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■ BOURNE FINE ART 6 Dundas Street, 557 4050. Mon–Fri 10am–6pm; Sat 11am–2pm. FREE Works on Paper Mon 5–Sat 24 Mar. Works on paper from a broad selection of Scottish artists, including Sir David Wilkie, George Henry, Anne Redpath, Joan Eardley and William Wilson. ■ HENDERSON’S VEGETARIAN RESTAURANT 94 Hanover Street, 225 2131. Mon–Sat 8am–10pm. FREE The Unspoken Passage of a Spruce Tree Until Tue 10 Apr. The results of the Growth project, which saw discarded spruce trees collected from the streets of Edinburgh and catalogue.
■ CAMEO CINEMA BAR 38 Home Street, 0871 902 5723. Daily 11am–11pm. FREE Eddscape Tue 6 Mar–Tue 10 Apr. An exhibition of fictional film posters inspired by iconic landmarks in Edinburgh and elsewhere. ■ CITY ART CENTRE 2 Market Street, 529 3993. Mon–Sat 10am–5pm; Sun noon–5pm. FREE Recent Acquisitions Until Sun 4 Mar. A selection of recently acquired artworks in the Centre’s collection.
■ COLLECTIVE GALLERY 22–28 Cockburn Street, 220 1260. Tue–Sun 11am–5pm. FREE Sun Xun: Undefined Revolution Sat 3 Mar–Sun 8 Apr. The first solo exhibition in Scotland by this Chinese artist, who shows wall-based work accompanied by his own animations. ■ DANISH CULTURAL INSTITUTE 3 Doune Terrace, 225 7189. Mon–Fri 9am–4pm (Fri until 3pm). FREE Søren Solkær Starbird Until Sun 29 Apr. Portraits by the Danish photographer, including shots of David Lynch, Amy Winehouse, The White Stripes, PJ Harvey, Bjørk and Paul McCartney.
■ EDINBURGH COLLEGE OF ART 74 Lauriston Place, 221 6000. Mon–Fri 10am–5pm; Sat & Sun 10am–2pm. FREE 49 Fri 2–Thu 8 Mar. New work by Edinburgh College of Art’s third year painting students.
■ EDINBURGH PRINTMAKERS 23 Union Street, 557 2479. Tue–Sat 10am–6pm. FREE Kirsty Whiten: Breeder Badlands Until Sat 10 Mar. Works on canvas and lithographs dealing with the complexities of the family unit. FREE New Print Generation Sat 24 Mar–Mon 30 Apr. Innovative prints from recent art school graduates Patrizio Belcampo, Sarah Diver, Lyndsay Gauld, Elizabeth Hardman, Rachel Maclean, Francesca Miller. ■ EMBASSY 10b Broughton Street Lane, embassygallery.org Thu–Sun noon–6pm. FREE twice, again Until Tue 6 Mar. A group show by artists using various sources to create an identity that’s neither unanimous nor individualised.
■ FILMHOUSE CAFÉ BAR 88 Lothian Road, 228 2688. Daily 11am–11pm. FREE Wild at Heart and Weird on Top Until Mon 5 Mar. Movie posters by ECA School of Design students for the films in Filmhouse’s Lynch retrospective.
■ FRUITMARKET GALLERY 45 Market Street, 225 2383. Mon–Sat 11am–6pm; Sun noon–5pm.
✽✽ FREE Anna Barriball ●●●●● Until Sun 1 Apr. Work from the English artist blurring the boundaries between drawing and sculpture.
■ HENDERSON’S @ ST JOHN’S St John’s Terrace, 3 Lothian Road, 229 0212. Daily 10am–4.30pm. FREE Hannah Carpenter: In The Movies Until Fri 2 Mar. Illustration inspired by iconic costume from the worlds of film and celebrity.
■ THE HOT FURNITURE CO. 25 Jeffrey Street, 558 3344. Tue–Sat 11am–4pm. FREE Fire and Ice Until Sat 31 Mar. Photography by John Reiach, taken over the past 20 years and reflecting his interests in landscape, architecture and people.
