Main Exhibitions
01
Amber Arts - The Space Between
78 Montrose Terrace, Abbeyhill, Edinburgh, EH7 5DP
29 July – 18 SeptemberTues – Fri 10am–5pm, Sat 10am–2.30pm Closed Sun and Mon
ADMISSION FREE
A mixed printmaking show bringing together thirteen contemporary artists to consider the notion of The Space Between...
0131 661 1167
www.amberarts.co.uk
02
Atticsalt - Natura sensus - Mairi Gillies
50 Thistle Street, North East Lane, Edinburgh, EH2 1DA
31 July – 4 SeptemberTues–Sat 1–5pm, Fri 2–5pm
ADMISSION FREE
The work of Mairi Gillies reveals her passion for and understanding of the plant world and horticulture. Her art is engaging, intellectually challenging yet accessible, and incredibly beautiful...
0131 225 2093
www.atticsalt.co.uk
03
Barbara Rae - Prints
Dundas Street Gallery, 6a Dundas Street, Edinburgh, EH3 6HZ
26 July – 14 AugustMon–Sat 10am–9pm, Sun 2–6pm
ADMISSION FREE
An exhibition of new works in printmaking from internationally acclaimed artist, Barbara Rae, CBE RA RSA...
0131 558 9363
www.barbararae.com
04
Big Things On The Beach - City Beach
Portobello Public Art House, 56 Kings Road, Portobello, Edinburgh, EH15 1DX
29 July – 29 AugustThurs 10am–6pm, Fri 10am–8pm, Sat 1–8pm, Sun 1–6pm
Launch Event 31 July 2pm
Bus Routes 26 and 15
ADMISSION FREE
City Beach explores the possibilities of Portobello as a site for the expression of imagination in public space by the public and artists...
PLEASE NOTE: The installation 'Black Swan' has unfortunately been taken down due to storm damage (18/08/2010)
0131 669 7559
www.bigthingsonthebeach.org.uk
05
Bourne Fine Art - Alexander Stoddart: Cabinet Works and Studies
6 Dundas Street, Edinburgh, EH3 6HZ
31 July – 31 AugustMon–Sun 10am–6pm
ADMISSION FREE
Alexander Stoddart began life as a sculptor in Paisley in 1983, commissioned by private clients to produce architectural Neoclassical sculptures...
0131 557 4050
www.bournefineart.com
06
City Art Centre - William Wegman: Family Combinations
2 Market Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1DE
31 July – 24 OctoberMon–Sat 10am–5pm, Sun 12–5pm
Admission to William Wegman & Edward Weston exhibitions Joint Admission Price £8 (Concessions £5)
William Wegman: Family Combinations, an exhibition by internationally renowned contemporary artist William Wegman, has been organised in collaboration with the artist’s studio in New York...
0131 529 3993
www.edinburghmuseums.org.uk
07
Collective - Hito Steyerl
22–28 Cockburn Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1NY
29 July – 19 September29 July – 31 August, Mon–Sun 11am–6pm
1 - 19 September, Tues–Sun 11am–5pm
ADMISSION FREE
Hito Steyerl’s films are a montage of pop and politics, Hollywood and independent film, interviews and voice-over commentaries; all combined into provocative filmic analyses of the present...
0131 220 1260
www.collectivegallery.net
08
Corn Exchange Gallery - Faraway Mountain
Constitution Street, Edinburgh, EH6 7BS
30 July – 30 SeptemberMon–Fri 11am–4.30pm
ADMISSION FREE
First UK solo exhibition by Japanese stone sculptor Atsuo Okomoto...
