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Exhibition exploring the idea of the self-portrait, as executed by RSA members throughout the ages.
Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh (1.4 miles)
Mon 27 May
Free / 0131 225 6671
- 10:00 – 17:00
Mon 3 Jun
Free / 0131 225 6671
- 10:00 – 17:00
Mon 10 Jun
Free / 0131 225 6671
- 10:00 – 17:00
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 (2.3 miles)
Sun 26 May
Free / 0845 260 6040
- 10:00 – 17:00
Mon 27 May
Free / 0845 260 6040
- 10:00 – 18:00
Tue 28 May
Free / 0845 260 6040
- 10:00 – 18:00
Out of the Shadow: Women of Nineteenth Century Scotland
An exhibition looking at how women were depicted (not to mention which women were depicted) in the visual arts between the late 18th and early 20th centuries, from Newhaven fishwife Elizabeth Hall to ruler of the British Empire Queen Victoria. Also Mary Fairfax Somerville (1780–1872), an exceptionally intelligent science…
Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh (1.3 miles)
Sun 26 May
Free / 0131 624 6200
- 10:00 – 17:00
Mon 27 May
Free / 0131 624 6200
- 10:00 – 17:00
Tue 28 May
Free / 0131 624 6200
- 10:00 – 17:00
Street Photography
Work by by HNC student photographers from Edinburgh College.
Woodland Creatures, Edinbugh (1.3 miles)
Sun 26 May
Free / 07908 649298
- 12:00 – 13:00
Mon 27 May
Free / 07908 649298
- 12:00 – 13:00
Tue 28 May
Free / 07908 649298
- 12:00 – 13:00
Garry Fabian Miller: The Middle Place
Early and recent work by renowned fine art photographer.
Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh (1.0 miles)
Mon 27 May
Free / 0131 556 4441
- 10:00 – 18:00
Tue 28 May
Free / 0131 556 4441
- 10:00 – 18:00
Wed 29 May
Free / 0131 556 4441
- 10:00 – 18:00
Shots
Digital photography from HND students at Edinburgh College's Granton Campus.
Art's Complex, Edinburgh (0.6 miles)
Sun 26 May
Free / 0131 661 1924
- 12:00 – 20:00
Gabriel Orozco
Major exhibition of work by the Mexican artist, taking his painting The Eye of Go as a starting point, and featuring a series of large works on acetate which have never before been exhibited. Orozco is concerned not so much with what art should be but why it exists at all, and his practice never stands still – he'll cite…
Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh (1.0 miles)
Thu 1 Aug
Free / 0131 225 2383
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 11:00 – 18:00
Fri 2 Aug
Free / 0131 225 2383
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 11:00 – 18:00
Sat 3 Aug
Free / 0131 225 2383
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 11:00 – 18:00
Images of a Green Planet: International Garden Photographer of the Year Exhibition
A selection of winning entries from the world's leading garden photography competition.
Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh (2.0 miles)
Sun 26 May
John Hope Gateway Centre
Free / 0844 557 2686
Part of Edinburgh International Science Festival.
Mon 27 May
John Hope Gateway Centre
Free / 0844 557 2686
Part of Edinburgh International Science Festival.
Liz Tainsh: After Hitchcock
Images based on the themes of Hitchcock's films.
Cameo, Edinburgh (1.7 miles)
Sun 26 May
Free / 0871 902 5723
- 11:00 – 23:00
Mon 27 May
Free / 0871 902 5723
- 11:00 – 23:00
Tue 28 May
Free / 0871 902 5723
- 11:00 – 23:00
Photography Exhibition
Charity photography exhibition in aid of the Sick Kids Friends Foundation.
Summerhall, Edinburgh (1.0 miles)
Thu 30 May
£3 / 07908 466958
- 19:30 – 22:00
Rachel MacLean: Over the Rainbow
A garish, day-glo video exploration of themes from children's TV, shot with green-screen and featuring MacLean herself as the only performer. This work is presented as part of the New Work Scotland Programme.
Collective Gallery, Edinburgh (1.1 miles)
Sun 26 May
Free / 0131 220 1260
- 11:00 – 17:00
Second Sight
Photography exhibition examining the legacy of the emigration of people from rural Italy who left the country after 1940.
