6 August 2012
Kandinsky’s KleineWelten
12.45—1.15pm
Professor Christina Lodder, University of Edinburgh, will focus on the series of 12 prints that Kandinsky made in 1922 at the Bauhaus, which reflect the visual and spiritual qualities of his earlier abstract paintings, but also convey aspects of those utopian ideas that he encountered during the revolution in Russia, where he was living 1914-1921.
Free to attend, no booking required.
73 Belford Road, Edinburgh, EH4 3DS
6 August 2012
Talk: Rose Watban of National Museum of Scotland
2–3pm
Rose Watban is Senior Curator of Applied Art & Design at National Museum of Scotland. This is an opportunity to hear Rose talk about the show A Sense of Place: New Jewellery from Northern Lands which is on at the museum as part of the festival.
Edinburgh Art Festival Pavilion
St. Andrew Square Gardens, EH2 2AD
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6 August 2012
A Tapestry of Many Threads
6.30pm (1 hr)
Alexander McCall Smith and composer Tom Cunningham mark Dovecot’s centenary with the world premiere of this dramatic musical production, performed among the looms used to create the tapestries that inspired it.
Tickets: £15 (Sat £16), Concessions £14 (Sat £15), available from www.dovecotstudios.com
10 Infirmary Street, EH1 1LT
0131 550 3660