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Edinburgh Art Festival

This year’s festival urges us to believe that, collectively, we can build a better future. And while there are no miracle cures, I came away from it with a feeling of hope
Edinburgh Art Festival 2023

Despite its relaxed, fun atmosphere, this year’s festival tackles serious issues. It is about hope, humanity and learning to live together better
Céline Condorelli – interview: ‘The histories of work are really opened up in my work so that things are voiced and expanded’

The architecturally trained artist talks about her new show at Edinburgh’s Talbot Rice Gallery, and looking at the constructed nature of labour and leisure, as well as value
Reflections: The Light and Life of John Henry Lorimer (1856-1936)

Lorimer’s quiet craftsmanship and extraordinary handling of light shine through in this exhibition of his work, while a film, music and poetry provide background to his life
John Abell – interview: ‘I see my work as a type of devotional art’

The artist talks about Welsh mythology, poets and nationalism, moving between linocut and painting, and his latest work at the Arusha Gallery in Edinburgh
Angelica Mesiti: In the Round

Mesiti skilfully choreographs our experiences, guiding us around the gallery and immersing us in the worlds of bees, trees and ancient music in her evocative sound and video installations
Bodily Objects

Seven artists interpret the sexuality of the female body in subversive and surreal ways
Ilona Szalay: Some Are Born to Sweet Delight, Some Are Born to Endless Night

Szalay points to the injustices in society, and in her paintings of women bound and petrified as statues, dominated and controlled, the tension and fear are palpable
Cut and Paste: 400 Years of Collage

This show explores the ways in which collage has been used to create work that is, by turns, playful, chaotic, expressive and innovative
Petra Bauer – interview: ‘The crucial thing was to make sure the sex workers were the ones leading the discussions, that they were the ones with agency’

Inspired by feminist film practitioners who emphasise the importance of making films with their subjects, not about them, Workers! is very much a collaboration between film-maker Petra Bauer and SCOT-PEP, a sex worker-led organisation in Edinburgh