Exhibitions
Alexander Hamilton – The Glenfinlas Cyanotypes
Studio 11, 17 William Street, Edinburgh, EH3 7NG4 Aug - 16 Aug
Mon - Sat 1pm - 4pm
Admission Free
The exhibition continues at Lawrie Thomson, 3 Alva Street, Edinburgh EH2 4PH.
1 Aug - 30 Aug
Mon - Sat 10am - 5pm
Admission Free
ARC Projects – Protected
Waverley Station, National Gallery of Scotland, Princes Street, North Bridge, Waverley Bridge, Royal Scottish Academy Building, Embassy Gallery, South Bridge, Scottish National Portrait Gallery. 0131 477 200617 Aug - 31 Aug
Thurs - Sun
3pm - 5pm
Admission Free
Atticsalt – Offerings
50 Thistle Street North East Lane, Edinburgh, EH2 1DA. 0131 225 209331 Jul - 30 Aug
Thurs and Fri 12.30pm - 6pm
Sat 11am - 5pm
or by appointment
Admission Free
Big Things on the Beach – Garden Gallery
Portobello Promenade and Portobello High Street2 Aug - 30 Aug
Open daily 24 hours
Admission Free
Bourne Fine Art – Singing Stone: Recent work by Emily Young
6 Dundas Street, Edinburgh, EH3 6HZ. 0131 557 40501 Aug - 6 Sept
Mon - Fri 10am 6pm
Sat 11am - 4pm
Admission Free
c a m e r a – Infinity and Perspective
Glass cabinet inside wall, 140 Canongate, Edinburgh, EH8 8DD31 Jul - 31 Aug
Closed 7, 15 and 23 Aug
24 hours Mon - Sun
Admission Free
Gallery event
City Art Centre – China: A Photographic Portrait
2 Market Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1DE. 0131 529 39935 Jul - 14 Sept
Mon - Sat
10am - 5pm
Sun 12 noon - 5pm
£5.00 (£3.50/£2.50)
Gallery events
TOUR available
Collective Gallery – The Golden Record: Sounds of Earth
22 - 28 Cockburn Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1NY. 0131 220 12601 Aug - 13 Sept
Aug: Tues - Sun 11am - 6pm
Sept: Tues - Sat 12 noon - 5pm
Admission Free
Special event & Gallery events
Corn Exchange Gallery – Playing Against Reason
Consitution Street, Edinburgh, EH6 7BS. 0131 561 730025 Jul - 28 Aug
Tues - Sat 11am - 4.30pm
Admission Free
National Galleries of Scotland, Dean Gallery – Foto: Modernism in Central Europe, 1918 1945
Dean Gallery 72 Belford Road, Edinburgh, EH4 3DS. 0131 624 62007 Jun - 31 Aug
Open daily 10am - 5pm
Aug: 10am - 6pm £6 (£4)
doggerfisher – Alexander Heim
11 Gayfield Square, Edinburgh, EH1 3NT. 0131 558 7110 / 0779056909031 Jul - 13 Sept
Tues - Fri 10am - 6pm
Sat 12 noon - 5pm
or by appointment
Admission Free
Dovecot – INFLUENTIAL VOICES
Infirmary Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1LT4 Aug - 27 Sept
Mon - Sat 11am - 6pm
Admission Free
echo – Glendinbow
art's complex, St. Margaret's House, 151 London Road, Edinburgh7 Aug - 21 Aug
Open daily 12 noon - 5pm
Admission Free
Gallery event
Edinburgh College of Art – Sanford Wurmfeld: E-Cyclorama
74 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, EH3 9DF. 0131 221 600024 Jul - 5 Sept
Open daily 10am - 6pm
Admission Free
eca Postgraduate Degree Show
27 Aug - 3 Sept
Open daily
10am - 6pm
Admission Free
Edinburgh International Book Festival – Art in the Garden: Ric Warren
5a Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, EH2 4DR. 0845 37358889 Aug - 18 Aug
