VISUAL ART performers, including Jimmy Carr, Matt Lucas, Time Vine and Stephen Fry. The Boards is open two hours before each show and entry can be gained by showing your performance or theatre tour ticket.
■ EDINBURGH PRINTMAKERS 23 Union Street, 557 2479. Tue–Sat 10am–6pm; closed Mon & Sun.
✽LAST CHANCE Nana Shiomi: Reverse: Universe Until Sat 1
Nov. Prints and other works in first solo exhibition in Scotland by this Japanese artist. See review, page 105. ■ EDS GALLERY 13A Great King Street, 556 0971. Opening times vary; see individual exhibitions for details. LAST CHANCE Auld Alliance Contemporary Exhibitions Until Sat 1 Nov. Tue–Sat 11am–6pm; closed Mon & Sun. A joint exhibition by Scottish and French artists. A companion exhibition is running concurrently at Institut Français d’Ecosse in Randolph Crescent. See review, page 105.
■ FLAUBERT GALLERY 74 St Stephen Street, 225 5007. Tue–Fri 10am–6pm; Sat & Sun 11am–5pm; closed Mon. LAST CHANCE Flaubert in Autumn Until Thu 30 Oct. A mixed show from gallery artists.
■ FRUITMARKET GALLERY 45 Market Street, 225 2383. Mon–Sat 11am–6pm; Sun noon–5pm. LAST CHANCE Jim Lambie Until Sun 19 Oct. A solo exhibition of the Glasgow-born installation artist and sculptor. Generation. NEW Stan Douglas Wed 29 Oct–Sun 18 Jan 2015. An overview of the work of major Canadian artist Stan Douglas. ■ THE GALLERY ON THE CORNER 34 Northumberland Street, 557 8969. Tue–Sat 11am–5pm; closed Sun & Mon. Forces Of Nature Until Sat 25 Oct. Work by artists who have experienced mental health problems. Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival.
■ GALLERY TEN 10 Stafford Street, galleryten.co.uk Tue– Sat 10.30am–5.30pm; closed Mon & Sun. LAST CHANCE New Artists & New Makers Until Sat 8 Nov. Prints from Rosemary Vanns and Jade Anderson; paintings by Alison Dickson and Laura Mullen; glass by Jonathan Rogers and jewellery from Rowena Park and Adele Taylor.
■ INGLEBY GALLERY 15 Calton Road, 556 4441. Mon–Sat 10am–6pm; closed Sun. LAST CHANCE Billboard for Edinburgh: Charles Avery Until Thu 30 Oct. Daily, 24hrs. The Ingleby’s 25th artist to take part in their art-for-all public installation is Charles Avery, with We Don’t Stay Here Because of Gravity.
✽Thomas Joshua Cooper: Scattered Waters – Sources,
Streams, Rivers Until Sat 29 Nov. Landscape photography by a master. See preview, page 110.
■ INSTITUT FRANÇAIS D’ECOSSE 13 Randolph Crescent, 225 5366. Mon– Fri 9.30am–6.30pm; Sat 9.30am–1pm; closed Sun. LAST CHANCE Auld Alliance Contemporary Exhibitions Until Sat 1 Nov. Work by Scottish and French artists. A companion exhibition is running concurrently in EDS Gallery in Great King Street. See review, page 105. ■ INTERVIEWROOM 11 Forest Centre +, 38 Castle Terrace, interviewroom11.tumblr.com Wed–Fri 2–7pm; Sat 11am–2pm; closed Sun–Tue, but individual exhibitions may vary.
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by John Bellany, Barbara Rae and Alberto Morrocco. LAST CHANCE Ruth Nicol: Three Rivers Meet Until Wed 29 Oct. Paintings inspired by Alexander Moffat’s painting Poet’s Pub, specifically the landscapes associated with the poets depicted in it. NEW Ben Risk: Field Work Mon 3–Tue 25 Nov. Post-industrial landscapes with a narrative element. NEW Thomas Wilson: Recent Drawings and Portrait Studies from Van Eyck to Lucian Freud Mon 3–Tue 25 Nov. Drawings and portraits in the figurative tradition.
■ PALACE OF HOLYROODHOUSE Royal Mile, 556 5100. Daily 9.30am– 6pm until 31 Oct. From 1 Nov: Daily 9.30am–4.30pm. Last admission 1h before closing. LAST CHANCE The Commonwealth: Gifts to the Queen Until Sun 2 Nov. Included in admission. Gifts presented to the Queen during her voyages around the world.
■ PATRIOTHALL GALLERY WASPS Patriothall Studios, off 48 Hamilton Place. Opening hours vary, see individual exhibitions for details. NEW Anna Somerville and Ross MacGregor: Motion in Paint Fri 17–Wed 22 Oct. Wed–Sun noon–5pm. Joint exhibition in which two artists explore painterly abstraction. NEW Jill Ashforth, David Bain and Wendy Baillie: Art in Nature Sat 25 Oct–Sun 2 Nov. Daily noon–6pm. Paintings, photographs and poetry inspired by nature.
■ RED DOOR GALLERY 42 Victoria Street, 477 3255. Mon–Fri 10am–5.30pm; Sat 10am–6pm; Sun 10.30am–5.30pm. NEW Lindsey Brown Until Thu 6 Nov. Line drawings of animals and birds. Especially owls. ■ ROYAL OVERSEAS LEAGUE 100 Princes Street, 225 1501. Opening hours vary, see individual exhibition listings for details. Liesel Thomas and Tim Le Breuilly: The Grand Tour Until Sun 25 Jan 2015. Daily 10am–6pm. New work which surveys the built heritage.
■ ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY The Mound, 225 6671. Mon–Sat 10am–5pm; Sun noon–5pm. NB certain exhibitions are open Mon 10am–5pm only. LAST CHANCE Resident 14 Until Sun 9 Nov. Group show of by artists from the RSA Residencies programme. Your RSA Paintings: Your Choice Until Mon 23 Mar 2015. Mon 10am–5pm only. Pictures from the RSA collection, some chosen by the public. ■ THE SCOTTISH GALLERY 16 Dundas Street, 558 1200. Mon–Fri 10am–6pm; Sat 10am–4pm; closed Sun. LAST CHANCE Dorothy Hogg: Retrospective Until Wed 29 Oct. Overview of one of the UK’s most celebrated jewellers. LAST CHANCE John Brown: Centro Habana Until Wed 29 Oct. Paintings inspired by travels in Cuba. LAST CHANCE Rhythms of Land and Sea Until Wed 29 Oct. Pictures and objects celebrating Orkney, to mark the 30th anniversary of Wilhelmina Barns- Graham’s trip to the islands.
■ SCOTTISH NATIONAL GALLERY OF MODERN ART ONE 75 Belford Road, 624 6200. Daily 10am–5pm. LAST CHANCE Generation: 25 Years of Contemporary Art in Scotland Until Sun 2 Nov. National Galleries Scotland mounts an epic two- part exhibition showing work by some of the country’s most vital contemporary artists. Generation.
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SCULPTURE TESSA LYNCH: CAFÉ CONCRETE Glasgow Sculpture Studios, until Sat 22 Nov
Tessa Lynch’s solo exhibition Café Concrete presents work made throughout her year-long graduate fellowship at the Glasgow Sculpture Studios. Lynch will present a series of new sculptures constructed in an industrial manner and she intends the exhibition to evoke the vague flow of a two-way street.
‘The premise of the show is the portrait of a city-living artist,’ says Lynch, ‘someone who wants to be a wanderer or flâneur and yet faces the inability to be one because of the makeup of the city and the juggling of jobs etc.’ Lynch’s own commute to the Glasgow Sculpture Studios, which involves crossing the M8 and the Forth and Clyde Canal, provoked a lot of the thought around the physical and emotional negotiations the artist must make around an urban environment.
‘All the things I make are often remade things that I see every day, but in an aesthetic way, and then want to make. But then when you remake something, you realise that there’s some sort of social politics going on in why you want to make that object,’ says Lynch. The use of urban materials such as metals, rain water and chewing gum to create the sculptures binds the work and ideas together. For example, included in the exhibition are a series of tote bags made from motorway mulch that explore how women are often carrying big bags around the city.
Lynch is intrigued by the idea of the ‘flâneur’ as someone who saunters and contemplates, who is both active and passive in the city, and more specifically by the debated existence of the ‘flâneuse’, as the female occupying the space. With this in mind, Lynch has also collaborated with writer and curator Jenny Richards to create the text work ‘Eddie Stobart and the Flâneuse’ to accompany the exhibition. (Kirsty Neale)
LAST CHANCE Brian Cheeswright: 36 Years of Brain Feed Until Sat 18 Oct. Paintings from the London-born artist. ■ INVERLEITH HOUSE Royal Botanic Garden, Arboretum Place/Inverleith Row, 248 2971. Tue– Sun 10am–4.30pm; closed Mon until Fri 31 Oct; from Sat 1 Nov, Tue–Sun 10am–3.30pm; closed Mon. NEW Tony Conrad: Invented Acoustical Tools 1966–2012 Sat 25 Oct–Sun 18 Jan 2015. Elegant and enigmatic instruments designed by avant- garde US musician Conrad.
■ ITALIAN CULTURAL INSTITUTE 82 Nicolson Street, 668 2232. Mon–Fri 10am–1pm & 2pm–5pm; closed Sat & Sun, but individual events may vary. LAST CHANCE Antonio Pacitti: Joy and Protest Until Fri 24 Oct. Mon 2–5pm; Tue & Thu 9.30am–5pm; Fri 9am–noon. Drawings and paintings from the late Scottish-Italian artist.
■ NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SCOTLAND Chambers Street, 0300 123 6789. Daily 10am–5pm. LAST CHANCE Danie Mellor: Primordial – SuperNaturalBayiMinyjirral Until Sun 23 Nov. Work by the acclaimed contemporary Australian artist.
■ OCEAN TERMINAL Ocean Drive, Leith, 555 8888. Mon–Fri 10am–8pm; Sat 10am–7pm; Sun 11am– 6pm but individual events may vary. LAST CHANCE Out of Sight / Out of Mind Until Mon 20 Oct. See Central Library, Edinburgh. ■ OPEN EYE GALLERY 34 Abercromby Place, 557 1020. Mon– Fri 10am–6pm; Sat 10am–4pm; closed Sun. LAST CHANCE Madeline Mackay Until Sat 25 Oct. Evocative prints suggesting ornithological subjects. LAST CHANCE On a Grand Scale Until Wed 29 Oct. Large-scale paintings