Mon 06 Jul 2015 - Tue 01 Jan 2047
A Lady’s Not A Gent’s
Curated by Julian Spalding and Glyn Thompson
The Urinal is the first great feminist work of art, created by Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven in 1917 as a protest against America’s declaration of war on Germany. Long after she died, Duchamp appropriated it and robbed... [more]
Fri 23 Oct 2015 - Tue 01 Jan 2047
Instalodecoración: Transforming The Everyday
Olmo Blanco
Interview Room 11 Gallery and Summerhall have joined together to present an intervention by durational mark-maker Olmo Blanco. His drawings add to what is already there - walls, floors and... [more]
Fri 20 Nov 2015 - Thu 31 Dec 2020
The Thermos Museum
The Thermos Museum was part of Summerhall's Festival August 2015 visual arts programme. It is a comedic but also edifying experience; suitcases unfold to reveal numerous astonishing displays. However, the public are not... [more]
Fri 01 Jan 2016 - Tue 01 Jan 2047
Muirhead Bone Collection
Muirhead Bone
Britain’s first official war artist, Muirhead Bone trained at Glasgow School of Art and was posted to France in 1916, arriving during the battle of the Somme. Through hundreds of exquisite drawings made on the spot... [more]
Sun 18 Sep 2016 - Thu 31 Dec 2020
SCDA National Script Library
Scottish Community Drama Association
The library contains over 25,000 one-act and full-length play scripts – Classic Theatre, Modern Drama, Pantomime, Musicals, Youth Theatre, Out-of-Prints and Unpublished work -all available for loan to SCDA members and... [more]
Sun 18 Sep 2016 - Thu 31 Dec 2020
Artiscience Library
ASCUS
ASCUS is delighted to offer access to the Artiscience Library at Summerhall. This library contains around 25,000 books on art and science. The library, collated by Colin Sanderson, is available as a reading room and for... [more]
Wed 02 Aug 2017 - Thu 26 Jan 2034
#PROTESTMASKPROJECT
Jane Frere
CAT (Creative, Aesthetic,Transgression) started life several years ago as a social media project. The CAT mask became an emblem of protest spread via social media in 2014. CAT masks, handmade by artist, were adopted... [more]
Thu 03 Aug 2017 - Tue 01 Jan 2047
Elsa in Philadelphia
Curated by Glyn Thompson
Elsa in Philadelphia fills in the gaps in the critical period between Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven’s disappearance from New York and re-emergence in Philadelphia in the spring of 1917. Beginning with a box of... [more]