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Royal Highland Show 2012

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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 Invades Popular Culture: Mayans, Memes, and the End of a World Era
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Apocalyptic culture researcher (one for the list of 'jobs we'd like to have') Kevin Whitesides discusses the 2012 phenomenon and how the end of the world has suddenly become a hot topic for everyone – not just the crazies. Part of Edinburgh Art Festival: Art Late.
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23 Aug 6.30pm Edinburgh Printmakers, Edinburgh
Alan McGowan: The Language of the Body
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Figurative drawings of the human body, exploring ideas of enquiry and doubt.
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25 May3 Jun Mon–Sun 10am–10pm Art's Complex, Edinburgh
Alastair Morton and Edinburgh Weavers: Artist-designed Textiles and Pioneering Modern Art
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Lesley Jackson tells the story of the career of Constructivist artist Alastair Morton, highlighting his importance for British art and textiles in the 20th Century.
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21 Aug 12.45pm Hawthornden Lecture Theatre at Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh
Allan Ramsay: Fathers & Sons, Wives & Children
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Art historian Dr Patricia Andrew gives a talk on the theme of 'Picturing Power', as part of a series of Portrait Gallery talks.
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29 Aug 12.45pm Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh
Andrew Miller: The Waiting Place
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Andrew Miller's contribution to the Edinburgh Art Festival is the pavilion itself, intended as a tribute to those small buildings (pavilions, bothies, follies, gazebos) that are built for no one particular purpose. It's a playful summerhouse designed to be multi-purpose, good for hosting discussions, talks and tours and simply for being somewhere to hang out while you're waiting to meet people. The title is from Dr Seuss's classic Oh The Place You'll Go. Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
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2 Aug2 Sep Mon–Sun 10am–6pm Edinburgh Art Festival Pavilion, Edinburgh
Anne Eunson: In-between Calgary and Toronto
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Photographs and drawings reflecting the time the artist spent in Canada.
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23 Jun8 Jul Mon–Sun 10am–5pm Art's Complex, Edinburgh
Anne Roberts & Heather Fraser
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Paintings and sculpture.
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14 May31 May Mon–Thu 10am–3pm; Sat 10am–2pm St Bride's Centre, Edinburgh
Annuale
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A chance for Edinburgh artist-led projects to show off their talents, supported by The Embassy. A celebration of all things grassroots and artist in Auld Reekie.
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8 Jun24 Jun Times vary Embassy, Edinburgh
Anthony Schrag: Tourist in Residence
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Anthony Schrag's work has a subversive wit; an early video, Stairs, features him walking up the underside of a flight of stars in his block of flats, filmed with an upside-down video camera, so that a person walking down the stairs normally appears to be upside-down. Here he runs a series of participatory tours of Edinburgh which encourage you to interact with the city in different ways. Part of Edinburgh Art Festival. Booking is essential.
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4 Aug29 Aug To be confirmed Edinburgh Art Festival Pavilion, 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
Arabella Hope: New Works
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Painting, photography and sculpture by Fettes College Artist in Residence Hope.
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18 May31 May Fri–Thu 10am–6pm
By appointment only.
Fettes College, Edinburgh
Aremy Stewart: Family Matters
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Paintings by Minnesota-born artist, inspired by family life and growth.
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29 May31 May Tue–Thu 10am–3pm Whitespace, Edinburgh
Art and Conflict: Commissioning War Art
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Talk exploring the varied difficulties of commissioning art on contemporary conflict, with particular discussion of Roderick Buchanan’s film and photographic work Legacy in the context of 20th and 21st-century war art.
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1 Aug 12.45pm Hawthornden Lecture Theatre at Scottish National 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
Art and Escapism in the Nineteenth Century
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Alastair Smith, Curator for the National Trust for Scotland, presents this talk on how the exoticism and mystery of Japan and China influenced 19th century artists.
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24 Sep 10.30am Lauriston Castle, Edinburgh
Art and the Garden
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Exhibition that explores the relationships between artists and the garden.
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5 May8 Jul Mon–Sat 10am–5pm; Sun noon–5pm City Art Centre, Edinburgh
Art by the Water
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Fifteen artists from Coburg House Art Studios exhibit their paintings and crafts. Part of Leith Festival.
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9 Jun16 Jun Mon–Sun 11am–6pm Coburg House Studios, Edinburgh
Art Cart
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Artist-led art activities for all the family, inspired each month by something different from the gallery collections.
