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Retro-Spective – The Photography of Gavin Macqueen
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Photography exhibition by Glasgow-based photographer, inspired by the highlands of Caithness and Sutherland.
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8 Jun10 Jun Fri 7pm–midnight; Sat & Sun 9am–9pm Jamhut Studios, Irvine
Ian Derry: The BAFTA Exhibition
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A selection of images of well-known television personalities especially commissioned for the BAFTA Archive and Heritage programmes. Familiar figures include Ant and Dec, Jo Brand and Julie Walters.
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28 May18 Jul From May 28, Mon–Sat 12noon–3pm, Mon–Thu 5.30pm–10.30pm, Fri & Sat 5.30pm–11pm, ends Jul 18 Quaglino's, London SW1Y
It's Not Your Birthday Anymore
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Recent work by eight young artists working across different disciplines in Edinburgh.
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31 May 7pm
Opening night.
Old Ambulance Depot, Edinburgh
1 Jun6 Jun Mon–Wed, Fri & Sat 11am–5pm; Sun 11am–4pm Old Ambulance Depot, Edinburgh
New Glasgow Icons
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Fine art prints, block mounts and cards by Glasgow-based photographer Stuart Brown; all work is for sale.
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31 May 6pm Waterstone's, Glasgow
John Nicholls: Recent Work
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A photo journal of images from across Scotland, drawing out recurring themes of loss and freedom and an ongoing fascination with the beauty of dereliction.
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2 Apr31 May Mon–Thu 9am–8pm; Fri 9am–6pm Inlingua Edinburgh, Edinburgh
The Lives of Great Photographers
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Photographs that reflect the lives of the artists that took them, including early experiments in photography from 1843, frontline war images and the more modern gelatin silver prints of the 21st century.
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25 May25 Aug Tue–Sat 11am–5pm Dick Institute Museum and Art Gallery, Kilmarnock
Wolfgang Tillmans: A New Installation
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(4 stars) The first photographer to win the Turner Prize has his first solo exhibition in Scotland since 1995.
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15 May31 May Tue & Wed noon–5pm; Thu & Fri noon–7pm; Sat noon–5pm The Common Guild, Glasgow
1 Jun23 Jun Tue & Wed noon–5pm; Thu & Fri noon–7pm; Sat noon–5pm
Part of the West End Festival.
The Common Guild, Glasgow
World Press Photo Exhibition 2012
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The World Press Photo Award highlights the best press photography from around the world. This exhibition displays the short list on display in Edinburgh as part of a global tour.
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5 Jul28 Jul Mon–Fri 10am–5.30pm; Sat 11am–5.30pm The Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh
Anya Gallaccio: Billboard for Edinburgh
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Artist Anya Gallaccio's contribution to the Billboard for Edinburgh project is a microscopic photograph of a tiny speck of dirt taken from Arthur's Seat, Edinburgh's very own extinct volcano.
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23 May21 Jul Mon–Sat 10am–6pm
Billboard is viewable at any time.
Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh
Art & Design Studies Summer School
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Intensive week-long summer courses in different art and design disciplines.
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16 Jul10 Aug Mon–Fri 9.30am–5.30pm Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh
Teresa Margolles
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Work drawing on an archive the artist found in Mexico, consisting of more than 4000 photographs of the street life of Ciudad Juarez, a Mexican city with the highest murder rate in the world. She also happened to visit Glasgow while the London riots were going on, and travelled to London to document the aftermath. Part of Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art.
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10 May30 Jun Thu–Sat noon–5pm Glasgow Sculpture Studios, Glasgow
Artist Rooms: August Sander
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(5 stars) A showcase of the work of one of the most significant photographers of the 20th century whose life's work was an attempt to document the German people and culture.
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20 Apr31 Aug Mon–Sun 11am–5pm Duff House, Banff
Fay Godwin
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A small selection of photographs of well-known writers from the 1970s and 1980s, alongside some signature landscape work.
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24 Apr28 Jul Tue–Sat 10am–5pm; Sun 2–5pm Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen
Marton Zsichla: Take Your Time
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Photographs taken during the photographer's travels in South East Asia.
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17 May31 May Mon–Fri 11–midnight; Sat 11–1am; Sun 11–midnight Joseph Pearce’s, Edinburgh
Patrick Coughlan & Lisa Furness: Construct
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Contemporary photography exploring the relationship between man and the built environment.
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26 May30 May May 26, 28–30, 11am–6pm, May 27, 11am–4pm Centrespace Gallery, Bristol
Peter Dench: Best Of British
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Photographs documenting and celebrating England and its people.
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5 Jul17 Sep From Jul 5, Mon–Sun 12noon–5pm, ends Sep 17 White Cloth Gallery, Leeds
Queens
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A right royal visual knees-up to celebrate the jubilee. Includes artists' takes on monarchy in costume, crochet, fine art and contemporary painting, drawing and sculpture.
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25 May30 Jun Tue–Sat 11am–5.30pm The Virginia Gallery, Glasgow
Raqs Media Collective: An Afternoon Unregistered On The Richter Scale
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A silent looped video projection of a photograph by James Waterhouse, of surveyors working in Calcutta in 1911. Created by the Delhi-based artists Jeebesh Bagchi, Monica Narula and Shuddhabrata Sengupta.
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19 May1 Jul From May 19, Mon–Wed, Fri & Sat 10am–6pm, Thu 10am–8pm, Sun 11.30am–6pm, ends Jul 1 Wolfson Gallery at The Photographers' Gallery, London W1F
Remarkable Trees
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Photographs of trees by amateur Scottish botanist George Paxton (1850–1904), donated to the Botanic Gardens' archives 20 years ago and shown here in public for the first time.
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12 May8 Jul Tue–Sun 10.30am–5pm Inverleith House, Edinburgh
Romantic Camera: Scottish Photography & the Modern World
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The opening exhibition of the refurbished National Portrait Gallery consists of some of the greatest photographs in the Gallery's collection and explores questions of national identity.
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17 Feb3 Jun Mon–Wed 10am–5pm; Thu 10am–7pm; Fri–Sun 10am–5pm Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh
Ruthin Flower & Country Show
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Horticultural, animal and vehicle displays, together with craft workshops, music and photographs by Ruthin Camera Club.
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18 Aug Aug 18, 8am The Farmers Auction, Ruthin
Spring Fling Open Studios 2012
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Huge arts and crafts open studios event involving professional artists and craft makers from across Dumfries and Galloway. The weekend is all about visiting studios, meeting artists and makers and seeing them at work, but most artists will also have work for sale. For the first time in 2012 Spring Fling will be a four-day event with approximately 80 artists opening their doors.
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2 Jun5 Jun Times vary Various Venues
13 Young Danes
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Danish students at the art schools of Edinburgh, Dundee and Glasgow exhibit a wide range of current work as part of an artistic exchange programme led by the Danish Cultural Institute.
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11 Jun26 Jul Mon–Thu 10am–4pm The Danish Cultural Institute, Edinburgh
2012 British Wildlife Photography Awards
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Contemporary photography exploring the animal kingdom.
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9 Oct25 Nov From Oct 9, Tue–Sun, Bank Hol Mons 10am–5pm, ends Nov 25 Nature In Art, Gloucester
Barry Cawston
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Pictures of the landscape by the Axbridge-based photographer.
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5 Nov8 Dec From Nov 5, Mon–Sat 9.30am–5pm, ends Dec 8 Atkinson Gallery, Millfield School, Street

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