EAF Gallery Events
Monday 16 July – Friday 3 August
Total Kunst
Philip Ewe, on site
Forest Cafe, Bristo Pl.
10am till Midnight. Entry is free
Philip will be working in the space, turning old prints
into a collage and involving passers-by in the work.
Wednesday 18, Thursday 19,
Thursday 26 and Friday 27 July
Dean Gallery
Richard Long Workshops
10am – 4pm (18 & 19 July, ages 8 – 12; 26 & 27 July,
ages 11 – 15) £36/£24
Explore the Richard Long exhibition and the grounds
of the Galleries.
For further information visit
www.nationalgalleries.org/richardlong
Friday 20 July
Dean Gallery
Richard Long Workshop
10am – 12.30pm, 2 – 4.30pm (ages 5 – 8). £6.50/£4.50
Explore the Richard Long exhibition and the grounds
of the Galleries. For further information visit
www.nationalgalleries.org/richardlong
Saturday 21 July – Saturday 8 September
Edinburgh Printmakers
William Kentridge: Drawing the Passing by Maria Anna Tappeiner and Reinhard
Wulf
Film screening of William Kentridge: Drawing the Passing by Maria Anna
Tappeiner and Reinhard Wulf
11am, 12.30, 2.00 & 3.30pm, Tuesday to Saturday.
No booking required, admission free.
Monday 23 July
Dean Gallery
Picasso on Paper: Curator’s Tour
12.45 – 1.15pm
A tour of the Picasso exhibition with Patrick Elliott, Senior Curator
at the Gallery of Modern Art.
Purchase of exhibition ticket required
Every Tuesday and Friday,
Tuesday 24 July – Friday 26 October
National Museum of Scotland
Picasso: Fired with Passion – Guided Tour
Tue 3pm/Fri 12pm
Enjoy a free tour of the exhibition. Valid exhibition ticket required.
Book in advance. Places limited.
Every Wednesday throughout July and August
Ingleby Gallery
Bus Tour from Ingleby Gallery
to Ian Hamilton Finlay’s garden at
Little Sparta
Set in the Pentland Hills an hour from Edinburgh,
Ian Hamilton Finlay’s extraordinary garden at Little Sparta is
his greatest work of art (www.littlesparta.org).
Travel and admission £20 per person, payable
at Ingleby Gallery.
The bus leaves Ingleby Gallery at 6 Carlton Terrace,
Edinburgh at 1pm prompt, returning around 5.30pm.
Booking is essential. To book tickets please call:
Fiona Fowler on 0775 466 9375 or email
fiona.e.fowler@btinternet.com
Saturday 28 July
Edinburgh Printmakers
William Kentridge Prints – Published by David
Krut, New York
Gallery Talk 3pm
David Krut of DK Projects New York will talk about
William Kentridge’s prints and creative practice.
Admission is free but it is necessary to book a place
in advance.
Saturday 28 July and Saturday 25 August
National Museum of Scotland
Anna S King: Demonstrations
10.30am – 12.30pm, 1.30pm – 4pm
no booking required. Free.
Anna weaves her magic: showing her skills in tapestry, paper, string
and basket weaving.
Tuesday 31 July, Sunday 12 – Tuesday 14
August
Filmhouse Cinema,
Lothian Rd
Filmhouse Picasso Season
www.filmhousecinema.com or
telephone 0131 228 2689 for information
Enjoy a series of films as part of the Picasso in Edinburgh season including
Surviving Picasso.
Tuesday 31 July
Weston Link, National Galleries Complex
Exploring the Whole World: The Revolutionary
Art of Richard Long
12.45 – 1.30pm
Renowned art critic, Richard Cork, reveals the profound originality and
timeliness of Richard Long’s contribution to modern art.
Wednesday 1 August
Dean Gallery
Picasso on Paper Workshops
10am – 12.30pm; 2 – 4.30pm (ages 5 – 8) £6.50/£4.50
Drawing and printmaking workshops. For information on how to book visit
www.nationalgalleries.org/picasso
Wednesday 1 August
Scottish National Portrait Gallery
The Naked Portrait: Artist’s Talk – Catriona Grant
12.45 – 1.15pm
Catriona Grant will talk about her recent work, focusing on the photographic
portrait series, Leapers.
Purchase of exhibition ticket required
Thursday 2 August
City Art Centre
Beyond Appearances: Curator’s Choice
12.45pm Free
Bill Hare will discuss some of the important works in
the exhibition.
Thursday 2 and Friday 3 August
Dean Gallery
Picasso on Paper Workshops
10am – 4pm
(2 Aug, ages 8 – 12; 3 Aug, ages 11 – 15) £18/£12
Drawing and printmaking workshops. For information
on how to book visit www.nationalgalleries.org/picasso
Wednesday 2 August – Thursday 20 September
Weston Link, National Gallery Complex
Picasso: The Full Story
11am – 2pm
Weekly screenings of John Richardson’s (Picasso’s friend
and biographer) highly acclaimed Channel Four Series.