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3 Jun 2pm
1 Jul 2pm
Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh
Art for Not Quite Beginners: Looking 10
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An informal discussion-based tour of the gallery led by art historian Ola Wojtkiewicz. The theme for this session is Masterpieces. Booking is essential.
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31 May 10.30am Clore Education Centre at Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh
Art for Not Quite Beginners: Making 10
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A hands-on art-making workshop led by artist Rosie Lesso, exploring the art and craft of collage.
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31 May 1.30pm Clore Education Centre at Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh
Arts & Crafts Exhibition
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An exhibition featuring everything from beadcraft to model railways. Part of Leith Festival.
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12 Jun 10am South Leith Parish Church, Edinburgh
Atmosphere: Belief
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Video documentary or 'cinematic data visualisation' that is the final part in the Flat Earth Trilogy, created by Matthew Jarvis, John Cobban, Alison Craighead, Jon Thomson and Steve Rushton. The installation comprises a montage of video footage sourced from YouTube, coupled with a projection of a map that shows where in the world each clip is from. Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Atmosphere Programme.
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21 Jun1 Jul Mon–Sun 8.30–9pm Inspace, Edinburgh
Atmosphere: Digital Storytelling
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Matt Adams from multidisciplinary artists' group Blast Theory delivers a webinar (which you can attend in person or online) on the principles of digital storytelling. Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Atmosphere Programme.
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21 Jun 1.30pm Inspace, Edinburgh
Bags of Art
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Collect a bag of art activities from the art station, and you and your family can explore the gallery with its help and make your own art. Ages 4–12.
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17 Jun 2pm Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art One, Edinburgh
The Battle for Leonardo: Curating and Connoisseurship
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Luke Syson gives a talk on the disputed authorship of some of Leonardo's most mysterious paintings, the Madonna Litta, the London Virgin of the Rocks and the Buccleuch Madonna of the Yarnwinder. He explores the scientific evidence and the hazy meaning of 'a Leonardo', both in the artist's own time and today.
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28 Aug 6pm Hawthornden Lecture Theatre at Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh
Beginners Website Design
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A course that will teach you how to make your own website using Adobe Dreamweaver, covering HTML, CSS and Photoshop. Some computer experience is required. Price given is for the full four-week course.
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31 May21 Jun Thu 6–9pm Stills, Edinburgh
Between Thought and Experience: Sol LeWitt and Donald Judd
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Dr Kirstie Skinner, independent writer and lecturer, explores the viewer's experience of works within The Sculpture Show exhibition.
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11 Jun 12.45pm Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art One, Edinburgh
Black & White Photography 2 -– Fine Printing and Alternative Processing
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For those with some knowledge of analogue photography, or who have completed the beginners' course, this course offers a chance to extend your developing and printing skills and to learn a bit more of the technical lingo. Some darkroom experience is required. Price given is for the full six-week course.
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29 May3 Jul Tue 6–9pm Stills, Edinburgh
Blazing with Crimson: Tartan Portraits
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A stroll down the Royal Mile will confirm to even the most philosophically sceptical observer that tartan and highland dress are, as they say, Emblems of Scottish National Identity. This exhibition examines what the tartan meant to six people painted between 1680 and 1780.
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17 Feb 201231 Dec 2013 Mon–Wed 10am–5pm; Thu 10am–7pm; Fri–Sun 10am–5pm Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh
Blue Box Room
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A series of exhibitions and drawing events. Space is limited. Booking is essential.
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10 Jun11 Jun Mon & Sun noon–3pm
With work by Sarah R. Cameron.
Top Floor Flat, 2 St Mary's Street, Edinburgh
15 Jun16 Jun Fri & Sat noon–3pm
With work by Paulina Sandberg.
Top Floor Flat, 2 St Mary's Street, Edinburgh
20 Jun Tue & Wed midnight Top Floor Flat, 2 St Mary's Street, Edinburgh
Books in Focus: Dada
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Librarian Kerry Watson gives a talk looking at the history and artists of the Dada movement through their published books and periodicals, and particularly how they subverted expectations of publishing through anarchic artwork, poetry and typesetting. Booking is essential.
