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EDINBURGH PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY The Photographic Iixhibition (‘entre. (i8 (ireat King Street. Mon-Sat I0am—8pm; Sun I~5ptn.

International Photography Until Sun 5 Sep. £2 IL" I .50). Over 200 prints by' photographers across the globe in this the I37th annual exhibition.

EDINBURGH PRINTMAKERS

23 Union Street. 557 247‘). Tue Sat l0am-—(ipm.

Hisashi Momose Prints Until Sat 1 I Sep. An exhibition of prints by Japanese artist and printmaker Hisashi Momose. See also Royal Museum of Scotland.

EDINBURGH WORLD HERITAGE TRUST (l-‘ormerly New Town (‘onservation Trust). l3a Dundas Street. 557 5222. Mon-I‘ri ()am Iptn 8; 2 5pm.

Princes Street: Unexecuted Designs 1767-1999 Until Tue 3| Attg. Plans attd designs for Iidinbtirgh's major thoroughfare. Princes Street. which were never executed.

EDINBURGH ZOO

('orstorphine Road. 334 ‘)I7 I. Daily 9am-5pm.

Urban Zoo Until Fri 3 Sep. Artist-in- residence Lesley Banks captures the modern zoo through paintings. photographs and audio works.

EDITH SIMON GALLERY

I I (it'osvenor Crescent, 337 4640. Mon-Sat I(l.30am--(i.30pm.

Edith Simon Until Sttn 2‘) Aug. Scalpel paintings. sculpture. drawings. installations. photographs and prints by Iidith Simon.

EWAN MUNDY FINE ART

37 Thistle Street. 225 (i350. Mon-I‘ri

I Iam~opmz Sat I lam 3pm.

20th Century Scottish Art Until Sat 28 Attg. (ilasgow‘s Iiwan Mundy Fine Art gallery present a festival exhibition of works by the Scottish colourists. Philipson. (iillies. Redpath and Bellany.

FAMOUS GROUSE HOUSE

5 (‘hambers Street. 220 5606. Daily 9.Mam—3.30am.

Facade Until Sun 2‘) Attg. .»\rchitectural paintings by Michael ('raik.

51A GEORGE STREET

5la (ieorge Street. 556 444 I. Dain I0am—(i )m.

Howar Hodgkin, Andy Goldsworthy. Ian Hamilton Finlay and Emily Young Fri l3~Mon 3| Aug. An outstation of The Ingleby Gallery shows work by contemporary artists.

FIRTH GALLERY

35 William Street. 225 3'96. Mon—Iiri I Iain—5pm: Sat I lam—2pm.

Andrew Walker. Robert Innes and Alan Kilpatrick Until Sat 4 Sep. Paintings inspired by the Scottish and French landscape. See review.

FLY BAR

2 North St Andrews Street. 556 9016. Daily Ham—3am.

Susan Richards Until Sun 5 Sep. Stills from a short film entitled Little Elvis by Susan Richards.

THE FOUR PLUS ONE GALLERY

2 Warrender Park Road. (367 5 I 52. Mon—Sat I0am—(ipm.

Scottish Craft Exhibition This new gallery set up by jewellers Nicky (‘atley and Kay Bruce. fashion designer Jane Mackie. textile designer Heather Lucchesi and toymaker Paul Neal. to showcase the work of tip-and-coming crafttnakers and designers in Scotland. Permanently on display is a range of crafts and applied arts by a selection of artists.

FRUITMARKET GALLERY

45 Markct Street. 225 2383. .\Ion Sat

I Iam~opmz Sun noon 5pm.

Kiki Smith l'ntil Sat I I Sep. Renowned for her sculptures of the human body including the controversial Hanging ll'nmun papier-mache piece. the internationally acclaimed New York artist Kiki Smith shows a new body of work in

this her first major e\hibition in Scotland.

(‘ontinuing to use unconventional materials. she turns her attention to the animal world creating a series of drawings entitled (‘ut llmr/ and a neon light sculpture in the gallery space.

GALERIE MIRAGES

-l(ia Raeburn Place. 3I5 2603. Mon Sat I0am (ipm; Sun I230 4.30pm. Jewellery Of The World t‘ntil Sat Its Sep. Jewellery from Zimbabwe. Iitdia. Africa. Thailand and Denmark. Treasures From The Silk Route t'ntil Sat I8 Sep. Textiles and artefacts from (‘enlral Asia and India.

