This weekend, Visual art

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West End Festival

Taking over the West End of Glasgow each year, the festival treats the ears to a great musical line-up, tantalises all the senses with a carnival and delves into the creative depths of local studios and exhibitions with the Hidden Lane open days.

West End, Glasgow

Sat 22 Jun

Times & prices vary

Sun 23 Jun

Times & prices vary

David Cass: Years of Dust and Dry

Paintings incorporating found objects.

The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh

Sat 22 Jun

Free / 0131 558 1200

  • 10:00 – 16:00

Haberdashery & Julian Abrams: Freq.

A celebration of the summer solstice from the design studio and the London-based photographer, featuring a display of six light sculptures and ten photographic prints, inspired by compositions of geometry of light.

Hoxton Gallery At The Arch, London E2

Sat 22 Jun

Free

  • 11:00 – 20:30

Sun 23 Jun

Free

  • 11:00 – 20:30

Hour Leeds: Clockworks Celebrity Clock Art Exhibition

An exhibition of clocks decorated by celebrities and local artists, as part of the Hour Leeds Campaign, calling time on poverty. The exhibition includes clocks designed by Alison Moyet, Nicola Adams, Jon Gomm, Neil Warnock, Paul Collingwood and all proceeds go towards the St Vincent Support Centre.

Holy Trinity Church, Leeds

Sat 22 Jun

Phone for prices / 0113 2484126

  • 09:00 – 18:00

Sun 23 Jun

Phone for prices / 0113 2484126

  • 09:00 – 18:00

Out of the Blue Arts Market

Over 45 artists, makers and traders punt their wares, which include everything from paintings to jewellery and vintage clothing to furniture.

Out of the Blue Drill Hall, Edinburgh

Sat 22 Jun

£0.80 entry / 0131 555 7101

  • 11:00 – 17:00
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Magical Midsummer Mobiles

Make a mobile using natural and recycled materials. All ages.

Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh

Sun 23 Jun

John Hope Gateway Centre

Free / 0131 248 2909

  • 13:00 – 16:00

RSA 187th Annual Exhibition

The RSA's 187th annual exhibition is on a theme of 'Between the Late and Early', and invited artists include John McLean, Ashley Nieuwenhuizen and Gabriela Fridriksdottir.

Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh

Sat 22 Jun

Entry by donation / 0131 225 6671

  • 10:00 – 17:00

Sun 23 Jun

Entry by donation / 0131 225 6671

  • 12:00 – 17:00

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

Sat 22 Jun

£5 (£3.50) / 0131 529 3993

Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.

  • 10:00 – 17:00

Sun 23 Jun

£5 (£3.50) / 0131 529 3993

Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.

  • 12:00 – 17:00

Keep Your Timber Limber (Works On Paper)

Drawings from the 1940s to the present day exploring issues of politics of gender and sexuality, feminism and war, by artists including Judith Bernstein, Tom of Finland, George Grosz, Margaret Harrison, Mike Kuchar, Cary Kwok, Antonio Lopez and Marlene McCarty.

ICA, Central London

Sat 22 Jun

Free / 020 7930 3647

  • 11:00 – 18:00

Sun 23 Jun

Free / 020 7930 3647

  • 11:00 – 18:00

Man Ray Portraits

Man Ray was an American original. He was a painter, a photographer, a maker of Dadaist readymades, a scene-maker and the man responsible for some of the wittiest and most pungent artworks of the modernist era. He's also the man originally responsible for putting a camera in the hands of Lee Miller, for which documentary…

Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh

Sat 22 Jun

£7 (£5) / 0131 624 6200

Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.

  • 10:00 – 17:00

Sun 23 Jun

£7 (£5) / 0131 624 6200

Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.

  • 10:00 – 17:00
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John Browning: Kites – Naturally Inspired

Kites made from leaves, petals, bamboo and other natural materials, by a retired chemist.

Theatre Royal, Winchester

Sat 22 Jun

Free / 01962 840440

  • 10:00 – 18:00

Sun 23 Jun

Free / 01962 840440

  • 10:00 – 18:00

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

Sat 22 Jun

Free / 0131 624 6200

  • 10:00 – 17:00

Sun 23 Jun

Free / 0131 624 6200

  • 10:00 – 17:00

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

Sat 22 Jun

Free / 020 7312 2463

  • 10:00 – 18:00

Sun 23 Jun

Free / 020 7312 2463

  • 10:00 – 18:00

Chelsea: BA Show 2013

Works in various media by BA Fine Art, BA Graphic Design Communication, BA Interior and Spatial Design, BA Textile Design, FdA Interior Design and Graduate Diploma Interior Design students.

