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NEW Teenage Cancer Trust Art Exhibition Sat 22 Feb–Sun 2 Mar. Mon–Fri 10am–8pm; Sat & Sun 9am–6pm. Over 50 paintings, photographs, jewellery and more donated by up-and-coming and well-established artists in an exhibition organised by a 20-year-old cancer patient. Proceeds go to the Teenage Cancer Trust. ■ SMITHY GALLERY 74 Glasgow Road, Blanefield, 01360 770551. Tue–Sat 11am–5pm; Sun 1–5pm. LAST CHANCE The Affordable Art Show Until Sun 23 Feb. Work by gallery artists, all on sale for £500 or less.
■ STREET LEVEL PHOTOWORKS Trongate 103, 552 2151. Tue–Sat 10am–5pm; Sun noon–5pm.
✽Helga Paris: Fotografie Until Sun 30 Mar. Work by distinguished
German photographer known for her compassionate images of everyday life in the former East Germany. See preview, page 97.
■ TRAMWAY 25 Albert Drive, 0845 330 3501. Building open: Tue–Sat 10am–8pm, Sun noon–6pm; Exhibitions open: Tue–Fri noon–5pm; Sat & Sun noon–6pm.
✽LAST CHANCE Sarah Lucas Until Sun 16 Mar. The first substantial
exhibition of Sarah Lucas’ work in Scotland, this exhibition features key works from 20 years of practice.
■ THE VIRGINIA GALLERY 45 Virginia Street, 552 5699. Tue–Sat 11am–5.30pm. NEW Hazel Gore and Catriona Ruth Paterson: Her Story Sat 8–Fri 28 Mar. Images of women by Glasgow- based artists. EDINBURGH
■ ALPHA ART GALLERY 52 Hamilton Place, Stockbridge, 226 3066. Mon, Tue, Thu–Sat 11am–5pm; Sun noon–4pm; Closed Wed. LAST CHANCE Mixed Exhibition Until Fri 28 Feb. Paintings from gallery artists.
■ BON PAPILLON 15 Howe Street, 538 2505. Wed–Sun 9am–5pm. NEW Aileen Grant and Rona MacLean: No Woman is an Island Sat 8–Sun 30 Mar. New paintings, drawings and prints by Scottish artists. ■ CITY ART CENTRE 2 Market Street, 529 3993. Mon–Sat 10am–5pm; Sun noon–5pm. LAST CHANCE Citizen Curator Until Fri 28 Feb. A visual celebration of Leith and its heritage, featuring works chosen by local people and created by them. LAST CHANCE Walter Geikie Until Fri 28 Feb. Paintings, drawings and prints from the deaf artist (1795–1837).
■ COLLECTIVE GALLERY City Observatory & Dome, 38 Calton Hill, 556 1264. Tue–Sun 10am–4pm. LAST CHANCE Catrin Jeans: Recreationally Surviving – The Great Outside Until Sun 16 Mar. Installation of a staged wilderness inside the gallery, where visitors can have their pictures taken and take part in survival activities. LAST CHANCE Bertille Bak: Factish Field | Project 2 Until Sun 2 Mar. Work by Paris-based artist who explores communities’ ways of dealing with change and disruption. The exhibition consists of her film Faire le mur about the town of Barlin in northern France, and a selection of tapestries connected with it. NEW David Osbaldeston Sat 15 Mar–Sun 27 Apr. Work by Manchester- based artist concerned with processes of communication. 100 THE LIST 20 Feb–20 Mar 2014
■ CREATIVE EXCHANGE 29 Constitution Street, Leith, 553 4777. Daily 7am–10pm but individual exhibitions may vary. LAST CHANCE La Vie Parisienne Until Fri 28 Feb. Images of Paris by Edinburgh College students. ■ DOUBTFIRE GALLERY 3 South East Circus Place, 225 6540. Mon–Sat 10am–5pm. LAST CHANCE I Love Art – Mixed Exhibition Until Wed 26 Feb. Work by gallery artists.
■ DOVECOT STUDIOS 10 Infirmary Street, 550 3660. Mon– Sat 10.30am–5.30pm but individual exhibitions may vary. Broad Horizons: Dovecot Polymaths Until Sat 22 Mar. Works produced by artists who have collaborated with Dovecot, including Alasdair Gray, John Byrne, Patrick Caulfield, David Poston and Alexander McCall Smith.
■ THE EDINBURGH GALLERY 20a Dundas Street, 557 5002. Mon, Tue, Thu & Fri 11am–5pm; Sat 10am–1pm; closed Wed & Sun. NEW Spring Exhibition Sat 8 Mar–Sat 3 May. Paintings by gallery artists Margaret Ballantyne, Marion Drummond, Josephine Graham, Mairi Scott and Robert John Macmillan. ■ EDINBURGH PRINTMAKERS 23 Union Street, 557 2479. Tue–Sat 10am–6pm. LAST CHANCE Mary Modeen: The Absolutely Other Until Sat 15 Mar. New prints from works inspired by memory and landscape.
■ FRUITMARKET GALLERY 45 Market Street, 225 2383. Mon–Sat 11am–6pm; Sun noon–5pm.
✽LAST CHANCE Louise Bourgeois: I Give Everything Away Until Sun 23 Feb. Drawings and prints from the legendary French artist and sculptor, taken from her prolific late period.
✽NEW Tania Kovats: Oceans Sat 15 Mar–Sun 25 May. A major exhibition in preparation since 2012, featuring previous work by Kovats as well as a major new work, All the Seas, which consists of bottled samples of water from all the seas of the world, collected by volunteers across the planet and sent to the gallery. See preview, page 102.