0131 561 7300
www.cornexchangegallery.com
09
The Delfina Foundation - The Spacemakers
Venue A
Tent Gallery, Art Space & Nature, Edinburgh College of Art, Evolution House, 78 Westport, Edinburgh, EH1 2LE
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Venue B
sleeper, 6 Darnaway Street, Edinburgh, EH3 6BG
30 July – 24 AugustADMISSION FREE
Venue A – Mon–Fri 10am–5pm, Sat 11am–5pm
0131 221 6154
www.asnse.eca.ac.uk
Venue B – Mon–Fri 10am–5pm
0131 225 8444
www.sleeper1.com
The Delfina Foundation presents The Spacemakers, a group exhibition that explores the immediate challenges of creating a home in some of today’s most diverse and harried urban landscapes...
0131 221 6154
www.asnse.eca.ac.uk
10
Dovecot - Sitting and Looking
10 Infirmary Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1LT
10 July – 4 SeptemberTues–Sat 10.30am–5.30pm, Mon 10.30am–5.30pm during August
ADMISSION FREE
An exciting interdisciplinary exhibition curated by furniture designers Jim Partridge and Liz Walmsley with the financial assistance of the Paul Hamlyn Foundation...
0131 550 3660
www.dovecotstudios.com
11
Ed Cross Fine Art - Witness - The Spectre Of Memory In Contemporary African Art
The English Speaking Union - Scotland, 23 Atholl Crescent, Edinburgh
6 August – 30 AugustMon–Sun 10am–6pm
ADMISSION FREE
Kenya’s Richard Onyango can remember scenes from his childhood and the more recent past with almost perfect recall and then paint them in vivid detail...
07507 067 567
www.edcrossfineart.com
12
Edinburgh Printmakers - Prints of Darkness
23 Union Street, Edinburgh, EH1 3LR
17 July – 4 SeptemberTues–Sat 10am–6pm
ADMISSION FREE
Edinburgh Printmakers presents its world premiere exhibition of new work exploring record cover art, curated by Sarah-Manning Cordwell, Norman Shaw, and Edward Summerton and published by Edinburgh Printmakers.
0131 557 2479
www.edinburgh-printmakers.co.uk
13
Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop - MAGAZINE 10
25 Hawthornvale, Newhaven, Edinburgh, EH6 4JT
1 August – 5 SeptemberMon–Sat 12–5pm
Katie Orton
1-8 August
Paul Rooney
14 – 22 August
Kate V Robertson
28 August – 5 September
ADMISSION FREE
A series of three solo exhibitions featuring new work by artists that have been commissioned by Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop...
0131 551 4490
www.edinburghsculpture.org
14
The Fruitmarket Gallery - Martin Creed - Down Over Up
45 Market Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1DF
30 July – 31 OctoberMon–Sat 11am–6pm, Sun 12–5pm. 6 – 30 August Mon–Sun 10am–7pm
ADMISSION FREE
A major exhibition of work by Martin Creed, one of Britain’s most highly-regarded and popular artists...
0131 225 2383
www.fruitmarket.co.uk
15
GallerA1 - Granton Live.Culture Crunch – Meanwhile – Outside Inside – Pop Up Mock Up
The Lighthouse, 20 – 22 West Harbour Road, Granton, Edinburgh, EH5 1PN
20 August – 5 SeptemberTues–Sun 11am–4pm or by appointment
ADMISSION FREE
His off site, site-specific exhibition relates to three pop-up projects for Granton waterfront...
0131 555 2280
www.artinarchitecture.co.uk
16
The Henderson Gallery - Nefertiti & Macpherson’s Cave
4 Thistle Street Lane NW, Edinburgh, EH2 1DA
9 July – 19 August & 20 August – 25 SeptemberADMISSION FREE
Nefertiti – New works by John Squire
9 July – 19 August Tues–Sat 11am–6pm
Macpherson's Cave - Shadow and Enlightenment
20 August – 25 September Tues–Sat 11am–6pm
For most artists the term ‘legendary’ is pure hyperbole - for John Squire it is merely his due...