Chelsea College Of Art And Design, London SW1P

Sat 22 Jun

Free / 020 7514 7751

  • 11:00 – 17:00

From the Tour de France to Mountain High

Photograph exhibition capturing the most exciting moments of cycling.

Newhaven Communications, Edinburgh

Sat 22 Jun

Free / 0131 558 5400

Part of Edinburgh Festival of Cycling.

  • 12:00 – 16:00

Sun 23 Jun

Free / 0131 558 5400

Part of Edinburgh Festival of Cycling.

  • 12:00 – 16:00
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Alex Tobin: Floating Market

Intermedia works examining online anonymous horror fiction.

Summerhall, Edinburgh

Sat 22 Jun

Free / 0845 874 3001

Part of Prologue.

  • 11:00 – 18:00

Sun 23 Jun

Free / 0845 874 3001

Part of Prologue.

  • 11:00 – 18:00

Tracy Hickinbottom And Alex Edwards: Potential Of Play

The artists respond to an essay by Mary Jane Drummond about the freedom of children to play in a classroom setting.

Eastside Projects, Birmingham

Sat 22 Jun

Free / 0121 771 1778

  • 12:00 – 17:00

40 Years Of Fine Art At Bohun

A selection of prints and paintings by artists who have exhibited their works during the galleries 40 year history. This will see pieces by artists such as Featuring Fedden, Blackadder, Hitchens, Moore, Frink, Blake and Hockney.

Bohun Gallery, Henley-on-Thames

Sat 22 Jun

Free / 01491 576228

  • 10:00 – 17:00

Andrew Blyth

Watercolour landscapes and townscapes created by the East Sussex-based artist and former landscape architect. The works depict a strong sense of place and atmosphere, with free flowing mark-making.

The Fountain Gallery, East Molesey

Sat 22 Jun

Free / 020 8941 5865

  • 11:30 – 17:30

Sun 23 Jun

Free / 020 8941 5865

  • 11:30 – 17:30

Artist Rooms: Focus: Douglas Gordon: Play Dead; Real Time

A silent, multi-channel video installation in which an Indian elephant performs basic tricks at the command of her off-screen trainer, exploring themes of intimacy and perspective.

Tate Britain, London SW1P

Sat 22 Jun

Free / 020 7887 8888

  • 10:00 – 18:00

Sun 23 Jun

Free / 020 7887 8888

  • 10:00 – 18:00
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Crikey It's Vintage At Killerton

Celebrate the classic styles of vintage fashion, music, cars and crafts, with 60 stalls of antiques, homeware and paraphernalia.

National Trust: Killerton, Exeter

Sat 22 Jun

£9.60 on doors, adv booking advilable; £6 pre-booked, adv booking advilable (Children £4 adv booking advilable) / 01392 881345

  • 11:00 – 17:00

Death & Decadence

A group show featuring works in a range of disciplines, which looks at the tradition of Memento Mori. Works in painting, illustration, sculpture and more, have been created by artists including Adele Moreau, Brendan Hansbro, Conrad Steen and Ziahana Kausar.

Edwards Lane Gallery, London N16

Sat 22 Jun

Free / 07931 905 618

  • 10:00 – 17:00

Sun 23 Jun

Free / 07931 905 618

  • 13:00 – 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

Sat 22 Jun

£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

Sun 23 Jun

£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

The Scottish Colourist Series: SJ Peploe

A retrospective of the work of Samuel John Peploe (1871–1935), the eldest of the artists known as the Scottish Colourists (the others being FCB Cadell, JD Fergusson and GL Hunter). Peploe studied in Edinburgh and two years in Paris introduced him to new developments in French painting. This exhibition consists of nearly…

Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Two, Edinburgh

Sat 22 Jun

£7 (£5) / 0131 624 6200

  • 10:00 – 17:00

Sun 23 Jun

£7 (£5) / 0131 624 6200

  • 10:00 – 17:00

Second Nature

Films, drawings, textiles and garments highlighting the relationship between fashion and the natural world, featuring works and designs by Donna Karan, Roksanda Ilincic, Zandra Rhodes, Roland Mouret, Giles, Fyodor Golan, Peter Pilotto, Felicity Brown, Nigel Cabourn, Jaeger, Temperley, Laura Ashley, Cong Tri and Leandro…

PM Gallery And House, London W5

Sat 22 Jun

Free / 020 8567 1227

  • 11:00 – 17:00
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