Edinburgh Art Visual Arts 24 November – 19 December 2015, Talbot Rice Gallery. A naïve exploration through the affects of our relationships with the pervasive digital technologies we surround ourselves with. As a being unable to swim, both the glossy surface of my MacBook Pro … Jordan Pilling : Life Source Code
Visual Arts One week left to catch Edinburgh Printmaker’s exhibition ‘No Fixed Abode’, which explores the idea of home and homelessness. Artists from the gallery have teamed up with The Big Issue to engage in a discussion with vendors and produce works in … Judith Liddle : No Fixed Abode
Visual Arts As part of GENERATION, Scotland’s largest series of exhibitions, the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art has been taken over by the works of some of Scotland’s key artists from the last 25 years. A mixture of older works and … Julie-Ann Delaney : GENERATION at Modern One
Visual Arts Earlier in the year, as part of a large launch of Generation programme exhibitions within the National Galleries, Chief Curator Keith Hartley gave us a tour of some of the works on show, including Martin Boyce’s ‘Our Love is Like … Keith Hartley : Generation at the Scottish National Gallery
Visual Arts Coming into its final week, curator Kirsten Lloyd talks to us about Stills Gallery’s exhibition, The King’s Peace : Realism and War, which exhibits the work of photographer and writer Owen Logan, as well as that of other photographers who … Kirsten Lloyd : The King’s Peace – Realism and War
Edinburgh Art Visual Arts Luc Tuymans is one of the most influential painters working today. For his first exhibition in Scotland, at the University of Edinburgh’s Talbot Rice Gallery, this provocative artist will bring together his work with that of the most significant of … Luc Tuymans : Birds of a Feather
Visual Arts Coming into its final week on show, Futureproof is an annual showcase of new photographic talent selected from Scotland’s photographic and fine art degree courses. Work comes from Edinburgh College of Art, Glasgow School of Art, University of the West … Malcolm Dickson : Futureproof 2014
Visual Arts 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 … Martin Craig : Devils in the Making
Visual Arts Curator Sarah Cook introduces LifeSpace’s newest exhibition Material Concerns, which explores the issues surrounding the use of human tissue within research, medical experiments and training. Gina Czarnecki, David Connearn, Carolee Schneemann, Verena Friedrich and Alec Finlay, present pieces of work … Material Concerns
Visual Arts Artist Mick Peter presents his exhibition ‘Almost Cut My Hair’, an outdoor collection of hippy sculptures created from fiction, illustration and graphic design. The exhibition was part of GENERATION, Scotland’s nationwide exhibition programme celebrating 25 years of contemporary art in Scotland. Almost … Mick Peter : Almost Cut My Hair
Visual Arts Artist Mick Peter has completely transformed Jupiter Artland’s Steading Gallery by creating false walls, doorways and lowering the ceiling. Popcorn Plaza explores Peter’s interest in civic space, the complete transformation of a space and how that can impact on the … Mick Peter : Popcorn Plaza
Visual Arts The Maclaurin Festival sees the gallery’s vast collection of 20th and 21st Century art shown in its near entirety. Featuring sculpture, paintings, installation and works on paper, the gallery’s collection showcases some of the best in national and international works. … Mike Bailey : The Maclaurin Festival
Visual Arts As part of the Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival, a collective of artists have created a series of works in various media for the large exhibition Out of Sight/Out of Mind, in Summerhall’s Meadow Suite Gallery. The exhibition … Out of Sight/Out of Mind Exhibition
Visual Arts Warburton Gallery presents ‘Edgelands’, a new exhibition of work from artists Paul Martin and Idris Murphy. The exhibition came out of a conversation they had in Australia, where they discovered that they shared similar references and inspirations. Although each painter … Paul Martin : Edgelands
Visual Arts Swiss/Danish duo PUTPUT present their first Scottish exhibition, Fruitless, at Lust and the Apple. Situated in a greenhouse, in the garden of the gallery space, PUTPUT explore the perceptions of every day items and what context and environment can do … PUTPUT : Fruitless