0131 225 7464
www.thehendersongallery.com
17
Ingleby Gallery - IRAN DO ESPIRITO SANTO
15 Calton Road, Edinburgh, EH8 5DL
29 July – 25 SeptemberMon–Sat 10am–6pm, Sun 12–5pm
ADMISSION FREE
Iran do Espírito Santo (b. 1963, lives and works Sao Paulo, Brazil) has presented his work at the Venice Biennale (1999 & 2008) the Bienal de Sao Paulo (1987) and the Istanbul Biennal (2000)...
0131 556 4441
www.inglebygallery.com
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Inverleith House - Joan Mitchell
Inverleith House - Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, Inverleith Row/ Arboretum Place, Edinburgh, EH3 5LR
27 July – 3 OctoberTues–Sun 10am–5.30pm
ADMISSION FREE
The first museum exhibition in the UK by Joan Mitchell (1925–1992). One of the most important and singular American painters of the post-war period...
0131 248 2849
www.rbge.org.uk/inverleith-house
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JaAliceKlarr - Shelflife: a biblio-sideshow
Edinburgh College of Art Library, Evolution House, 78 West Port, EH1 2LE
30 July – 3 SeptemberMon–Thurs 9.15am–4.00pm, Fri 10am–4.00pm
ADMISSION FREE
JaAliceKlarr present ShelfLife, a curated mise en abyme of artists’ bookworks and (cross-genre) self-published ‘exhibitions in print’...
0131 221 6180
www.jaaliceklarr.blogspot.com
20
Jupiter Artland - Jupiter Artland Year Two
Bonnington House, Nr Wilkieston, Mid Lothian, EH27 8BB
29 July – 5 SeptemberThurs–Sun 10am–4.30pm also on Bank Holiday Mon
30 August 10am–4.30pm
Adults £8.25; Children £4, Family (2 adults and 2 children or 1 adult and 3 children) £21.50, Family (2 adults and 4 children) £30.50, Concessions are available on Fridays
Jupiter Artland houses a collection of sculpture by some of the world’s best known contemporary artists as well as some exciting British newcomers...
01506 889 900
www.jupiterartland.org
21
Matthew Gallery - Curating The City: Representation and Seriality
University of Edinburgh, Minto House , 20 Chambers Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1JZ
3 August – 3 SeptemberMon–Fri 11am–4pm
ADMISSION FREE
Apparatuses of narrative [Bertolt Brecht, Brecht On Theatre: The Development Of An Aesthetic] configure and frequently prescribe the role and relations between curator, architect, artist, scientist, critic and the public...
0131 650 2306
www.architecture.ed.ac.uk
22
A – Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art - What You See Is Where You’re At: Part 3
75 Belford Road, Edinburgh, EH4 3DR
From 31 JulyMon–Sun 10am–5pm
ADMISSION FREE
This is the third major wave of displays celebrating the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art...
0131 624 6200
www.nationalgalleries.org
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B– Dean Gallery - Another World
73 Belford Road, Edinburgh, EH4 3DS
10 July – 9 JanuaryMon–Sun 10am–5pm
£7 (Concessions £5)
This summer’s major exhibition at the Dean Gallery offers a comprehensive survey of Surrealist art, bringing together masterpieces by Salvador Dalí, René Magritte, Pablo Picasso, Alberto Giacometti and Joan Miró...
0131 624 6200
www.nationalgalleries.org
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C – National Gallery Complex - Impressionist Gardens
The Mound, Edinburgh, EH2 2EL
31 July – 17 OctoberDaily 10am–5pm (6pm during August) Late Opening Thurs 10am–6pm
£10 (Concessions £7)
Impressionist Gardens will be a major international exhibition of around 90 works including loans from collections around the world, and will be the first ever to be devoted to this subject...
0131 624 6200
www.nationalgalleries.org
23
New Media Scotland - life.turns.
Inspace, 1 Crichton Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9AB
29 July – 26 AugustWed–Sun 12–8pm
ADMISSION FREE
Blipfoto is an online photo journal that allows users to take and upload one image a day...
