Festival Visual Art DOVECOT 10 Infirmary Street, 550 3660. 11am–5pm; Wed 11am–7pm. Closed Sun. The Creative World of Alan Davie Wed 5 Aug–Sat 26 Sep. £3 (£2). Exploration of the remarkable breadth of work from one of Scotland’s most influential artists. Part of the Edinburgh Art Festival. FREE Mr Gumpy and Other Outings: Celebrating 50 Years of John Burningham’s Work Tue 7 Jul–Sat 5 Sep. Celebration of one of Britain’s most distinguished and best- loved illustrators and authors. Part of the Edinburgh Art Festival. FREE Jerwood Contemporary Makers 2009 Wed 5 Aug–Sat 26 Sep. Part of a series of exhibitions and prizes celebrating emerging creative talent. Part of the Edinburgh Art Festival.

EDINBURGH COLLEGE OF ART 74 Lauriston Place, 221 6000.

✽✽ FREE Milestone Sat 1 Aug–Sun 30 Aug. Tue–Sun 10am–4pm. See feature, page 68. Part of the Edinburgh Art Festival. FREE Remembering Little Sparta 1993–2009 Sat 1–Sun 30 Aug. Mon–Thu 10am–6pm; Fri–Sun 10am–5pm. An exhibition based on the 15 year engagement by the artist Janet Boulton with Ian Hamilton Finlay’s garden at Little Sparta. Part of the Edinburgh Art Festival.

EDINBURGH PRINTMAKERS 23 Union Street, 557 2479. Tue–Sat 10am–6pm (13, 20 & 27 Aug 10am–8pm).

✽✽ FREE Peter Blake Venice Sat 18 Jul–Sat 29 Aug. See review,

page 70. Part of the Edinburgh Art Festival.

EDINBURGH SCULPTURE WORKSHOP 25 Hawthornvale, 551 4490. Daily 11am–5pm (27 Aug 11am–8pm). FREE MAGAZINE 09: Creative Spaces Sat 15 Aug–Sun 30 Aug. Artists David McAllister and Alex Hetherington respond to the public spaces within the building as they investigate and reinterpret their form and function. Part of the Edinburgh Art Festival. THE FIDRA GALLERY 181 Bruntsfield Place, Mon–Sat 10.30am–4pm; Sun noon–4pm. FREE Fidra Gallery Summer Exhibition Until Mon 31 Aug. Summer exhibition of works by some of the leading children’s book illustrators. Featuring work by Quentin Blake, Jez Alborough and Shirley Hughes.

FRUITMARKET GALLERY 45 Market Street, 225 2383. Daily 10am–7pm.

✽✽ FREE Eva Hesse Studiowork Wed 5 Aug–Sun 25 Oct. See

feature, page 68. Part of the Edinburgh Art Festival. GALLERA1 @ THE LIGHTHOUSE 20–22 West Harbour Road, 555 2280. Daily 10am–4pm. FREE JUMP 2 DE-Light Sat 8 Aug–Sat 5 Sep. Artist Shaeron Averbuch presents new work in response to Edinburgh’s waterfront regeneration. Part of the Edinburgh Art Festival.

THE GREY GALLERY Hawke & Hunter, 12 Picardy Place. Daily 11am–6pm.

✽✽ FREE Bob and Roberta Smith This Artist is Deeply

Dangerous Thu 6 Aug–Sat 5 Sep. See preview, page 69. Part of the Edinburgh Art Festival. THE HENDERSON GALLERY 4 Thistle Street Lane NW, 225 7464. Daily 10am–6pm.

