Tag: Edinburgh Festival

  • A Perfect Chemistry: Photographs by Hill and Adamson

    A celebration of collaboration, friendship and innovative spirit, A Perfect Chemistry illuminates the groundbreaking photography produced by David Hill and Robert Adamson in early-19th century Scotland, and the touching story surrounding its production

  • Tadeusz Kantor: Inbetween Structures

    As two exhibitions celebrate the centenary of the birth of Polish artist and theatre director Tadeusz Kantor, Richard Demarco, who first brought him to Britain and has ensured his legacy continues, talks about his work

  • Derek Michael Besant: ‘A stitching together of each person’s voice allows a glimpse into the psychology of living in Edinburgh’

    The artist talks about his project, which involved 50 strangers from Scotland’s capital city sending him photos of themselves and answering questions he posed. He explains how he played with the visuals and text to explore how people see things

  • Katie Paterson: Earth-Moon-Earth (Moonlight Sonata Reflected from the Surface of the Moon)

    Jupiter Artland, Wilkieston, Edinburgh 31 July – 28 September 2014 Katie Paterson’s lunar meditation on music, technology and imperfection reassesses our place in the cosmos and how far art can extend our view

  • Susan Hiller: Resounding

    Susan Hiller’s exploration of anthropology and psychoanalysis sees her collecting, cataloguing, restaging and reforming cultural artefacts. Her work provides a fascinating insight into the mind and memory, says Christiana Spens

  • Empress Of The Sun

    Catherine the Great: An Enlightenment Empress National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh 13 July– 21 October 2012

  • Gerhard Richter

    The Scottish National Gallery complex on The Mound 8 November 2008-4 January 2009

  • Richard Demarco, Edinburgh International Festival, 2008

    It may be a product of age or lack of funding and proper premises but, whatever the reason, Richard Demarco’s activities during the most vibrant period of the Edinburgh Festival appear to be somewhat diminished. Perhaps when one comes to…

  • Douglas Gordon: Superhumanatural

    National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh 2 November 2006-14 January 2007 The film and video artist Douglas Gordon had his first one-man exhibition in Britain at the Lisson Gallery in 1994, sponsored by its perceptive director Nicholas Logsdail, to which he…

  • Pallant House Gallery, Chichester

    Royal Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh 14 July-5 November 2006 ‘Beyond the Palace Walls: Islamic Art from the State Hermitage Museum’ is a very timely collaboration for the Edinburgh Festival 2006 between the Royal Museum in Edinburgh and the State Hermitage…