Edinburgh
I CITY ART CENTRE
2 Market Street. 529 3993. Mon—Sat 10am—5pm; Sun noon—5pm. Showstoppers Until Sat 10 Sep. The City Art Centre celebrates its 25th anniversary with a selection of its best works from the permanent collection. Looking Both Ways: Art of the Contemporary African Diaspora .0” Until Sun 1 1 Sep. The work of 12 African-bom contemporary artists now living in Western countries. Identity. nationalism and memory are explored by Ghada Amer. Kendell Geers. Wanhechi Mutu. Yinka Shonibare among others. LAST CHANCE TO SEE.
Bibliotheca Alexandrina Until Sun 11 Sep. The story of the massive international collaboration that led to the building of Bibliotheca Alexandria which houses a huge collection of books and rare manuscripts from the area. LAST CHANCE TO SEE.
I EDINBURGH PRINTMAKERS 23 Union Street. 557 2479. Tue—Sat 10am—6pm.
Practice and Process - a CEL Scotland Exhibition “0 Until Sat 17 Sep. Latest multiples by some of Scotland's leading artists including Martin Boyce. Katy Dove. Graham Fagen. Kenny Hunter. Callum lnnes. David Sherry and Alan Shipway. LAST CHANCE TO SEE.
I FRUITMARKET GALLERY
45 Market Street. 225 2383. Mon—Sat 1 1am—6pm; Sun noon—5pm.
Cal Ono-Giana: Lite Beneath the Shadow “0 Until Sun 25 Sep.
Site-specific artwork commissions within the Fruitmarket. an off-site installation to
mark the Edinburgh Art Festival and collaborative presentation of portraits and death masks at the Scottish National
Portrait Gallery by this hugely significant
international artist. He will be exploring the realm of ghosts and non-bodily forces. linking his interest in the underworld of spirits with Edinburgh‘s history of netherworld activity.
I COLLECTIVE GALLERY
22—28 Cockbum Street. 220 1260. Tue—Sat noon—5pm.
Daria Martin - Man and Mask 0.” Until Sat 24 Sep. One of the shortlisted artists in Beck's Futures this year. Martin returns to Scotland with a solo show. featuring a new 16mm film. ‘Man and Mask‘.
Hero of TWO Worlds Until Sat 24 Sep. Project Room. First solo show from Kate Owens using cheap materials to reproduce historic feats of artistry.
I DEAN GALLERY
73 Belford Road. 624 6200. Daily 10am—5pm.
Surrealism in Britain Until Sun 18 Sep. A display drawing on collections of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art. following the growth of the British Surrealism movement in the late 30s and 40s through paintings. drawings. photographs. objects and printed ephemera. * Henri Cartier-Bresson eeee Until Sun 23 Oct. £5 (£3.50). Comprehensive retrospective. organised by the Cartier-Bresson Foundation in Paris. featuring more than 200 of the great photographer‘s work. This is the only UK venue for the world tour. See review. page 90 and Hitlist.
Paoloui of the Month Thu 22 Sep. l2.45—1.30pm. Each week Daniel Herrman. the Paolozzi curator. will give a talk on a different work in the exhibition.
I EDINBURGH COLLEGE OF ART 74 Lauriston Place. 221 6000. Mon—Thu 10am—8pm; Fri—Sat 10am—2pm.
* Jannis Kounellis eeeee Until Sun 18 Sep. First ever exhibition in Scotland of this Greek artist. in collaboration with the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art. See review. page 89 and Hitlist.
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I NATIONAL GALLERY OF MODERN ART
75 Belford Road. 624 6200. Daily 10am—5pm.
Jon Schueler: The Sound of Sleat Until Sun 5 Mar. A display of work celebrating the American Abstract
Expressionist painter who set up a studio
in Mallaig. on the Sound of Sleat. * Jannis Kounellis: Works 1959-2005 eeeee Until Sun 8 Jan.
First retrospective in Scotland of work by
this key figure of post-war Italian artist who was closely involved with the arte povera movement. His major new installation can be seen at Edinburgh College of An. See review. page 89 and Hitlist.
I NATIONAL GALLERY OF SCOTLAND
The Mound. 624 6200. Mon—Wed & Fri—Sun 10am-5pm; Thu 10am—7pm. Gauguin’s Vision eee Until Sun 2 Oct. Royal Academy Building. Taking Gauguin‘s wonderful ‘Vision of the
Sermon' as a starting point. this exhibition
brings together 84 works by Gauguin and his immediate mentors such as Edgar Degas and Camille Pissarro. artists who be admired such as Paul Cézanne and Gustave Moreau. and his younger contemporaries and followers. including Emile Bernard. Louis Anquetin. Paul Sérusier and Maurice Denis.
I NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY
1 Queen Street. 624 6200. Mon—Wed & Fri—Sun 10am—5pm; Thu 10am—7pm. New Acquisitions of Photography Until Sun 11 Sep. Includes photographs by Stewart Lockhart from Imperial China. pictures of Skye by mountaineer and photographer GP Abraham and
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Philip Reeves: Primary Three with Black, etching and aquatint, paper size 59 x 73cm. framed £600 unframed ($20
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Gallery I Philip Reeves Recent Paintings 8: Prints Gallery II Jila Peacock Ten Poems from Hafez Gallery III Bronwen Sleigh Natural Progression
2nd September - 15th October 2005 Open :Tues - Sat 10am - 5.30pm
Glasgow Print Studio,
25 King Street. Glasgow G1 SQP Telephone : +44(0)141 552 0704 www.gpsart.co.uk email :gallery@gpsart.co.uk Admission Free Wheelchair access by arrangement
abstract prints by Paul Kenny. who uses materials such as seaweed and saltwater to develop his photographs.
Cal Guo-Giang: Ghosts Until Sun 1 1 Sep. Gunpowder portraits by the New York-based Chinese artist whose main body of work is on show at the Fruitmarket Gallery.
The Healing Touch Until Sun 27 Nov. Exhibition charting key periods in learning. training and teaching in medicine and portraits of the pioneers by Ramsay. Reynolds and Zoffany to coincide with the Royal College of Surgeons quincentenary celebrations. End to End Until Sun 11 Sep. Daniel Reeves explores themes of resurrection and metamorphosis in digital printing — inspired by sources such as Hieronymous Bosch. Stanley Spencer and Lithuanian poet. Czeslaw Milosz.
I THE QUEEN’S GALLERY Palace of Holyroodhouse. 556 51(X). Daily 9.30am—5pm. £5 (£3—£4); family ticket £13.
Watercolours and Drawings from the Collection of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Until Sun 25 Sep. First exhibition of 73 watercolours and drawings from the Queen Mum‘s collection. And we thought she just drank gin and bet on the horsics all day.
I RIAS GALLERY 15 Rutland Square. 229 7545. Mon—Fri 9am—5pm.
Parallel Journeys Until Fri 3() Sep. Glass. painting. photography and jeweller by chrsti Kaasen Elvevold. winner of this year‘s RlAS award.
I ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN Inverleitb House. 552 7171. Tue—Sun 10am—5.30pm.
lan Hamilton Finlay - Sentences .0... Until Sun 23 Oct. Sentences composed by Finlay while working in
Visual Art
his garden at Little Sparta. chosen by
the artist and painted by his collaborator Les Edge in shades of
blue. green. red and grey — they
express ideas and feelings about
gardens. friendship. weather. culture and nature
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Royal Botanic Gardens. Arboretum Place. 248 2983.
Little Sparta Visits Sat 10 Sep. 12.45—6pm. £12 (£8). To celebrate the
80th birthday of Ian Hamilton Finlay
special buses are running to his garden. Little Sparta. in the Pentland Hills. Departure is from outside the west gate
; of the Royal Botanic Garden. returning
via the Scottish Poetry Library and
lngleby Gallery. LAST CHANCE TO GO.
and Tsarina «O Oct. £5 (£4). The story of Tsar Nicholas
I ROYAL MUSEUM
2 Chambers Street. 247 4219/4422. Mon & Wed—Sat 10am—5pm: Tue 10am—8pm; Sun noon—5pm. Free. Nicholas and Alexandra, the Tsar Until Sun 30
11 and his wife. the Empress Alexandra — the last royal family of Russia — told ‘ through court costumes. icons from the
collections of the state Hermitage
museum. St Petersburg and objets d'art ' by Faberge. See review. page 89.
Jerwood Applied Arts Prize 2004 3 Until Sun 18 Sep. A Crafts Council
. touring exhibition. featuring work by Jerwood winners including Barber
Osgerbyb‘s ‘Loop Tablc‘. a self- consuming barbecue by Jim Partridge and ‘Mirror Balls‘ by Tom Dixon.
5 RE:iresh Until Sun 2 Oct. Eighteen new acquisitions go on show. including
a bracelet made of recycled tomato tins and a silver brooch in the shape of a Ferrari.
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