MAOARTLAND 24 Lochrin Buildings, 477 1822. 10am–8pm; Sat & Sun 10.30am–8.30pm. FREE MaoArtland Mon 3 Aug–Mon 31 Aug. Exhibition celebrating the diverse perceptions of a multi-cultural

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Unspoken Lines For this exhibition at the new Henderson Gallery Scottish artist Joyce Gunn Cairns showcases a

key strand of her work: portrait heads of key figures in Scottish life. Inspired by Kaethe Kollwitz, Pat Douthwaite and Rembrandt, Cairns’ original subjects were writers including AL Kennedy, Ali Smith and Alexander McCall Smith, reflecting the artist’s love of poetry, but she has since broadened her focus to include people from many different fields. The Henderson Gallery, 225 7464, until 5 Sep, free.

FREE Unspoken Lines Thu 9 Jul–Sat 15 Aug. See picture caption, above. Part of the Edinburgh Art Festival. INGLEBY GALLERY 15 Calton Road, 556 4441. 10am–6pm; Thu 10am–7pm; Sun noon–5pm. FREE Callum InnesWed 5 Aug–Sat 19 Sep. New paintings and works on paper by the leading Scottish abstract painter. Part of the Edinburgh Art Festival. Bilboard for Edinburgh: Tacita Dean Wed 5 Aug–Sat 31 Oct. The fifth artist to participate in the Ingleby’s bold public art project. Part of the Edinburgh Art Festival.

INSTITUT FRANCAIS D’ECOSSE 13 Randolph Crescent, 225 5366. Mon–Fri 9.30am–6.30pm; Sat 9.30am–1pm (not 31 Aug & 14 Sep). FREE Paul Nougé, Subversion of the images Thu 13 Aug–Sat 26 Sep. Original photographs and documents produced by Paul Nougé (1895–1967), a Belgian poet, instigator and theorist of the Surrealism movement in Belgium. Part of the Edinburgh Art Festival. JUPITER ARTLAND Bonnington House, Kirknewton, 335 6920. Thu–Sun 10am–4pm. £5 (£3) Jupiter Artland Year 1 Sat 1 Aug–Mon 31 Aug. Wonderful collection of environmental artworks set in beautiful natural landscape. Part of the Edinburgh Art Festival.

THE LOT 4–6 Grassmarket, 225 9922. FREE Going Back to a Place Until Wed 2 Sep. Artists from Garvald Edinburgh show art work inspired by Scottish poetry. MANSFIELD TRAQUAIR 15 Mansfield Place, 556 1488. Sun–Fri 11am–1pm. FREE Phoebe Anna Traquair Murals at the Mansfield Traquair Centre Sun 9 Aug–Fri 28 Aug. Restored arts and crafts movement murals. Part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

group of Edinburgh artists. Part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. MARCHMONT GALLERY 56 Warrender Park Rd, 228 8228. Tue–Sat 10am–6pm. FREE Art on Show: Regina Fernandes Until Fri 30 Oct, 10am–6pm. An opportunity to look at work from a range of Scottish artists.

MIRACLES 5/1 St Stephen Street, 07970 969159. Wed–Sat 2pm–5.30pm. FREE Alexandria Light Wed 5 Aug–Sat 29 Aug. An installation refering to Alexandria, Egypt, by Edinburgh- based artist Rose Frain. Part of the Edinburgh Art Festival.

NATIONAL GALLERY COMPLEX The Mound, 624 6200. Daily 10am–6pm. Raphael to Renoir: Master Drawings from the Collection of Jean Bonna Fri 5 Jun–Sun 6 Sep. £4 (£3). Collection spanning the 500 years between the Italian Renaissance and the post-impressionism of 19th century France. Part of the Edinburgh Art Festival.

✽✽ The Discovery of Spain ●●●●●Sat 18 Jul–Sun 11 Oct. £8

(£6). See review, page 70. Part of the Edinburgh Art Festival.