Open daily 9.30am - Late
Admission Free
Edinburgh Printmakers - Chad McCail
23 Union Street, Edinburgh, EH1 3LR. 0131 557 247919 Jul - 6 Sept
Tues - Sat 10am - 6pm
Admission Free
Gallery event
Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop – MAGAZINE 08, Positive Critical Imagination
25 Hawthornvale, Newhaven, Ediinburgh, EH6 4JT. 0131 551 44903 Aug - 24 Aug
Thurs - Sun 11am - 5pm
Admission Free
Gallery events
Embassy Gallery – Mutatis Mutandis
The Embassy Annex, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh1 Aug - 31 Aug
Thurs - Sun 12 noon - 6pm
Admission Free
Special event
Ettie Spencer - TOBACCO HOUSE
St Margaret's House, 151 London Road, Edinburgh, EH8 7TG. 01368 85071231 Jul - 31Aug
Open daily 24 hours
Admission Free
Gallery events
The Fruitmarket Gallery – Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller
45 Market Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1DF. 0131 225 238331 Jul - 28 Sept
Festival Hours
31 Jul - 31 Aug
Mon - Sun 10am - 7pm
Admission Free
Gallery events
The Gallery at Eskmills – Eskimo
Stuart House, Eskmills, Station Road, Musselburgh, East Lothian, EH21 7PB. 0131 273 433926 Jul - 31 Aug
Wed - Sun 12 noon - 5pm
Admission Free
Special event & Gallery event
The Grey Gallery – Richard Wilson
10 Old Broughton, off Barony Street, Edinburgh EH3 6NZ. 07910 3590861 Aug - 31 Aug
Open daily 11am - 6pm
Admission Free
Gallery event
Hugh Brady – 39
16B Lennox Street Lane, Edinburgh, EH4 1PZ. 07973 6296691 Aug - 25 Aug
Open daily 11am - 6pm
Admission Free
~ in the fields – ink
New Media Scotland, 45 Marchmont Crescent, Edinburgh, EH9 1HF. 0131 477 3774. Bus: 412 Aug - 31 Aug
Wed - Fri 10am - 6pm
Sat & Sun 12 noon - 6pm
Admission Free
Gallery event
Ingleby Gallery – Kay Rosen: Huen
15 Calton Road, Edinburgh, EH8 8DL. 0131 556 44411 Aug - 27 Sept
Mon - Fri 10am - 6pm
Thurs till 7pm
Sat 10am 5pm
Admission Free
Special event & Gallery event
Institut Français d'Ecosse – Au fil d’Ecosse
13 Randolph Crescent, Edinburgh, EH3 7TT. 0131 225 53661 Jul - 29 Aug
Festival Hours
Mon - Fri 9.30am - 6.30pm
Sat 9.30am - 1.30pm
Admission Free
Inverleith House – Richard Hamilton: Protest Pictures
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Inverleith Place/Row, Edinburgh, EH3 5LR. 0131 248 297131 Jul - 12 Oct
Tues - Sun 10am - 5.30pm
Open daily during Aug
Admission Free
Gallery events
Matthew Architecture Gallery – Saltcity: Field and Work
Architecture, University of Edinburgh, 20 Chambers Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1JZ. 0131 650 23064 Aug - 29 Aug
Mon - Sat 11am - 4pm
Admission Free
Gallery event
National Galleries of Scotland, National Gallery Complex – Impressionism and Scotland
National Gallery Complex, The Mound, Edinburgh, EH2 2EL. 0131 624 620019 Jul - 12 Oct
Fri - Wed 10am - 5pm
Thurs 10am - 7pm
Aug: Fri - Wed 10am - 6pm
Thurs 10am - 7pm
£8 (£6)
Gallery events
New Media Scotland – SPAM the Musical
Various venues throughout Edinburgh City Centre. 0131 477 377431 Jul - 31 Aug
Admission Free
