Visual Arts ”Where Is My Mind?” is the title and theme of a photo exhibition by Dave Hingerty of musicians and tour locations. The photographs represent the theme of duality which we all know, whereby people are engaged on one level with … Dave Hingerty : Where is my Mind?
Visual Arts Reflecting 1916 features photographs taken by eyewitnesses to this pivotal period in Ireland’s history, a number of which are being shown in public for the first time. A centrepiece installation of large-scale photos captures the destruction of Dublin and offers … Gallery of Photography : Reflecting 1916
Summerhall Exhibitions Retired engineer John Sumpter has spent the last ten years learning about art. This exhibition for just one weekend in the Memorial Library at Summerhall celebrates John’s 70th birthday as well as his first ten years as an artist. John Sumpter : 70th Birthday Retrospective
Visual Arts ARTS-NEWS VERSION II Till Sunday 14th February. FOUND Collective (Ziggy Campbell and Simon Kirby) have been commissioned by Grampian Hospitals Art Trust to create new work for the exhibition Terra Nova. The project is a response to photographs taken by … Ziggy Campbell and Simon Kirby : Terra Nova
Visual Arts The Solas Awards Exhibition features the work of nine artists selected as winners by the international jury. This major new award for contemporary photography is a collaboration between Source Magazine and the Gallery of Photography Ireland. Source is a photography … Tanya Kiang : The SOLAS Photography Prize 2015
Books Festivals Edinburgh welcomes back one of Scotland’s most ferociously-talented writers. Andrew O’Hagan’s fifth novel, The Illuminations, weaves two linked stories together: the older woman, Anne Quirk, is a Scottish photographer struggling to keep hold of her memories, the younger man is … Andrew O’Hagan : The Illuminations
Visual Arts This new exhibition of photographs by Eamonn Farrell at the Gallery of Photography, Temple Bar examines the public image of Charles Haughey – the most controversial politician since the foundation of the state. With his Napoleonic manner, driving ambition and … Eamonn Farrell : Charles Haughey: power, politics & public image
Visual Arts Inspired by visits to les Rencontres d’Arles and charged with furthering photography’s role within contemporary artistic practice, The Photographer’s Collective was established in 2011 to promote and nurture the talent of photographers working in Edinburgh and further afield. The Collective’s … Albie Clark : The Photographer’s Collective 13 – 25 October, 2015
Summerhall Exhibitions Visual Arts Inspired by visits to les Rencontres d’Arles and charged with furthering photography’s role within contemporary artistic practice, The Photographer’s Collective was established in 2011 to promote and nurture the talent of photographers working in Edinburgh and further afield. The Collective’s … Albie Clark : The Photographer’s Collective 13 – 25 October, 2015
Visual Arts On June 21st 1975 the intersection of Beverly Boulevard and La Brea Avenue entered photographic history. This is where Stephen Shore, considered one of the leading protagonists of the New Colour Movement, took his legendary photograph in front of a … Tanya Kiang : La Brea Matrix, Sept 4 – Oct 18
Visual Arts We’re continuing our series of posting international content. This video is about an installation at the Gallery of Photography in Ireland, however we feel the subject has an international appeal. Enjoy! On June 21st 1975 the intersection of Beverly Boulevard … Tanya Kiang : La Brea Matrix
Performance While walking over 3500km through Germany, Gerling took photographs of people he met during his wanderings, creating portraits in the form of photographic flipbooks. On stage, Gerling recounts the stories of those who let themselves be photographed. Gerling describes great, … Portraits in Motion
Visual Arts David Bailey’s ‘Stardust’ at the Scottish National Gallery is the first major showing of Bailey’s work in Edinburgh since the Dean Gallery’s ‘Birth of the Cool’ in 2001. The current exhibition illustrates the extraordinary range of subjects that Bailey has … David Bailey : Stardust & Birth of the Cool
Visual Arts The exhibition LUX SHIFTER features local, Edinburgh based artists such as Evan Thomas, Keith Guy, Scarlett Platel and Susanne Ramsenthaller. ACTINIC is also showing work from further afield, presenting an array of international artists, including USA-based Christian Arrecis and Clint … Scarlett Platel : LUX SHIFTER
Visual Arts Brittonie Fletcher presents LUX SHIFTER, a new exhibition as part of the ACTINIC alternative photography festival. The ACTINIC Festival is a new series of exhibitions and events featuring Scottish and international artists at the intersection of analogue photographic media and … Brittonie Fletcher : LUX SHIFTER
Visual Arts ARTIST ROOMS presents a series of photographic works by influential photographer, Diane Arbus. Known for documenting subjects who were considered marginalised by society, Arbus sought to capture images that showed the subjects as they were, challenging concepts of beauty, identity … ARTIST ROOMS : Diane Arbus
Visual Arts Gallery manager Lauren McLaughlin introduces Hide and Seek, the first solo UK show from Argentinian photographer, Romina Ressia. Drawing from four bodies of work, ‘How Would Have Been’, ‘What Do You Hide’, ‘Renaissance Cubism’ and her most recent ‘Not About … Romina Ressia : Hide and Seek
Visual Arts Nina Bacos, founder of Talk See Photography, introduces the organisation’s roundtable discussion, which follows up on an event held last year exploring Scotland’s current photography scene and how it’s developing. The round table panel consisted of Malcolm Dickson (Streetlevel/IPS), Ben … Nina Bacos : Talk See Photography March 2015
Visual Arts It’s the final week of Fallen, an exhibition of photographer Don McCullin’s works, currently on at Shetland Museum & Archives and Bonhoga Gallery. Fallen is the first showing of McCullin’s work by ARTIST ROOMS, the collection of modern and contemporary art acquired … Don McCullin : Fallen
Visual Arts Coming into its final week on show, Futureproof is an annual showcase of new photographic talent selected from Scotland’s photographic and fine art degree courses. Work comes from Edinburgh College of Art, Glasgow School of Art, University of the West … Malcolm Dickson : Futureproof 2014
Visual Arts Edward Welch, Director of the Washington Wilson Centre for Visual Culture introduces the archive of photographer George Washington Wilson and the contemporary work of the Visual Culture Aberdeen blog. Photographs courtesy of the University of Aberdeen. Edward Welch : George Washington Wilson
Visual Arts Photographers Catherine Cameron and Jolanta Dolewska discuss their work in January’s Talk See Photography event, held at CCA. Both photographers work with analogue technology, Dolewska incorporating found imagery with new photographs, creating a dialogue between pictures and exploring the various … Catherine Cameron and Jolanta Dolewska : Talk See Photography
Visual Arts Artist Daniel Djamo explores various endings within his Briggait exhibition, Before the End. Utilising film and photography, Djamo explores someone’s life through their obsessive note-taking of their finances, ending with their funeral costs, the last 12 months of his nannie’s … Daniel Djamo : Before the End
Visual Arts TalkSeePhotography held a curatorial slam at Glasgow’s CCA allowing curators, artists and anyone with an interest in creative practice to present a series of ideas exploring photographic and curatorial practice. This provided a platform for idea sharing and discussion, and … Seonaid Daly and Ben Rush : Curatorial Slam
Visual Arts Wendy McMurdo introduces the third year of the Jill Todd Photographic Award, which is an annual award that showcases the work of emerging photographers from Photography and Arts Degree programmes in Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. The award … Wendy McMurdo : Jill Todd Photographic Award 2014
