Before 12pm, Visual art, Video art (sorted by rating)

Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design Degree Show

Showcase for graduates of DJCAD, working in a variety of media; a chance to see the work of future art stars of Dundee.

Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, Dundee

Mon 20 May

Free / 01382 345330

The 2013 show celebrates DJCAD's 125 years of full-time art teaching in Dundee.

10:00 – 20:00

Tue 21 May

Free / 01382 345330

The 2013 show celebrates DJCAD's 125 years of full-time art teaching in Dundee.

10:00 – 20:00

Wed 22 May

Free / 01382 345330

The 2013 show celebrates DJCAD's 125 years of full-time art teaching in Dundee.

10:00 – 20:00

…and 4 more dates until 26 May

Costume: Written Clothing

A look at the way contemporary artists use costume as part of their work, featuring contributions from Rachel Adams, Steven Cairns, Matthew Darbyshire, Alexis Marguerite Teplin, Rachel Maclean, Sophie Macpherson, Charlotte Prodger and Clare Stephenson. Ages 12+.

Tramway, Glasgow

Tue 21 May

Free / 0845 330 3501

12:00 – 17:00

Wed 22 May

Free / 0845 330 3501

12:00 – 17:00

Thu 23 May

Free / 0845 330 3501

12:00 – 17:00

…and 21 more dates until 16 Jun

Claudia Nova: Axis Mundi

Debut solo exhibition by Glasgow artist exploring the concept of the 'sky pillar', by which the heavens supposedly communicated with the earth.

The Arches, Glasgow

Mon 20 May

Free / 0141 565 1000

11:00 – 23:00

Tue 21 May

Free / 0141 565 1000

11:00 – 23:00

Wed 22 May

Free / 0141 565 1000

11:00 – 23:00

…and 26 more dates until 17 Jun

I:MAGE: An Inaugural Exhibition of Esoteric Artists

Fulgur Esoterica presents a week-long showcase for works of esoteric art, an approach which claims not to be a movement or style, but emphasises the artist being true to his/her inner self and painting without reference to existing movements. (A lot of esoteric art seems to involve snakes, mandalas and women with big…

Store Street Gallery, London WC1E

Mon 20 May

Free / 020 7580 2118

12:00 – 21:00

Tue 21 May

Free / 020 7580 2118

12:00 – 21:00

Wed 22 May

Free / 020 7580 2118

12:00 – 21:00

…and 3 more dates until 25 May

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

Tue 21 May

Free / 0131 220 1260

11:00 – 17:00

Wed 22 May

Free / 0131 220 1260

11:00 – 17:00

Thu 23 May

Free / 0131 220 1260

11:00 – 17:00

…and 3 more dates until 26 May back to top

Ego

Exhibition exploring the idea of the self-portrait, as executed by RSA members throughout the ages.

Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh

Mon 20 May

Free / 0131 225 6671

10:00 – 17:00

Mon 27 May

Free / 0131 225 6671

10:00 – 17:00

Mon 3 Jun

Free / 0131 225 6671

10:00 – 17:00

…and 17 more dates until 30 Sep

Glasgow School of Art MFA Show

Graduation show for students on the GSA's Master of Fine Art programme.

Glue Factory, Glasgow

Thu 6 Jun

Free

Featured artists include Jennifer Bailey, Simon Buckley, Alexander Cahoon, Saejin Choi, Kai Qun Chun, Brandon Cramm, Allison Gibbs, George Gray, Choon Lin Joo, Darius Kowal, Gabriel Leung, Tessa Lynch, AJ Meadows, Jay Mosher, Stephen Murray, Thorgerdur Olafsdottir, Hardeep Pandhal, Steven Papadopoulos, Seth Orion, Schwaiger, Fraser Sim, Keeley Stitt, Cedric Tai, Lisa Ure, Weizi Xu.

