Thu 02 Aug 2018 - Sun 21 Oct 2018
Free the Pussy!
Various artists
11:00-18:00 (Wednesday-Sunday)
Curated by Tamsyn Challenger.Artist Tamsyn Challenger curates a new exhibition this summer of works of art made in protest to Pussy Riot’s imprisonment by the Russian government in 2012:... [more]
Thu 02 Aug 2018 - Sun 23 Sep 2018
Drawings and Paintings of Orson Welles
Orson Welles
11:00-18:00
Advisor: Mark CousinsOrson Welles was one of the dynamos of the 20th Century. He reinvigorated theatre, did the some of the most daring radio of his times, and made a number of the best films... [more]
Thu 02 Aug 2018 - Sun 23 Sep 2018
Life During Wartime
John Keane
11:00-18:00
Join us on the 22nd September for an artist tour and talk - more information can be found here.LIFE DURING WARTIME is a survey of paintings exploring themes of military, social and political... [more]
Thu 02 Aug 2018 - Sun 23 Sep 2018
KURT SCHWITTERS HAS LEFT THE BUILDING : STORY AND DISPERSAL, LEGACY AND (RE)POSSESSION
Kurt Schwitters
11:00-18:00
On the 70th anniversary of Kurt Schwitters death The Times announced that Schwitters’ last (place of) work, the MERZ Barn in Elterwater, Cumbria might be bought by a Chinese collector and shipped... [more]
Thu 02 Aug 2018 - Sun 23 Sep 2018
Sura Medura
Various artists
11:00-18:00
UZ Arts presents the work of 14 UK based artists who have been resident at Sura Medura in Sri Lanka over the winter of 2017/2018. The programme includes performances, installations, video and visual... [more]
Thu 02 Aug 2018 - Sun 23 Sep 2018
I am from the 1970s!
Robert McDowell
11:00-18:00
McDowell founded the inter-disciplinary Troubled Image Group of artists* formed in 1970 in Belfast. Out of it came Art & Research Exchange and other groups up to Bbeyond. It included the Irish... [more]
Thu 02 Aug 2018 - Sun 23 Sep 2018
Thu 02 Aug 2018 - Fri 28 Sep 2018
The Magpie's Nest
XSexcentenary
11:00-18:00
XSexcentenary are a female collective that identify as older and create and perform work underpinned by themes of feminism, ageing and abhorring ageism. Kate Clayton, Wanda Zyborska, Norma D... [more]
Thu 02 Aug 2018 - Sun 23 Sep 2018
Edinburgh People
Ryan Walls
11:00-18:00
Edinburgh People is a photographic journey through the lens of an Edinburgh taxi driver. Using his black taxi as his mobile studio, Walls frames an ode of his city. Showcased under an unobtrusive... [more]
Thu 02 Aug 2018 - Sun 23 Sep 2018
Thu 02 Aug 2018 - Mon 01 Oct 2018
Rainforest Saving
Jean-Pierre Dutileaux
11:00-18:00 (Tues-Sun)
Coinciding with a larger exhibition in Luxembourg about Dutileaux's life and work, Summerhall presents its take on his 40 years been exploring, filming, and politicking to save 25 million hectares of... [more]
Sat 23 Jun 2018 - Wed 11 Jul 2018
Wed 06 Jun 2018 - Wed 13 Jun 2018
Sat 02 Jun 2018 - Fri 13 Jul 2018
CRYSTALLINE CHRYSALIS CRISIS
Fritz Welch
11:00 - 18:00 (not open Mondays)
Artist and musician Fritz Welch presents CRYSTALLINE CHRYSALIS CRISIS in Summerhall’s Machine Shop - a bunker-like area in the former veterinary school, housing its defunct metal-lathe, responding... [more]
Sat 26 May 2018 - Fri 13 Jul 2018
Sat 19 May 2018 - Sun 17 Jun 2018
Alla Presenza di Tintoretto / In the Presence of Tintoretto
Mark Pulsford
11:00-18:00 (not open Mondays)
Join us for the exhibition launch on Friday 18th May at 18:30.La Scuola Grande di San Rocco; La Cittå di Venezia, Cultura/Eventi; Summerhall EdinburghThe artist Mark Pulsford becomes... [more]
Sat 19 May 2018 - Fri 13 Jul 2018
The Romance of the Garden: Fragments and Memories
Dawson and Liz Murray
11:00-18:00 (not open Mondays)
Join us for the exhibition launch on Friday 18th May 2018 at 18:30.Married for 51 years, Dawson and Liz Murray share a great passion for plants and have spent the twenty-one years since they... [more]
