Visual Art
I INSTITUT FRANCAIS D’ECOSSE
13 Randolph Crescent. 225 5366. Mon—Wed & Fri 9.30am—5.30pm; Thu noon—5.30pm; Sat 9.30am—2pm.
FREE Au fll d’Ecosse see
Until Fri 29 Aug. Collaboration between the artist Cyril Barrand and the poet John Hudson - a series of canvases over-layered with poetry and text. Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
I PATRIOTHALL GALLERY WASPS Patriothall Studios. off 48 Hamilton Place. 226 7126.
FREE Return of the Soul - The Nakbah Project Until Mon 18 Aug, noon—6pm. Featuring thousands of tiny figures held in limbo. this installation by Jane Frere is the outcome of an eight-month residency in East Jerusalem. Part of the Edinburgh Art Festival.
I NATIONAL GALLERY OF SCOTLAND
The Mound. 624 6200. Mon—Wed & Fri—Sun 10am—5pm; Thu 10am—7pm. FREE Kaleidoscope: Works on Paper Recently Acquired for Scotland Until Sun 21 Sep. Including a sketch of the Holy Family by the 18th century Venetian painter Tiepolo. a pastel portrait of the actress Tilda Swinton by her husband John Byrne and Picasso‘s etching, ‘Weeping Woman‘.
Impressionism and Scotland Until Sun 12 Oct. £8 (£6). 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.
I NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SCOTLAND
Chambers Street. 247 4422. 10am—5pm. Free.
FREE Infinity and Perspective I-V Thu 31 Jul—Sun 31 Aug. Work by Marion Preez. Keith Winter. Dongfang Gao and Daniel Smernicki will be shown in came r a - the ‘small chamber‘ — a new exhibition space at the entrance to the Museum of Edinburgh. See feature. page 70. Part of the Edinburgh Art Festival.
I THE QUEEN’S GALLERY Palace of Holyroodhouse. 556 5100. £5 (£4.50).
The Art of Italy in the Royal Collection: The Renaissance 0... Until Fri 24 Oct, 9.30am-6pm. £5 (£3—£4.50; under 5s free; family ticket £13). See review, page 72.
I ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN (INVERLEITH HOUSE)
Inverleith Row. 248 2983. Tue—Sun 10am—5.30pm.
>1c FREE Richard Hamilton: Protest Pictures Thu 31 Jul—Sun 12 Oct. Paintings and sculptures from the Pop Art man‘s life-long interest in political figures and movements. Part of the Edinburgh Art Festival.
* FREE What is life: Christine Borland, Graham Fagen, Simon Starling 0.” Until Sun 31 Aug, l()am—Spm. See review, page 72.
I SCOTTISH GALLERY
[6 Dundas Street, 558 1200. Mon—Fri 10am—6pm; Sat 10am—4pm.
FREE Perpetua Pope Until Sat 2 Aug. New exhibition of landscapes in oils by the 92-year-old artist.
FREE Scottish Gallery Summer Exhibition Until Sat 2 Aug. Annual mixed exhibition from emergent and established artists in the gallery's stable.
74 THE LIST FESTIVAL MAGAZINE 31 Jul—7 Aug 2008
I NATIONAL GALLERY OF MODERN ART
75 Belford Road. 624 6200. 10am—5pm. * Tracey Emin: 20 Years Sat 2 Aug—Sun 9 Nov, 10am—6pm. £6 (£4). First ever retrospective exhibition of the work of artist Tracey Emin to be held in the UK.
I NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY
1 Queen Street, 624 6200. Mon—Wed & Fri—Sun 10am—5pm; Thu 10am—7pm. FREE Heroes Until Sun 7 Dec. A critical re-examination of what we mean by the term 'Victorian values‘, focused through portraits and information on the individuals considered as role models in that society.
Vanity Fair Portraits: Photographs 1913-2008 Until Sun 21 Sep. £8 (£6). Photographs of some of the weightiest names and brightest stars to have graced the pages of Vanity Fair. by internationally renowned photographers like Man Ray. Cecil Beaton. Mario Testino and Annie Leibovitz.
FREE John Muir Wood and the Origins of Landscape Photography In Scotland Sat 2 Aug—Sun 26 Oct. lOam—Spm. Retrospective of John Muir Wood. arguably Scotland’s first systematic landscape photographer.
www.1ist.co.uk/art i sit—Li’s” " i 23 Cockburn Street. 622 6200. 1 lam—6pm.
FREE Martha Rosler Fri l—Sun 31 Aug. Stills' gallery space will undergo a radical transformation into an open reference library with an eclectic array of over 7.700 books from the personal collection of the prolific artist. writer and political agitator. Martha Rosler. Curious readers can delve into the volumes. Part of the Edinburgh Art Festival.
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17 William Street. The Glenfinlas Cyanotypes Mon 4—Sat 16 Aug, l()am—5pm. Edinburgh- based artist Alexander Hamilton returns to his favourite medium of cameraless photography, the historic cyanotype. Part of the Edinburgh Art Festival.
I TALBOT RICE GALLERY University of Edinburgh. South Bridge. 650 2210. Tue—Sat l()am—5pm.
* FREE Andrew Grassie Fri 1 Aug—Sat 27 Sep. A survey exhibition of recent and new work by Andrew Grassie. his first major solo exhibition in Scotland. Talbot Rice Gallery has brought together a selection of the artist‘s output from the past ten years. Part of the Edinburgh Art Festival.
I 163 LENNOX STREET LANE l6B Lennox Street Lane.
39 Fri l—Mon 25 Aug. 1 lam—6pm. For this exhibition Hugh Brady has transformed his studio, a former stables building. into a conduit for a variety of spaces occupied by other artists. both fictional and real. Part of the Edinburgh Art festival.
I SLEEPER Reiach and Hall Architects. 6 Darnaway Street. 225 8444. Mon—Fri 2—5pm. FREE Pavel Buchler Until Fri 29 Aug. noon—5pm. Initiated by artist Alan Johnston and architect Neil Gillespie. sleeper brings to Edinburgh a rich diversity of national and intemational art from established and emerging artists. Part of the Edinburgh Art Festi val .
I VARIOUS VENUES, EDINBURGH
* ANNUALE Fri l-Sun 31 Aug. times and prices vary. Edinburgh’s grassroots alternative to the Edinburgh Art Festival is now in its fifth year. with a programme of talks, exhibitions. salons and happenings. See www.cmbassygallery.co.uk for full details.
I VARIOUS VENUES, PORTOBELLO
Big Things on the Beach: Garden Gallery Sat 2—Sat 30 Aug. Local. national and international artists install works in gardens in Portobello. Curated by Big Things on the Beach in with Amber Roome. See feature. page 70. Part of the Edinburgh Art Festi val .
Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller
Six different, self-contained installation pieces by hugely acclaimed Canadian artist partnership Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller, which run a series of gamuts, taking in culture both high and popular, film, multimedia robotics and motion-triggered sound works. Of particular interest are the pieces ‘Opera for a Small Room’, a sound collage performance using 2000 records, and the sinister ‘Killing Machine’ (pictured), inspired by Kafka’s In the Penal Colony.
l Fruitmarket Gallery, 225 2383, until 28 Sep. free.