1 August 2014

Edinburgh Art Festival Tour: Open Tour

1pm

Free, no booking necessary

Paul Nesbitt and Chloe Reith lead tours of the exhibition.

1 – 31 August 2014

Old Royal High School guided walk

Tours leave at 4pm from the City Art Centre reception desk

Every day from the exhibition opening until 31 August we’ll lead a tour from City Art Centre to our second exhibition site at the Old Royal High School on Regent Road, where you’ll discover works by Amar Kanwar and Shilpa Gupta.

2 August 2014

Spotlight Tour

11am

Free, no booking necessary.

Explore the exhibitions at City Art Centre with the help of our Visitor Assistants. Each day there will be a different tour relating to our varied exhibitions. There's no need to book: please meet at reception. 

A portable loop system is available to amplify the speaker. The fm loop system is compatible with hearing aids with a T-switch and can be used with headphones.

2 August 2014

GENERATION Tours at Modern One

11am, 1pm

Free, no booking required

Free discussion-led tours of the GENERATION exhibition focusing on key themes and artists.

2 August 2014

Edinburgh Art Festival Tour: Art and Commonwealth

1pm

Free, no booking necessary

Join us at the Edinburgh Art Festival Kiosk every lunchtime during the festival for a free guided tour of parts of our programme. Led by our volunteers, our tours are a great way to find your way through the city and the festival. All tour routes are flexible and can be altered depending on your interests; if there’s an exhibition you really want to see just ask and we’ll try to fit it in. 

As the Commonwealth Games conclude in Glasgow, we’ll lead this tour to exhibitions that explore work by artists from Commonwealth countries, and that investigate what we hold in common across countries and continents. 

2 August 2014

Portrait Gallery Thematic Tours - Fabric of Scotland: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Tartan Portraits

2pm, 3pm

Free, no booking required.

Monthly thematic tours of the Portrait Gallery's collection. This month, Susanna Kerr, former senior curator, Portrait Gallery, explores the background to the significance of tartan in portraiture.

3 August 2014

Katie Paterson: Talk and Guided Tour

2pm

Tickets £8.50 (includes entry to Jupiter Artland). Book tickets. 

Join curator Aaron Kreisler and some of the New Zealand artists taking part in Where do I end and you begin for a special discussion and tour focused on their involvement in the project.

3 August 2014

GENERATION Tours at the Academy Building

11am, 1pm

Free, no booking required

Free discussion-led tours of the GENERATION exhibition focusing on key themes and artists.

3 August 2014

Edinburgh Art Festival Tour: Art on the Boundaries

1pm

Free, no booking necessary

Join us at the Edinburgh Art Festival Kiosk every lunchtime during the festival for a free guided tour of parts of our programme. Led by our volunteers, our tours are a great way to find your way through the city and the festival. All tour routes are flexible and can be altered depending on your interests; if there’s an exhibition you really want to see just ask and we’ll try to fit it in.

This tour explores work by artists whose work crosses the boundaries between music, performance and visual art in galleries around the city centre. 

4 August 2014

Edinburgh Art Festival Tour: Open Tour

1pm

Free, no booking necessary.

Lucy Askew, Senior Curator at the Gallery of Modern Art,  leads an introductory tour of the GENERATION exhibition at Modern One. She will introduce key artists and themes from NGS'S contribution to a nationwide programme of exhibitions and events. This part of the exhibition includes spectacular installations by Ross Sinclair (Real Life Rocky Mountain, 1996), Graham Fagen (Peek-A-Jobby, 1998) and Turner Prize-winner Simon Starling (Burn-Time, 2000). 

5 August 2014

Edinburgh Art Festival Tour: Festival Projects

1pm

Free, no booking necessary.

Join us at the Edinburgh Art Festival Kiosk every lunchtime during the festival for a free guided tour of parts of our programme. Led by our volunteers, our tours are a great way to find your way through the city and the festival. All tour routes are flexible and can be altered depending on your interests; if there’s an exhibition you really want to see just ask and we’ll try to fit it in. 

This tour will include our public commissions and festival-led programme. The tour will take in both temporary and permanent publicly sited works in unusual corners of the city, alongside works as part of our exhibition of contemporary art from around the Commonwealth, Where do I end and you begin. 

5 August 2014

Spotlight Tour

3pm

Free, no booking necessary. 

