Dovecot Studios
Weaving the Century: Tapestry from Dovecot Studios 1912-2012
13 July – 7 October 2012
The centrepiece of Dovecot Studios’ centenary celebrations, this is the first major exhibition of Dovecot tapestries to be presented in Scotland for over thirty years.
Dovecot’s weavers have built an international reputation through their collaborations with leading modern and contemporary artists, a tradition which continues today.
Curated by art historian Dr Elizabeth Cumming and presented across all three of Dovecot’s public gallery spaces, Weaving the Century features over 60 tapestries, rugs and rarely seen works by artists including David Hockney, Paul Gauguin, Elizabeth Blackadder, Sir Peter Blake, Edward Wadsworth, Cecil Beaton, Graham Sutherland, Eduardo Paolozzi, Jankel Adler, Louise Nevelson and Claire Barclay.
The works in the exhibition show the broad range of artistic and technical weaving styles, offering the definitive account of one of the world's most innovative centres of textile-art production.
A major new publication, The Art of Modern Tapestry: Dovecot Studios since 1912, has also been published to accompany the exhibition.
10 Infirmary Street, EH1 1LT
0131 550 3660
Mon—Sun, 10.30—6pm (during festival dates only)
Free admission
Scottish National Gallery
Van Gogh to Kandinsky: Symbolist Landscape in Europe 1880-1910
14 July – 14 October 2012
This is the only UK showing of this major international exhibition which is the first to explore the subject of Symbolism and landscape painting.
The show casts a light on a fascinating movement exploring dreams and visions, mysticism and poetry and the natural world. Featuring other-worldly subjects, this exhibition brings together major artists from 1880 to 1910, such as Paul Gauguin, Vincent van Gogh and Edvard Munch, alongside less well-known artists from Scandinavia and beyond, including Hammershøi, Gallen-Kallela and Khnopff.
Sponsored by BNY Mellon and supported by the Friends of the National Galleries of Scotland.
10 Infirmary Street, EH1 1LT
0131 550 3660
Mon—Sun, 10—5pm (6pm during August, late opening until 7pm Thursdays)
Adult £10, concessions £7
Events
7 August 2012
Weaving the Century: Tradition and Modernity at Dovecot Studios
12.45—1.30pm
3 August 2012
Picasso Through the Eyes of Lee Miller and Roland Penrose
12.45—1.45pm
17 August 2012
Whistler, Debussy and the Nocturne
12.45—1.30pm