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Artmag | Jul 30 2021

ARTS NEWS
EXHIBITIONS Torrance Gallery, Ingleby Gallery, Upright Gallery, Royal Scottish Academy, Coburg House (Edinburgh) • Jennifer Thomson (Elie) • Weem Gallery & Framer (Pittenweem)) • Tatha Gallery (Newport-on-Tay) • Archway Gallery (Lochgilphead) • House for an Art Lover, Annan Gallery (Glasgow) • Artisanand, Watermill Gallery (Aberfeldy)
FESTIVALS Edinburgh International Festival
OPEN STUDIOS Alison Kinnaird (Temple, Midlothian) • Coburg House (Edinburgh) • Allanbank Mill Steading, Gill Walton (Allanton, Borders)
PLUS WASPS Summer Artists & Makers Market (Glasgow) • Louvre Museum & Uffizi Gallery sue adult website for ‘unauthorised’ use of artwork images

ART & TRAVEL MIAMI An art-lover’s paradise

IMAGE ANALYSIS ANATOMY OF A PAINTING Paolo Veronese, The Wedding Feast at Cana

COLOURS SEEING RED It’s in the blood

CRAFT & DESIGN DYNAMIC CERAMICS Beautiful things from a lump of clay

ART MATTERS STILL LIFE POSTHUMOUS PORTRAITS

ART BOOKS READ ALL ABOUT IT Christopher Dresser: Design Pioneer • Illuminating Natural History • Amazing Art Adventures

PHOTO-SPREAD A WALK ON THE BEACH Art beneath your feet

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Frank Walter, 'Untitled (Hell's Gate steel band)'

Frank Walter’s Circular Symphony at Ingleby, Edinburgh

2 August 2021

Review: As part of the 2021 Edinburgh Art Festival, Ingleby presents the first-ever exhibition of Frank Walter’s ‘spools’ series of artworks and a selection of carved wooden sculptures.

Alison and Javier’s Delighted Meeting at Burnside gallery & frames

2 August 2021

Burnside Gallery in Selkirk features Javier Ternero’s photographs taken with old cameras, using 19th-century printing processes, alongside Alison Scott’s watercolours of greyhounds.

Jack Morrocco, 'Riello de Santa Sofia, Cannaregio, Venice', oil

From Morrocco to Morningside, Edinburgh

2 August 2021

Popular painter Jack Morrocco features at Edinburgh’s Morningside Gallery in an exhibition showcasing various aspects of his work.

Stephen Redpath, 'In The High Mountains', watercolour

Stephen Redpath in August at Larks Gallery Ballater

2 August 2021

Featured artist in August at Larks Gallery in Ballater is Stephen Redpath, in an exhibition celebrating the Gallery’s first ten years.

The Outside Comes Inside Tatha Gallery, Newport-on-Tay

30 July 2021

Tatha Gallery’s new exhibition features four contrasting artists who share a fascination with the beauty, wildness and solace of the Scottish landscape.

The Age of Bronze at Artisan& in Aberfeldy

30 July 2021

Offering visitors the chance to appreciate a medium not often seen in regional galleries, Bronze Age at Artisan& Gallery in Aberfeldy features sculptures by Tim Cracknell.

Emma-Louise Grady’s Wonderful Wanderings at Upright gallery Edinburgh

30 July 2021

Emma-Louise Grady: Wanderings at Upright Gallery in Edinburgh is a feast of colourful mark-making combined with intense detail.

Joan Eardley, 'Tree and Haystacks', oil on board

100 Years On, Still Making Her Mark: Joan Eardley at The Scottish Gallery Edinburgh

30 July 2021

Joan Eardley Centenary at the Scottish Gallery in Edinburgh celebrates the centenary of the birth of an artist whose works remain as powerful as ever.

Frank Walter, 'Untitled (Light Green - Grey Sky And Dark Blue Sea)', oil on biocomposite material, backed with masonite

Frank Walter’s Circle of Life at Ingleby Gallery Edinburgh

29 July 2021

Edinburgh’s Ingleby Gallery presents the first exhibition devoted to Frank Walter’s ‘spools’ – small, circular paintings which provide a kind of lens through which to witness the workings of the late artist’s inner eye.

Kaz Robertson, Black resin square large pendant

Making the Summer at Coburg House, Leith

29 July 2021

Artists and makers in the Coburg House studio complex in Edinburgh will be showing and selling their work in their Summer Exhibition.

Rupert Peploe, 'Beach Trees on Hill', oil on board

Torrance Gallery Edinburgh’s Summertime Specials

29 July 2021

For its Festival Exhibition, Edinburgh’s Torrance Gallery has once again packed the gallery with a mix of regularly featured artists alongside a selection of new names.

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Alexandra Gardner, 'Evening In Paris', oil on canvas

Lyon & Turnbull’s Capital Summertime

29 July 2021

The next auction in Edinburgh sale room Lyon & Turnbull’s programme is Contemporary & Post-War Art.

