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Archaeoprint: a hidden landscape
Art exhibition using archaeological data.
Gallery Ten, Edinburgh
Fri 31 May
Free
- 10:30 – 17:30
Sat 1 Jun
Free
- 10:30 – 17:30
Sun 2 Jun
Free
- 12:00 – 16:00
From Death to Death and Other Small Tales: Masterpieces from the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art and the D.Daskalopoulos Collection
From Death to Death and Other Small Tales brings together works from the D.Daskalopoulos Collection, one of the most important private collections of modern and contemporary art, with major works from the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art. This innovative exhibition comprises approximately 130 works and creates a…
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art One, Edinburgh
Fri 24 May
Free / 0131 624 6200
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 10:00 – 17:00
Sat 25 May
Free / 0131 624 6200
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 10:00 – 17:00
Sun 26 May
Free / 0131 624 6200
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 10:00 – 17:00
Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design Degree Show
Showcase for graduates of DJCAD, working in a variety of media; a chance to see the work of future art stars of Dundee.
Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, Dundee
Fri 24 May
Free / 01382 345330
The 2013 show celebrates DJCAD's 125 years of full-time art teaching in Dundee.
- 10:00 – 20:00
Sat 25 May
Free / 01382 345330
The 2013 show celebrates DJCAD's 125 years of full-time art teaching in Dundee.
- 10:00 – 16:00
Sun 26 May
Free / 01382 345330
The 2013 show celebrates DJCAD's 125 years of full-time art teaching in Dundee.
- 10:00 – 16:00
Edinburgh Napier University Degree Show
The Edinburgh Napier Degree Show is an annual showcase of the creative talent of new and emerging designers, photographers, film makers, art directors, advertising directors, journalists, creative writers, television programme makers, and actors.
Edinburgh Napier University
Fri 24 May
Free / 0845 260 6040
- 10:00 – 18:00
Sat 25 May
Free / 0845 260 6040
- 10:00 – 17:00
Sun 26 May
Free / 0845 260 6040
- 10:00 – 17:00
Glasgow Miracle City Walking Tour
Discover the engines of the so-called 'Glasgow Miracle' – the city's reinvention in the post-industrial age as a hotbed of artistic talent and creative innovation. This walking tour, led by student guides from the GSA, takes you round the city's hidden arts scene, exploring galleries, studios and public works of art.
The Glasgow School of Art Shop
Sat 25 May
£19.50 (Students and senior £16; Under 18s £9.75; Under 5s free) / 0141 353 4584
Sun 26 May
£19.50 (Students and senior £16; Under 18s £9.75; Under 5s free) / 0141 353 4584
Sat 1 Jun
£19.50 (Students and senior £16; Under 18s £9.75; Under 5s free) / 0141 353 4584
Mitch Griffiths: Iconostasis
Contemporary hyper-realistic oil paintings created by the Nuneaton-born artist. The works are bittersweet touching on themes of nationhood, iconography and celebrity culture.
Halcyon Gallery, London W1S
Fri 24 May
Free / 020 7647 8328
- 10:00 – 18:00
Sat 25 May
Free / 020 7647 8328
- 10:00 – 18:00
Sun 26 May
Free / 020 7647 8328
- 11:00 – 17:00
PixelAge
Showcase for digital media work including illustration, concept art, graphic design, motion graphics, time based media/video, 3D modelling and 2D animation, by Edinburgh College HND2 Computer Art & Design students.
Art's Complex, Edinburgh
Sat 1 Jun
Free / 0131 661 1924
- 10:00 – 17:00
Sun 2 Jun
Free / 0131 661 1924
- 10:00 – 17:00
Mon 3 Jun
Free / 0131 661 1924
- 10:00 – 17:00
The Hidden Lane: Open Studios
Unique opportunity to explore the studios, see the work and meet some of the artists, held on the first Friday of each month.
Hidden Lane Gallery, Glasgow
Mon 3 Jun
Free / 07760 669011
- 17:00 – 20:00
Mon 1 Jul
Free / 07760 669011
- 17:00 – 20:00
Mon 5 Aug
Free / 07760 669011
- 17:00 – 20:00
Mon 2 Sep
Free / 07760 669011
- 17:00 – 20:00
Ilana Halperin: The Library
New work by New York-born artist Halperin, who is interested in the relationship between geological time and human experience. She's the first contemporary artist to receive an Artist's Fellowship at the NMS, and this exhibition features found objects, minerals, artworks created by natural processes and a 1.3-ton…
National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh
Fri 24 May
Free / 0300 123 6789
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 10:00 – 17:00
Sat 25 May
Free / 0300 123 6789
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 10:00 – 17:00
Sun 26 May
Free / 0300 123 6789
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 10:00 – 17:00
Our Autonomous Nature II
More than 30 artists from variety of genres present works on the themes of man, nature and new landscape.
