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Visual Art, Painting & Drawing, Edinburgh

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A Time And Place: Paintings from the City Collection
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In conjunction with 'Treasured Places' this showcases works by Scottish painters with an affinity to a vast array of Scottish places both rural and urban.
25 Oct–17 Jan 2009 Mon–Sat 10.00am–5.00; Sun 12.00–5.00 City Art Centre, Edinburgh
Alexander Moffat OBE RSA: Images From Three Decades
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A collection of the artist's images.
27 Sep–15 Oct, not Sundays Mon–Fri 10.00am–6.00; Sat 10.00am–4.00 Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
Alison Hardcastle: So Far So Good
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Hardcastle is an illustrator, designer and printmaker and makes paper-based products. This is a collection of her screenprints and collages.
26 Sep–19 Oct Mon–Sat 12.30–5.30; Sun 12.00–5.00 Red Door Gallery, Edinburgh
Amber Roome at Dundas Street Gallery
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Amber Roome Contemporary Art presents an exhibition of new works by Jackie Anderson & Andrew Mackenzie.
9 Nov–12 Nov Dundas Street Gallery, Edinburgh
The Art of Italy in the Royal Collection: The Baroque
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Part two of the gallery's Italian art exhibition includes 'The Calling of Saints Peter and Andrew' by Caravaggio, Annibale Carracci's 'Allegory of Truth and Time', Orazio Gentileschi's 'Joseph and Potiphar's Wife', Cristofano Allori's 'Judith with the Head of Holofernes' and drawings by Guido Reni, Guercino and Bernini. Last admission is one hour before the gallery closes.
13 Nov–8 Mar 2009 9.30am–4.30 (24 Dec 9.30am–2.00) (31 Dec 9.00am–3.00) (1 Jan 2009 11.00am–4.30) (Closed 27 Oct–12 Nov, 25 Dec & 26 Dec) The Queen's Gallery, Edinburgh
The Art of Italy in the Royal Collection: The Renaissance
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32 paintings and 42 drawings from the period of the Italian Renaissance, including works by Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael and Tintoretto, Giovanni Bellini, Lorenzo Costa and Titian. This is the first of two-part exhibition, the second of which will cover the Baroque period. Last admission 5pm.
1 Sep–26 Oct 9.30am–6.00 The Queen's Gallery, Edinburgh
Back On Dry Ground
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A collection of recent drawings and paintings by Craig Jefferson.
Mondays–Saturdays 9.30am–4.30 Leith School of Art, Edinburgh
Carl-Henning Pedersen
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An exhibition of paintings by Danish artist Carl-Henning Pedersen (1913-2007), who was a key member of the international Cobra-movement, and is known for his fairytale scenes and otherwordly creatures and magical.
13 Oct–12 Dec Mon–Fri 9.00am–4.00 Danish Cultural Institute, Edinburgh
Dutch Mannerism: Goltzius and his Contemporaries
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In celebration of the dawn of the Golden Age of Dutch Art, this display highlights two of the National Galleries' significant recent acquisitions, Abraham Bloemaert's 'Miracle of the Loaves' and Hendrick Goltzius's drawing 'Man with a Tassled Cap'. These are accompanied by more of Goltzius's extraordinary drawings and engravings and a selection of works by their lesser-known contemporaries, Jacob Matham, Jan Saeredam and Jacques de Gheyn.
22 Nov–8 Feb 2009 National Gallery of Scotland: Hawthornden Lecture Theatre, Edinburgh
Gerhard Richter
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Figurative and abstract paintings by the German Pop Artist who is one of the most influential artists living today. Including many of his iconic works of the 1960s, which are based on magazine, newspaper and personal photographs, this is the first major retrospective of Richter's paintings to be held in Britain since 1991 and the first ever in Scotland.
8 Nov–4 Jan 2009, not 25 Dec, 26 Dec 10.00am–5.00; Thu 10.00am–7.00 (1 Jan 2009 12.00–5.00) National Gallery of Scotland: RSA Building, Edinburgh
Heroes
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A critical re-examination of what we mean by the term 'Victorian values', focused through portraits and information on the individuals considered role models in that society.
30 May–7 Dec National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh
Ian Howard
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A collection of the artist's works including 'Tabula Rasa'.
