Exhibitions in Edinburgh during the Conference
Here’s a list of galleries in Edinburgh. Information on exhibitions during
October/November is included where available.
Amber Roome
www.amberroome.co.uk
75-79 Cumberland St
Edinburgh, EH3 6RD
0131 558 3352
Atticsalt
www.atticsalt.co.uk
50 Thistle Street North East Lane
Edinburgh
EH2 1DA
City Art Centre
2 Market Street, Edinburgh Tel: 0131 529 3993
Monday - Saturday 10am - 5pm
The City's fine art collection consists of around 3,500 works of Scottish art:
paintings, watercolours, drawings, prints, photographs, sculpture and tapestries,
including works by McTaggart, Fergusson, Peploe and Eardley.
Collective Gallery
22-28 Cockburn Street, Edinburgh EH1 1NY
tel: ++ 44 0131 220 1260
Tuesday - Saturday, 12 - 5pm
New Work Scotland
Andy Wake, Oliver Herbert, Tessa Lynch, a series of three highly experimental
performative projects. Mon 29 Oct – Sat 17 Nov.
doggerfisher
doggerfisher / susanna beaumont
11 gayfield square
edinburgh
eh1 3ntmail@doggerfisher.com
www.doggerfisher.com
Tues - Fri 11am - 6pm; Sat 12 - 5pm or by appointment
Ilana Halperin
25 October - 22 December 2007
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Exhibitions in Edinburgh during the Conference
Drill Hall
Out of the Blue Arts and Education Trust
The Drill Hall
36 Dalmeny Street
Edinburgh
EH6 8RG
Scotland
UK
office +44 (0)131 555 7101
www.outoftheblue.org.uk
The Embassy
76 East Crosscauseway
Edinburgh
EH8 9HQ
tel:
0044 (0) 131 667 2808
email: embassygallery@hotmail.co.uk
OPEN: Thursday - Sunday 12pm - 6pm
or call the gallery for alternative viewing times
Fruitmarket Gallery
45 Market Street
Edinburgh, EH1 1DF
P +44 (0) 131 225 2383
F +44 (0) 131 220 3130
E info@fruitmarket.co.uk
Roman Signer, from 3 November
Museum of Edinburgh
It Didn’t Happen Here: Edinburgh’s Links with the Transatlantic Slave Trade
142 Canongate, Royal Mile. Tel: 0131 529 4143
13 July - 30 November
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Exhibitions in Edinburgh during the Conference
National Galleries of Scotland
Telford: Father of Modern Engineering
2nd October to 25th November 2007 | Portrait Gallery | £4 (£3)
Tom Phillips | A Humument
6th October 2007 to 6th January 2008 | Modern Art Galleries
Dieter Appelt | Forth Bridge: Cinema, Metric Space
9th October 2007 to 6th January 2008 | Portrait Gallery
Collage City
19th October 2007 to 24th February 2008 | Modern Art Galleries | Free
Sir Basil Spence 1907-1976 | Back to the Future
19th October 2007 to 10th February 2008 | Modern Art Galleries | Free
William Blake
4th August to 4th November 2007 | National Gallery Complex
SQA A
24th October 2007 to 4th January 2008 | National Gallery Complex | FREE
Over 34,000 young Scots sat SQA (Scottish Qualifications Authority) Art and Design
national course examinations in 2007. The A Exhibition showcases over 100
inspirational and imaginative exhibits by the cream of Scotland's young artists. Every
piece gained top marks!
The exhibition includes paintings, sculpture, design, ceramics, fashion and jewellery.
Royal Botanic Gardens, Inverleith House
From 2 November 2007 to 20 January 2008
Smith/Stewart
10.00am - 3.30pm (Tuesday-Sunday), Inverleith House
Free
Edward Stewart (b. 1961) and Stephanie Smith (b. 1968) are artists who have used
sculpture, films and installation to explore relationships between ourselves and the body.
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Atmospheric and at times disquieting, this new work transforms the domestic-scaled
rooms of Inverleith House for which it has been specifically made. Internationallyrenowned, these Glasgow-based artists were recent recipients of a Scottish Arts Council
Creative Scotland Award in 2006.
No booking required.
www.rbge.org.uk
Scottish Parliament, Holryood
Making of the Act of the Union 1797
21 September – 18 November 2007-09-04 a unique opportunity to view the documents
that together formed Great Britain.
Stills
23 Cockburn St
Edinburgh
Scotland
EH1 1BP
+44 (0) 131 622 6200
info@stills.org
Talbot Rice Gallery
The University of Edinburgh
Old College, South Bridge
Edinburgh
EH8 9YL
T: 0131 650 2210
F: 0131 660 2213
W: www.trg.ed.ac.uk
Monika Sosnowska
27 October – 8 December 2007
Polish artist Monika Sosnowska will arrive at Talbot Rice fresh from representing her
country at the 2007 Venice Biennale.
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