Festivals Chaired by Struan Stevenson MEP with panellists including Professor Richard Demarco the event asked whether Scotland does enough to promote its arts and artists throughout Europe. And what do other Europeans make of our efforts? Festival of Politics : Richard Demarco
Visual Arts Carolee Schneemann is a pioneer in many artistic disciplines. Having consistently challenged concepts of sexuality and gender identity in the fields of painting, sculpture, installation art, video art and, most importantly, performance with key works such as Meat Joy (1964) and Interior Scroll (1975), … Carolee Schneemann: Remains to be Seen
Visual Arts Summerhall TV interviewed two recent Contemporary Art (MA) graduates about their involvement with this year’s Postgraduate Show at Edinburgh College of Art. Edinburgh College of Art : Postgraduate Degree Show 2012
Visual Arts Artist Anthony Schrag is running a series of participatory tours which invite you to engage with the city in different ways. Each performance tour is unique. Anthony Schrag : Tourist in Residence
From early films depicting the execution of Mary Queen of Scots to Scotland’s classic cinemas, Going to the Pictures charts Scotland’s relationship with the silver screen. Andrew Martin, curator at the National Library of Scotland, tells us about the exhibit … Andrew Martin : Going to the pictures
Visual Arts Acting as the pavilion for this year’s Edinburgh Art Festival, Andrew Miller’s The Waiting Place is a playful summerhouse in the centre of a city where summer is by no means guaranteed. Miller’s The Waiting Place attempts to articulate a … Andrew Miller : The Waiting Place
Visual Arts The group exhibition, from 03-19 August, showcases some of the most exciting works, selected from the huge volume of artistic activity taking place within the distinctive red brick walls of St Margaret’s House, London Road.The Summer Show, occupying all three … Art’s Complex Summer Show
Visual Arts Film from 2003 of the making of carvings and sculpture for the Stupa being built at Samye Ling, the Tibetan Buddhist Centre in Eskdalemuir in Dumfries and Galloway. Lama Thubten : Tibetan Art
Screen Bandita is a collective that strives to create an environment where previously abandoned film and visual ephemera can be given a new lease of life. They will present the second installment of their exploration of previously abandoned Super 8 … Leonora Olmi and Lydia Beilby : Screen Bandita
Visual Arts Summerhall will present a major installation by Polish artist Robert Kuśmirowski. Kuśmirowski, who lives and works in Lublin, specialises in transformed spaces, and intensely realised transformations of reality in general, and history in particular. This will be his second solo … Robert Kuśmirowski : Pain Thing
Visual Arts The World Press Photo Award highlights the best press photography from around the world. This exhibition displays the short list on display in Edinburgh as part of a global tour. Fiona Andreas : World Press Photo 2012
Visual Arts In a newly commissioned work, David Michalek returns to Summerhall to pay homage to the cinematic and photographic pioneer Eadweard Muybridge. Using clever “trip-wire techniques” Muybridge was the first person to photograph movement too fast for the human eye to … David Michalek: Figure Studies and Slow Dancing
Visual Arts Ruth Beale’s 2004 Salon event with Robin Scott and Alberta Whittle held at the Model Art Gallery in Edinburgh during the Edinburgh Art Festival. Music from Swimmer One. Ruth Beale : Aurora
Visual Arts Salvador Dali’s ‘Optical Illusions’ at Edinburgh’s Dean Gallery in 2000, introduced by Patrick Elliott. Salvador Dali : Optical Illusions
Visual Arts Julie Lawson introduces Stanley Spencer’s ‘Men of the Clyde’ exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh in 2000. Stanley Spencer : Men of Clyde
Talking Pictures interviews ‘Full Monty’ director Peter Cattaneo in 2002 on his follow-up prison break movie ‘Lucky Break’. Peter Cattaneo : Lucky Break
Visual Arts Short feature from 2004 follows Angelika Schnabel painting a Black Thangka while introducing the Karma Gardri tradition of painting at Samye Ling, the Tibetan Buddhist Centre at Eskdalemuir in Dumfries & Galloway. Angelika Schnabel : Black Thangka
Robert Morgan interviews Brian Cox at the Edinburgh Film Festival about his controversial film L.I.E. Brian Cox : L.I.E.
Talking Pictures interviews Jean-Pierre Jeunet in 2002 on the success of his film ‘Amelie’. Jean-Pierre Jeunet : Amelie
Festivals LeithLate, Leith’s annual multi-arts event is back, returning to a variety of different venues up and down Leith Walk on the evening of Thursday 28th June, and now it’s even bigger, better and LATER than before! Newly extended to a … Pop-Up Galleries : Leith Late 2012
Visual Arts Lord Snowdon presents photographic portraits at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery. Lord Snowdon : Snowdon, A Retrospective
Visual Arts Alicja Pawluczuk’s short film of Jonathan Freemantle working in his studio at Summerhall. Jonathan Freemantle : In The Studio
One of three Science and the City events organised by the Schop Institute with Summerhall. Oliver Chapman introduces Colin Hamilton who explores the sustainable features of the John Hope Gateway Building at the Royal Botanic Gardens. Tour of the John Hope Gateway Building
This edition from the Cityscape series from 2001 explores the requirements and constraints on extending the Scotland’s National Museum in Chamber Street. Cityscape : National Museum of Scotland
From Edinburgh Television’s Cityscape series, this programme looks at the Scottish Poetry Library in Edinburgh. Cityscape : Scottish Poetry Library
Feature from Edinburgh Television’s Cityscape series on the design of The Scotsman building on Holyrood Road. Cityscape : Scotsman Building
Ann McLuskey introduces an innovative community arts programme in Edinburgh’s Sighthill in this edition of CityScape from 2000. Cityscape : Sighthill
This edition of Cityscape from 2001 explores the refurbishment of Edinburgh’s famous concert hall. Cityscape : Usher Hall
Visual Arts Phyllida Barlow interviewed at the 5th British Art Show in Edinburgh in 2000. Phyllida Barlow : 5th British Art Show
Visual Arts Raj Chakraborti’s interview with David Rushton at the Reconstruction and Fabrication exhibition at the Model Art Gallery in Edinburgh in 2004. David Rushton : Reconstruction and Fabrication