Welcome to the third annual Edinburgh Art Festival

The aim of the Festival is to place the visual arts at the heart of August’s international cultural mix by highlighting the quality and diversity of work being exhibited within the city. The Edinburgh Art Festival is developing into a major international visual arts event and this year it presents a wealth of experiences and new art for you to explore. Visit as many of the galleries as you can – most of the exhibitons are free – to enjoy art in all its forms, old and new. The Edinburgh Art Festival has something to offer everyone, whether you are looking to see some of the great masters, such as Canaletto and Van Gogh, or whether you are keen to discover contemporary work or to buy from one of Edinburgh’s prestigious commercial galleries.

There are also many events taking place around the exhibitions, including a special series of Talks and Walks, exploring themes and highlights of the Festival, hosted at the Edinburgh Art Festival Information Station at Stills on Cockburn Street.

Use this web site, with full listings and gallery map, as your guide to the best international, national and Scottish visual art exhibitions, projects, installations and events happening in Edinburgh this August.

Tessa Jackson – Chair, Edinburgh Art Festival

EAF RESEARCH

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EAF in the City

David Batchelor at the Palm House

The Palm House at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Inverleith Row.
Tue 8 August – Sun 3 September
10 am – 6.30pm Daily. Free.

The Edinburgh Art Festival presents David Batchelor’s Candela 7/450 (For the Death Star) among the plants in the Palm House at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. British artist David Batchelor is known for work which finds colour in the everyday environment, and this light sculpture suspends 450 light bulbs inside 450 plastic cleaning fluid bottles to make a spectacular 6 metre long chandelier. The work was originally commissioned by Bloomberg LP earlier this year as part of an exhibition celebrating light at Bloomberg SPACE in London. David Batchelor’s work can also be seen at The Old Royal High School and the Ingleby Gallery during the festival.

Talk Tues 29 August 2.30pm

Free. Booking recommended Tel: 0131 248 2849
Lecture Theatre, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 20A Inverleith Row
(access via Inverleith Row only, not via Garden).

Pat Fisher, Curator of Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh will discuss David Batchelor’s current installation and David Mitchell, horticulturalist and curator of the Glasshouses, will chart the history of art projects at the Glasshouses. It will be followed by a walk through to the Palm House to look at Candela 7/450 (For the Death Star).

Talbot Rice Gallery will be exhibiting new work by David Batchelor at EAF 2007.

Upcoming EAF Events

EAF Talks
Archives and Memory
Wed 23 Aug 6pm

EAF Walks
Magic, Fantasy, Surrealism
Sat 19 Aug 2pm
Thurs 24 Aug 11am

Remembered Places
Sat 26 Aug 11am
Thurs 31 Aug 11am
       
Fame and Fiction
Sat 2 Sept 10.30am

“Edinburgh Art Festival is uniquely placed to provide a platform
for the visual arts, promoting some of the very best exhibitions,
events and talks happening across the city. The impressive range
of work that is included means that there really is something for
everyone to enjoy!”
Amanda Catto, Head of Visual Arts
Scottish Arts Council

“Like all good festivals... its diversity offers copious opportunities
for random discoveries and unexpected delights”
Financial Times

“There is an extraordinary range of exhibitions in Edinburgh offering
familiar favourites and exciting new discoveries in the world of art.
This web site allows the visitor to plan what will surely be an intense
and rewarding encounter with the visual arts in Scotland’s capital city”
John Leighton, Director General of the National
Galleries of Scotland

Edinburgh Art Festival is supported by:

EAF in the City supported by

EAF in the City Media Partner

EAF Information Station supported by

Many thanks to...
All the members of the EAF Steering Group
for their hard work over the past months, GraphicalHouse and to Stills for hosting
the EAF Information Station.