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Artists Response to Climate Change
Date Location
Group show on the theme of climate change.
Tuesdays–Saturdays (from 24 May) 10.00am–6.00 Edinburgh Printmakers, Edinburgh
Artist's Talk: Chad McCail
Date Location
The artist discusses his current exhibition at Edinburgh Printmakers.
23 Aug 8.00 Edinburgh Printmakers, Edinburgh
Au fil d'Ecosse
Date Location
An oblique gaze at Scotland, the exhibition's images and words taking us on a journey across the country: paintings, photos, installation.
1 Jul–29 Aug The GRV, Edinburgh
Botanical Images Scotia
Date Location
Contemporary botanical art from Scotland and abroad.
2 Jun–12 Jun 10.00am–4.56 Exhibition Hall Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh
Bridget Jones Prints
Date Location
Prints inspired by Jones' botanical studies, the RBGE archives, the work of John Hope, Regius Keeper (1761-86), the Scottish Enlightenment and research into a new window in the City Chambers.
Mondays–Fridays (from 1 Jul) 10.00am–4.30 Royal Botanic Garden (Library Foyer), Edinburgh
Chad McCail
Date Location
Two series' of screenprints and a suite of lithographs, reflecting the history and mechanics of compulsory education and our dealings with puberty as a culture. Artist's talk, Sat 23 Aug.
Tuesdays–Saturdays (from 19 Jul) 10.00am–6.00 Edinburgh Printmakers, Edinburgh
Chinese Music at Midsummer
Date Location
A live performance of incorporating the sound-making efforts of Found, Angkalung Ensemble, the Harmony Ensemble and the Shanghai Jazz Project to accompany the 'Dialogues of Wind and Bamboo' exhibition.
21 Jun 6.00–11.00 Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh
Close Up
Date Location
Curated by Dawn Ades and Simon Baker, who were responsible for 'Undercover Surrealism' at London's Hayward Gallery in 2006, this exhibition exploring the defamiliarising effects of the extreme close-up in early 20th Century photography and film.
11 Oct–11 Jan 2009 Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh
Coburg House Art Studios Open Day
Date Location
Open day at Coburg House Art Studios, a hub of creativity with homegrown and international painters, jewellers, silversmiths, sculptors and textile designers working side by side.
1 Jun 11.00am–5.00 Coburg House Studios, Edinburgh
Collage City: Urban Space in Contemporary Art
Date Location
Works on paper by artists such as Toby Paterson, Langlands and Bell and Carol Rhodes looking at the way skylines, maps and city architecture have inspired creative work. This exhibition highlights the crucial position of urban space as a playground for artists over the past 60 years.
14 Apr–7 Sep Dean Gallery, Edinburgh
Dialogues of Wind and Bamboo
Date Location
Artists Susie Bown and Ziggy Campbell along with composer Kimho Ip create a soundscape from bamboo. There will be a live performance events on Sat 21 Jun.
16 May–29 Jun 10.00am–7.00 Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh
Dislocation
Date Location
Artist Anna Constantinou and sculptor Thomas Winstanley present two complex bodies of work which interact through the emotional responses they provoke from the viewer.
18 Apr–29 May Corn Exchange Gallery, Edinburgh
Edinburgh Art Festival
Date Location
A celebration of the capital's visual art community, involving over 35 galleries, institutions and artist-led organisations across the city.
31 Jul–31 Aug (Times vary) Various Venues, Edinburgh
Exposure 08
Date Location
Curated exhibition bringing together the best amateur and professional photography by the Home House members' camera club. Viewing by appointment: call 0131 523 1523 or email info@homehouseedinburgh.co.uk.
7 Apr–29 Jun Home House, Edinburgh
Faces and Places
Date Location
Organised in partnership with the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland, this collection of paintings, sculpture, drawings, photographs, architectural drawings, notebooks and sketches coincides with the centenary of the RCAHMS.
24 Apr–20 Jul 10.00am–5.00; Thu 10.00am–7.00 National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh
Fantasy and Function: Design for Goldsmiths
Date Location
Prints and drawings produced by artists and craftsmen in the 'Grotesque' style that was popularised during the Renaissance after the excavation of Roman grottos at that time.
3 May–3 Aug 10.00am–5.00; Thu 10.00am–7.00 National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh
Focus on Demarco
Date Location
A display in the Keiller Library celebrating the completion of the Demarco Digital Archive Project, which will make accessible 10,000 items from artist Richard Demarco.
26 Apr–22 Jun 10.00am–5.00 Dean Gallery, Edinburgh
Foto: Modernity in Central Europe
Date Location
A vast selection of Modernist photography from Germany, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Poland and Austria covering such topics as photomontage, war gender identity, the modern metropolis and Surrealism. Organised by the National Gallery of Art, Washington, and including the work of László Moholy-Nagy, Hannah Höch, Andreé Kerteész, El Lissitzky, Karel Teige, Edith Tudor Hart, Frantisek Drtikol, Martin Munkacsi and Trude Fleischmann, it is the first survey carried out on this subject.
7 Jun–31 Aug 10.00am–5.00 Dean Gallery, Edinburgh
Freepost
Date Location
FREEPOST is a group exhibition showcasing exchanged works and spontaneous networking attitudes between artists Kali Katsouri, Nikos Mantzios, Rania Nikolopoulou, Tereza Papamichali and Yiorgos Taxiarchopoulos.
29 May–7 Jun Total Kunst @ Forest, Edinburgh
From Sickert to Gertler: Modern British Art from Boxted House
Date Location
A collection of 20th century British art that hung in Boxted House, home of Bobbie and Natalie Bevan from 1946-74. Artists represented include Natalie Denny, Mark Gertler, Walter Sickert, Harold Gilman, Charles Ginner, Christopher Nevinson, John Armstrong and Frederick Gore.
15 Mar–22 Jun 10.00am–5.00 National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh
Heroes
Date Location
A critical re-examinination of what we mean by the term 'Victorian values', focused through portraits and information on the individuals considered role models in that society.
30 May–7 Dec National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh
How to be Hospitable
Date Location
Using slogans, performances, billboards and publications, artist collective Freee have created a new work which aims to use the Polish immigrant experience in Edinburgh to trigger a much wider debate about the underlying issues of global capitalism.
5 Apr–17 May Collective Gallery, Edinburgh
Impressionism and Scotland
Date Location
Scottish Impressionism from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, comprising over 100 works by artists as diverse as Whistler, Corot, McTaggart and the Glasgow Boys, as well as Monet, Manet, Degas, Van Gogh and the Scottish Colourists.
19 Jul–12 Oct 10.00am–5.00; Thu 10.00am–7.00 National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh
inprint
Date Location
An exhibition of woodcuts, drypoints and monoprints by Akram Rahmanzadeh, investigating public and private spaces and issues of social structure and human behaviour.
24 May–5 Jul Edinburgh Printmakers, Edinburgh
Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller
Date Location
A first chance for Scottish audiences to experience the work of one of the most internationally-respected artist partnerships, whose Paradise Institute, a mini movie theatre, was the highlight of the 2001 Venice Biennale. Cardiff and Bures Miller make immersive works of art which combine image, video, sound and music, as well as architectural and sculptural installation, to draw an audience into a highly credible fictional world.
31 Jul–28 Sep Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh

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