Before 3am, Talks & lectures, Visual art, free events

Artists Kjersti Sletteland and Despina Nissiriou will give an exclusive guided tour of their exhibition at Patriothall Gallery, providing insights into the works on show and the history of the building which the works respond to. All are welcome.

The full title is If I know that something unknown transcends me, I cease to be merely a ‘human ape’, but am also a human extra-terrestrial: An afternoon of talks and performance. Artists talk about the complexities of communication. Including Rob Kennedy, Catherine Payton, Daniel Grúň and the Július Koller Society.

A series of free talks taking place on Wednesday lunchtimes in various Aberdeen museums. Booking essential for talks at the Maritime Museum.

Ângela Ferreira discusses her exhibition Political Cameras with curator Filipa Oliveria.

A multidisciplinary afternoon of discussion and debate by artists, clinicians, medical researchers and carers, investigating personalised medicine, genetics, asthma, and issues of child health. A private view of the Be Receptive exhibition of artwork, follows this event. This exhibition is held at the Royal Alexandra…

Artist Ilana Halperin talks to Bryony Bond about her current exhibition, The Library, as the pair lead a tour of the works.

Regular talks on museum staff's favourite objects from the collection.

Curators from the Nam June Paik Art Center, Tate and Talbot Rice Gallery discuss the work and legacy of Nam June Paik.

Artist Stuart McAdam and Claudia Zeiske, Director of Deveron Arts, will lead a discussion with a panel of experts about the relationship between art and walking, and the history of the railways in Scotland. This event is the culmination of a guided walk that McAdam will lead earlier in the afternoon along the Innocent…

Dr Dominic Paterson, Lecturer in Art History at the University of Glasgow, will give a talk on the exhibition Mostly West: Franz West and Artist Collaborations. Free admission, booking essential: ihevents@rbge.ac.uk or 0131 248 2971.

Lisa Le Feuvre – curator, writer and Head of Sculpture Studies at The Henry Moore Institute, Leeds – will give a talk on the exhibition Mostly West: Franz West and Artist Collaborations. Free admission, booking essential: ihevents@rbge.ac.uk or 0131 248 2971.

Fraser Ross talks about the inspiration behind the work in his current exhibition, Senses.

A project on the practice of Edinburgh artist Lyndsay Mann, featuring you are what you think about most of the time by Chris Dyson & Katherine MacBride; TRANS by Mark Chapman; and 60 seconds the release by Lyndsay Mann.

A series of talks at Langside Library covering a variety of topics.

Prof Peter Abrahams gives this Heritage Society Festival Lecture about the original Renaissance man's career as an anatomist and his extremely detailed drawings, which came from the study of 23 corpses that the artist personally dissected. Prof Abrahams discusses how the unique concepts found in these ancient renderings…

Dr Andrew Ross, the curator of the Amazing Amber exhibition, reveals the nitty gritty about the substance, looking to science, stories and even ways to spot a fake.

Colin Wiggins, Head of Education at The National Gallery in London, will give an introduction to the work, themes and concerns of Ana Maria Pacheco.