Explore the exhibitions at City Art Centre with the help of our Visitor Assistants. Each day there will be a different tour relating to our varied exhibitions. There's no need to book: please meet at reception. 

A portable loop system is available to amplify the speaker. The fm loop system is compatible with hearing aids with a T-switch and can be used with headphones.

6 August 2014

Titian in Ten

From 2pm

Free, no booking required

Ten minute pop-up talks delivered by National Galleries Scotland staff. Gain an exclusive insight as staff from across the galleries offer different perspectives on Titian’s masterpieces.

6 August 2014

Edinburgh Art Festival Tour: Open Tour

1pm

Free, no booking necessary

Join us at the Edinburgh Art Festival Kiosk every lunchtime during the festival for a free guided tour of parts of our programme. Led by our volunteers, our tours are a great way to find your way through the city and the festival. 

Our Open Tours are tailored to our audience’s preferences. Tell us what you’re interested in when you arrive at the Kiosk and we’ll put together an itinerary of city centre galleries, public art and artist-run spaces. 

7 August 2014

Art Late Central

6-10pm

Free, but booking is essential. Book tickets. 

Art Late Central begins with a performance from Craig Coulthard in the surroundings of Trinity Apse, where his festival commission The Drummer and the Drone is installed. From there, two tours will leave to take in some of this year's festival projects, including Amar Kanwar's work at the Old Royal High School, Jacqueline Donachie's Mary and Elizabeth in Princes Street Gardens and our exhibition Where do I end and you begin at City Art Centre. Both tours will make their way to City Art Centre for the end of the evening, where there will be a performance from Chris Devotion and the Expectations.

Programmed in association with The List. 

7 August 2014

Spotlight Tour

3pm

Free, no booking necessary.

Explore the exhibitions at City Art Centre with the help of our Visitor Assistants. Each day there will be a different tour relating to our varied exhibitions. There's no need to book: please meet at reception. 

A portable loop system is available to amplify the speaker. The fm loop system is compatible with hearing aids with a T-switch and can be used with headphones.

7 August 2014

Curators' Tours: Kathleen Ritter

12pm

Free, no booking necessary

An informal tour led by Artist and Where do I end and you begin curator Kathleen Ritter. The tour will introduce the exhibition as well as exploring its themes.

7 August 2014

Edinburgh Art Festival Tour: Scottish Art

1pm

Free, no booking necessary

Join us at the Edinburgh Art Festival Kiosk every lunchtime during the festival for a free guided tour of parts of our programme. Led by our volunteers, our tours are a great way to find your way through the city and the festival. All tour routes are flexible and can be altered depending on your interests; if there’s an exhibition you really want to see just ask and we’ll try to fit it in.

Discover works by some of Scotland’s most successful established and contemporary artists on this tour of galleries taking part in GENERATION and of other exhibitions of Scottish art. 

8 August 2014

Curators in Conversation

4pm

Free, but please book in advance. Buy tickets.

Four of the curatorial advisors of Where do I end and you begin - Aaron Kreisler (New Zealand), Vidya Shivadas (India), Kathleen Ritter (Canada) and Richard Hylton (UK) - come together to discuss the ideas raised by the works on show, and the process of working together across continents.

8 August 2014

Edinburgh Art Festival Tour: Open Tour

1pm

Free, no booking necessary

Explore the exhibitions at City Art Centre with the help of our Visitor Assistants. Each day there will be a different tour relating to our varied exhibitions. There's no need to book: please meet at reception. 

A portable loop system is available to amplify the speaker. The fm loop system is compatible with hearing aids with a T-switch and can be used with headphones.

9 August 2014

GENERATION Tours at Modern One

11am, 1pm

Free, no booking required

Free discussion-led tours of the GENERATION exhibition focusing on key themes and artists.

9 August 2014

Edinburgh Art Festival Tour: Art and Commonwealth

1pm

Free, no booking necessary

Join us at the Edinburgh Art Festival Kiosk every lunchtime during the festival for a free guided tour of parts of our programme. Led by our volunteers, our tours are a great way to find your way through the city and the festival. All tour routes are flexible and can be altered depending on your interests; if there’s an exhibition you really want to see just ask and we’ll try to fit it in. 

As the Commonwealth Games conclude in Glasgow, we’ll lead this tour to exhibitions that explore work by artists from Commonwealth countries, and that investigate what we hold in common across countries and continents. 

