Art

Artists’ Books

In celebration of Book Week Scotland, the DCA held an exhibition of books, published ephemera and (maga)zines made by artists selected from, amongst others, the Heart Fine Art in Edinburgh, the DCA’s recent exhibitions programme and the Centre for Artists’ Books which is based in the Visual Research Centre in the building. Exhibiting books is Read More

Comics, Manga & Co. The New Culture Of German Comics

Comics, Manga & Co. The New Culture Of German Comics showcases the work of two recent generations of artists from the flourishing world of German comics. At the event preview, Dr Chris Murray, programme convenor of the University of Dundee’s MLitt in Comic Studies introduced Anke Feuchtenberger who gave a talk to accompany the exhibition’s Read More

Selling Dreams: One Hundred Years of Fashion Photography

Selling Dreams: One Hundred Years of Fashion Photography is the second exhibition being held at the Mcmanus Galleries in partnership with the V&A.The exhibition charts the evolution of fashion photography, from its humble beginnings in the early 1900s, through its 1960s heyday, to its changing status and significance in an image- saturated 21st century. Included Read More

Human Race: Inside the History of Sport Medicine

Funded by the Scottish Arts Council and the Lottery Legacy Trust, this touring exhibition is part of the Cultural Olympiad which accompanies the 2012 London Olympic Games. In conjunction with the exhibition – which includes material from several Scottish collections exploring and illustrating the development of sports medicine – a series of free talks, evening Read More

Ten Drawings and Sketches

How should one review Leonardo Da Vinci?! What could be said about the man or his work that has not been said? What could be said here that did not come across as trite in the extreme? When you first enter the gallery, the churlish impulse is to worry about scale – with only ten Read More

Imag(in)ing the Past

This exhibition is an eclectic mix of work brought together under a broad remit, with pieces from artists as diverse as Ian Hamilton Finlay and Edward Burra. What links these works is sometimes rather elusive to grasp. Certainly there is no homogeneity of style or scale: here we find postcard-sized monochrome works on paper alongside Read More

Gifted: The Edinburgh Book Sculptures on Tour

Placed on plinths at the end of bookshelves in the Leisure Reading section of the Central Library are ten exquisite sculptures made from books, cut, shredded, incorporating wire, string and glue. All are beautifully formed into a series of intriguing shapes which each tell their own story; all communicate the theme: “support of Books, Words Read More

Infinite Jest

Infinite Jest showcases the work of three contemporary artists, woven together in a clever collaboration where ordinary and commonplace objects are transformed into the extraordinary. The artists Cinthia Marcelle, Rob Pruitt and William Mackrell have a shared interest in how everyday items can be transformed into art. At first glance, many of the exhibits don’t Read More