Tag: Art & Art Galleries
At the City Art Centre – Seascape Exhibition
Scottish artists’ relationship with the sea will be the focus of a free new exhibition opening in Edinburgh this weekend.
‘The Artist & the Sea’, which will run until 8 May 2016 at the City...
Naked Aye Art Collective announce latest exhibition ‘Shapes that Shift Desire’
In an effort to showcase the beauty and complexity of the human body, Scottish arts collective Naked Aye have announced the followup exhibition to their successful pop-up show this past spring.
For two weeks between 3rd-18th...
Scottish National Gallery acquires new French painting
A rare painting by one of the leading French artists of the 17th century, which has recently been acquired by the Scottish National Gallery, is to be unveiled this week. Although A Classical Landscape with Judah...
Body-cast sculpture show will help charities
Edinburgh exhibition inspired by WWI Centenary and Great British achievers supports charities
World-leading body-cast sculptor, Louise Giblin, will exhibit work created by body, head and hand-casting celebrities and war at Urbane Art Gallery, 25 Jeffrey St,...
Leith Late – Abbeyhill studios open this weekend
Art studios in the Abbeyhill area are opening their doors this weekend (12 and 13 September) to give the public a chance to access spaces which aren’t regularly open and meet the artists selling their work.
The...
Colony of Artists – 12 & 13 September 2015
The 10th Colony of Artists takes place this weekend on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. All the artists who will display their works are listed in the brochure which you will find below. Works of...
New sculpture installed on Portobello Beach for Art Walk Porty
A new sculpture installed today in the sea just off Portobello is sure to attract some attention. The idea of the steel Tidal Octopus designed by artist Lauren Fox is that the octopus is...
Art – Love Food opens this weekend
A new art show opening in Linlithgow this week is something of a family affair.
Love Food, at the town’s Line Gallery, is an exhibition of work by Edinburgh artist and designer Julia Murden and...
Scottish Artists 1750-1900: From Caledonia to the Continent
A future king in a dress, a Carmelite monk lighting a cigar for a Spanish resistance fighter and a wintry scene by an artist rejoicing in the nickname of Frozen Mutton Farquharson; these are just...
Sculptor seeks Edinburgh war veterans
Louise Giblin MA, Member of the Royal British Society of Sculptors, who has made head and body casts of many sports stars and media figures including Kriss Akabusi MBE, Dame Kelly Holmes, Sally Gunnell...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2015 – Ed Gamble: Lawman
Star of Almost Royal (BBC America/E4) and the chart topping Peacock & Gamble Podcast, Ed Gamble moseys back to the Edinburgh Fringe with Lawman – a brand new stand-up show about why it’s hip...
Today at Edinburgh Art Festival
There will be an artist talk at Stills 23 Cockburn Street from 1-2pm. Booking is essential for the talk to be given by kennardphillipps who will explain their works' engagement with current social political...
2015 Edinburgh Art Festival Launch
The 2015 Edinburgh Art Festival launched today with the - metaphorical - unveiling of Charles Avery's fantastical tree at Waverley Station and two exhibitions - a Bernat Klein retrospective, A Life in Colour, and...
Scottish National Portrait Gallery – Paul Strand photographs
Nine photographs by Paul Strand (1890-1976), one of the greatest photographers of the twentieth century, have been acquired by the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, where they will go on public display until 20 September....
Chris Johnson – Illustrator and Sculptor
We never cease to be amazed by what you all get up to in Edinburgh! Morven has sent us this story about her partner Chris Johnson who lives and works in Edinburgh.
Here is a short...
At the Talbot Rice Gallery – Hits and Misses
Starting at the end of this month there will be a new exhibition drawn from the University of Edinburgh's Collection. Consisting of a large printed fabric, a dual-screen video and a new series of online works, Hits...
Mist, Mud and Midges at The Gallery On The Corner
What does Scottish landscape mean to you? The sweeping, solitary beaches of the Hebrides? The high peaks of the Cairngorms? The abundant summer beauty of a garden? Or the brooding sky over a loch...
Abbeyhill mural unveiled
Lothians MSP Sarah Boyack was on hand to unveil the new mural at Abbeyhill railway bridge. The mural was curated and facilitated by LeithLate, funded by the Student Housing Company and given life by...
EBay sale to raise funds for heart charity CRY
Katy Jade Dobson goes live on Ebay in bid to raise funds for heart charity. The auction starts at 19.30 on Tuesday 23 June 2014.
Popular Lincoln-based artist, Katy Jade Dobson will be showing her...
Art exhibition supports youth homelessness project
Charity exhibition and auction raises funds to support youth homelessness
The Rock Trust is holding its fifth postcard art exhibition and auction until 2 July at Summerhall to raise money and awareness for youth homelessness in...
Clare Andrews solo exhibition opens this June
Edinburgh’s Urbane Art Gallery is hosting a solo show by Clare Andrews, the artist who splits her life between Rio de Janeiro and Edinburgh.
The exhibition, entitled ’Living In The Abstract’ will be a solo...
LeithLate from June to September
The annual LeithLate festival is expanding its format this year, bringing you an extended programme of events over a whopping four-month period. LeithLate15 will take place from June-September 2015 and encompasses a whole host...
Art College success
This year's Graduate Fashion Week has brought a great deal of success for Edinburgh College of Art fashion students.
Numerous accolades were won - including best womenswear collection - at one of the fashion world’s...
Celebrated Edinburgh artist Joyce Gunn Cairns MBE unveils new exhibition
In a new exhibition at The Sutton Gallery on Dundas Street, celebrated artist Joyce Gunn Cairns presents a wide selection of her practice over the past year, including expressive figurative works, deft animal studies,...
New Cadell to go on display this week
The Scottish National Portrait Gallery has acquired a new Cadell which it will be putting on display this week. The painting is a self-portrait of the Scottish Colourist F C B Cadell and it...
Craigroyston Art Exhibition opens tomorrow
Every child at Craigroyston Primary should have one work exhibited here. Opens tomorrow Wednesday 27 May 2015.
Paul Martin – Seawrack Rising: An Exhibition at The Warburton Gallery
'I am interested in the patterns, the indentations, the writing not done by human hand....the glory of the inner workings of the place'.
In a fascinating and illuminating film accompanying this new exhibition, the artist...
Hidden Door Secret Courtyard features ‘Sunset Song’ inspired installation
A much loved, leaky old caravan has been transformed into an intriguing art installation for this year’s Hidden Door Festival, thanks to inspiration from the most popular Scottish book of all time – Sunset...
Urbane Art Gallery – another first
Another first for Urbane Art Gallery
Urbane Art Gallery in Edinburgh is featuring one of the world’s best known light painting artists Janne Parviainen in its new show ’Illumination’ which runs from may 21 to...
Exhibition – LOVE: The Souls of Men as Polar Bears
As a former long-term colleague of the artist’s partner with the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service, the author was privileged to attend the private view of Gillian Mather’s exhibition 'LOVE: The Souls of Men...