Visual Arts Leith Art Walk showcases the work of local artists by utilising local flats as exhibition spaces, offering the public a unique viewing experience, and artists the chance to engage with the community. For one day, the artists showcased sculpture, prints, … Raquel Tejero : Leith Art Walk
Visual Arts Till 9 March 2016 11:00-18:0 Venue: Laboratory Gallery, Summerhall Choreographer Riccardo Buscarini and visual artist Richard Taylor work together for the first time, transforming the glass cabinets in Summerhall’s Laboratory Gallery into living archives to explore memory, intimacy and exposure. … Riccardo Buscarini and Richard Taylor : In Parting Glass
Visual Arts Curator Robin Baillie introduces the Scottish Portrait Gallery’s exhibition ‘The Nation // Live | Work, Union, Civil War, Faith, Roots’. The exhibition features work from five community outreach projects, which looked at the meaning of Scottish history to residents of … Robin Baillie : The Nation // Live | Work, Union, Civil War, Faith, Roots
Visual Arts The Royal Glasgow Institute presents a new show of work by artist Robin Leishman. Inspired by a box of toy soldiers he found, which belonged to his late father, Leishman has created a series of paintings, etchings and sculptures, touching … Robin Leishman : Propaganda
A unique and powerful multi-media exhibition featuring work by artists, both professional and amateur, with experience of mental health issues. Works include projection, sculpture, painting and photography. Part of the Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival, this exhibition aims … Scottish Mental Health Festival: Out of Sight/Out of Mind
Visual Arts Curator of Glasgow’s SWG3 Gallery, Simon Gowing, introduces the work of artist Dominic Samsworth. Salting The Mirage explores the value of objects, in this case focusing on the value of objects within the leisure industry. Samsworth has covered the floor … Simon Gowing : Salting the Mirage
Visual Arts Last chance to catch film and moving image art works by Emma Charles, Rose English and Abri de Swardt in Cooper Gallery’s Men Gather, In Speech. The exhibition is a nod to Hannah Arendt’s proposition of ‘the space of appearance’ and offers a … Sophia Hao and Rose English : Men Gather, In Speech…
Visual Arts Canadian artist Stan Douglas presents a series of photographs and prints taken from his films, including Der Sandman, up to the just-completed The Second Hotel Vancouver, at the Fruitmarket Gallery. This solo exhibition showcases the work Douglas undertakes to explore themes … Stan Douglas
Visual Arts The Briggait is currently playing host to a very large sculpture in its magnificent 1873 hall. Artist Stephen Murray wanted to create a piece of work, which reflected on the recent Scottish referendum, and the Glasgow Commonwealth Games, and so … Stephen Murray : The Comedown
Visual Arts Same Same But Different is a group exhibition featuring the work of artists Lotte Glob, Oliver Laric and Stephanie Mann. The three artists work in very different media, but all share the theme of repetition within their work, whether it … The Suttie Arts Space : Same Same But Different
Visual Arts Artist Tim Sandys presents his exhibition, Damocles, which features a number of helium filled balloons, each with a spike hanging from them. The piece draws from the story of the “sword of Damocles”, which sees court member Damocles offered the … Tim Sandys : Damocles
Visual Arts By creating sculptural works using materials and found objects such as vitamin pills, light bulbs, water or rocks, alongside art materials such as bronze, glass and resin, artist Vanessa Billy explores society’s relationship with manufactured goods, and the social and … Vanessa Billy : Sustain, Sustain
Visual Arts Artist William Latham introduces his show Mutator 2, which displays early drawings and an interactive projection work involving three projections that visitors interact with via touchscreen to morph and mutate forms. The software used is modelled on evolution. Mutator 2 … William Latham : Mutator 2
Visual Arts Rae-Yen Song introduces Yaka Collective’s four venue exhibition ‘So It Is’, which takes place across the Briggait, the Arches, the Cleland Lane Churches and the Arena. The collective pulled together the work of 30 arts graduates, ranging from 2010 up … Yaka Collective : So It is