10 August 2014

GENERATION Tours at the Academy Building

11am, 1pm

Free, no booking required

Free discussion-led tours of the GENERATION exhibition focusing on key themes and artists.

10 August 2014

Edinburgh Art Festival Tour: Art on the Boundaries

1pm

Free, no booking necessary

Join us at the Edinburgh Art Festival Kiosk every lunchtime during the festival for a free guided tour of parts of our programme. Led by our volunteers, our tours are a great way to find your way through the city and the festival. All tour routes are flexible and can be altered depending on your interests; if there’s an exhibition you really want to see just ask and we’ll try to fit it in.

This tour explores work by artists whose work crosses the boundaries between music, performance and visual art in galleries around the city centre. 

10 August 2014

Weekend Sculpture Walks

2-2:45pm

Guided walks around the Garden's landscaped grounds taking in many of the RBGE's outdoor sculptures including works by Ian Hamilton Finlay, Andy Goldsworthy, Alan Johnston and Barbara Hepworth. Led by Alexander Twig Champion, the walks incorporate narratives about the sculpture and meditative walking practices.

11 August 2014

Edinburgh Art Festival Tour: Open Tour

1pm

Free, no booking necessary.

This informal tour, led by Jane Connarty, Project Manager of Where do I end and you begin, will introduce the exhibition and its themes.

12 August 2014

Spotlight Tour

3pm

Free, no booking necessary. 

Explore the exhibitions at City Art Centre with the help of our Visitor Assistants. Each day there will be a different tour relating to our varied exhibitions. There's no need to book: please meet at reception. 

A portable loop system is available to amplify the speaker. The fm loop system is compatible with hearing aids with a T-switch and can be used with headphones.

12 August 2014

Edinburgh Art Festival Tour: Festival Projects

1pm

Free, no booking necessary

Join us at the Edinburgh Art Festival Kiosk every lunchtime during the festival for a free guided tour of parts of our programme. Led by our volunteers, our tours are a great way to find your way through the city and the festival. All tour routes are flexible and can be altered depending on your interests; if there’s an exhibition you really want to see just ask and we’ll try to fit it in. 

This tour will include our public commissions and festival-led programme. The tour will take in both temporary and permanent publicly sited works in unusual corners of the city, alongside works as part of our exhibition of contemporary art from around the Commonwealth, Where do I end and you begin. 

13 August 2014

Current Exchanges: Curator's Tour

6pm

Free, but please book in advance. Book tickets. 

Take a tour of the Viewing Balcony with Current Exchanges Curator Ben Divall. Learn more about the tapestries, historic links and ongoing collaborative projects between Dovecot Studios and the Australian Tapestry Workshop. Celebrating the continuing connections between the Australian Tapestry Workshop, Melbourne, and Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh, this exhibition brings together recent work from both institutions.

13 August 2014

Edinburgh Art Festival Tour: Open Tour

1pm

Free, no booking necessary

Join us at the Edinburgh Art Festival Kiosk every lunchtime during the festival for a free guided tour of parts of our programme. Led by our volunteers, our tours are a great way to find your way through the city and the festival. 

Our Open Tours are tailored to our audience’s preferences. Tell us what you’re interested in when you arrive at the Kiosk and we’ll put together an itinerary of city centre galleries, public art and artist-run spaces. 

14 August 2014

Art Late North

6-10pm

Free, but booking is essential. Book tickets. 

Art Late is our annual series of specially programmed late openings and events, taking in live music, performances, artist talks and tours. 

Art Late North 2014 includes a performance from Woven Tents, and takes in exhibitions at a range of galleries and venues north of the Royal Mile.

The evening will begin at Ingleby Gallery at 6pm with a performance from Dloko High School Choir, who are visiting Edinburgh from Umlazi township near Durban, South Africa. 

From Ingleby, three tours will leave at 7pm and travel to galleries around the city:

Tour 1
Collective, Travelling Gallery, Stills

Tour 2
RSA, The Fruitmarket Gallery, Travelling Gallery

Tour 3 (by bus)
Old Ambulance Depot, Yann Seznec: Currents, GARAGE, Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop

All three tours will finish at City Art Centre at 9pm, where there will be a chance to see our exhibition Where do I end and you begin before a performance by Woven Tents. 

Programmed in association with The List. 

14 August 2014

Spotlight Tour

3pm

Free, no booking necessary. 