0131 650 2750
www.mediascot.org
24
Newhailes - Subjects for Melancholy Retrospection
Newhailes Road, Musselburgh, Edinburgh, EH21 6RY
5 August – 6 SeptemberThurs–Mon 12–5pm. Access to the house is normally by guided tour; the first tour leaves at 12.30pm and runs every half hour until 4pm. National Trust for Scotland admission prices apply.
Adults £10.50, Family £26 / £20 (1 parent), Concessions £7.50
Additional Late Opening 26 August, 6-8pm, for special access without tour £6 (concessions £4)
Scotland-based artist Anna Chapman combines drawing, three-dimensional objects and sound in a solo show of work related to language and memory...
0844 493 2125
www.nts.org.uk
http://www.annachapman.co.uk/
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Open Eye Gallery - BARBARA RAE and MATTHEW DRAPER Contrasting Landscapes, Painterly Abstractions
Open Eye Gallery, 34 Abercromby Place, Edinburgh, EH3 6QE
6 August – 31 AugustMon–Fri 10am–6pm, Sat 10am–4pm
ADMISSION FREE
This exhibition explores two distinct and individual responses to contemporary landscape painting...
0131 557 1020
0131 558 9872
www.openeyegallery.co.uk
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Patriothall Gallery - DECAY
WASPS Studios Patriothall, 1d Patriothall off Hamilton Place, Stockbridge, Edinburgh, EH3 5AY
8 August – 28 AugustTues–Sat 12–4pm, Sun 8 August 12–4pm
ADMISSION FREE
DECAY is an exhibition that has become more than the sum of its international parts...
0131 226 7126
www.landenbeeld.nl for blog
www.edinburghartfestival.com for more info
www.patriothallgallery.co.uk for more info
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The Queen’s Gallery - Dutch Landscapes
Palace of Holyroodhouse, The Royal Mile, Edinburgh, EH8 8DX
30 April 2010 – 9 January 2011Mon–Sun 9.30am–6pm (Last admission 5pm)
Adult £5.50; Over 60 / Student £5
Under 17 £3; Under 5 Free
Family (2 adults, 3 under 17) £14
This exhibition brings together 42 remarkable works from the ‘golden age’ of Dutch painting, including paintings by Jacob van Ruisdael, Aelbert Cuyp, Nicolaes Berchem and Meyndert Hobbema...
0131 556 5100
www.royalcollection.org.uk
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Rosita McKenzie - Edinburgh People
Edinburgh City Library, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EG
12 August – 24 SeptemberMon–Thurs 10am–8pm, Fri 10am–5pm, Sat 9am–1pm
ADMISSION FREE
In the exhibition Edinburgh People, Blind Photographer Rosita McKenzie presents images as diverse as a young couple with their first, newly born son; Edinburgh’s Poet Laureate; the softer face of a local politician; and the back view of a ‘very private’ visual artist...
0131 242 8000
www.edinburgh.gov.uk/libraries
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The Royal Scottish Academy - Philip Braham: Falling Shadows in Arcadia
The Mound, Edinburgh, EH2 2EL
6 August – 3 SeptemberMon–Sat 10am–5pm, Sun 12–5pm
ADMISSION FREE
Philip Braham’s series of photographs takes the theme of the brevity of our being, measured against the enduring nature of the landscape...
0131 225 6671
www.royalscottishacademy.org
30
Schop - Tram Spotting / Train Stopping
36 St. Mary’s Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1SX
10 August – 10 SeptemberMon–Sat, 10am–6pm
ADMISSION FREE
It’s a truism that ‘the starting point for a better world is the belief that it is possible’...
0131 477 4513
www.schop.org.uk
http://www.wix.com/tramtrainschop/Tram-Spotting---Train-Stopping
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The Scottish Gallery - Victoria Crowe - New Works
16 Dundas Street, Edinburgh, EH3 6HZ
6 August – 4 SeptemberMon–Fri 10am–6pm, Sat 10am–4pm, Closed Sundays
Venice, the artist’s own garden and the landscape of the Scottish Borders form the main inspirations for this show of new work by one of the most lyrical, meditative, idea-driven painter working in Britain today...