27 Sep–15 Oct, not Sundays Mon–Fri 10.00am–6.00; Sat 10.00am–4.00 Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
Immersive/Reality: Samuel Douglas
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Sam Douglas' exhibits his oil paintings which feature the landscape of his home town in Somerset, including local and contemporary landmarks and rural scenery. Viewings can also be booked by appointment.
5 Sep–16 Oct, not Sundays, Mondays 11.00am–4.30 Corn Exchange Gallery, Edinburgh
Impressionism and Scotland
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Scottish Impressionism from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, comprising over 100 works by artists as diverse as Whistler, Corot, McTaggart and the Glasgow Boys, as well as Monet, Manet, Degas, Van Gogh and the Scottish Colourists.
19 Jul–12 Oct 10.00am–5.00; Thu 10.00am–7.00 National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh
James Robertson
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New paintings by the artist.
8 Oct–1 Nov, not Sundays Mon–Fri 10.00am–6.00; Sat 10.00am–4.00 The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
Kirsty Lorenz
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The reputable artist presents her newest portraits of flowers as the featured artist at The Edinburgh Airport Gallery. All paintings are oil on canvas.
30 Sep–11 Nov Edinburgh Airport Gallery, Edinburgh
Marion Drummond and Walter Awison
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Works by two of the gallery's favourite artists. Glasgwegian Marion Drummond paints mainly in oils and renowned drawer Walter Awlson displays some of his rarer oil and pastel paintings. There will also be new work shown by Jow Hargan, Julie Dumbarton, Lynn Rodgie and Allison Young.
1 Oct–31 Oct, not Tuesdays Mon & Wed–Sat 10.00am–6.00; Sun 11.30am–5.00 Morningside Gallery, Edinburgh
Minutiae
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A selection of Steven Higginson, Paul Telford and Scott Waugh's still lifes.
4 Oct–25 Oct Leith Gallery, Edinburgh
Paintings by Olga Yukhtina-Geoghegan
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The Russian-born artist introduces a new exhibition in Edinburgh to add to her other collections in Brussels, Lisbon, London, Oslo and Vienna.
27 Sep–24 Oct Scotland-Russia Institute, Edinburgh
Peter Pretsell: The Beautiful The Absurd The Outlandish The Contradictory
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A collection of Peter Pretsell's work from the past 36 years.
29 Sep–25 Oct Mon–Thu 10.00am–8.00; Fri 10.00am–4.00; Sat & Sun 10.00am–2.00 Edinburgh College of Art Sculpture Court, Edinburgh
Portrait of the Month
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Meet one of the many faces in the Portrait Gallery's collection. Talks take place monthly, each featuring a different portrait. Meet at the main entrance.
1 Nov 2.00–2.45 & 3.00–3.45 National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh
Recognised: Highlights from the Collection
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Highlights from the CAC's collection of Scottish art, including work by Redpath, Paolozzi, Blackadder and Bellany.
1 Sep–31 Dec City Art Centre, Edinburgh
Richard Forster
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In his first Scottish solo exhibition, Forster presents his detailed drawings of the sea and creates a very realistic installation that features both drawing and sculpture.
4 Oct–22 Nov Mon–Wed, Fri & Sat 10.00am–6.00; Thu 10.00am–7.00 Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh
Richard Hamilton: Protest Pictures
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Retrospective giving an (incomplete) idea of just how influential the great British pop artist has been. His critiques of the way mass media communicates politics might now seem commonplace, but this is a good reminder of just who pioneered those techniques in the first place.
31 Jul–12 Oct, not Mondays 10.00am–5.30 Royal Botanic Garden (Inverleith House), Edinburgh
Winter Exhibition - Lesley Skeates
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Pastel sketches and oil paintings produced by Lesley Skeates at St Abb's Head earlier in the year.
18 Nov–23 Nov 10.00am–6.00 Gladstone's Land, Edinburgh
Winter Exhibition - The Scottish Perspective
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Exhibition of landscape paintings by four artists.
25 Nov–30 Nov 10.00am–6.00 Gladstone's Land, Edinburgh
Footlights
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Get closer to the smell of the grease paint with a collection from the National Galleries of Scotland of artists who have chosen to record events and performances.
9 Aug–16 Nov 10.00am–5.00; Thu 10.00am–7.00 National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh

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