The Open Eye Gallery – Leon Morrocco: From Melbourne to Marrakech – Drawing on Life
34 Abercromby Place, EH3 6QE. 0131 557 10209 Aug - 3 Sept
Mon - Fri 10am - 6pm
Sat 10am 4pm
Admission Free
Patriothall Gallery at WASPS – Return of the Soul: The Nakbah Project
WASPS Studios, 1d Patriothall, Edinburgh, EH3 5AY. 0131 226 712631 Jul - 18 Aug
Open daily 12 noon - 6pm
Admission Free
Special event & Gallery event
TOUR available
Royal Scottish Academy of Art and Architecture – ReSeArch: RSA Residencies for Scotland
The Mound, Edinburgh, EH2 2EL. 0131 225 667112 Jul - 21 Sept
Mon - Sat 10am - 5pm
Sun 12 noon - 5pm
Admission Free
Gallery event
New Scots: A reflection on cultural diversity
30 Jun - 20 Oct
During Aug
Mon - Fri 10am - 5pm
Otherwise Mon 10am - 5pm
or by appointment
Admission Free
National Galleries of Scotland, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art – Tracey Emin: 20 Years
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art 75 Belford Road, Edinburgh, EH4 3DR. 0131 624 62002 Aug - 9 Nov
Open daily 10am - 5pm
Aug 10am - 6pm
£6 (£4)
Gallery events
National Galleries Scotland, Scottish National Portrait Gallery – Vanity Fair Portraits: Photographs 1913 – 2008
Scottish National Portrait Gallery 1 Queen Street, Edinburgh, EH2 1JD. 0131 624 620014 June - 21 Sept
Fri - Wed 10am - 5pm
Thurs 10am - 7pm
Aug: Fri - Wed 10am - 6pm
Thurs 10am - 7pm
£6 (£4)
Gallery event
Scottish Poetry Library – From Kyoto to Carbeth: Poems & plants from the hills
5 Crichton's Close, Canongate, Edinburgh, EH8 8DT. 0131 557 28761 Aug - 12 Sept
Mon - Fri 11am - 6pm
Sat 1pm - 5pm
Admission Free
Gallery events
sleeper – Hot Air (Projet pour une idée)
6 Darnaway Street, Edinburgh, EH3 6BG. 0131 556 366221 Jul - 29 Aug
Mon - Fri
12 noon - 5pm
Admission Free
Stills – Martha Rosler Library
23 Cockburn Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1BP. 0131 622 62001 Aug - 9 Nov
Mon - Sun 11am - 6pm
Admission Free
Gallery events
Talbot Rice Gallery – Andrew Grassie: Painting as Document
The University of Edinburgh, Old College, South Bridge, Edinburgh EH8 9YL. 0131 650 22101 Aug - 27 Sept
Festival Hours
Mon - Sat 10am - 5pm
Sun 2pm - 5pm
Admission Free
Gallery events
The Queen's Gallery – The Art of Italy in the Royal Collection: The Renaissance
Palace of Holyroodhouse, The Royal Mile, Edinburgh EH8 8DX. 0131 556 510025 Apr - 26 Oct
Open daily 9.30am - 6pm
Last admission 5pm
Adult £5.00
Over 60/Student £4.50
Under 17 £3.00
Under 5 Free
Family (2 adults, 3 under 17s) £13.00
The Scottish Gallery – Elizabeth Blackadder
16 Dundas Street, Edinburgh, EH3 6HZ. 0131 558 12008 Aug - 6 Sept
Mon - Fri 10am - 6pm
Sat 10am - 5pm
Admission Free
TotalKunst @ The Forest
TotalKunst c/o The Forest, 3 Bristo Place, Edinburgh, EH1 1EY. 0131 220 453831 Jul - 31 Aug
Open daily 10am - 12 midnight
Admission Free
Gallery event
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh - Jim Lambie's Secret Affair
Throughout the gardens. Entry through Inverleith Row (East Gate) and Inverleith Place (North Gate)31 July - 31 Aug
Open daily from 10am - 7pm
Admission Free