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Sylvia Grace Borda: Camera Histories Until Sun 2 Feb. Images incorporating images of cameras from online auction sites, by Canadian-born artist concerned with modernism and the creation of value.
■ TRAMWAY 25 Albert Drive, 0845 330 3501. Tue–Fri noon–5pm; Sat & Sun noon–6pm, but individual installation and performance times may vary. Gallery closed Sun 22 Dec–Thu 2 Jan. House Style Until Sun 19 Jan. New work and historic material responding to a film programme sourced from the archive of the BFI, considering how issues of identity, status and style can be understood through objects, in an exhibition curated by Panel. LAST CHANCE Lucy Skaer: Exit, Voice and Loyalty Until Sun 15 Dec. New sculptural work engaging with notions of history, using heavy ‘sinker’ mahogany recovered from rivers in Belize, precious metals and the stone steps from the house where the artist grew up. LAST CHANCE Release: The Koestler Exhibition for Scotland Until Sun 15 Dec. Art and writing selected for the 2013 Koestler Awards from work produced in prisons and other secure settings in Scotland and curated by young care leavers. ■ VENEER GALLERY 1184 Argyll Street, 07799 638879. Opening hours vary, see individual exhibitions for details. LAST CHANCE Martin Oates Until Tue 24 Dec. Daily 10am–6pm. Paintings and prints by the Glasgow artist.
EDINBURGH ■ ALPHA ART GALLERY
52 Hamilton Place, Stockbridge, 226 3066. Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri & Sat 11am–5pm; Sun noon–4pm; closed Wed. LAST CHANCE Christmas Exhibition Until Mon 23 Dec. New work by Sheila Fowler, Julie Barnes, Graeme Sharp, Julie Vernon, Joe O’Brien, Daniel Campbell, Joanna Powell and others. ■ ARUSHA GALLERY 25 Palmerston Place, 07814 189018. Mon–Sat 10am–5pm; Sun noon–4pm. Individual exhibition times may vary. LAST CHANCE Then They Appear: Dreams in White Until Sun 15 Dec. Group exhibition by Russian, Scottish and Estonian artists with a theme of the changing of the seasons.
■ BON PAPILLON 15 Howe Street, 538 2505. Wed–Sun 9am–5pm. Gallery closed Mon 23 Dec– Wed 8 Jan. LAST CHANCE Ingrid Nilsson Until Sun 22 Dec. Illustrative paintings from the resident artist. ■ BOURNE FINE ART 6 Dundas Street, 557 4050. Mon–Fri 10am–6pm; Sat 11am–2pm. Gallery closed Wed 25 Dec–Fri 3 Jan, open Tue 24 Dec 10am–2pm. LAST CHANCE JD Fergusson Until Mon 23 Dec. Images by the renowned Scottish Colourist.
■ CITY ART CENTRE 2 Market Street, 529 3993. Mon–Sat 10am–5pm; Sun noon–5pm. Gallery closed Wed 25 & Thu 26 Dec and Wed 1 & Thu 2 Jan. Citizen Curator Until Fri 28 Feb. A visual celebration of Leith and its heritage, featuring works chosen by local people and created by them.
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SELECTED More than 30 Scottish designers and makers working with materials including wood, metal, ceramics, glass and silver present their work across all three of the Dovecot’s gallery spaces. All the exhibited work is for sale, and the show is accompanied by a series of ‘Meet the Maker’ events. ■ Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh, until Sat 21 Dec.
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