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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
Sun 1 Sep
£5 (£3.50) / 0131 529 3993
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 12:00 – 17:00
Mon 2 Sep
£5 (£3.50) / 0131 529 3993
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 10:00 – 17:00
Tue 3 Sep
£5 (£3.50) / 0131 529 3993
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 10:00 – 17:00
From Death to Death and Other Small Tales: Masterpieces from the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art and the D.Daskalopoulos Collection
From Death to Death and Other Small Tales brings together works from the D.Daskalopoulos Collection, one of the most important private collections of modern and contemporary art, with major works from the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art. This innovative exhibition comprises approximately 130 works and creates a…
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art One, Edinburgh
Sun 1 Sep
Free / 0131 624 6200
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 10:00 – 17:00
Mon 2 Sep
Free / 0131 624 6200
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 10:00 – 17:00
Tue 3 Sep
Free / 0131 624 6200
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 10:00 – 17:00
Leonardo da Vinci: The Mechanics of Man
He is renowned as one of the finest artists of the Renaissance – but Leonardo da Vinci was also one of the greatest anatomists the world has ever seen. Leonardo da Vinci: The Mechanics of Man explores the artist’s groundbreaking work in anatomy. His studies of the human body are presented alongside state-of-the-art modern…
The Queen's Gallery, Edinburgh
Sun 1 Sep
£5.70–£6.25 (£3.15) / 0131 473 2000
Amazing Amber
Amber is beautiful as well as fascinating. It consists of fossilised tree resin, and since resin in liquid form is sticky, and amber is transparent, this means that insects, animals and plant material sometimes get trapped in it and are preserved intact, giving us a glimpse of life millions of years ago. The whole process…
National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh
Sun 1 Sep
Free / 0300 123 6789
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 10:00 – 17:00
Mon 2 Sep
Free / 0300 123 6789
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 10:00 – 17:00
Tue 3 Sep
Free / 0300 123 6789
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 10:00 – 17:00
Jeremy Deller and Alan Kane
In the year he represents the UK at the Venice Biennale, Jeremy Deller and his long-standing collaborator, Alan Kane will exhibit at Jupiter Artland. Since their early collaborative show at the infamous London nightclub Stringfellow’s in 1995 to ‘Folk Archive’ (2007), their acclaimed and unique celebration of British…
Jupiter Artland, Wilkieston
Sun 1 Sep
£8.50 (£4.50) / 01506 889900
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 10:00 – 17:00
Thu 5 Sep
£8.50 (£4.50) / 01506 889900
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 10:00 – 17:00
Fri 6 Sep
£8.50 (£4.50) / 01506 889900
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 10:00 – 17:00
Sam Durant: Scaffold
Scaffold is an arresting, immense and powerful wooden structure by the Los Angeles-based, American artist Sam Durant. The first installation in a new programme of temporarily sited sculptures, Durant's work is placed within a new orchard amidst Jupiter’s 60 acres of landscape. Scaffold will command outstanding views of…
Jupiter Artland, Wilkieston
Sun 1 Sep
£8.50 (£4.50) / 01506 889900
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 10:00 – 17:00
Thu 5 Sep
£8.50 (£4.50) / 01506 889900
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 10:00 – 17:00
Fri 6 Sep
£8.50 (£4.50) / 01506 889900
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 10:00 – 17:00
Jupiter Artland
The celebrated outdoor sculpture park opens its doors for the fourth summer season with works on show by Anya Gallacio, Andy Goldsworthy, Henry Castle, Antony Gormley, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Charles Jencks, Anish Kapoor, Cornelia Parker and others.