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2 Aug 11.30am Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Two, Edinburgh
Books in Focus: German Expressionism
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Kirstie Meehan, from the Gallery's Archive and Library, discusses artists' books by German expressionists such as Kokoschka, Balach and Grosz (and Kandinsky, who wasn't German but who gave up the chance of a professorship in Law to study art in Germany). Booking is essential.
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7 Jun 11.30am Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Two, Edinburgh
Books in Focus: Surrealism
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A chance to see rare publications dating from the very beginning of the Surrealist movement, many of them owned by Roland Penrose and Gabrielle Keiller, whose collections contain fine examples of works by artists including Max Ernst, Man Ray and Salvador Dalí. Booking is essential.
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6 Sep 11.30am Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Two, Edinburgh
Botanical Artists
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Botanical watercolours from Fiona Strickland and Anna Knights.
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8 Jun22 Jun Tue–Sat 2–5pm Art Amatoria, Edinburgh
Botanical Images Scotia
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Works by major botanical artists from around the world.
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6 Jun22 Jun Mon–Sun 10.30am–4pm John Hope Gateway Centre at Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh
Britain Through the Eyes of St Petersburg Artists
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Paintings by St Petersburg artists visiting England.
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26 May30 Jun Tue–Fri 10.30am–4.30pm; Sat 1.30–4.30pm Scotland-Russia Institute, Edinburgh
Café Art: Paris vu par les artistes à travers les siècles
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Agnès Ness leads a discussion (in French) about the eternal appeal of Paris as an inspiration or subject for artists, from the 15th century to the present day.
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13 Jun 5.30pm Institut Français d'Ecosse, Edinburgh
Callum Innes: The Regent Bridge
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Best known as an abstract painter, Callum Innes works for the first time with light in an installation which floods the dark and dirt-encrusted Regent Bridge with coloured light. Created with architect and lighting artist Gavin Fraser and co-commissioned by the EAF and the Ingleby Gallery. Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
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2 Aug2 Sep Times vary Regent Bridge, Edinburgh
Callum Innes: Works on Paper
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(3 stars) Retrospective of works on paper from 1989 to 2012 by Edinburgh-based abstract artist.
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15 May14 Jul Mon–Sat 10am–6pm Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh
Carolee Schneemann
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Carolee Schneemann for once deserves the word 'iconic'; from being a muse to Joseph Cornell and performing with Robert Morris, she's gone on to create a body of her own work that set a new standard in coupling intellectual integrity with visceral intensity, with unforgettable works such as Meat Joy*, *Interior Scroll* and *Up To and Including Her Limits*. Plus, she really, really likes her cats. In her 70s she's as active as ever, and this exhibition includes new and vintage video works as…
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2 Aug27 Sep Mon–Sun 11am–7pm Summerhall, Edinburgh
Cast Contemporaries
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Drawing and copying from casts of famous sculptures has been part of traditional art school education for centuries, although some question its relevance to the development of today's artists, and anyone who's ever been an inside ECA can verify that they have a truly impressive cast collection. This exhibition looks at it through the perspective of contemporary art, films and workshops. Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
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3 Aug2 Sep Mon–Sun 10am–5pm Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh
Charlotte McDonald: Converging Beauty
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Recent paintings by the Scottish artist inspired by explorations of a privately owned forest in Scotland.
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30 May14 Jun Mon–Sun 10am–6pm Royal Overseas League, Edinburgh
Cheer Up! It's Not the End of the World …
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Are we all doomed? A number of artists, including Gordon Cheung, Etienne Clement, Jake & Dinos Chapman, Damien Hirst and Andy Warhol have engaged with the subject of the end of the world as we know it, and with some claiming the apocalypse is nigh at the end of 2012, Edinburgh Printmakers has pulled together an apocalyptic selection of contemporary prints to ensure that we're all culturally sated as we hurtle towards the infinite black. Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
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2 Aug8 Sep Tue–Sat 10am–6pm Edinburgh Printmakers, Edinburgh
Chinese Calligraphy & Brush Painting Class
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Learn the ancient art of calligraphy and brush painting under course leader Chi Zhang. Suitable for both beginners and improvers. Cost includes all materials.
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15 May26 Jun Tue 6.30–8.30pm The Confucius Institute for Scotland, Edinburgh
Chris Saunders
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Photographs of contemporary South African street culture, by a photographer and filmmaker with an intimate knowledge of it.
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18 May10 Jun Mon–Sat 10am–5.30pm; Sun noon–5pm The Institute, Edinburgh

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