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SCOTLAND Chambers Street, 225 7534. Daily 10am–5pm. FREE Ballast: Bringing the Stones Home Wed 5 Aug–Sun 8 Nov. New Zealand artist John Edgar presents stone sculptures that explore the experience of the emigrant. Part of the Edinburgh Art Festival. NEW MEDIA SCOTLAND InSpace, Crichton Street, 651 5661. Wed–Sun 10am–6pm. FREE Reveal/Reset Wed 5 Aug–Sat 5 Sep. New Media Scotland and Alt-w Fund supported exhibition featuring work by Benjamin Dembroski, Distance Lab, Alex Hetherington, and ~ in the fields. Part of the Edinburgh Art Festival.

OPEN EYE GALLERY 34 Abercromby Place, 557 1020. Mon–Fri 10am–6pm; Sat 10am–4pm. FREE John Bellany ‘A Celtic Voyage’ Fri 7 Aug–Tue 1 Sep. Exhibition of paintings by influential

east coast Scot John Bellany Part of the Edinburgh Art Festival. PATRIOTHALL GALLERY WASPS Patriothall Studios, off 48 Hamilton Place, 226 7126. 11am–5pm; Thu 11am–7pm; Sun noon–5pm (27 Aug 11am–9pm). FREE This is Now: From Drawing to Contexture Sat 1 Aug–Sat 29 Aug. Recently-formed exhibition group (S.T.A.R*) explores the links and crossovers experienced during their time spent in the tapestry department at Edinburgh College of Art. Part of the Edinburgh Art Festival.

PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION CENTRE 68 Great King Street, 226 0000. 10am–8pm; Sat 1pm–8pm; Sun 1pm–5pm. £3 (£2). 47th Edinburgh International Exhibition of Photography Sun 9 Aug–Sun 6 Sep. Exhibition of amateur and professional photographs from around the world. Part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. THE QUEEN’S GALLERY Palace of Holyroodhouse, 556 5100. Daily 9.30am–6pm £5 (£4.50) The Conversation Piece: Scenes of Fashionable Life ●●●●● Fri 27 Mar–Sun 20 Sep. Exhibition celebrating the prosperity, elegance and pleasure of well-off life in Holland and England between the reigns of Charles 1 and Queen Victoria. Part of the Edinburgh Art Festival.

ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY The Mound, 225 6671. Mon–Fri 10am–5pm; Sun noon–5pm. FREE I Would Like You To Know That I Am Not Her or Zdarzaja sie przeciez wypadki oblakania na takich izolowanych placowkach (quote from “Solaris” by Stanislaw) Thu 6 Aug–Sun 13 Sep. A presentation of contemporary Polish film works. Part of the Edinburgh Art Festival.

ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN (INVERLEITH HOUSE) Inverleith Row, 248 2971. Daily 10am–5.30pm. FREE John McCracken Thu 6 Aug–Sun 11 Oct. See 5 Questions, page 67. Part of the Edinburgh Art Festival.

ROYAL OVER-SEAS LEAGUE 100 Princes Street. Daily 10am–6pm. FREE Waters of Scotland Fri 31 Jul–Mon 31 Aug. Coastline inspired paintings by Leo du Feu. Part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH 22–26 George Street, 240 5000. Wed 9am–8pm; Thu & Fri 9am–5pm. FREE Studies for Raeburn Wed 5 Aug–Fri 7 Aug. Briony Anderson’s paintings respond to the portraits of Sir Henry Raeburn. Part of the Edinburgh Art Festival.

SCHOP 36 St Mary’s Street, 477 4513. Mon–Sat 10am–6pm. FREE Nigel Peake: Making Ends Meet Mon 3 Aug–Sat 29 Aug. Collection of drawings and prints from Irish-born artist Nigel Peake. Part of the Edinburgh Art Festival. SCOTTISH NATIONAL GALLERY OF MODERN ART 75 Belford Road, 624 6200. Daily 10am–6pm. FREE Artist Rooms Until Sun 8 Nov. An outstanding collection of contemporary art featuring works by Andy Warhol, Vija Celmins, Ellen Gallagher, Damien Hirst, Alex Katz and Francesca Woodman. Part of the Edinburgh Art Festival.