Explore the exhibitions at City Art Centre with the help of our Visitor Assistants. Each day there will be a different tour relating to our varied exhibitions. There's no need to book: please meet at reception. 

A portable loop system is available to amplify the speaker. The fm loop system is compatible with hearing aids with a T-switch and can be used with headphones.

14 August 2014

Edinburgh Art Festival Tour: Scottish Art

1pm

Free, no booking necessary

Join us at the Edinburgh Art Festival Kiosk every lunchtime during the festival for a free guided tour of parts of our programme. Led by our volunteers, our tours are a great way to find your way through the city and the festival. All tour routes are flexible and can be altered depending on your interests; if there’s an exhibition you really want to see just ask and we’ll try to fit it in.

Discover works by some of Scotland’s most successful established and contemporary artists on this tour of galleries taking part in GENERATION and of other exhibitions of Scottish art. 

15 August 2014

Edinburgh Art Festival Tour: Open Tour

1pm

Free, no booking necessary

Join us at the Edinburgh Art Festival Kiosk every lunchtime during the festival for a free guided tour of parts of our programme. Led by our volunteers, our tours are a great way to find your way through the city and the festival. 

Our Open Tours are tailored to our audience’s preferences. Tell us what you’re interested in when you arrive at the Kiosk and we’ll put together an itinerary of city centre galleries, public art and artist-run spaces. 

15 August 2014

Curator led tour of Isa Genzken Botanical Garden

2-2:45pm

Free, no booking required

Paul Nesbitt and Chloe Reith lead tours of the exhibition.

16 August 2014

Spotlight Tour

11am

Free, no booking necessary

Explore the exhibitions at City Art Centre with the help of our Visitor Assistants. Each day there will be a different tour relating to our varied exhibitions. There's no need to book: please meet at reception. 

A portable loop system is available to amplify the speaker. The fm loop system is compatible with hearing aids with a T-switch and can be used with headphones.

16 August 2014

Portrait Gallery Architecture Tours

2pm

Free, to book tickets phone: 0131 624 6560

A tour exploring the architecture of the magnificent Arts and Crafts building designed by Sir Robert Rowand Anderson. 

16 August 2014

GENERATION Tours at Modern One

11am, 1pm

Free, no booking required

Free discussion-led tours of the GENERATION exhibition focusing on key themes and artists.

16 August 2014

Edinburgh Art Festival Tour: Art and Commonwealth

1pm

Free, no booking necessary

Join us at the Edinburgh Art Festival Kiosk every lunchtime during the festival for a free guided tour of parts of our programme. Led by our volunteers, our tours are a great way to find your way through the city and the festival. All tour routes are flexible and can be altered depending on your interests; if there’s an exhibition you really want to see just ask and we’ll try to fit it in. 

As the Commonwealth Games conclude in Glasgow, we’ll lead this tour to exhibitions that explore work by artists from Commonwealth countries, and that investigate what we hold in common across countries and continents. 

17 August 2014

Tourists-in-Residence: Guided Tour

2pm

Free, but please book in advance. Book tickets. The tour will begin from our Kiosk on George Street (between Frederick Street and Castle Street).

Stephanie Mann and Andrew Gannon are this year’s tourists-in-residence, offering the unique perspectives of artists based in Edinburgh to those who join them on their tours. In a new collaboration, Gannon and Mann will explore ideas about what a tour might be. Establishing three different tour structures, the artists will rely on improvisation, collaboration and participation to explore how content can be generated, observed, discussed and documented. 

In this Guided Tour, Gannon and Mann playfully investigate the conventions of the tour group by leading an improvised tour of the city, whilst respectively muted and blindfolded.

As part of their time as Tourists-in-Residence, Gannon and Mann have produced a special print: pick up your free copy by visiting our Kiosk on George Street. 

17 August 2014

GENERATION Tours at the Academy Building

11am, 1pm

Free, no booking required

Free discussion-led tours of the GENERATION exhibition focusing on key themes and artists.

17 August 2014

Edinburgh Art Festival Tour: Art on the Boundaries

1pm

Free, no booking necessary

Join us at the Edinburgh Art Festival Kiosk every lunchtime during the festival for a free guided tour of parts of our programme. Led by our volunteers, our tours are a great way to find your way through the city and the festival. All tour routes are flexible and can be altered depending on your interests; if there’s an exhibition you really want to see just ask and we’ll try to fit it in.