■ INC TANK GALLERY 11b Gayfield Square, 556 8511. Tue–Fri 10am–6pm; Sat 11am–5pm. FREE Chris Park: Dualism Fri 2–Fri 30 Mar. Portraits of Scottish poets, juxtaposed with their poems. ■ INGLEBY GALLERY 15 Calton Road, 556 4441. Mon–Sat 10am–6pm. FREE Andrew Miller Until Sat 10 Mar. Miller works in a variety of media to gain an understanding of the ambiguity between notions of form and function. FREE Billboard for Edinburgh: Ruth Ewan Until Tue 24 Apr. Ingleby’s latest public art project is inspired by the artist’s research into the Socialist Sunday School movement. FREE Roger Ackling ●●●●● Until Sat 21 Apr. Roger Ackling makes objects by focusing the sun’s rays through a magnifying glass and burning patterns of dots onto found objects, in this case items from his garden shed. See review, page 120. FREE Alec Finlay Sat 17 Mar–Sat 21 Apr. Alec Finlay is an artist, poet and publisher who uses art and text to create experiential works that reflect on our relationship with nature.
■ INLINGUA EDINBURGH 40 Shandwick Place, 220 5119. Mon–Thu 9am–8pm; Fri 9am–6pm. FREE Ever Dundas Until Fri 9 Mar. Exhibition of photographs (some found and some manipulated) on themes of time, memory and storytelling.
■ INVERLEITH HOUSE Royal Botanic Garden, Arboretum Place/Inverleith Row, 248 2971. Tue–Sun 10am–5.30pm.
✽✽ FREE Luke Fowler ●●●●● Until Sun 29 Apr. New work by
Glasgow artist who won the 2008 Derek Jarman Award for his innovative video pieces. See review, page 120. ■ MORNINGSIDE GALLERY 94 Morningside Road, 447 3041. Mon & Wed–Sat 10am–6pm; Sun 11.30am–5pm. FREE Morningside Masters Sat 17 Mar–Sat 7 Apr. The Morningside Gallery adds some prestigious names for this spring exhibition, featuring works by John Bellany, Peter Howson, Stephen Mangan, Marion Drummond and Stephen Carruthers, and introducing artists Javier Mulio, Charles Simpson, and Michael Hyam.
■ OLD AMBULANCE DEPOT 77 Brunswick Street. FREE Floss: Inaugural Pursuit Sat 24 & Sun 25 Mar, 11am–6pm. A collective of young artists from Edinburgh College of Art presents work in multiple disciplines, including painting, sculpture, photography, video and performance. ■ OPEN EYE GALLERY 34 Abercromby Place, 557 1020. Mon–Fri 10am–6pm; Sat 10am–4pm. FREE Alistair Grant RSW 1925- 1997 Until Tue 27 Mar. Experimental work by the former Head of
Printmaking at the Royal College of Art. FREE Barry McGlashan Until Tue 6 Mar. Paintings and drawings on personal themes by Aberdeen artist. FREE Primavera Until Sat 24 Mar. Spring-themed jewellery by artists including Sue Gregor, Caroline Temple and Sarah Packington. FREE Glen Scouller RSW RGI Mon 12–Tue 27 Mar. Still lifes and landscapes from Glasgow artist. FREE Ruth Nicol: Traversed Mon 12–Tue 27 Mar. Urban landscape paintings from ECA graduate Nicol. ■ PATRIOTHALL GALLERY WASPS Patriothall Studios, off 48 Hamilton Place, 226 7126. FREE Paper Page Process Until Tue 6 Mar, daily noon–6pm. A celebration of the book as an art form.
■ PULP FICTION 43 Bread Street, 229 4444. FREE Hardcore Doodling Meets Art Nouveau Fri 16 Mar, 6.30–8.30pm. The first in a series of arty soirées at new genre bookshop Pulp Fiction. See work old and new by pen- and-ink sketcher Fiorella Modolo, including an Art Nouveau series inspired by Aubrey Beardsley. ■ THE QUEEN’S GALLERY Palace of Holyroodhouse, 556 5100. Daily 9.30am–4.30pm. Treasures from the Queen’s Palaces Fri 16 Mar–Sun 4 Nov. £6 (£5.50; under 17s £3; under 5s free; family £15.50). Works from the Royal Collection in an exhibition reflecting the tastes of different members of the royal family over the centuries, in honour of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. Among the artists featured are Rembrandt, Canaletto, Monet, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael, Holbein and Fabergé.
■ RED DOOR GALLERY 42 Victoria Street, 477 3255. Mon–Fri 12.30–5.30pm; Sat 11am–5.30pm; Sun noon–5pm. FREE The March Hare Heir Until Sun 25 Mar. Animal-themed arts and crafts.
■ RHUBABA STUDIO 25 Arthur Street, rhubaba.wordpress.com Fri–Sun noon–5pm. FREE A Chance Encounter Between an Umbrella and a Sewing Machine Until Sun 4 Mar. New work by Sheffield artist James Clarkson combining disparate objects and images to create art-historical references.
■ ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY The Mound, 225 6671. Mon–Sat 10am–5pm; Sun noon–5pm. NB certain exhibitions are open Mon only. FREE Visual Arts Scotland Annual Open Exhibition Until Thu 1 Mar. Exhibition composed of open submissions from artists in all disciplines, with a strong programme of sculpture from invited artists Jessica Harrison and Andrea Geile. FREE Muse: A Search for Beauty Mon 5 Mar only, 10am–5pm. Pictures of women by male painters from the Academy’s collections, from the late 18th century to the early 21st century. RSA New Contemporaries Sat 17 Mar–Wed 11 Apr. £4 (£2). Work commissioned by the RSA from fine art and architecture graduates from the 2011 degree shows. ■ SCOTLANDART.COM 2 St Stephen Place, 225 6257. Wed–Fri 10.30am–5.30pm; Sat 10am–5.30pm; Sun noon–5pm. FREE Jack Frame Until Sat 31 Mar. Paintings and drawings by the immensely popular Chatham-born but Glasgow-schooled artist.
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■ THE SCOTTISH GALLERY 16 Dundas Street, 558 1200. Mon–Fri 10am–6pm; Sat 10am–4pm. FREE Adrian Hope & Linda Lewin Until Sat 3 Mar. Handmade jewellery and cups and vases in silver. FREE Matthew Blakely: Woodfired Pots Until Sat 3 Mar. Stoneware pots that have been wood-fired in an attempt to capture the characteristics of plasticity in a hard and durable form. FREE Painters in Parallel: William Johnstone & William Gillies Until Sat 3 Mar. A look at two major 20th- century Scottish artists. FREE Dylan Bowen Wed 7–Sat 31 Mar. Wheel-thrown and hand-built decorated earthenware. FREE Marianne Anderson Wed 7–Sat 31 Mar. Showcase for this GSA- trained jeweller. FREE Robert Macmillan Wed 7–Sat 31 Mar. Landscape paintings inspired by the artist’s obsession with finding light in dark places. FREE Twelve Royal Academicians in Edinburgh Wed 7–Sat 31 Mar. Works by Norman Ackroyd, Gillian Ayres, Elizabeth Blackadder, Maurice Cockrill, Eileen Cooper, Fred Cuming, Mary Fedden, Ken Howard, John Hoyland, Bryan Kneale, David Mach and Chris Orr. ■ SCOTTISH NATIONAL GALLERY The Mound, 624 6200. Daily 10am–5pm (Thu until 7pm). Stationed at the foot of the mound, this building was designed by William Henry Playfair in 1850 to be a ‘temple erected to the Fine Arts’. Since its completion the National Gallery has been home to some of the world's finest Western art ranging from the Middle Ages to the present day, with both Scottish and internationally regarded European art, including works by Titian, Raphael, Rembrandt and Poussin. FREE Red Chalk: Raphael to Ramsay Until Sun 10 Jun. Exhibition exploring this versatile and striking medium, featuring works by Peter Paul Rubens, Salvator Rosa, Jean-Antoine Watteau, Francois Boucher and David Allan, among others.
■ SCOTTISH NATIONAL GALLERY OF MODERN ART ONE 75 Belford Road, 624 6200. Daily 10am–5pm. Standing opposite Modern Two (formerly Dean Gallery), the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art One is fronted by the giant Landform sculpture by Charles Jencks, a stepped, serpentin mound reflected in three crescent-shaped pools of water. Inside the gallery, which has a striking neo-classical façade that fits perfectly with Edinburgh’s ‘Athens of the North’ tag, are works by artists such as Picasso, Andy Warhol and Lucian Freud, in frequently changing displays. The popular gallery café more than doubles its capacity in summer months by setting up outdoor seating. FREE Sol LeWitt, Wall Drawing #1136, 2004 Until Sun 6 May. A huge, vibrant and colourful abstract painting which is painted directly onto the gallery wall and therefore only exists for the duration of its exhibition.
✽✽ FREE The Sculpture Show ●●●●● Until Sun 24 Jun. A major new exhibition including Rodin, Degas, Hepworth, Moore, Giacometti, Duchamp, Hirst, Lucas and others.
■ SCOTTISH NATIONAL GALLERY OF MODERN ART TWO 73 Belford Road, 624 6200. Daily 10am–5pm. Opened in 1999 in a former orphanage, the Scottish National Galleries' second modern art gallery, formerly known as the Dean Gallery, stands across the road from its partner, just outside Edinburgh’s Dean Village. 1–29 Mar 2012 THE LIST 123