MORRISON – New Paintings

7 August – 5 September
Festival Opening Hours
Mon – Fri
10am – 6pm
Sat
10am -5pm
ADMISSION FREE

Large and small scale landscape oils highlighting Scotland’s diverse landscape by one of the country’s leading exponents of the genre.

0131 558 1200
www.scottish-gallery.co.uk

Total Kunst 09

5 August – 5 September
Open daily
10.30am – Midnight
ADMISSION FREE

From global to local and shoestring to shiny, the Total Kunst summer exhibition programme will be a fast and furious salvo of one week shows.

0131 220 4538
www.theforest.org.uk/totalkunst

3/3 Antigua Street - PALIMPSEST Sandy Hutton, Maggie Mowbray, Valerie Norris & Drew Wright

7 August – 9 August
Open daily
11am – 6pm
ADMISSION FREE

Palimpsest is a site-specific, one-weekend exhibition in an empty Edinburgh City Centre flat. Featuring work by Sandy Hutton, Maggie Mowbray, Valerie Norris and Drew Wright.

01968 670 224

The Royal Society of Edinburgh - Studies for Raeburn

5 August – 7 August
5 Aug 9am – 8pm
6-7 Aug 9am – 5pm
ADMISSION FREE

A series of context-specific paintings by artist Briony Anderson, made in response to the portraiture of Sir Henry Raeburn (1756-1823), on display at The Royal Society of Edinburgh.

0131 240 5000
www.brionyanderson.com

Coburg House Studios - Coburg House Art Studios Open Event

7 August – 9 August
Open daily
11am – 6pm
ADMISSION FREE

This event is a unique and exciting opportunity to explore the creative working spaces and the minds of artists and to purchase beautifully handcrafted pieces.

0131 554 6888
www.coburghousestudios.blogspot.com

Lauriston Castle Glasshouse - Hot Box

21 August – 29 August
Open daily
12 noon – 6pm
ADMISSION FREE

Hot Box is an interdisciplinary site-specific exhibition at Lauriston Castle Glasshouse showcasing new work by emerging artists based in Scotland.

07506 697130

The Caravan Gallery in Edinburgh

5 August – 9 August
5 Aug
1 - 5pm
Inspace, Crichton Street
FREE

6 - 9 Aug
11am - 5 pm
Scottish National Gallery Complex, The Mound
FREE

A touring mobile photography exhibition in a caravan examining the reality and surreality of ‘the way we live today’ in Edinburgh and contemporary Britain.

07808 160207
www.thecaravangallery.co.uk

The Tale of Genji: The Henry Dyer Collection

31 August – 10 October
Mon – Thurs
10am – 8pm
Fri
10am – 5pm
Sat
9am – 1pm
ADMISSION FREE

An exhibition of reproduced pages from the woodblock printed album Murasaki Shikibu Genji Cards (1857) by Baichoro Kunisada II, from the Henry Dyer Collection of Japanese art.

0131 242 8040
www.gsa.ac.uk/exhibitions
www.capitalcollections.org.uk
www.japanuk150.org

The Travelling Gallery - PAINT CAN

24 August – 28 August (in Edinburgh)
Then throughout Scotland until December.
The Travelling Gallery opening times are dependent on the host venues but usually 11am – 5pm
ADMISSION FREE

The Travelling Gallery Autumn 09 exhibition is representative of how contemporary artists are currently using paint and how the seductive qualities of paint can be used within other media including film, animation, sculpture and performance.

0131 529 3930
www.travellinggallery.com