This tour explores work by artists whose work crosses the boundaries between music, performance and visual art in galleries around the city centre. 

18 August 2014

Edinburgh Art Festival Tour: Open Tour

1pm

Free, no booking necessary.

This informal tour, led by Agnes Gryczkowska, Curatorial Assistant for Edinburgh Art Festival and Where do I end and you begin, will introduce the exhibition and its themes.

19 August 2014

Spotlight Tour

3pm

Free, no booking necessary

Explore the exhibitions at City Art Centre with the help of our Visitor Assistants. Each day there will be a different tour relating to our varied exhibitions. There's no need to book: please meet at reception. 

A portable loop system is available to amplify the speaker. The fm loop system is compatible with hearing aids with a T-switch and can be used with headphones.

19 August 2014

Edinburgh Art Festival Tour: Festival Projects

1pm

Free, no booking necessary

Join us at the Edinburgh Art Festival Kiosk every lunchtime during the festival for a free guided tour of parts of our programme. Led by our volunteers, our tours are a great way to find your way through the city and the festival. All tour routes are flexible and can be altered depending on your interests; if there’s an exhibition you really want to see just ask and we’ll try to fit it in. 

This tour will include our public commissions and festival-led programme. The tour will take in both temporary and permanent publicly sited works in unusual corners of the city, alongside works as part of our exhibition of contemporary art from around the Commonwealth, Where do I end and you begin. 

20 August 2014

Titian in Ten

From 2pm

Free, no booking required

Ten minute pop-up talks delivered by National Galleries Scotland staff. Gain an exclusive insight as staff from across the galleries offer different perspectives on Titian’s masterpieces.

20 August 2014

Edinburgh Art Festival Tour: Open Tour

1pm

Free, no booking necessary

Join us at the Edinburgh Art Festival Kiosk every lunchtime during the festival for a free guided tour of parts of our programme. Led by our volunteers, our tours are a great way to find your way through the city and the festival. 

Our Open Tours are tailored to our audience’s preferences. Tell us what you’re interested in when you arrive at the Kiosk and we’ll put together an itinerary of city centre galleries, public art and artist-run spaces. 

20 August 2014

Where do I end and you begin tour: Creative Carbon Scotland

3pm. Free, no booking necessary.

Creative Carbon Scotland will lead a tour exploring the themes of climate change and environmental sustainability through discussion of a number of works in Where do I end and you begin.

21 August 2014

A Talk and a Walk

12 noon

Free with exhibition ticket.

Join a curator of Poetry for the Palace for a 10-minute exploration of the exhibition, discovering the connections, intrigues and histories of the last three centuries.

21 August 2014

Art Late South

6-10pm

Free, but booking is essential. Book tickets. 

Art Late is our annual series of specially programmed late openings and events, taking in live music, performances, artist talks and tours. 

Art Late South will include a performance from The Little Kicks, and will take in exhibitions at a range of galleries and venues south of the Royal Mile.

The evening will begin at Talbot Rice Gallery, with a screening in the Old College Quad and a unique performance from Keith Farquhar (please note: this performance contains nudity).

From Talbot Rice we will lead a tour at 7pm, taking in the following exhibitions:

Interviewroom 11, New Media Scotland, Edinburgh College of Art

The tour will end at Dovecot Studios where there will be a chance to see Dalziel + Scullion's exhibition before a performance from The Little Kicks. 

"Before Today" (Acoustic Session) by The Little Kicks

Programmed in association with The List. 

21 August 2014

A Talk and a Walk

3pm

Free with exhibition ticket.

Join a curator of Poetry for the Palace for a 10-minute exploration of the exhibition, discovering the connections, intrigues and histories of the last three centuries.

21 August 2014

Spotlight Tour

3pm

Free, no booking necessary.

Explore the exhibitions at City Art Centre with the help of our Visitor Assistants. Each day there will be a different tour relating to our varied exhibitions. There's no need to book: please meet at reception. 

A portable loop system is available to amplify the speaker. The fm loop system is compatible with hearing aids with a T-switch and can be used with headphones.

21 August 2014

Edinburgh Art Festival Tour: Scottish Art

1pm

Free, no booking necessary

Join us at the Edinburgh Art Festival Kiosk every lunchtime during the festival for a free guided tour of parts of our programme. Led by our volunteers, our tours are a great way to find your way through the city and the festival. All tour routes are flexible and can be altered depending on your interests; if there’s an exhibition you really want to see just ask and we’ll try to fit it in.

