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Davy Brown

An exhibition of colourful works by the artist.

Torrance Gallery, Edinburgh

Sat 1 Jun

Free / 0131 556 6366

  • 10:30 – 16:00

Mon 3 Jun

Free / 0131 556 6366

  • 11:00 – 18:00

Tue 4 Jun

Free / 0131 556 6366

  • 11:00 – 18:00
…and 16 more dates until 22 Jun

Davy Macdonald: Harris Tweed – An Inspiring Heritage

Exhibition celebrating Scotland's most famous fabric, which is currently experiencing a revival.

Dundas Street Gallery, Edinburgh

Sat 1 Jun

Free / 0131 557 4050

  • 10:00 – 18:00

Sun 2 Jun

Free / 0131 557 4050

  • 10:00 – 18:00

Mon 3 Jun

Free / 0131 557 4050

  • 10:00 – 18:00
…and 5 more dates until 8 Jun

Deborah Phillips

Landscape paintings by Dundonian artist Deborah Phillips.

Leith Gallery, Edinburgh

Sat 25 May

Free / 0131 553 5255

  • 12:00 – 16:00

Degree Show 2013

A wide range of contemporary fine art, media, architecture, graphic communication and typography, illustration, 3D design, digital art and technology works created by final year students of the Faculty of Arts.

Plymouth University

Fri 14 Jun

Peninsula Arts Gallery, Roland Levinsky Building

Free / 01752 585050

  • 10:00 – 17:00

Sat 15 Jun

Peninsula Arts Gallery, Roland Levinsky Building

Free / 01752 585050

  • 11:00 – 16:00

Mon 17 Jun

Peninsula Arts Gallery, Roland Levinsky Building

Free / 01752 585050

  • 10:00 – 17:00
…and 9 more dates until 27 Jun

Delicartessen's Summer Exibition at Joseph Pearces Bar

Yvonne Hutchinson captures the atmosphere of Scottish landscapes and seascapes with her vibrant palette of colours use of mixed media. Come celebrate the warmth of Scottish Summer and see this stunning collection of work inspired by familiar places as you have never seen them before.

Leith Academy, Edinburgh

Mon 10 Jun

Free / 0131 553 2810

Part of Leith Festival.

  • 11:00 – 23:00

Tue 11 Jun

Free / 0131 553 2810

Part of Leith Festival.

  • 11:00 – 23:00

Wed 12 Jun

Free / 0131 553 2810

Part of Leith Festival.

  • 11:00 – 23:00
…and 54 more dates until 5 Aug back to top

Depositary

The "Depositary" raises questions about our ability to remember. Where does memory attach itself and how reliable is it? To what extent is our inner landscape altered and worn by the passage of time and fortune? Is place a construct of space, time and memory? The exhibition explores the tension between transience and…

Freehold Studio, Brighton

Sat 25 May

Free / 01273 917272

Part of Brighton Fringe Festival.

Sun 26 May

Free / 01273 917272

Part of Brighton Fringe Festival.

Dina Mackins: From Russia with Love – Painting on Jute

Russian artist Mackins presents oil and charcoal paintings on jute, detailing her attempts to establish new roots in Scotland.

Discovery Point, Dundee

Sat 25 May

Free / 01382 309060

  • 10:00 – 17:00

Sun 26 May

Free / 01382 309060

  • 10:00 – 17:00

Mon 27 May

Free / 01382 309060

  • 10:00 – 17:00
…and 41 more dates until 7 Jul

Drawing: A Primal Means Of Expression

Contemporary drawings shown in the context of the history of the practice.

Bradford 1 Gallery

Sat 7 Sep

Free / 01274 437800

  • 12:00 – 17:00

Tue 10 Sep

Free / 01274 437800

  • 11:00 – 18:00

Wed 11 Sep

Free / 01274 437800

  • 11:00 – 18:00
…and 58 more dates until 30 Nov

Rostra & Rooksmoor Galleries, Bath

Sat 25 May

Free / 01225 448121

  • 10:00 – 17:30

Mon 27 May

Free / 01225 448121

  • 10:00 – 17:30

Tue 28 May

Free / 01225 448121

  • 10:00 – 17:30
…and 9 more dates until 7 Jun

Drawing Week

Drawing workshops and activities for families and children in the Mead Gallery.

Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry

Tue 28 May

Mead Gallery

Free / 024 7652 4524

  • 12:00 – 21:00

Wed 29 May

Mead Gallery

Free / 024 7652 4524

  • 12:00 – 21:00

Thu 30 May

Mead Gallery

Free / 024 7652 4524

  • 12:00 – 21:00
…and 3 more dates until 2 Jun

Dressed to Kill: Fashion, Costume and Dress in Scottish Art

Dressed to Kill showcases how Scottish artists have captured fashion, costume and dress over the years, from the late 17th century to the present day. The exhibition includes portrayals of a whole range of different types of costume, from mundane everyday working clothes to the most elaborate fashionable dress. There is…

City Art Centre, Edinburgh

Sat 15 Jun

Free / 0131 529 3993

Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.

  • 10:00 – 17:00

Sun 16 Jun

Free / 0131 529 3993

Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.

  • 12:00 – 17:00

Mon 17 Jun

Free / 0131 529 3993

Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.

  • 10:00 – 17:00
…and 104 more dates until 29 Sep back to top

Elizabeth Blackadder: Works on Paper

Displaying new works on paper, this is the first exhibition of Dame Elizabeth Blackadder’s work since the retrospective at The National Galleries of Scotland in 2010, and includes delicate studies of leaves, fruit and other organic objects.

The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh

Fri 2 Aug

Free / 0131 558 1200

Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.

  • 10:00 – 18:00

Sat 3 Aug

Free / 0131 558 1200

Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.

  • 10:00 – 16:00

Mon 5 Aug

Free / 0131 558 1200

Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.

  • 10:00 – 18:00
…and 26 more dates until 4 Sep

The Enchanting, Fragile, Silent World Of Flowers

Exhibition of giclee prints made from dried flowers.

Dawyck Botanic Gardens, Peeblesshire

Sat 25 May

Free / 01721 760254

Part of Scotland's Nature Festival.

  • 10:00 – 18:00

Sun 26 May

Free / 01721 760254

Part of Scotland's Nature Festival.

  • 10:00 – 18:00

Mon 27 May

Free / 01721 760254

Part of Scotland's Nature Festival.

  • 10:00 – 18:00
…and 69 more dates until 4 Aug

Erlend Tait & Pamela Tait: Duologue

A rare joint exhibition by artists who happen to be husband and wife; although both specialise in pictures of people's heads, their respective approaches are very different.

RGI Kelly Gallery, Glasgow

Sat 25 May

Free / 0141 248 6386

  • 10:00 – 17:00

An Exhibition of Contemporary Art

My paintings are experiential and open up new ways in which we consume our surroundings. I work with layers of thick and thin colour, washed over layers of paint and inks. Traces are left by assorted marks, lines straight, curved or gestural, surfaces wiped, dripped and spattered; all adding to an eventual sense of…

Gallery40, Brighton

Mon 27 May

Free / 01273 917272

Part of Brighton Fringe Festival.

Tue 28 May

Free / 01273 917272

Part of Brighton Fringe Festival.

Wed 29 May

Free / 01273 917272

Part of Brighton Fringe Festival.

…and 4 more dates until 2 Jun

Exhibition Preview: This Land

The opening of This Land, which presents a beautifully alternative view of the Scottish landscape through works by artists with a diverse range of practices, including Henry Coombes, Andy Holden, Hannah Imlach, Michael Reisch and Iain Sarjeant. Initially located for the festival beside the City Art Centre, The…

Travelling Gallery, Edinburgh

Thu 22 Aug

Free / 0131 529 3930

Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.

  • 17:30 – 19:30
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Fanzine Workshop

Celebrate culture and passions through art and design with Tristan Manco, developing handmade techniques including lettering, stencilling, stickers, stencils and collage.

