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 The Rose Street Project is a public ‘exhibition’ in a central city location, open to everyone visiting Edinburgh, day and night until early January. The invited artists are from a range of disciplines including illustration, ceramics, textiles and printmaking. The …

18 September 2015–28 February 2016 Exploring Glasgow Museums Contemporary Art collection through connections with Glasgow School of Art, this exhibition includes artists such as Christine Borland, Jim Lambie, Roderick Buchanan, Victoria Morton & Simon Starling. In 1996 Douglas Gordon became …

Generator Projects are proud to present Small Gate, Infinite Field; a solo presentation of new work from emerging artist Christopher Macinnes. Small Gate, Infinite Field, a space of concealment and exposure, an immersive generated environment consisting of industrial substations meshed …

The Koestler Scotland Exhibition, Selected by artist Ruth Ewan 7 – 29 November, 2015, 11:00 –18:00 183 More Sleeps is an exhibition of artwork from prisons, secure hospitals, secure children’s homes, immigration detention centres and community justice services in Scotland. …

Interview Room 11 Gallery and Summerhall have joined together to present an intervention by durational mark-maker Olmo Blanco. His drawings add to what is already there – walls, floors and common objects. Blanco does not mask but honors what has …

Will the full support of the Talbot Rice curatorial and technical team, as well as the opportunity to explore the resources of the University of Edinburgh, David Haslam has the opportunity to develop his practice into new and innovative areas. …

Artist Oliver Braid presents: The one where we wonder what Friends did – A sculptural installation at Hanson Street project space, Glasgow. Oliver Braid lived in Glasgow between 2008 and 2015. During and since graduating from the Master of Fine …

The Peshmerga are Iraqi Kurdistan’s military forces. Unit 70, based in Sulaimaniyah, has a detachment of female Peshmerga who train to be combat ready and in theory may face ISIS on the frontline. The unit also performs an important political …

Who did the Urinal? Not Duchamp! say Glyn Thompson and Julian Spalding in their Summerhall Festival exhibition titled ‘A Lady’s Not A Gent’s’. Thompson and Spalding claim the submission of the urinal (aka ‘Fountain’) to the Independents exhibition of 1917 …

Inspired by visits to les Rencontres d’Arles and charged with furthering photography’s role within contemporary artistic practice, The Photographer’s Collective was established in 2011 to promote and nurture the talent of photographers working in Edinburgh and further afield. The Collective’s …

James Hugonin’s exhibition at Ingleby Gallery celebrates the completion of his Binary Rhythm sequence. Seven of nine large paintings Hugonin has made over the past six years are exhibited. Identically sized each continue the artist’s exploration of the dualities of …

We’re continuing our series of posting international content. This video is about an installation at the Gallery of Photography in Ireland, however we feel the subject has an international appeal. Enjoy! On June 21st 1975 the intersection of Beverly Boulevard …

Summerhall TV talks to the artists at DOK Artist Space an exciting new visual arts studio and exhibition space in Edinburgh. DOK Artist Space is an Artist run organisation in Edinburgh that is founded by three Edinburgh College of Art …

Originally from Sweden, Susanne graduated from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design with a Master of Fine Art in 2013. She also has a BA in Latin American Studies from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, and Universidad de …

Three contemporary artists talk about their new and recent works shown at the ‘Abstraction from Architecture’ Exhibition at the Edinburgh Printmakers Gallery. Abstraction from Architecture features work by artists who display an interest in architectural structures, surfaces, materials and forms. …

On the approach of the centenary of Ireland’s Easter Rising and the subsequent establishment of the new Republic, IMMA is pleased to announce the exhibition, El Lissitzky: The Artist and the State. This exhibition reflects on the artistic and cultural …

Dr Marc Glöde introduces a new perspective on Polish theatre director Tadeusz Kantor’s work, celebrating what would’ve been his 100th birthday. Brought to Summerhall by the Polish Cultural Institute in London and Polnisches Institut Berlin, the exhibition focuses on the …

The aim of the Art Shed Collective is to enable emerging artists to meet fresh audiences through a curated programme of socially engaged art works, to be presented this year at the Edinburgh Just Festival 2015. Find out more at …

Emma Finn’s darkly humorous videos transport us to uncomfortable liminal places that sit somewhere between reality and invention, spaces where real people have drawn-on faces, and babies are sent in the post. All of Finn’s work is driven by ‘the …

Inverleith House presents the first UK showing of American artist John Chamberlain (1927-2011), as part of this year’s Edinburgh Art Festival. Featuring work from early to mid career, the exhibition demonstrates Chamberlain’s use of unusual and hard-wearing materials; transforming discarded …

Have you ever wondered how the world looks from the point of view of a hammerhead shark, with its hyper-stereo vision? How about a horse, which has exceptional peripheral vision? Or a chameleon, which can look backwards and forwards at …

House for an Art Lover presents ‘Bodies of Work’, a new exhibition by artist Fraser Taylor. Featuring a series of large scale canvas pieces, monochromatic and colourful works, prints and video work, the exhibition explores the evolution of Taylor’s work …

Curator of Lust and the Apple Paul Robertson, introduces the work of Mexican artist Cisco Jimenez, as part of the gallery’s summer exhibitions programme. You Will Have a Long and Happy Life is Jimenez’s first UK exhibition, and shows a …

Maya Glaspie and Camila Richardson introduce the Basement Art Club, a new space in Leith’s creative district offering opportunities for artists and creative practitioners. Find out more at https://www.facebook.com/artleithwalk?fref=ts

Renowned conceptual artist Lawrence Weiner, brings a text piece to the dry stone dyke wall of the garden at Lust and the Apple Gallery, in Midlothian. Curator and owner of the gallery Paul Robertson, muses over the message ‘This As …

Malcolm and Leel are young emerging artists from Korea who have been based in Scotland for the last few years. Attracted to the intimacy of hidden and inaccessible areas, Malcolm and Leel create small delicate interventions into buildings. Works will …

As part of the Edinburgh Art Festival, artist Charles Avery creates an element from his fictionalised island, a project he has been working on for the last ten years. Focusing on the old port town of Onomatopoiea, Avery transports a …

The Talbot Rice Gallery hosts the first Scottish showing of work by Hanne Darboven (1941 – 2009), an artist who has drawn much interest and intrigue in her work over the years. Featuring a series of framed works from Darboven’s …

Fabienne Hess draws inspiration for her TRG3 project, Hits and Misses (from the archive), from the University of Edinburgh’s Collections, which have been undergoing extensive digital archiving since 2012. Hess has responded to the collection by creating three elements to …

Artist Sara Barker unveils her permanent commission for Edinburgh’s Jupiter Artland, as part of this year’s Edinburgh Art Festival. Barker works with a variety of materials and methods to create her sculptures, drawing inspiration from the outside world and organic …