Jupiter Artland, Wilkieston
Sun 1 Sep
£8.50 (ages 6–16 £4.50; Family £23.50–£31.50; Seniors £6; Students £4.50; under 6s & disabled badge holders free) / 01506 889900
- 10:00 – 17:00
Thu 5 Sep
£8.50 (ages 6–16 £4.50; Family £23.50–£31.50; Seniors £6; Students £4.50; under 6s & disabled badge holders free) / 01506 889900
- 10:00 – 17:00
Fri 6 Sep
£8.50 (ages 6–16 £4.50; Family £23.50–£31.50; Seniors £6; Students £4.50; under 6s & disabled badge holders free) / 01506 889900
- 10:00 – 17:00
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
Sun 1 Sep
Free
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 12:00 – 18:00
Peter Liversidge: doppelgänger
Peter Liversidge's exhibition for the festival unpicks the powerful and strange story of Ein Handschuh, a suite of etchings from 1881 by the Austrian Symbolist Max Klinger. Klinger's ten prints tell the story of a lost glove, dropped by a beautiful, rollerskating woman, and picked up by the artist, in whose imagination…
Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh
Mon 2 Sep
Free / 0131 556 4441
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 10:00 – 18:00
Tue 3 Sep
Free / 0131 556 4441
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 10:00 – 18:00
Wed 4 Sep
Free / 0131 556 4441
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 10:00 – 18:00
Witches and Wicked Bodies
Witches: if they weigh the same as a duck, does that mean they're made of wood? Find out how myths, fears and notions about witches have been communicated in the visual media in this major new exhibition of depictions of witches and witchcraft over the past 500 years, featuring artists from Dürer, Goya and Blake to Paula…
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Two, Edinburgh
Sun 1 Sep
£7 (£5) / 0131 624 6200
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 10:00 – 17:00
Mon 2 Sep
£7 (£5) / 0131 624 6200
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 10:00 – 17:00
Tue 3 Sep
£7 (£5) / 0131 624 6200
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 10:00 – 17:00
Ego
Exhibition exploring the idea of the self-portrait, as executed by RSA members throughout the ages.
Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
Mon 2 Sep
Free / 0131 225 6671
- 10:00 – 17:00
Mon 9 Sep
Free / 0131 225 6671
- 10:00 – 17:00
Mon 16 Sep
Free / 0131 225 6671
- 10:00 – 17:00
Nicola Jarvis & May Morris: The Art Of Embroidery
Contemporary embroidery works created by the Winner of the 2010 Inspired by Morris group show. Featuring works on paper and textiles created in dialogue with the techniques and ideas championed by William Morris's daughter May Morris.
William Morris Gallery, London E17
Sun 1 Sep
Free / 020 8496 4390
- 10:00 – 17:00
Wed 4 Sep
Free / 020 8496 4390
- 10:00 – 17:00
Thu 5 Sep
Free / 020 8496 4390
- 10:00 – 17:00
Rankin: Alive In The Face Of Death
Photographic portraits of people with terminal illnesses, exploring the theme of mortality with the emphasis on the strength and vitality of the individual subjects.
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Sun 1 Sep
Free / 0151 242 1133
- 10:00 – 17:00
Mon 2 Sep
Free / 0151 242 1133
- 10:00 – 17:00
Tue 3 Sep
Free / 0151 242 1133
- 10:00 – 17:00
Rodin: The Kiss
One of the most famous sculptures in the world, notoriously animated by Terry Gilliam as a perverse musical instrument, Rodin's The Kiss is coming to the National Gallery. This is the second version Rodin made of the piece, in response to a commission by American collector Edwin Perry Warren. Trivia fact: Warren, who was…
Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh
Sun 1 Sep
Free / 0131 624 6200
- 10:00 – 17:00
Mon 2 Sep
Free / 0131 624 6200
- 10:00 – 17:00
Tue 3 Sep
Free / 0131 624 6200
- 10:00 – 17:00
Sex, Drugs & Music Hall
- Written by: Clive Parker-Sharp (adapt)
Musician and author Clive Parker-Sharp presents this adaptation from his own book, The Box, which offered an insight into inter-racial mixing in the UK, as recorded by the African Pentacostalist Thomas Brem-Wilson. Parker-Sharp is joined by Marshall Star, for this mixing of music, words and images.
Maidstone Museum And Bentlif Art Gallery
Thu 12 Sep
Booking required free / 01622 602850
- 14:00
Thu 19 Sep
Booking required free / 01622 602850
- 14:00
Fri 27 Sep
Booking required free / 01622 602850
- 14:00
Westonbirt, The National Arboretum, Tetbury
Mon 23 Sep
£105 inc tea/coffee / 01666 880220
- 10:30 – 15:30
Block Party: Comtemporary Craft Inspired By The Art Of The Tailor
Interdisciplinary works in a variety of media exploring the creative potential of pattern-cutting, by artists including Shelley Fox, Charlotte Hodes, Dai Rees, Yinka Shonibare MBE and Raw Edges.
