Bond Bound: Ian Fleming and the Art of Cover Design at the City Art Centre charts the role of artists and designers in defining the look of the world's most popular spy, Bond… James Bond. www.edinburgh.gov.uk/cityartcentre

Visual Art, Photography, next week

Found 13 events.
Sorted by event / date & time / place / most viewed. Showing 10, 25, 50, 100 per page.

Calendar RSS feedWhat are these?
China: A Photographic Portrait
Date Location
An unparalleled look at changing life in China as viewed through the lenses of 250 Chinese photographers.
5 Jul–14 Sep City Art Centre, Edinburgh
Foto: Modernity in Central Europe
Date Location
A vast selection of Modernist photography from Germany, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Poland and Austria, brilliantly demonstrating how the new photographic vision extended into all areas of modern life and including examples of the very best in Modernist artistic practise.
7 Jun–31 Aug 10.00am–5.00 Dean Gallery, Edinburgh
Harry Benson: A Photographer's Journey
Date Location
An exciting homecoming exhibition of photographs from the 60-year career of Harry Benson, the internationally renowned photographer from Glasgow. Benson's career is a roll-call of contemporary history and culture, and some of his images have achieved icon status. On display are a range of images of world leaders and events; icons of fashion, music and film; and Scottish and American athletes, alongside images from his recent book 'Harry Benson's Glasgow'.
30 May–14 Sep Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Glasgow
A Holiday in Glenrothes
Date Location
A new photographic series celebrating Glenrothes as a significant point for Modernist public art delivery in Scotland, by Canadian artist Sylvia Grace Borda.
5 Jul–1 Aug RIAS Gallery, Edinburgh
Jo Spence
Date Location
Retrospective of the hugely influential British photographer (1934-92), comprising her mischevious, unsettling takes on class, feminity, self-image and the breast cancer which would ultimately kill her.
12 Jun–16 Nov 10.00am–5.00; Thu 10.00am–8.00; Fri & Sun 11.00am–5.00 Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow
John Muir Wood and the Origins of Landscape Photography in Scotland
Date Location
Arguably Scotland's first systematic landscape photographer, John Muir Wood travelled Scotland by steamer documenting the country, as shown in these photographs taken during 1840-1860. Works by Robert Adamson, David Octavius Hill, Thomas Keith, Horatio Ross and WHF Talbot are also displayed to contextualise his output.
2 Aug–26 Oct 10.00am–5.00; Thu 10.00am–7.00 National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh
Kaleidoscope: Works on Paper Recently Acquired for Scotland
Date Location
Recent acquisitions on paper and photographs including a sketch of the Holy Family by the 18th century Venetian painter Tiepolo, a pastel portrait of the actress Tilda Swinton by her husband John Byrne and Picasso's etching, 'Weeping Woman'.
15 Jul–21 Sep 10.00am–5.00; Thu 10.00am–7.00 National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh
Life After Iraq
Date Location
Joint exhibition by award-winning photojournalist Angela Catlin and writer Billy Briggs, who travelled to Syria to document the plight of some of the millions of ordinary Iraqis living there who have fled the conflict in their homeland. 'Part of Refugee Week 2008'
10 Jun–26 Oct St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art, Glasgow
Mark Neville: New Film and Still Photographic Works
Date Location
For this exhibition Neville has turned his lens to the grounds of Mount Stuart and Bute Farms. His 16mm film and audio-slide installation of still photographic work feature five, ultra slow-motion sequences of indigenous animal life, filmed in front of backdrops taken from 18th century portrait paintings by artists Sir Joshua Reynolds, Allan Ramsay and Sir Henry Raeburn.
11 May–30 Sep 10.00am–6.00 Mount Stuart Gallery, Isle of Bute
Outrage
Date Location
As part of the internationally recognised campaign 16 Days of Activism for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, this exhibition is the result of a photographic competition run by the Renfrewshire Women's Association.
20 Jun–27 Jul Tue–Sat 10.00am–5.00; Sun 2.00–5.00 Paisley Museum & Art Gallery, Paisley

Found 13 events.
Sorted by event / date & time / place / most viewed. Showing 10, 25, 50, 100 per page.