■ GALLERY SEVENTEEN 17 Dundas Street, 558 1108. Daily 9am–5.30pm. LAST CHANCE Royal Blind Week Art Exhibition and Sale Until Sun 2 Mar. Fine art sale in aid of charity Royal Blind, with artworks from Jolomo, Peter Howson, Marion Drummond and Jonathan Freemantle and more.
■ GALLERY TEN 10 Stafford Street, galleryten.co.uk Tue– Sat 10.30am–5.30pm. LAST CHANCE Harley Brothers: A Lithographic Legacy Until Sat 15 Mar. In the 1950s, Harley Brothers was a commercial lithographic firm which began a collaboration with noted artists such as John Piper, Anne Redpath, Elizabeth Blackadder and others. ■ INGLEBY GALLERY 15 Calton Road, 556 4441. Mon–Sat 10am–6pm. LAST CHANCE Ellsworth Kelly Until Sat 22 Feb. Prints from the veteran colour field artist, one of the giants of postwar American art. LAST CHANCE Jonathan Owen Sat 1 Mar–Sat 19 Apr. Modified pictures and found marble sculptures by the Edinburgh-based artist, in which part of the original work is carefully erased or removed. See preview, page 97.
■ INTERVIEWROOM 11 Forest Centre +, 38 Castle Terrace, interviewroom11.tumblr.com Wed–Fri 2–7pm; Sat 11am–2pm. LAST CHANCE Derek Sutherland: Waste Until Sat 22 Feb. Installation from the Edinburgh-based artist.
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RSA NEW CONTEMPORARIES The Royal Scottish Academy’s annual exhibition showcases their pick of last year’s work from the Scottish degree shows, displayed across all 13 of the gallery’s spaces. This year, one of the graduates will also be awarded £10,000 and be mentored by the curator Susannah Beaumont as part of the Fleming-Wyfold Foundation’s first annual bursary. ■ Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, until Wed 12 Mar.
■ INVERLEITH HOUSE Royal Botanic Garden, Arboretum Place/ Inverleith Row, 248 2971. Tue–Sun 10am–4.30pm from Wed 1 Feb; Tue–Sun 10am–5.30pm from Sat 1 Mar. LAST CHANCE Alex Dordoy: persistencebeatsresistance Sat 1–Sun 30 Mar. Two large wall paintings, a sculpture and an installation by the London-based artist.
■ LEITH GALLERY 65 The Shore, Leith, 553 5255. Wed, Thu, Sat noon–5pm. LAST CHANCE Trevor Jones Until Sat 1 Mar. Paintings and drawings from the Edinburgh-based artist.
■ MCNAUGHTAN’S BOOKSHOP 3a & 4a Haddington Place, Leith Walk, 556 5897. Tue–Sat 11am–5pm. Philippa Drummond, Jenna Graham, Jo McIntosh: Journeys in Paper Until Fri 28 Mar. A new exhibition of artists’ books and works in paper. ■ MEDIA EDUCATION 183 Dalry Road, 313 8900. NEW SEEP: Fluidity in Body & Landscape Wed 26 Feb–Sat 1 Mar. 7.30–10pm. £3. Cachín Cachán Cachunga! celebrates its fifth anniversary with this exhibition of work by LGBT artists. Booking essential; tickets reserved via email: cachin@blissfultimes.ca. Part of LGBT History Month.
■ NATIONAL LIBRARY OF SCOTLAND George IV Bridge, 623 3734. Exhibition opening hours: Mon–Fri 10am–8pm; Sat 10am–5pm; Sun 2–5pm NEW Elizabeth Soutar Bookbinding Award Fri 21 Feb, 6–7pm. A display of the entries to the NLS’ annual bookbinding competition, open to crafters across Europe, and this year’s award ceremonies. Booking recommended.
■ NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SCOTLAND Chambers Street, 0300 123 6789. Daily 10am–5pm. LAST CHANCE Creative Spirit: Revealing Early Medieval Scotland Until Sun 23 Feb. A major exhibition revealing the creativity of Scotland in the early medieval period, including digital reconstructions of pieces that only exist in fragmentary form, as well as actual reconstructions by modern craftspeople of ancient artifacts, including a Pictish drinking horn and a bronze-and- iron hand bell. ■ OPEN EYE GALLERY 34 Abercromby Place, 557 1020. Mon–Fri 10am–6pm; Sat 10am–4pm. NEW Glen Scouller RSW RGI: Colonsay to Chamaret Fri 21 Feb– Wed 12 Mar. Landscapes from Glasgow artist, exploring the contrasts in light and colour between Scotland and France. NEW Lesley Strickland: Jewellery Fri 21 Feb–Wed 12 Mar. New jewellery inspired by natural forms made of silver and cellulose acetate. NEW Sophie Cook: Porcelain Fri 21 Feb–Fri 14 Mar. Hand-thrown ceramic pods, teardrops and bottles. NEW Willie Rodger RSA RGI: Studio Selection Fri 21 Feb–Wed 12 Mar. Paintings, drawings and prints spanning five decades from the veteran artist. NEW Alison Gautrey: Ceramics Mon 17 Mar–Wed 2 Apr. Spun porcelain bowls, handmade using techniques adapted from industry. NEW Anna King: New Landscapes Mon 17 Mar–Wed 2 Apr. Views of forests and dilapidated buildings, reflecting the artist’s interest in empty and feral spaces being reclaimed by nature. NEW Lucy Martin: Jewellery Mon 17 Mar–Wed 2 Apr. Handmade jewellery incorporating gemstones of differing textures. NEW Paul Furneaux: Inside: Outside Mon 17 Mar–Wed 2 Apr.