The City With So Much to Say – Edinburgh Art Festival 2021

21 July 2021

The 17th edition of the Edinburgh Art Festival brings together over 35 exhibitions in over 20 spaces throughout the city, complemented by an online programme.

Alison Kinnaird's 'Art in Glass' is at Fringe Venue 244: 'Wing', photo Shannon Tofts

2021 Edinburgh Festival Fringe to Take Flight

14 July 2021

Despite the continuing global uncertainty, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe will place for three weeks in August in and around Scotland’s capital, with live and digital exhibitions and events.

Solargraph image from 'Northern Exposures', Coleman & Hodges' installation showing Moray residents' single four-month exposures, James Milne Institute, Findhorn, 6 - 8 Aug James Milne Institute, Findhorn

Moray’s the Source of Summer Arts

12 July 2021

A summer programme of events and activities to celebrate Scotland’s coast and waters, Source to Sea is set in the rural and coastal towns and villages of the Moray Firth Coastline.

Lindy Furby, 'Gannets Bass Rock', handprinted collagraph

East Lothian’s Song of the Sea, in 3 Harbours

30 June 2021

An online celebration of East Lothian’s arts, this year’s 3 Harbours Arts Festival will take place online, with a variety of arts activities, short films, music videos and workshops.

Art in the Garden 2021 is a Reality at New Hopetoun Gardens

25 June 2021

Art in the Garden 2021 at New Hopetoun Gardens in West Lothian features original outdoor art installed in twenty display gardens throughout July and August.

July is Tea Green’s Marketplace Month

23 June 2021

Illustration, jewellery, glass, textiles, craft of all kinds and art are on offer at Tea Green’s Marketplace Month, taking place over three July weekends.

Chineke! Orchestra appears on 17th August, featuring Andrea Baker and conducted by William Eddins © Ntando Brown

Inside, Outside and Online: Edinburgh International Festival 2021

14 June 2021

Live performances during this year’s Edinburgh International Festival are scheduled to be staged in three temporary outdoor pavilions around the capital, with safety the priority. Bookings now open.

Aberdeen artist duo Bibo & Brian Keeley, 'Breathe'

UNFIX Number Six: Innovating Online

11 June 2021

The international art festival UNFIX is now in its sixth year, bringing together a wide range of artists’ personal responses to the pressing current issues of climate change and the pandemic.

Join us as we highlight the news and reviews from the world of music, opera, dance theatre and film.

The Orchestra of Scottish Opera, Photo: Drew Farrell

Three Go Live in Glasgow at No. 40

8 July 2021

Scottish Opera, Citizens Theatre and Scottish Ensemble are mounting a month-long outdoor festival of live theatre, music and opera.

Stephanie Stanway in Pop-up Opera’s Iolanthe, Photo: Paul Campbell

Scottish Opera’s Travelling Light Opera on a Miniature Scale

8 July 2021

Scottish Opera is back on the road with Pop-up Opera, bringing to life five hit productions by Gilbert & Sullivan.

Outdoors, Under Canvas – Eden Court’s Summer Festival

8 July 2021

Eden Court Theatre in Inverness has begun the opening month of its flagship Under Canvas outdoor festival, held in a spectacular new tent.

Fife-based musician and East Neuk Festival Arts Activist David Behrens at Lady’s Tower near Elie in Scotland © East Neuk Festival

Songs and Pictures at East Neuk Festival

1 July 2021

This year’s East Neuk Festival in Fife comprises ticketed indoor concerts for socially-distanced audiences in a converted barn, plus outdoor events and online performances, and a touring van.

How to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found Image © Robert McFadzean

Summer Online at the Royal Conservatoire Glasgow

16 June 2021

The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow has launched its new theatre productions for its summer season.

St Luke’s is Glasgow’s Jazz Host

16 June 2021

Glasgow venue Saint Luke’s will host a series of special performances by emerging and established jazz musicians at this year’s digital Glasgow Jazz Festival.

Visitors to the Festival Theatre will listen on headphones to the sound installation Blindness. Photo: Helen Maybanks

Capital’s Theatres Take First Steps Out of the Dark

16 June 2021

The Festival and King’s Theatres in Edinburgh have announced their first shows for over a year, playing to limited-capacity audiences to maintain social distancing.

The Maxwell Quartet are to appear at the Festival

Sumptuous Setting for Chamber Music at Paxton

2 June 2021

The beautiful setting of Paxton House in the Scottish Borders is the backdrop to a ten-day programme of sumptuous chamber music in July.

'A Glimpse', Director Zinnie Harris, featuring Kirsty Stuart. Image Robert Pereira Hind

Glimpsing the Depths at Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival

21 May 2021

Review: Renowned playwright Zinnie Harris takes her directorial skills into a new arena with her film debut ‘A Glimpse’, as part of Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival.

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