National Galleries of Scotland

Royal Scottish Academy Building
The Mound,
0131 624 6200

Exhibition: Devil in the Detail: The Paintings of Adam Elsheimer
(1578 -1610)
23 June – 3 September
Open daily 10am to 5pm, late opening until 7pm every Thurs, 6 Aug to 3 Sept open daily 10am to 6pm.
Admission £6.00 (£4.00 concession);
free to children under 12

First exhibition in Britain devoted to one of art’s great, but unsung heroes. Elsheimer’s brief, brilliant career influenced generations of artists; this exhibition will include nearly all his surviving paintings.

Exhibition: Ron Mueck
5 Aug - 1 October
This exhibition of sculptures by the Australian-born artist renowned fro his hyper-realistic representation of the human body and breathtaking use of scale, will bring together early and recently completed work.

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The Royal Scottish Academy

The Mound,
0131 225 6671
Exhibition: Laura Ford: Armour Boys,12 Aug – 10 Sept
Mon-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 12-5pm, admission free

A far cry from traditional knights, these child-like suits of armour challenge concepts associated with war. In collaboration with Amnesty International.

www.royalscottishacademy.org

The Scottish Gallery

16 Dundas Street,
0131 558 1200

Exhibition: Barbara Rae: Paintings from Spain, 4 Aug – 6 Sept
Mon-Fri 10am-6pm, Sat 10am-5pm, admission free
Also showing: Northland’s Glass International and
100% Proof – Jewellery and silversmithing from Scotland.

www.scottish-gallery.co.uk

Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art

75 Belford Road,
0131 624 6200
Exhibition: Robert Mapplethorpe, 29 July – 5 Nov,
Admission £6.00
(Concessions £4.00)

The first retrospective in Scotland of work by the celebrated American photographer, who died in 1989, will demonstrate Mapplethorpe’s overwhelming interest in the beauty and mortality of his human subjects.

www.nationalgalleries.org

Scottish National Portrait Gallery

1 Queen Street,
0131 624 6200

Exhibition: Being There : Harry Benson’s 50 Years of Photojournalism
4 Aug – 7 Jan 07
10am-5pm, 31 July – 4 Sept. 10am-6pm (Thurs until 7pm) £4/3, Admission £6.00 (concessions £4.00); free to children under 12

This major retrospective of ninety works by the world-renowned Scottish photographer will chart Benson’s fascinating fifty-year career, covering everything from the Beatles in America to the events of 9/11.

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Sleeper

6 Darnaway Street,
0131 225 8444

Exhibition: Steven Aalders,
31 July – 25 Aug
Monday to Friday, 2-5pm,
admission free

Dutch artist Steven Aalder’s paintings are built up of several layers of paint and characterized through the sensual treatment of the surface and the intersection of black and colored bands intersecting white planes.

Stills Gallery

23 Cockburn Street,
0131 622 6200

Exhibition: Tracey Moffat, 28 July – 29 Oct
11am – 6pm daily,
admission free
Australian artist using primarily photography and video in her works.

www.stills.org

Talbot Rice Gallery

The University of Edinburgh,
Old College,
South Bridge,
0131 650 2210

Group Exhibition: Girlpower/Boyhood : Lise Blomberg, Mamma Andersson, Sandra Scolnik, Ida Applebroog, Carolina Raquelantich, Dan Attoe, Vanessa Baird, Hernan Bas, Trine Boesen, Louise Bourgeois, Ann Craven, Peter Doig, Jens Sänge, Julie Roberts, Simon Keenlyside, Julie Nord, Christopher Orr, Vanessa Phass, Carol Rama, Kiki Smith, Kathrine Ærtebjerg,
5 Aug - 10 Sept
Mon-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 2pm-5pm, admission free.

In collaboration with Kunsthallen Brandts in Denmark Girlpower/Boyhood is an international exhibition curated by the Danish Art critic Lisbeth Bonde, Principal Curator of Talbot Rice gallery, Pat Fisher and Curator Lene Burkard of Kunsthallen Brandts, Odense.

The exhibition will survey artists who work with realistic fantasy painting. They share a preoccupation with fairytales, romantic illusions, dreams and symbols.

www.trg.ed.ac.uk

Travelling Gallery

Scotland’s only mobile art gallery, at a different location everyday,
0131 529 3930

Exhibition: JaGGy-edge - group exhibition of international contemporary artists
In Edinburgh from 26 Aug – 1 Sep then touring, admission free

Artists include: Melanie Carvalho, Ruth Claxton, William Daniels, Gunnilla Klingberg, Jim Lambie, Shahzia Sikander, Tony Swain

www.travellinggallery.com