Scottish Chamber Orchestra: James MacMillan’s Symphony No.5: ‘Le grand Inconnu’ [Edinburgh International Festival]
17 Aug Review
The leading Scottish composer of his generation celebrates turning 60 with five performances at the heart of the Edinburgh International Festival. This culminates with the world premiere of his Symphony No.5: ‘Le grand Inconnu’ and shows off MacMillan’s talent to compose for both voice and orchestra.
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Leith School of Art: Short Courses starting in September
Starting Sep
Leith School of Art has announced its short courses, comprising Day & Evening courses, Beginners Drawing & Painting courses, a special selection of Weekend Workshops, and a new programme of Taster courses.
Ottersburn Gallery, Dumfries: Upland – Modern Makers, The Craft of Printmaking
23 Aug – 11 Sep
The Ottersburn Gallery shows work from the Modern Makers programme, which allows a small group of young people from Dumfries & Galloway to learn craft skills from established makers. The Craft of Printmaking is this year’s theme.
Upright Gallery, Edinburgh: Precipitous City
Until 6 Sep
Upright Gallery hosts the artists’ group bound : unbound, showing works responding to the city of Edinburgh and the writings of Robert Louis Stevenson, through printmaking, painting, lettering, installation and textiles.
Cryptic: Below the Blanket – Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh
Until 25 Aug
Celebrating 25 years of ‘ravishing the senses’, Cryptic has installed a major series of new artworks by artists working in sound and light, throughout the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, inspired by one of Scotland’s most extraordinary and unsung natural features.
Tatha Gallery, Fife: Discovery – Angie Lewin, Alex Malcolmson, Jane Keith
31 Aug – 28 Sep
The Tatha Gallery in Newport on Tay’s autumn programme ‘Discovery’ will feature the contrasting and exciting work of Angie Lewin, Alex Malcolmson, and Jane Keith in an unusual showcase of printmaking, box constructions and printed textiles.
Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow: August – September Exhibitions
Changing monthly
Scotland’s largest private gallery, Billcliffe Gallery continues to show an enormous range of exciting and fascinating art.
Villagers: Leith Theatre, Edinburgh
15 Aug Review
Irish indie-folk band Villagers played Leith Theatre as part of Edinburgh International Festival’s contemporary music programme.
RGI Kelly Gallery: Thyme James and Sean Ellcombe
17 Aug – 14 Sep
The Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts (RGI) Kelly Gallery’s exhibition of works by Thyme James and Sean Ellcombe showcases the work of two recipients of the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts Graduate Award for 2019.
King’s Theatre Edinburgh: Scottish Opera – Breaking the Waves
21 – 24 Aug
Scottish Opera comes to the King’s Theatre as part of the Edinburgh International Festival with Breaking the Waves by American composer Missy Mazzoli.
Fidra Fine Art: What’s the Story…? Narrative Painting by Harry Holland, Alan Macdonald, Robert Macmillan & Paul Reid
23 Aug – 22 Sept
An exhibition of narrative painting by Harry Holland, Alan Macdonald, Robert Macmillan and Paul Reid – four outstanding figurative artists who lace their work with intriguing narrative.
Waldorf Astoria Edinburgh – The Caledonian: Scottish Summers Gone By
Until 31 Oct
Edinburgh’s Waldorf Astoria – The Caledonian hotel has a fascinating and exclusive collection of photographs on display taken in Scotland between 1950’s and 1980’s, from the archives of The Scotsman Publications Limited.
Blagdon Gallery, Newcastle: Edwin Blackburn
1 Sep – 31 Oct
Newcastle’s Blagdon Gallery hosts an exhibition of new original pastel paintings and limited edition prints by the artist Edwin Blackburn, continuing throughout September and October.
Edinburgh College of Art: Summer at ECA exhibition
Until 25 Aug Review
Summer at ECA is a programme of free exhibitions and events, taking place mostly on-site at the ECA campus at Lauriston Place. This includes the ECA Festival exhibition of postgraduate work and forms part of the Edinburgh Art Festival programme.
STAIRWAY TO HAFEN
With its Art Mile linking some of Germany’s top art galleries and the spectacular new HafenCity, Hamburg is emerging as a great cultural city break destination, writes Ian Sclater
The Life Room, Edinburgh: Ingrid Nilsson & Hatti Pattisson
23-29 Aug
Ingrid Nilsson is exhibiting new work at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year along with friend and fellow painter Hatti Pattisson.
Annan Gallery, Glasgow: Summer Show
Until 25 Aug
The long-established Annan Gallery, in Glasgow’s West End, holds its annual big summer exhibition, celebrating the best of Scottish Art from a wide selection of painters, sculptors and glass makers.
Anna Calvi: Leith Theatre, Edinburgh
11 Aug Review
The Mercury-nominated singer and guitarist visits Edinburgh as part of the Festival’s eclectic contemporary music programme.
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art (Modern Two): Cut and Paste, 400 Years of Collage
Until 27 Oct Review
The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art’s summer exhibition is a comprehensive history of 400 years of collage. This is the first-ever survey exhibition of collage in art, and part of the Edinburgh Art Festival programme.
Scottish Arts Club, Edinburgh: David Mach, Fiona Maher, Ian Stuart Campbell and Andrew Grieveson, Festival Exhibition
Until 31 Aug Review
The Scottish Arts Club in Edinburgh is showing recent work from four artists for its Festival Exhibition this August: David Mach, Fiona Maher, Ian Stuart Campbell and Andrew Grieveson.
Gairloch Museum: Victoria Clare Bernie – Iron & Wood
Until 1 Sep
Now open in its new building – a repurposed cold war bunker – the Gairloch Museum is a stunning new art gallery on Scotland’s famous North Coast 500, with a yearly programme of exhibitions, this month featuring Victoria Clare Bernie’s ‘Iron & Wood’ – an installation honouring the ironmaster and adventurer Sir George Hay.
Sydney Theatre Company: The Secret River [Edinburgh International Festival]
Until 11 Aug Review
Edinburgh International Festival welcomes Sydney Theatre Company for the first time, prior to touring the UK with the respected Australian novel The Secret River (2005). Kate Grenville’s book is adapted for the stage by Andrew Bovell and directed by Neil Armfield.
Jupiter Artland: ‘Trisha Brown: In Plain Site’ and ‘Time, Space, Gravity’
Until 29 Sep Review
Jupiter Artland’s summer exhibition commemorates the legacy of pioneer experimental choreographer and artist Trisha Brown, showing as part of Edinburgh Art Festival. Accompanied by ‘Trisha Brown: In Plain Site’, by the Trisha Brown Dance Company, commissioned by Jupiter Artland in its first collaboration with Edinburgh International Festival.
The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh: Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller, Night Walk for Edinburgh
Until 25 Aug Review
Canada-based artists Cardiff and Miller return to Edinburgh with a new video walk commissioned by The Fruitmarket Gallery, in partnership with, and premiering at, Edinburgh International Festival 2019, in association with Edinburgh Art Festival.