Saturday 4 August
Edinburgh College of Art
Opening No more Stars
2pm – 6pm
The second half of the dual venue exhibition at West Barns Studios,
School Brae, West Barns, Dunbar. www.edinburghartfestival.com
Saturday 4 August
Weston Link, National Gallery Complex
Andy Warhol: The Art of Camouflage
2 – 3pm
Tom Sokolowski, Director of the Andy Warhol Museum, opens this major
exhibition with an illustrated talk.
Saturday 4 – Friday 31 August and Sunday
2, 9, 16, 23 and 30 September
Weston Link, National Gallery Complex
The Factory
2 – 4.30pm
Make Andy Warhol-inspired art at the Factory.
Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult.
Sunday 5 – Sunday 12 August
Total Kunst
What They Could Do They Did
10am – Midnight. Free
We do not know what they will do, but our building
will be their’s.
Monday 6 August
Collective
Gallery at The Traverse Theatre
The Comic Book Project:
The Yellowjacket
Telephone to book 0131 228 1404 www.traverse.co.uk Live public recording
of Brian Dewan’s radio comic;
The Yellowjacket. Featuring John Hegley, Sir Gideon Vein and musical
ensemble.
Thursday 9 August
Royal Scottish Academy
Gallery Tour by Ian McCulloch RSA
5 – 6pm
Booking essential. Tickets £4 and includes a glass of wine. Please
call 0131 225 3922 Ian will give a talk about the works in the show and
how his practice
has changed over the years.
Friday 10 – Sunday 12 August
Edinburgh College of Art
Weekender: New Video and film works selected
by the Embassy
Sculpture Court
Opening Friday 10 Aug 7 – 9pm, Sat 11 Aug & Sun
12 Aug 10am – 6pm
Friday 10 August
Collective Gallery
Panel Discussion and Doug Fishbone Performance.
In association with Art Monthly
4 – 7pm Admission Free
Speakers will include Sally O’ Reilly, Chris Townsend and more
tbc. The event will be followed by a performance from London based artist
Doug Fishbone.
Saturday 11 August
~ in the fields at North Edinburgh Arts Centre
Children’s workshop (age 8+):
Thaumatropes: Spinning Stories.
12 – 1pm
Make your stories spin and explore early forms of
animation. Free. To book a place please call 0131 467 1417 or email studio@in-the-fields.org NEAC has
a Café and free car parking and is fully accessible throughout.
Saturday 11 August
Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop
FOUND talk and demonstration
Begins 1pm Booking essential.
Join us for a talk and demonstration of FOUND’s
interactive installation where audiences can experiment with sound, noise
and strange-looking instruments to create a piece of music. Call 0131
551 4490.
Saturday 11 August
Patriothall Gallery
Artists talk by Georgian artist Mikheil Shengelia
2pm
Mikheil will talk about contemporary art in Georgia, particularly painting,
and also the situation of artists in Tblisi, the Georgian capital city.
Entry is free and no booking is required.
Saturday 11 August & Saturday 8 September
Inverleith House
Two Voices – Artist talk
2 – 3pm
Admission free, but booking advised as places are limited.
Call 0131 248 2983. Rosita Mackenzie will discuss her approach to taking
photographs and the creation of the exhibition Two Voices – Botany
Behind the Scenes with
Paul Nesbitt, Director and Curator of Exhibitions
at Inverleith House.
Saturday 11 August
~ in the fields at North Edinburgh Arts Centre
Artist’s Talk: settlement | bay
2 – 4pm
Meet the artists Stefan Baumberger, Nicole Heidtke, Benjamin Fallon,
Jennie Temple and Christopher Walker.Free.
Saturday 11 August
Talbot Rice Gallery
David Batchelor: Artist Talk
3pm
Free but ticketed – Booking essential
Call 0131 662 8740 to book your ticket.
Saturday 11 August
doggerfisher
Nathan Coley in conversation
4pm, All welcome, Free.
Monday 13 – Friday 17 August
Total Kunst
Jessie Buchanan: Hansel and Gretel
We are open from 10am till Midnight. Entry is free.
We are not for profit and artist run. A gingerbread house appears in
the gallery.
Tuesday 14 August
Weston Link, National Gallery Complex
Marina Warner – The Double in the Glass
6 – 7pm, £4/£3
Marina Warner will explore the meaning of Narcissus
in relation to the self-portraiture of female artists.
Saturday 18 August
Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop
Artist Talk for visually impaired
1 – 2pm Booking essential.
Join us for a descriptive talk tailored for the visually impaired. Talk
led by artist Duncan Robertson.