De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea

Sat 25 May

Gallery

Free / 01424 229111

  • 13:00 – 16:00

Sat 8 Jun

Gallery

Free / 01424 229111

  • 13:00 – 16:00

Farm Mews Collective Art Show

A Mixed Media Art exhibition held in Farm Mews Creative Quarter. 15 artists exhibiting Painting, Drawing, Ceramic, Leatherwork, Jewellery and more. The exhibition is held across an established gallery and surrounding artists' studio spaces within the mews.

Farm Mews, Hove

Sat 25 May

Free / 01273 917272

Part of Brighton Fringe Festival.

Sun 26 May

Free / 01273 917272

Part of Brighton Fringe Festival.

The First of the Summer Wine

The gallery's annual summer exhibition. Featured artists include Joan Eardley, The Scottish Colourists, Glasgow Boys and Girls, Bloomsbury Group, Lanyon, Blackadder, Keith Vaughan, Colquhoun and MacBryde and invited Scottish Contemporaries.

Cyril Gerber Fine Art, Glasgow

Sat 1 Jun

Free / 0141 221 3095

  • 09:30 – 17:30

Mon 3 Jun

Free / 0141 221 3095

  • 09:30 – 17:30

Tue 4 Jun

Free / 0141 221 3095

  • 09:30 – 17:30
…and 25 more dates until 3 Jul

Forth Valley Open Studios

The open studios event in the Forth Valley includes almost 150 artists in 70 studios around Central Scotland.

Various Venues

Sat 8 Jun

Times vary / Free / 07711 285545

Sun 9 Jun

Times vary / Free / 07711 285545

Mon 10 Jun

Times vary / Free / 07711 285545

…and 6 more dates until 16 Jun

Four Artists, Three Generations

Work by three generations of artists: Gilbert Dunlop (1909–1984), illustrator of many of Enid Blyton's books; his daughter Jenny; and his granddaughter Jo Murray and nephew Hamish.

GR McFarlane Art Gallery, Alloa

Sat 25 May

Free / 01259 723 303

  • 09:00 – 17:00

Mon 27 May

Free / 01259 723 303

  • 09:00 – 17:00

Tue 28 May

Free / 01259 723 303

  • 09:00 – 17:00
…and 4 more dates until 1 Jun back to top

Funny on Art

Contemporary artists present images of comedians.

The Mall Howgate, Falkirk

Sat 25 May

Times vary / Free / 01324 631 985

Part of Funny in Falkirk.

Sun 26 May

Times vary / Free / 01324 631 985

Part of Funny in Falkirk.

Mon 27 May

Times vary / Free / 01324 631 985

Part of Funny in Falkirk.

…and 59 more dates until 25 Jul

Funny Tummy

Contemporary drawings and graphic design by the illustrator who gained international recognition for his portrait of singer Rihanna.

Royal Albert Hall, London SW7

Sat 1 Jun

Free / 0845 401 5045

  • 10:00 – 15:00

Sat 8 Jun

Free / 0845 401 5045

  • 10:00 – 15:00

Sun 30 Jun

Free / 0845 401 5045

  • 10:00 – 15:00

Geoffrey Rawlins

Retrospective of portraits, landscape, still lifes and drawings.

Gallery 8, London SW1Y

Sat 25 May

Free / 020 7930 0375

  • 10:00 – 16:00

George Devlin: New Paintings

More than 50 new paintings from the veteran artist.

The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh

Sat 25 May

Free / 0131 558 1200

  • 10:00 – 16:00

Mon 27 May

Free / 0131 558 1200

  • 10:00 – 18:00

Tue 28 May

Free / 0131 558 1200

  • 10:00 – 18:00
…and 4 more dates until 1 Jun

George Jamesone: Scotland's First Portrait Painter

George Jamesone (c 1690–1644) was the first great native portrait painter in Scotland, master of a rich, colourful and intricate style and so successful that he had two houses, one in his native Aberdeen and one in Edinburgh, so that he could take commissions from people all over the country.

Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh

Sat 25 May

Free / 0131 624 6200

  • 10:00 – 17:00

Sun 26 May

Free / 0131 624 6200

  • 10:00 – 17:00

Mon 27 May

Free / 0131 624 6200

  • 10:00 – 17:00
…and 218 more dates until 31 Dec back to top