Orleans House Gallery, Twickenham
Sun 1 Sep
Free / 020 8831 6000
- 14:00 – 17:30
Tue 3 Sep
Free / 020 8831 6000
- 13:00 – 17:30
Wed 4 Sep
Free / 020 8831 6000
- 13:00 – 17:30
BP Portrait Award 2013
Contemporary portrait paintings created by entrants in the 34th year of the competition. The most prestigious painting competition in the world offers a first price of £30,000 and is aimed at encouraging artists to focus and develop portraiture in their work.
National Portrait Gallery, London WC2H
Sun 1 Sep
Free / 020 7312 2463
- 10:00 – 18:00
Mon 2 Sep
Free / 020 7312 2463
- 10:00 – 18:00
Tue 3 Sep
Free / 020 7312 2463
- 10:00 – 18:00
Daydreams And Diaries: The Story Of Jacqueline Wilson
Illustrations about how the author's characters were created, including Tracy Beaker and Hetty Feather and displays about her working processes from ideas to text and favourite stories.
Ferens Art Gallery, Hull
Sun 1 Sep
Free / 01482 613902
- 13:30 – 16:30
Mon 2 Sep
Free / 01482 613902
- 10:00 – 17:00
Tue 3 Sep
Free / 01482 613902
- 10:00 – 17:00
Elizabeth Blackadder: Works on Paper
Displaying new works on paper, this is the first exhibition of Dame Elizabeth Blackadder’s work since the retrospective at The National Galleries of Scotland in 2010, and includes delicate studies of leaves, fruit and other organic objects.
The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
Mon 2 Sep
Free / 0131 558 1200
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 10:00 – 18:00
Tue 3 Sep
Free / 0131 558 1200
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 10:00 – 18:00
Wed 4 Sep
Free / 0131 558 1200
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 10:00 – 18:00
Estuary
A group show featuring works in several disciplines, not only marking the 10th anniversary of the Museum of London Docklands' opening, but also celebrating and being inspired by the Thames Estuary. 12 London-based artists are presented, including Nikolaj Bendix Skyum Larsen, Michael Andrews, Gayle Chong Kwan and the Bow…
Museum of London Docklands, E14
Sun 1 Sep
Free / 0870 444 3857
- 10:00 – 18:00
Mon 2 Sep
Free / 0870 444 3857
- 10:00 – 18:00
Tue 3 Sep
Free / 0870 444 3857
- 10:00 – 18:00
Follow the Thread – Artist Rugs: Dovecot's Contemporary Rug Collection
Pioneers in tapestry and rug making for over a 100 years, Dovecot Studios presents an exhibition of hand-tufted rugs created in collaboration with well known contemporary artists. These graphic and vibrant works uniquely showcase the colour blending and design skills of Dovecot’s artist weavers and rug-tufters working…
Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh
Mon 2 Sep
Free / 0131 550 3660
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 10:30 – 17:30
Tue 3 Sep
Free / 0131 550 3660
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 10:30 – 17:30
Wed 4 Sep
Free / 0131 550 3660
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 10:30 – 17:30
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
Sun 1 Sep
Free / 0131 225 2383
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 12:00 – 17:00
Mon 2 Sep
Free / 0131 225 2383
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 11:00 – 18:00
Tue 3 Sep
Free / 0131 225 2383
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 11:00 – 18:00
Helen Denerley – Negative Space: Life between the Lines
The Aberdeenshire artist, well-known for her imposing Dreaming Spires giraffes on Edinburgh's Leith Walk, presents a series of metal sculptures with holes – cows and horses with missing rib cages, birds with missing centres – that explore the importance of negative space in the creation of form.
Kilmorack Gallery, Beauly
Mon 2 Sep
Free / 01463 783230
- 11:00 – 17:15
Tue 3 Sep
Free / 01463 783230
- 11:00 – 17:15
Wed 4 Sep
Free / 01463 783230
- 11:00 – 17:15
Just Life Drawing: Workshop
An untutored class to develop life drawing skills at your own pace with your own materials.
The Mushroom Works, Newcastle upon Tyne
Tue 3 Sep
£40 inc materials, adv booking required / 0191 224 4011
- 18:00 – 20:00