Stills, Edinburgh (1.1 miles)
Sun 26 May
Free / 0131 622 6200
- 11:00 – 18:00
Mon 27 May
Free / 0131 622 6200
- 11:00 – 18:00
Tue 28 May
Free / 0131 622 6200
- 11:00 – 18:00
Ângela Ferreira: Political Cameras
For her first solo exhibition in a public gallery in the UK, Ângela Ferreira presents her renowned project Political Cameras (For Mozambique series) from 2011 alongside a new commission which will reference the legacy of David Livingstone's life and work, and the relationship between Africa and Europe from colonial days…
Stills, Edinburgh (1.1 miles)
Fri 2 Aug
Free / 0131 622 6200
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 11:00 – 18:00
Sat 3 Aug
Free / 0131 622 6200
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 11:00 – 18:00
Sun 4 Aug
Free / 0131 622 6200
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 11:00 – 18:00
Cairo to Constantinople: Early Photographs of the Middle East
Photographs of the Middle East taken by royal photographer Francis Bedford, who accompanied the then-Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) on an educational tour of the region in 1862. The royal party travelled through Egypt and the Biblical lands, then known as the Levant, later as Palestine and now as Israel, and almost as…
The Queen's Gallery, Edinburgh (0.5 miles)
Sun 26 May
Included in admission / 0131 556 5100
- 09:30 – 18:00
Mon 27 May
Included in admission / 0131 556 5100
- 09:30 – 18:00
Tue 28 May
Included in admission / 0131 556 5100
- 09:30 – 18:00
Coming into Fashion: A Century of Photography at Condé Nast
Condé Nast Publications produce some of the most famous titles in the magazine world, including Vogue, Vanity Fair and the New Yorker. It should come as no surprise that they also pioneered fashion photography, employing such legendary photographers as Cecil Beaton, Erwin Blumenfeld, David Bailey, Helmut Newton, Corinne…
City Art Centre, Edinburgh (1.1 miles)
Sat 15 Jun
£5 (£3.50) / 0131 529 3993
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 10:00 – 17:00
Sun 16 Jun
£5 (£3.50) / 0131 529 3993
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 12:00 – 17:00
Mon 17 Jun
£5 (£3.50) / 0131 529 3993
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 10:00 – 17:00
David Peat: A Retrospective
Retrospective of classic street photographs by one of the masters of the genre.
Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh (0.9 miles)
Fri 27 Sep
Free / 0131 550 3660
- 10:30 – 17:30
Sat 28 Sep
Free / 0131 550 3660
- 10:30 – 17:30
Mon 30 Sep
Free / 0131 550 3660
- 10:30 – 17:30
Edith Tudor-Hart: In the Shadow of Tyranny
Edith Tudor-Hart is perhaps best remembered for having been a Soviet agent, but she was also a gifted photographer who had trained at the Bauhaus and made unflinching photographic studies of poverty in mid 20th century England. This exhibition includes some of those images, as well as ones she took in turbulent 1930s…
Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh (1.3 miles)
Sun 26 May
Free / 0131 624 6200
- 10:00 – 17:00
Exposed13
Showcase exhibition for final year students from Stevenson's College's highly regarded Photography Department.
Out of the Blue Drill Hall, Edinburgh (1.1 miles)
Mon 10 Jun
Free / 0131 555 7101
Part of Leith Festival.
- 10:00 – 17:00
Tue 11 Jun
Free / 0131 555 7101
Part of Leith Festival.
- 10:00 – 17:00
Wed 12 Jun
Free / 0131 555 7101
Part of Leith Festival.
- 10:00 – 17:00
Man Ray Portraits
Presented in collaboration with the National Portrait Gallery in London, Man Ray Portraits is the first major museum retrospective of this highly influential artist’s photographic portraits and features over 100 works from his career in America and Paris, dating from 1916 to 1968. The exhibition demonstrates Man Ray’s…
Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh (1.3 miles)
Sat 22 Jun
£7 (£5) / 0131 624 6200
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 10:00 – 17:00
Sun 23 Jun
£7 (£5) / 0131 624 6200
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 10:00 – 17:00
Mon 24 Jun
£7 (£5) / 0131 624 6200
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 10:00 – 17:00
Mia Nelle Drøschler: DreamEscape
Art imagining a world without the presence of human life.
The Danish Cultural Institute, Edinburgh (1.8 miles)
Mon 27 May
Free / 0131 225 7189
- 10:00 – 16:00
Tue 28 May
Free / 0131 225 7189
- 10:00 – 16:00
Wed 29 May
Free / 0131 225 7189
- 10:00 – 16:00
Passing Place
Work by Duncan of Jordanstone fourth year fine art students.
Old Ambulance Depot, Edinburgh (1.0 miles)
Thu 25 Jul
Free / 07557 091170
- 18:30 – 22:30
Fri 26 Jul
Free / 07557 091170
- 18:30 – 22:30
Sat 27 Jul
Free / 07557 091170
- 18:30 – 22:30
Sun 28 Jul
Free / 07557 091170
- 18:30 – 22:30
Playing for Scotland: The Making of Modern Sport
A major new exhibition examining the way sport was transformed by wider social and infrastructural changes between the 19th and 20th centuries. Check out the fabulously suspicious scowl of the gentleman on the poster; whoever he played for, he looks like he was a sore loser.
Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh (1.3 miles)
Sun 26 May
Free / 0131 624 6200
- 10:00 – 17:00
Mon 27 May
Free / 0131 624 6200
- 10:00 – 17:00
Tue 28 May
Free / 0131 624 6200
- 10:00 – 17:00
Valentina Bonizzi: Migration Stories
Still and video images by Italian-born photographer of the migrant experience in Scotland from 1850 to today.
Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh (1.3 miles)
Sun 26 May
Portrait Gallery
Free / 0131 624 6200
- 10:00 – 17:00
Mon 27 May
Portrait Gallery
Free / 0131 624 6200
- 10:00 – 17:00
Tue 28 May
Portrait Gallery
Free / 0131 624 6200
- 10:00 – 17:00
Vegetables Say 'Cheese' Exhibition Launch
Local artists from around Edinburgh have handed over their still life renditions of fruit and vegetables in photographs, paintings and drawings to help celebrate 50 years of Henderson's of Edinburgh vegetarian restaurant.
Henderson's @ St John's, Edinburgh (1.7 miles)
Tue 18 Jun
Free / 0131 229 0212
Part of Henderson's 50/50 Food Festival.
- 16:00 – 18:00
