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A Time And Place: Paintings from the City Collection
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In conjunction with 'Treasured Places' this showcases works by Scottish painters with an affinity to a vast array of Scottish places both rural and urban.
25 Oct–17 Jan 2009 Mon–Sat 10.00am–5.00; Sun 12.00–5.00 City Art Centre, Edinburgh
Alex Dordoy
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This first solo show from the upcoming artist consists of a new series of sculptures and paintings drawn from a range of imagery including wildlife footage, diagrams of underwater exploration and snaps of 1980's advances in microchip technology.
6 Nov–8 Dec Collective Gallery, Edinburgh
Christmas Exhibition
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Mixed exhibition by gallery artists with new work arriving daily.
29 Nov–10 Jan 2009, not Sundays Mon–Fri 11.00am–5.00; Sat 11.00am–4.00 Leith Gallery, Edinburgh
Close
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A photographic documentation of Scottish heritage by Allan Pollok-Morris.
27 Sep–11 Jan 2009 10.00am–5.00 Exhibition Hall Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh
Close Up
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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.
24 Oct–11 Jan 2009 Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh
Dutch Mannerism: Goltzius and his Contemporaries
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In celebration of the dawn of the Golden Age of Dutch Art, this display highlights two of the National Galleries' significant recent acquisitions, Abraham Bloemaert's 'Miracle of the Loaves' and Hendrick Goltzius's drawing 'Man with a Tassled Cap'. These are accompanied by more of Goltzius's extraordinary drawings and engravings and a selection of works by their lesser-known contemporaries, Jacob Matham, Jan Saeredam and Jacques de Gheyn.
22 Nov–8 Feb 2009 National Gallery of Scotland Complex, Edinburgh
Fission
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An exhibition of recent work by seven Edinburgh artists. Their first show together includes jewellery, sculpture, printmaking, painting & drawing.
29 Nov–18 Dec North Edinburgh Arts Centre, Edinburgh
Four Scottish Painters
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A display of the work of four Scottish artists of the post-war period: Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, John Bellany, Alan Davie and Anne Redpath, all of whom have had a significant influence on their own and subsequent generations. Taken from the permanent collection of the Gallery of Modern Art, the collection includes works of expressionism and abstraction with influences ranging from natural forms to Zen Buddhism to jazz music.
4 Oct–31 Jan 2009 Dean Gallery, Edinburgh
Gerhard Richter
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Figurative and abstract paintings by the German Pop Artist who is one of the most influential artists living today. Including many of his iconic works of the 1960s, which are based on magazine, newspaper and personal photographs, this is the first major retrospective of Richter's paintings to be held in Britain since 1991 and the first ever in Scotland.
8 Nov–4 Jan 2009, not 25 Dec, 26 Dec 10.00am–5.00; Thu 10.00am–7.00 (1 Jan 2009 12.00–5.00) National Gallery of Scotland Complex, Edinburgh
Gifted
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Now in its fourth year, this collection of innovative and beautiful ceramics, glass, jewellery and textiles returns to the National Museum to be viewed and bought. A perfect chance to get someone an original, handmade Christmas present.
7 Nov–11 Jan 2009 10.00am–5.00 National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh

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