GILDED BALLOON

233 (‘ow-gate. 22b 2 I 5 I. Daily I0ant~~lpm.

Still Funny l'ntil Mon 30 Aug. t('afe Bar). Photographs of comedians including liddie Iuard. Stephen Iirost and I.in Savage by Mark Allan and Iiaye Norman.

HANOVER FINE ARTS

22a Dundas Street. 556 2 l 8 I. Mon Fri l0.30am - (ipm; Sat I0am-5 )lll.

15th International Festiva Exhibition l'ntil Sat 4 Sep. Paintings by over 40 artists from Scotland. Belgium. Bt'a/il. ('hina. (iermany. Rtissia. l'kraine and the ISA. The Himalayas Revisited l'ntil Sat 4 Sep. Oils and watercolours of the flora and landscapes of Nepal by Roger Banks.

HAWKINS AND HAWKINS

() Atholl Crescent. 22‘) 2828. Mon Sat l0am—5pm.

Songs Of Volatility Until Tue 24 Aug. Monotype and word drawings by Patrick Jones.

HOLYROOD ART CLUB

The ('andlish Ilall. first floor. St (ieorge's West. Shandwick Place. Mon—‘Sat mam-6.30pm.

Art Exhibition and Sale Of Paintings Until Sat 28 Aug. A selling exhibition of arts and crafts.

INGLEBY GALLERY

(i (‘arlton Terrace. 556 444 l. Mon-Sat I0am—5pm.

Callum Innes and Patrick Heron Until

' Sat l I Sep. The international artist

(‘allum Innes who is based in Iitlinburgh exhibits new paintings in a rare showing

of his work on home ground. Innes has

been nominated for major art prizes including the Turner and Jerwood. and last year. he was the winner of the prestigious 1126.000 Nat West Prize for Painting. Showing alongside Innes is a tribute to Patrick Heron who died earlier in the year. Art important figure in the development of host-war abstract art. this

exhibition features eleven coloured

etchings which Heron completed iii March this year. See review and 5la (ieorge Street listing.

INHOUSE

28 Howe Street. 225 2888. Mon—Sat 9.30am—(ipm; Sttn noon—5pm (22 & 2‘) Aug only).

E Bye Bye Until Sat 4 Sep. As we enter the

new millennium. an exhibition of 20th century design fcatttring work by (‘harles Rennie Mackintosh. Frank Lloyd Wright. Philippe Starck and littore Sottsass.

INK TANK

28 St Stephen Street. 226 54-19. Mon—Fri 9.30am—(ipm; Sat & Stilt by appointment. Landscapes Fri I3 Aug—Fri I Get. Photographs by Dave More tracing the route of Edinburgh‘s Water of Leith.

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(in (‘umberland Street. 558 9872. Mon-I-ri I0am» (Hm; Sat l0am 4pm. Master Printmalting From Europe And America l'ntil Sat I8 Sep. Prints by Andy \Varhol. Jim Dine. Picasso. Matisse and Bonnard.

KINGFISHER GALLERY

5 Northumberland Street Lane. 557 545-1. Daily llam 4.30pm.

Margaret Ballantyne t‘ntil Fri 3 Sep. Recent paintings of trayels to Venice. Portugal. Madeira and the Scottish coast

by Margaret Ballantyne.

Caroline Da Talavera Until Fri 3 Sep. Silver jewellery from IVIexico.

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EDITH SIMON G A L L E R Y

11 Grosvenor Crescent Tel & Fax 337 4640 website: edith-simon.com e-mail: edithsimon@cableinet.co.uk

her 1999 Festival Exhibition ART@EdithSimon.HOME

Pictures Sculpture Graphics AND the Artist in her studio.

9-29 August 1999

10.30am—6pm daily not Suns. Admission free

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Flesh + Stone (9......) Building a Scottish Identity

A dynomrc exhibrlion ol contemporary Scottish; orchrtecture wrth models, photographs, drawrngs, and 3 Video vox pops stWIng CIVIC educononol, CUllUlOl 0nd leisure bUrldrngs ogotnst on historrcol bockground

Il,l3,l8ond 20 August, 5.30pm-7pm

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