0131 558 1200
www.scottish-gallery.co.uk
32
Scottish Poetry Library - Plan B
5 Crichton’s Close, Canongate, Edinburgh, EH8 8DT
29 July – 4 SeptemberMon–Fri 11am–6pm, Sat 1–5pm
ADMISSION FREE
Plan B is a special collaboration between the Pulitzer prize-winning Irish poet Paul Muldoon and the highly acclaimed Scottish photographer Norman McBeath...
0131 557 2876
www.spl.org.uk
33
Sierra Metro - Shapes and Things: Gemma Holt & Richard Healy
Ground Floor North, 22 West Harbour Road, Granton, EH5 1PN
1 August – 12 SeptemberThurs–Sun 12–6pm
ADMISSION FREE
In this exhibition of new site-specific film installation, sculpture and drawing, London-based artists Gemma Holt and Richard Healy utilise, manipulate and divert the language of design, furthering investigations into notions of ‘newness’ and subverting commonly used systems and codes...
07971 510 877
www.sierrametro.com
34
Stills - The Pursuit of Fidelity (A retrospective)
23 Cockburn Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1BP
30 July – 24 OctoberMon–Sun 11am–6pm
ADMISSION FREE
Stills presents the first solo exhibition in Scotland of Glasgow based artists Alexander and Susan Maris...
www.stills.org
0131 622 6200
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Talbot Rice - CHILD: Julie Roberts
The University of Edinburgh, Old College, South Bridge, Edinburgh, EH8 9YL
30 July – 25 September30 July - 5 September Mon–Sat 10am–5pm, Sun 12-5
6 September - 25 September Tues - Sat 10-5, Closed Mon & Sun
ADMISSION FREE
Julie Roberts’ painting plays upon attraction and repulsion, utilising exquisitely painted surfaces and colour schemes against an unflinching subject matter...
0131 650 2210
www.trg.ed.ac.uk
36
TotalKunst Gallery - TKX
The Forest, 3 Bristo Place, Edinburgh, EH1 1EY
26 July – 5 SeptemberMon–Sun 10am–10pm
ADMISSION FREE
TotalKunst is an artist run gallery and resource space located in the centre of Edinburgh. This year’s TotalKunst festival programme TKX is an exciting triple bill...
0131 220 4538
www.theforest.org.uk/tk
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Union Gallery - 7 ARTISTS: EDINBURGH SOUL
45 Broughton Street, Edinburgh, EH1 3JU
5 August – 6 SeptemberMon–Sat 10.30am–6pm, Sun 12–6pm
ADMISSION FREE
Collaborating for the first and probably only time, this exhibition unites some of Edinburgh’s finest contemporary talents in a powerful and emotional display...
0131 556 7707
www.uniongallery.co.uk
http://www.vimeo.com/13979027
Short Exhibitions
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Garage - GARAGE
51A Northumberland Street, Edinburgh, EH3 6JQ
21 August – 5 SeptemberSat–Sun 12–4pm or by appointment
ADMISSION FREE
GARAGE presents new work by Rebecca Key, Holly Fulton, Thomas MacGregor, Ailie Rutherford, Sarah Kenchington, Belinda Gilbert Scott, Emma Bowen and Bob Moyler...
07917 668 044
www.edinburghnewtowngarage.
blogspot.com
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Tent Gallery - MINI
Art Space & Nature, Edinburgh College of Art, Evolution House, 78 Westport, Edinburgh, EH1 2LE
27 August – 31 AugustMon–Fri 10am–5pm, Sat–Sun 10am–4pm
ADMISSION FREE
MINI means both ‘miniature’ and ‘minimal’...
0131 221 6154
www.asnse.eca.ac.uk