Sat 05 May 2018 - Sun 27 May 2018
Art of Balance
Joel Baker, Sterling Gregory, James Craig Page, Manu Topic, Travis Williams,
11:00-18:00 (not open Mondays)
Exhibition Launch with live performance - Friday 4th May, start time 6pm.Art of Balance – this exhibition will feature physical stone stacks, photography from internationally renowned... [more]
Sat 31 Mar 2018 - Sun 13 May 2018
P'eng's Journey to the Southern Darkness
Ting-Tong Chang
11:00-18:00
Using robotic devices to simulate living animals, 'P'eng's Journey to the Southern Darkness' brings lifelike characteristics to lifeless animal bodies. The sophisticated mechanism of each automaton... [more]
Sat 31 Mar 2018 - Sun 13 May 2018
RETROSPECTIVE
Marta de Menezes
11:00-18:00
A selection of works forms a brief retrospective on the incredible career of Marta de Menezes. The concept of identity and a dichotomy between the natural and the artificial are recurrent themes in... [more]
Sat 31 Mar 2018 - Sun 13 May 2018
Pig Wings & Crossing Kingdoms
Oron Catts, Ionat Zurr and Tarsh Bates
11:00-18:00
Oron Catts and Ionat ZurrWell-known bioartists Oron Catts and Ionat Zurr (The Tissue Culture & Art Project) present their landmark work 'Pig Wings' (2000). Advances in tissue engineering,... [more]
Sat 31 Mar 2018 - Sun 13 May 2018
SYNTHETICA
11:00-18:00
Synthetica, a special contemporary art exhibition co-curated by Edinburgh International Science Festival, Summerhall and ASCUS Art & Science, will showcase the work of established international... [more]
Sat 24 Feb 2018 - Sun 18 Mar 2018
PROJECT SUMMERHALL
Summerhall's resident artists, management and the staff
11:00-18:00 (not open Mondays)
Find out what goes on behind Summerhall’s doors - Edinburgh's most diverse creative hub.This spring, Summerhall's resident artists, management and the staff who call this arts complex home are... [more]
Mon 29 Jan 2018 - Sun 04 Feb 2018
Dark Fables | From Comics to Films
Alberto Vazquez
14:00-20:00
This special exhibition gathers Vazquez's both graphic and audiovisual work together. It presents how the artist adapted his comics and illustration books into animated films. The collection will... [more]
Thu 25 Jan 2018 - Sat 10 Mar 2018
Delicious Source
Ciara Veronica Dunne
11:00-18:00 (Tues-Sun)
This Delicious Source is a response to Burns (through drawing) and is a large-scale detailed monochrome mural, painted directly onto a wall in the Laboratory Gallery. Ciara Veronica... [more]
Thu 25 Jan 2018 - Sat 10 Mar 2018
Thu 25 Jan 2018 - Sat 10 Mar 2018
Inspired by 'Tam o'Shanter'
Ross Fleming, Laura Ford, Laura Graham
11:00-18:00 (Tues-Sun)
Three installations inspired by Robert Burn’s epic poem Tam o’Shanter.Sciennes 1Ross FlemingSPICEBOYS2017-18Film and installationRoss Fleming’s ‘SPICEBOYS’ utilises... [more]
Thu 25 Jan 2018 - Sat 10 Mar 2018
As Ithers See Him
Various Artists
11:00-18:00 (Tues-Sun)
A group show of contemporary interpretations of Robert Burns' appearance.The Artists - The Little Artists, David Begbie, Jake and Dinos Chapman, Brigid Collins, Calum Colvin, Rosie Dahlstrom, ... [more]
Thu 25 Jan 2018 - Sat 10 Mar 2018
A' ye wha live and never think
Graham Fagen
11:00-18:00 (Tues-Sun)
A' ye wha live and never think from 'On A Scotch Bard, Gone To The West Indies' by Robert BurnsGraham Fagen is one of the most influential artists working in Scotland today. His work mixes media... [more]
Thu 25 Jan 2018 - Sat 10 Mar 2018
Inspired Editions I & II
Calum Colvin, Catherine Sargeant, Euan Heng, Harland Miller, Holly Johnson, Jo McDonald, Kenny Hunter, Ursula Hunter, Whyn Lewis
11:00-18:00 (Tues-Sun)
Group shows of editioned work. The artists participating are:Calum ColvinBorn in Glasgow in 1961, Calum Colvin has exhibited his work nationally and internationally for over thirty years... [more]