11:00 – 18:00

Fri 7 Jun

Free

Featured artists include Jennifer Bailey, Simon Buckley, Alexander Cahoon, Saejin Choi, Kai Qun Chun, Brandon Cramm, Allison Gibbs, George Gray, Choon Lin Joo, Darius Kowal, Gabriel Leung, Tessa Lynch, AJ Meadows, Jay Mosher, Stephen Murray, Thorgerdur Olafsdottir, Hardeep Pandhal, Steven Papadopoulos, Seth Orion, Schwaiger, Fraser Sim, Keeley Stitt, Cedric Tai, Lisa Ure, Weizi Xu.

11:00 – 18:00

Sat 8 Jun

Free

Featured artists include Jennifer Bailey, Simon Buckley, Alexander Cahoon, Saejin Choi, Kai Qun Chun, Brandon Cramm, Allison Gibbs, George Gray, Choon Lin Joo, Darius Kowal, Gabriel Leung, Tessa Lynch, AJ Meadows, Jay Mosher, Stephen Murray, Thorgerdur Olafsdottir, Hardeep Pandhal, Steven Papadopoulos, Seth Orion, Schwaiger, Fraser Sim, Keeley Stitt, Cedric Tai, Lisa Ure, Weizi Xu.

11:00 – 18:00

…and 8 more dates until 16 Jun

Second Sight

Photography exhibition examining the legacy of the emigration of people from rural Italy who left the country after 1940.

Stills, Edinburgh

Mon 20 May

Free / 0131 622 6200

11:00 – 18:00

Tue 21 May

Free / 0131 622 6200

11:00 – 18:00

Wed 22 May

Free / 0131 622 6200

11:00 – 18:00

…and 60 more dates until 21 Jul

Stephen Sutcliffe

Video art made from the artist's extensive archive and film, TV and spoken-word recordings, made over the last 25 years. Sutcliffe uses archive material to reflect on idea of class-consciousness and cultural authority. This exhibition includes a new work, Outwork, inspired by the work of Canadian sociologist Erving Goffman.

Tramway, Glasgow

Tue 21 May

Free / 0845 330 3501

12:00 – 17:00

Wed 22 May

Free / 0845 330 3501

12:00 – 17:00

Thu 23 May

Free / 0845 330 3501

12:00 – 17:00

…and 33 more dates until 30 Jun

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

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

…and 84 more dates until 27 Oct back to top

Cultural Hijack: CONTRAvention

Conference about the relationship between art and activism.

RIBA, London W1B

Sat 25 May

£40 (£25; low income/unwaged £15) / 020 7580 5533

09:00 – 18:00

Curators Talk

Curators from the Nam June Paik Art Center, Tate and Talbot Rice Gallery discuss the work and legacy of Nam June Paik.

Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh

Sat 10 Aug

Free / 0131 473 2000

12:00 – 13:00

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

Fri 24 May

Free / 0845 260 6040

10:00 – 18:00

Sat 25 May

Free / 0845 260 6040

10:00 – 17:00

Sun 26 May

Free / 0845 260 6040

10:00 – 17:00

…and 7 more dates until 2 Jun

The FAIR Project

Masters of Contemporary Art students from Edinburgh College of Art are the helm of this year's FAIR, which sees the gallery handed over to six groups, each charged with interpreting the concept of 'fair'. The result is a programme of music, comedy, film, performance, exhibition and installation that plays out over three…

Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh

Fri 24 May

Free / 0131 650 2210

10:00 – 17:00

Sat 25 May

Free / 0131 650 2210

10:00 – 17:00

GSA MLitt Fine Art Practice Exhibition

Exhibition showcasing the work of GSA students who have taken part in the newly established MLitt programme in Fine Art Practice.

Glasgow Print Studio

Tue 21 May

Free / 0141 552 0704

10:00 – 17:30

Wed 22 May

Free / 0141 552 0704

10:00 – 17:30

Thu 23 May

Free / 0141 552 0704

10:00 – 17:30

…and 27 more dates until 23 Jun back to top

Hiraki Sawa

Hiraki Sawa is a Japan-born artist now based in London, who has gained a following for his haunting, dream-like video works, in which the artist's bedroom is transformed into a busy airport or tiny figures walk across the top of a washing machine.

