VisualArt
■ NATIONAL GALLERY OF SCOTLAND The Mound, 624 6200. Daily 10am–5pm (Thu until 7pm). FREE French Drawings Until Sun 1 May. The gallery’s collection of French drawings is more than a match for its impressive collection of paintings, including work by Poussin, Boucher, Ingres, Corot, Pissarro and Seurat as well as many lesser-known artists. FREE Portrait of the Nation ●●●●● Until Sun 4 Sep. A chance to get a taster of the planned environment of the currently-under-renovation Scottish National Portrait Gallery and some of the works that will be on show when it reopens its doors later this year. FREE The Artist Up Close Until Tue 7 Jun. Exhibition of selected pieces from the Gallery’s graphics collection that aims to make the artists behind the work the central focus of attention. The drawings and prints on show are either self-portraits or images created of the artists by others. Works on show will range from an 18th-century self-portrait of the young Allan Ramsay to portraits of contemporary Scottish artists. ■ OUT OF THE BLUE DRILL HALL 30–36 Dalmeny Street, Leith, 555 7100. Mon–Sat 10am–5pm. FREE Cumulus Mon 4–Fri 15 Apr. Mixed media work by ECA student Säde Foley inspired by water and the natural world.
■ PATRIOTHALL GALLERY WASPS Patriothall Studios, off 48 Hamilton Place, 226 7126. Tue–Sun noon–5pm. FREE Andrea Turner Until Wed 6 Apr. New paintings in oil and watercolour. FREE Kit Leffler: Second Nature Sat 23–Sat 30 Apr. Kit Leffler questions the natural and artificial through appropriation, alteration and manipulation of digital images, recalling the worlds of advertising and science fiction. ■ THE QUEEN’S GALLERY Palace of Holyroodhouse, 556 5100. Daily 9.30am–6pm. Marcus Adams: Royal Photographer Until Sun 5 Jun. £6 (£5.50; under 17s £3; under 5s free; family ticket £15.50). A large collection of photographs by Adams (1875–1959), who is credited with revolutionising the forms of royal portraiture, presenting the royal family in a new and unprecedented informal light. At the centre of the display is a group of photographs of the Queen and Princess Margaret as young girls in the 1920s and 1930s. See review, page 120.
■ ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY The Mound, 225 6671. Mon–Sat 10am–5pm; Sun noon–5pm RSA New Contemporaries Until Wed 13 Apr. £2 (£1). The 2011 RSA New Contemporaries exhibition showcases some 60 of the finest artists and architects selected from the 2010 Art and Architecture Degree Shows all over Scotland. The works exhibited are all by emerging Scottish talent in painting, sculpture, film making, photography, printmaking, architecture and installation, and most are for sale. FREE Folk, Yarn and Fancy Until Thu 16 Jun. Open Mon 10am–5pm only or by appointment. Exhibition of historical paintings depicting Scotland’s strong narrative history and folk storytelling heritage.
■ SCHOP 36 St Mary’s Street, www.schop.org.uk Mon–Fri 9am–5.30pm. FREE Richard Strachan – Re:alignment Until Fri 17 Jun. New paintings foregrounding the role of digital technology. 124 THE LIST 31 Mar–28 Apr 2011
Vive la Tapisserie 2! This visually-exciting exhibition of miniature tapestries by the art collective STAR pays homage to the French Gobelin tradition of dyeing and tapestry manufacture while also providing a flavour of the creativity and diversity in current practice in Scotland. The artists are all graduates of the tapestry department at Edinburgh College of Art and the exhibition demonstrates current fibre practice as well as the use of electronic media and installation in tapestry making, with all the work underpinned by a strong emphasis on drawing. A programme of events is scheduled to accompany Vive la Tapisserie 2! See www.ifecosse.org.uk for more information. ■ Institut Français d’Ecosse, Edinburgh, Fri 1–Sat 30 Apr.
■ SCOTLANDART.COM 2 St Stephen Place, 225 6257. Tue–Fri 10.30am–5.30pm; Sat 10am–5.30pm; Sun noon–5pm. FREE Caledonia Until Wed 20 Apr. A collection of new pieces celebrating the beauty of Scotland’s dramatic landscapes. FREE Through the Looking Glass Thu 7 Apr–Tue 10 May. New figurative paintings with a character- based/narrative theme, from Alan King, Margaretann Bennett, Alice McMurrough, Patsy McArthur, Christine Clark, Jonathan Hood, Stuart Sim and Alex Dewars. ■ THE SCOTTISH GALLERY 16 Dundas Street, 558 1200. Mon–Fri 10am–6pm; Sat 10am–4pm. FREE Geoff Uglow: Letters from Barra Until Fri 1 Apr. Monumental and atmospheric new paintings inspired by a six-week stay on the island of Barra. FREE Steven Appleby: Islands Until Fri 1 Apr. Illustration, publications, cartoons and animation from the quirky cartoonist.
■ SCOTTISH NATIONAL GALLERY OF MODERN ART 75 Belford Road, 624 6200. Daily 10am-5pm
✽✽ FREE Arist Rooms: Jeff Koons Until Sun 3 Jul. A major
grouping of Koons’ significant pieces in the Artist Rooms collection, pieces which typify the artist’s preoccupation with consumerism and taste.
■ SIERRA METRO Ground Floor North, 22 West Harbour Road, www.sierrametro.com
✽✽ FREE Jesper Carlsen: The Copenhagen Interpretation Sat
2 & Sun 3 Apr, noon–6pm. Video and animation in the first solo UK show by this Danish artist.
■ TALBOT RICE GALLERY University of Edinburgh, South Bridge, 650 2210. Tue–Sat 10am–5pm. FREE Rosemarie Trockel: Drawings, Collages and Book Drafts ●●●●● Until Sat 30 Apr. An exhibition created in collaboration with the Kunstmuseum Basel and Kunstmuseum Bonn showcasing a selection of the large body of paper graphic works produced by the artist over her 30-year career to date. ■ TRAVERSE BAR CAFÉ 10 Cambridge Street, 228 5383. Mon–Wed 11am–midnight; Thu–Sat 11am–1am. FREE Rock Trust Postcard Exhibition Until Sat 7 May. Large collection of postcard-sized art, featuring work by David Shrigley, Sally Pring, Raymond Osbourn, Stuart Duffin and Ken Pyrne and including selections from many other local and national artists.
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■ UNION GALLERY 45 Broughton Street, 556 7707. Mon–Sat 10.30am–6pm; Sun noon–6pm. Making Waves Until Mon 11 Apr. A group exhibition taking its inspiration from the coast. Including new work from Beth Robertson Fiddes, Dominique Cameron and Hazel Cashmore, along with the installation Sea of Souls by Czech artist Marcela Trsova. OUTSIDE THE CITIES
■ THE CHANGING ROOM Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, Stirling, 01786 274005. Tue–Sat 10am–6pm. FREE Smith/Stewart: What Have We Done? Until Sat 30 Apr. Stephanie Smith and Edward Stewart explore boundaries, power, acting and reality. ■ DUNDEE CONTEMPORARY ARTS 152 Nethergate, Dundee, 01382 909900. Tue, Wed, Fri & Sat 10.30am–5.30pm; Thu 10.30am–8.30pm; Sun noon–5.30pm. FREE Manfred Pernice: Déjà vu Until Sun 8 May. Installations reflecting on the relationship between art and human stories.
■ THE PARK GALLERY Callendar Park, Falkirk, 01324 503789. Mon–Sat 10am–5pm. FREE The Illustrators Until Mon 2 May. Work by contemporary illustrators of children’s books, curated by Julia Gruffalo Donaldson.