Discover works by some of Scotland’s most successful established and contemporary artists on this tour of galleries taking part in GENERATION and of other exhibitions of Scottish art. 

22 August 2014

Edinburgh Art Festival Tour: Open Tour

1pm

Free, no booking necessary

Explore the exhibitions at City Art Centre with the help of our Visitor Assistants. Each day there will be a different tour relating to our varied exhibitions. There's no need to book: please meet at reception. 

A portable loop system is available to amplify the speaker. The fm loop system is compatible with hearing aids with a T-switch and can be used with headphones.

23 August 2014

GENERATION Tours at Modern One

11am, 1pm

Free, no booking required

Free discussion-led tours of the GENERATION exhibition focusing on key themes and artists.

23 August 2014

Edinburgh Art Festival Tour: Art and Commonwealth

1pm

Free, no booking necessary

Join us at the Edinburgh Art Festival Kiosk every lunchtime during the festival for a free guided tour of parts of our programme. Led by our volunteers, our tours are a great way to find your way through the city and the festival. All tour routes are flexible and can be altered depending on your interests; if there’s an exhibition you really want to see just ask and we’ll try to fit it in. 

As the Commonwealth Games conclude in Glasgow, we’ll lead this tour to exhibitions that explore work by artists from Commonwealth countries, and that investigate what we hold in common across countries and continents. 

24 August 2014

Tourists-in-Residence: Tour of Works

2pm. Free, but please book in advance. Book tickets. This tour will begin from the entrance to Edinburgh College of Art, 74 Lauriston Place, EH3 9DF.

Stephanie Mann and Andrew Gannon are this year’s tourists-in-residence, offering the unique perspectives of artists based in Edinburgh to those who join them on their tours. In a new collaboration, Gannon and Mann will explore ideas about what a tour might be. Establishing three different tour structures, the artists will rely on improvisation, collaboration and participation to explore how content can be generated, observed, discussed and documented. 

In this tour, led by the artists, participants will tour the city producing a number of temporary, site-responsive sculptural performances.

As part of their time as Tourists-in-Residence, Gannon and Mann have produced a special print: pick up your free copy by visiting our Kiosk on George Street. 

24 August 2014

GENERATION Tours at the Academy Building

11am, 1pm

Free, no booking required

Free discussion-led tours of the GENERATION exhibition focusing on key themes and artists.

24 August 2014

Edinburgh Art Festival Tour: Art on the Boundaries

1pm

Free, no booking necessary

Join us at the Edinburgh Art Festival Kiosk every lunchtime during the festival for a free guided tour of parts of our programme. Led by our volunteers, our tours are a great way to find your way through the city and the festival. All tour routes are flexible and can be altered depending on your interests; if there’s an exhibition you really want to see just ask and we’ll try to fit it in.

This tour explores work by artists whose work crosses the boundaries between music, performance and visual art in galleries around the city centre. 

24 August 2014

Weekend Sculpture Walks

2-2:45pm

Guided walks around the Garden's landscaped grounds taking in many of the RBGE's outdoor sculptures including works by Ian Hamilton Finlay, Andy Goldsworthy, Alan Johnston and Barbara Hepworth. Led by Alexander Twig Champion, the walks incorporate narratives about the sculpture and meditative walking practices.

25 August 2014

Edinburgh Art Festival Tour: Open Tour

1pm

Free, no booking necessary.

Sorcha Carey, Director of Edinburgh Art Festival, will lead an informal tour of Where do I end and you begin; introducing the exhibition and exploring its themes.

26 August 2014

Spotlight Tour

3pm

Free, no booking necessary

Explore the exhibitions at City Art Centre with the help of our Visitor Assistants. Each day there will be a different tour relating to our varied exhibitions. There's no need to book: please meet at reception. 

A portable loop system is available to amplify the speaker. The fm loop system is compatible with hearing aids with a T-switch and can be used with headphones.

26 August 2014

Edinburgh Art Festival Tour: Festival Projects

1pm

Free, no booking necessary

Join us at the Edinburgh Art Festival Kiosk every lunchtime during the festival for a free guided tour of parts of our programme. Led by our volunteers, our tours are a great way to find your way through the city and the festival. 

Our Open Tours are tailored to our audience’s preferences. Tell us what you’re interested in when you arrive at the Kiosk and we’ll put together an itinerary of city centre galleries, public art and artist-run spaces. 