Testbed1, London SW11
Fri 24 May
Free
- 09:00 – 20:00
Polish Art Now: An Exhibition Of Polish Contemporary Art
A group show featuring both established Polish artists including Szymon Artur Urbanski and Andrzej Cisowski, and graduate talents, making their name on the contemporary art scene. Hosted by Poland's fine art auctioneer, Abbey House, and curated by the critic and writer Sacha Craddock.
Saatchi Gallery, London SW3
Mon 3 Jun
Free / 020 7811 3070
- 10:00 – 18:00
Tue 4 Jun
Free / 020 7811 3070
- 10:00 – 18:00
Wed 5 Jun
Free / 020 7811 3070
- 10:00 – 18:00
Astound 2013
Showcase of work by students from Leek School of Art.
Nicholson Institute, Leek
Sat 25 May
Free / 03456 053010
- 10:00 – 16:00
Mon 27 May
Free / 03456 053010
- 10:00 – 16:00
Tue 28 May
Free / 03456 053010
- 10:00 – 16:00
Chair – A Life Backwards
Collaborative mixed media installation by Dot Young, Gregg Fisher and Pavel Legonkov, charting the history of an English-made oak chair from its production to its roots in a forest.
Free Space Gallery, London NW5
Sat 1 Jun
Free
The installation launch is open to all, with refreshments provided.
- 18:00 – 21:00
Mon 3 Jun
Free
- 09:00 – 18:00
Tue 4 Jun
Free
- 09:00 – 18:00
Julie Brook: made, unmade
Immersive work by acclaimed land artist, her first solo exhibition since taking expeditions to Libya and Namibia.
Bonhoga Gallery, Shetland
Sat 15 Jun
Free / 01595 745750
- 10:30 – 16:30
Sun 16 Jun
Free / 01595 745750
- 12:30 – 16:30
Tue 18 Jun
Free / 01595 745750
- 10:30 – 16:30
Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh
Fri 24 May
Free / 0131 550 3660
- 10:30 – 17:30
Sat 25 May
Free / 0131 550 3660
- 10:30 – 17:30
Mon 27 May
Free / 0131 550 3660
- 10:30 – 17:30
Peles Empire
A collaboration between Katharina Stoever and Barbara Wolff, borrowing its name from Peleș Castle in Romania, which was built between 1873 and 1914 and which curiously prefigures post-modernist architecture in that each of its great rooms are all designed in a different historical style, so that the castle has no…
Glasgow Sculpture Studios
Fri 24 May
Free / 0141 353 3708
- 11:00 – 17:00
Sat 25 May
Free / 0141 353 3708
- 11:00 – 17:00
Wed 29 May
Free / 0141 353 3708
- 11:00 – 17:00
Cultural Hijack: CONTRAvention
Conference about the relationship between art and activism.
RIBA, London W1B
Sat 25 May
£40 (£25; low income/unwaged £15) / 020 7580 5533
East Neuk Festival
World-class, critically-acclaimed music, art and literature converge on this corner of Fife. Though chamber music remains at the heart of the programme, the festival's most varied selection yet includes musical surprises, international authors and imaginative art-works, all located in quirky venues.
Various venues, East Neuk
Wed 3 Jul
Times & prices vary (free–£25)
Thu 4 Jul
Times & prices vary (free–£25)
Fri 5 Jul
Times & prices vary (free–£25)
Flesh Reality
A group show featuring works by emerging and well-known contemporary artists, including John Issacs, Sarah Lucas, Erwin Wurm, Matthew Miles and Konrad Wyrebek, which explores the human relationship to the body.
Point Zero, London N16
Fri 24 May
Free / 020 7241 1608
- 12:00 – 19:00
Sat 25 May
Free / 020 7241 1608
- 12:00 – 19:00
Wed 29 May
Free / 020 7241 1608
- 12:00 – 18:00
Glasgow School of Art MFA Show
Graduation show for students on the GSA's Master of Fine Art programme.