Dundee Contemporary Arts

Sat 5 Oct

Free / 01382 909900

11:00 – 18:00

Sun 6 Oct

Free / 01382 909900

12:00 – 18:00

Tue 8 Oct

Free / 01382 909900

11:00 – 18:00

…and 83 more dates until 12 Jan 2014

Jonathan Monaghan: Robot Ninja

Digital video and print work by NYC artist, imagining the eponymous Robot Ninja as an ultimate authority figure.

Market Gallery, Glasgow

Thu 23 May

Free / 0141 556 7276

11:00 – 17:00

Fri 24 May

Free / 0141 556 7276

11:00 – 17:00

Sat 25 May

Free / 0141 556 7276

11:00 – 17:00

…and 7 more dates until 7 Jun

Katri Walker: An Equilibrium Not of This World

Scottish artist Katri Walker is attracting increasing attention for her multi channel audio-visual installations which are equally at home in the worlds of contemporary art, portraiture and documentary film-making. North West, presented by Peacock Visual Arts at the 2011 Edinburgh Art Festival drew on the landscape of…

Edinburgh College of Art

Thu 1 Aug

Free / 0131 221 6000

Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.

10:00 – 17:00

Fri 2 Aug

Free / 0131 221 6000

Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.

10:00 – 17:00

Sat 3 Aug

Free / 0131 221 6000

Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.

10:00 – 17:00

…and 29 more dates until 1 Sep

Lovely Sky (Participatory Imagineering)

For the duration of the festival, artist Lucy Pawlak will adopt the role of Producer for a narrative feature film. The resulting work will be designed and directed in collaboration with a writing team of imagineers and advisors made up of visitors to the gallery and invited experts. Through constant brainstorming, hot…

Rhubaba Gallery & Studio, Edinburgh

Thu 1 Aug

Free

Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.

12:00 – 18:00

Fri 2 Aug

Free

Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.

12:00 – 18:00

Sat 3 Aug

Free

Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.

12:00 – 18:00

…and 17 more dates until 1 Sep

Manchester School of Art Degree Show

Work by final year students at the Manchester School of Art.

Manchester Metropolitan University

Sat 15 Jun

Free / 0161 247 2000

10:00 – 16:00

Sun 16 Jun

Free / 0161 247 2000

10:00 – 16:00

Mon 17 Jun

Free / 0161 247 2000

10:00 – 18:00

…and 2 more dates until 19 Jun back to top

Open Winners: Four Journeys from Blue

The four winners of the Shetland Open 2012 present their collaborative mixed media exhibition, exploring the themes and moods of blue.

Bonhoga Gallery, Shetland

Tue 21 May

Free / 01595 745750

10:30 – 16:30

Wed 22 May

Free / 01595 745750

10:30 – 16:30

Thu 23 May

Free / 01595 745750

10:30 – 16:30

…and 15 more dates until 9 Jun

Paul Rooney and Leeds United

The work of both Leeds United and Paul Rooney explores notions of narrative, myth, identity and authorship. In 2011 they began working on a project that began to scrutinise, fictionalise, and mythologise each other’s practice. This exhibition extends that relationship and deliberately blurs the edges between the work of…

Edinburgh College of Art

Thu 1 Aug

Free / 0131 221 6000

Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.

10:00 – 17:00

Fri 2 Aug

Free / 0131 221 6000

Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.

10:00 – 17:00

Sat 3 Aug

Free / 0131 221 6000

Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.

10:00 – 17:00

…and 29 more dates until 1 Sep

Rachel Maclean: I HEART SCOTLAND

Rachel MacLean keeps up her dizzying output of recent work with I HEART SCOTLAND, a characteristically absurdist take on Scottish identity and national pride, featuring fried breakfasts, lots of tartan, robots in kilts and the protean artist herself playing every character in a short film, The Lion and the Unicorn.