28 August 2014

Spotlight Tour

3pm

Free, no booking necessary.

Explore the exhibitions at City Art Centre with the help of our Visitor Assistants. Each day there will be a different tour relating to our varied exhibitions. There's no need to book: please meet at reception. 

A portable loop system is available to amplify the speaker. The fm loop system is compatible with hearing aids with a T-switch and can be used with headphones.

28 August 2014

Edinburgh Art Festival Tour: Inverleith House

1pm

Free, no booking necessary

Join us at the Edinburgh Art Festival Kiosk every lunchtime during the festival for a free guided tour of parts of our programme. Led by our volunteers, our tours are a great way to find your way through the city and the festival. All tour routes are flexible and can be altered depending on your interests; if there’s an exhibition you really want to see just ask and we’ll try to fit it in.

On this special one-off tour we'll take a trip to Inverleith House to explore Isa Genzken's exhibition Botanical Garden. Transport will be provided to the gallery, and the tour will finish at Inverleith House.  Join us at the Kiosk at 1pm, or meet us at Inverleith House at 1.30pm if that's more convenient. 

29 August 2014

Edinburgh Art Festival Tour: Open Tour

1pm

Free, no booking necessary

Paul Nesbitt and Chloe Reith lead tours of the exhibition.

30 August 2014

Discussion and tour: Richard Hylton

12 noon

Free, but please book in advance. Book tickets. 

Join Richard Hylton and some of the UK-based artists taking part in the exhibition for a special discussion and tour focused on their involvement in the project.

30 August 2014

Spotlight Tour

11am

Free, no booking necessary

Explore the exhibitions at City Art Centre with the help of our Visitor Assistants. Each day there will be a different tour relating to our varied exhibitions. There's no need to book: please meet at reception. 

A portable loop system is available to amplify the speaker. The fm loop system is compatible with hearing aids with a T-switch and can be used with headphones.

30 August 2014

GENERATION Tours at Modern One

11am, 1pm

Free, no booking required

Free discussion-led tours of the GENERATION exhibition focusing on key themes and artists.

30 August 2014

National Gallery Highlights Tour

2pm, 3pm

Free, no booking required

An introduction and tour of the National Gallery's permanent collection, focusing on key paintings.

30 August 2014

Edinburgh Art Festival Tour: Art and Commonwealth

1pm

Free, no booking necessary

Join us at the Edinburgh Art Festival Kiosk every lunchtime during the festival for a free guided tour of parts of our programme. Led by our volunteers, our tours are a great way to find your way through the city and the festival. All tour routes are flexible and can be altered depending on your interests; if there’s an exhibition you really want to see just ask and we’ll try to fit it in. 

As the Commonwealth Games conclude in Glasgow, we’ll lead this tour to exhibitions that explore work by artists from Commonwealth countries, and that investigate what we hold in common across countries and continents. 

31 August 2014

Tourists-in-Residence: Walking Tour

2pm. Free, but please book in advance. Book tickets. This tour will begin from St Margaret's Loch, off Queen's Drive. 

Stephanie Mann and Andrew Gannon are this year’s tourists-in-residence, offering the unique perspectives of artists based in Edinburgh to those who join them on their tours. In a new collaboration, Gannon and Mann will explore ideas about what a tour might be. Establishing three different tour structures, the artists will rely on improvisation, collaboration and participation to explore how content can be generated, observed, discussed and documented. 

All ages are welcome, the more the merrier, on this hour long walking tour led by a mystery guest.

As part of their time as Tourists-in-Residence, Gannon and Mann have produced a special print: pick up your free copy by visiting our Kiosk on George Street. 

31 August 2014

GENERATION Tours at the Academy Building

11am, 1pm

Free, no booking necessary

Free discussion-led tours of the GENERATION exhibition focusing on key themes and artists.

31 August 2014

Artist Talk and Gallery Tour by Calum Colvin

6pm

Join us at the Edinburgh Art Festival Kiosk every lunchtime during the festival for a free guided tour of parts of our programme. Led by our volunteers, our tours are a great way to find your way through the city and the festival. All tour routes are flexible and can be altered depending on your interests; if there’s an exhibition you really want to see just ask and we’ll try to fit it in.

This tour explores work by artists whose work crosses the boundaries between music, performance and visual art in galleries around the city centre.