Glue Factory, Glasgow
Thu 6 Jun
Free
Featured artists include Jennifer Bailey, Simon Buckley, Alexander Cahoon, Saejin Choi, Kai Qun Chun, Brandon Cramm, Allison Gibbs, George Gray, Choon Lin Joo, Darius Kowal, Gabriel Leung, Tessa Lynch, AJ Meadows, Jay Mosher, Stephen Murray, Thorgerdur Olafsdottir, Hardeep Pandhal, Steven Papadopoulos, Seth Orion, Schwaiger, Fraser Sim, Keeley Stitt, Cedric Tai, Lisa Ure, Weizi Xu.
- 11:00 – 18:00
Fri 7 Jun
Free
Featured artists include Jennifer Bailey, Simon Buckley, Alexander Cahoon, Saejin Choi, Kai Qun Chun, Brandon Cramm, Allison Gibbs, George Gray, Choon Lin Joo, Darius Kowal, Gabriel Leung, Tessa Lynch, AJ Meadows, Jay Mosher, Stephen Murray, Thorgerdur Olafsdottir, Hardeep Pandhal, Steven Papadopoulos, Seth Orion, Schwaiger, Fraser Sim, Keeley Stitt, Cedric Tai, Lisa Ure, Weizi Xu.
- 11:00 – 18:00
Sat 8 Jun
Free
Featured artists include Jennifer Bailey, Simon Buckley, Alexander Cahoon, Saejin Choi, Kai Qun Chun, Brandon Cramm, Allison Gibbs, George Gray, Choon Lin Joo, Darius Kowal, Gabriel Leung, Tessa Lynch, AJ Meadows, Jay Mosher, Stephen Murray, Thorgerdur Olafsdottir, Hardeep Pandhal, Steven Papadopoulos, Seth Orion, Schwaiger, Fraser Sim, Keeley Stitt, Cedric Tai, Lisa Ure, Weizi Xu.
- 11:00 – 18:00
GSA MLitt Fine Art Practice Exhibition
Exhibition showcasing the work of GSA students who have taken part in the newly established MLitt programme in Fine Art Practice.
Glasgow Print Studio
Fri 24 May
Free / 0141 552 0704
- 10:00 – 17:30
Sat 25 May
Free / 0141 552 0704
- 10:00 – 17:30
Sun 26 May
Free / 0141 552 0704
- 12:00 – 17:00
James Neal (1918-2011): People And Places
Works by the artist who died aged 93 in October 2011. He was undoubtedly one of the region's most distinctive, gifted and prolific artists.
Treasure House / Beverley Art Gallery
Sat 13 Jul
Free / 01482 392780
- 09:00 – 16:00
Mon 15 Jul
Free / 01482 392780
- 09:30 – 17:00
Tue 16 Jul
Free / 01482 392780
- 09:30 – 20:00
Jerwood Makers Open 2012
An exhibition of new commissions by five emerging makers: Nao Matsunaga, James Rigler, William Shannon, Louis Thompson and Silvia Weidenbach.
Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead
Fri 24 May
Free / 0191 477 1495
- 10:00 – 17:00
Sat 25 May
Free / 0191 477 1495
- 10:00 – 17:00
Tue 28 May
Free / 0191 477 1495
- 10:00 – 17:00
Keith Albarn: Pattern and Belief
Immersive exhibition by veteran artist and former TV presenter Keith Albarn (whose son happens to be a certain Damon).
The Minories Galleries, Colchester
Fri 24 May
Free / 01206 712437
- 10:00 – 17:00
Sat 25 May
Free / 01206 712437
- 10:00 – 17:00
Mon 27 May
Free / 01206 712437
- 10:00 – 17:00
Movement in a Static Space
Work by art students, exploring how space changes over time.
198 Gallery, London SE24
Sat 25 May
Free / 020 7978 8309
- 11:00 – 17:00
Mon 27 May
Free / 020 7978 8309
- 11:00 – 17:00
Tue 28 May
Free / 020 7978 8309
- 11:00 – 17:00
Nina Beier
Work by the Danish artist, who is concerned with time and mortality. Previous works include Tragedy, in which dog-owning members of the public were invited to get their dogs to play dead, and The Blues, consisting of faded photographs of haircut models from a Copenhagen salon.
Glasgow Sculpture Studios
Sat 13 Jul
Free / 0141 353 3708
- 11:00 – 17:00
Wed 17 Jul
Free / 0141 353 3708
- 11:00 – 17:00
Thu 18 Jul
Free / 0141 353 3708
- 11:00 – 17:00