Call 0131 551 4490 .
Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 August
Total Kunst
Midday to Midnight Duet
Midday to Midnight. Free
A 12hr continuous contact improvisation duet
interacting with drawings by Aaron Mcclusky.
Sunday 19 August
Edinburgh College of Art
No More Stars: Polarcap Curators’ talk
1pm
Sculpture Court Balcony
Sunday 19 August & Sunday 2 September
Inverleith House
Two Voices – Garden Tours for visually
impaired visitors.
2 – 4pm
Meet at Inverleith House. Admission free,
but booking essential as places are limited. Call 0131 248 2983. To accompany
the exhibition by Rosita MacKenzie at Inverleith House, Garden Guide
Jane Corrie will take visitors on a tour of this world-famous garden,
designed for those with visual impairments.
Monday 20 August
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
Andy Warhol: Social Spaces
12.45 – 1.30pm
Mark Francis, Director of the Gagosian Gallery, will
talk about Warhol’s installations.
Weston Link, National Gallery Complex
Monday 20 – Friday 24 August
Talbot Rice Gallery
Dancer in Residence: Merav Israel
Monday – Saturday 10am – 5pm Sunday 2-5pm Creative development
towards a performance. See Friday 24 August for details of the performance.
Tuesday 21 August
National Museum of Scotland
Picasso: Fired with Passion – Curating the Exhibition
2pm
Join exhibition curator Rose Watban for an illustrated insight into the
creation of the exhibition. £5/£4
Thursday 23 August
Collective
Gallery at the Filmhouse
Lost and Found: From the collection
of Mark Newgarden
9.15pm £7.95/£6.50 Filmhouse Cinema, Lothian Rd.
To book call 0131 623 8030 www.edfilmfest.org.uk
Screened selections from NY cartoonist Mark
Newgarden’s eclectic collection of lost footage, found footage;
silent animation & toy films, including Fresh Lobster, Spanuth’s
Trained Baby Elephant and Chip
the Wooden Man in The Magic Wand – live
accompaniments devised and performed by Suzanne Andrade, Discoteca Flaming
Star, Jenny Hogarth,
Simon Munnery, Jason Nelson and Kevin Reid. In
association with Edinburgh International Film Festival
Friday 24 August
Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop
Art in Public: Talk by DeWitt Godfrey, Associate
Professor at Colgate University, New York
6.30 – 7.30pm Booking essential.
Artist DeWitt Godfrey will examine the issues artists have to deal with
when placing or creating work in a public space. Call 0131 551 4490.
Friday 24 – Sunday 26 August
Talbot Rice Gallery
Dance Performance: Merav Israel
7.30pm Tickets: £5 (£3) Booking Essential.
Call 0131 662 8740 to book your ticket.
Continuing the gallery’s exploration of cross artform collaboration
as a means of further understanding visual experience, this performance
by Dancer in Residence – Merav Israel, will be a direct response
to David
Batchelor’s sculptural installation.
Saturday 25 August
Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop
MAGAZINE Artist talk
1 – 2pm Booking essential.
An opportunity to meet some of the participating artists in the exhibition
and hear about their work and practice during an informal critique led
by DeWitt Godfrey,
Associate Professor at Colgate University, New York.
Call 0131 551 4490.
Saturday 25 August
Total Kunst
Sara Sinclair: Recipes
10am till Midnight. Free
Using a cookery programme format,
Sara and assistants create paintings (and mess) with cookery utensils.
Saturday 25 & Sunday 26 August
Edinburgh College of Art
Guest Curators Event, Sculpture Court
For times please contact Edinburgh College of Art.
Sunday 26 August
Collective
Gallery at Edinburgh International
Book Festival
Festival Programme of readings and screenings
hosted by John Hegley.
8.30pm £8/£6 Charlote Square
Readings and screeings including commissioned
works by John Hegley, Suzanne Andrade, Brian
Dewan and Simon Munnery. Book at 0845 373 5888 www.edbookfest.co.uk
Tuesday 28 August
Weston Link, National Gallery Complex
Screen Tests: Warhol’s Portraits
12.45 – 1.30pm
Glyn Davis (Bristol University) explores the relationships between Warhol’s
screen-printed depictions of 20th-
century icons and his ‘screen test’ films.
Saturday 1 September
Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop
Education Open Day
2 – 6pm
Join us for the launch of our autumn programme with FREE taster sessions,
demonstrations talks, and a chance to meet our tutors. 10% discount for
booking a course
on the day.
Saturday 1 and Saturday 8 September
National Museum of Scotland
Picasso: Fired with Passion – Ceramics Course
10.30am – 4.30pm (two-day course)
Join ceramicist Frances Priest – be inspired by Picasso’s
creations, then model your own sculpture. £40/£32
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