The Edinburgh Reporter September 2022

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At the galleries...
From Impressionism to Hepworth there is something for everyone
SCOTTISH NATIONAL GALLERY
A Taste for Impressionism: Modern French Art
from Millet to Matisse
30 July to 13 November 2022
Open daily, 10am-5pm
Tickets: £15 - £12, concessions available
The remarkable story of how Scotland became
home to one of the world’s greatest collections
of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art
will be explored in our big summer exhibition.
The exhibition also includes the incredible
discovery of a lost Vincent van Gogh
self-portrait.
This exhibition will share fascinating stories
about how visionary Scottish collectors
invested in, what were then, innovative and
radical artworks and reveals how they found
their way into Scotland’s national collection.
World famous paintings by a stellar cast
including Degas and Gauguin will feature
throughout, offering visitors a rare chance to
delve into this little-known aspect of Scotland’s
cultural history.
Other highlights will include seven works by
Claude Monet from across his career and, for
the first time, the full set of Matisse’s vibrant
Jazz prints.
The exhibition also includes the incredible
discovery of a lost Van Gogh portrait.
SCOTTISH NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY
Barbara Hepworth: Art & Life
Until 2 October 2022
Open daily, 10am-5pm
Tickets: £13/11 Mon-Fri, £14/12 Sat-Sun
and £15/13 August
Barbara Hepworth: Art & Life is a major
retrospective. It spans the artist’s entire career
charting the development of her practice, her
engagement with political and societal change,
and the events in her personal life which shaped
her work. It features more than 120 works, lent
from public and private collections, including
renowned sculptures as well as rarely seen
drawings and paintings.
Madras Rouge
by Henri Matisse
SCOTTISH NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY
Counted: Scotland’s Census 2022
Until 25 Sept 2022
Open daily, 10am-5pm, admission free
This exhibition is about celebrating who we are.
What do we have in common, and what makes
us unique?
In the year of Scotland’s Census we are
exploring who lives in Scotland today, who
came before us and who will come after us.
Inspired by the questions asked in the census,
Counted: Scotland’s Census 2022 considers the
complex notion of identity. How is this shaped
by our religion, occupation, health, ethnicity?
New acquisitions by photographers working
in Scotland today including Kieran Dodds,
Arpita Shah and Danny North are presented
alongside nineteenth century photographs by
Thomas Annan and Hill & Adamson - offering
comparisons between past and present
generations of Scots.
SCOTTISH NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY
You Are Here
On now until 8 Jan 2023
Open daily, 10am-5pm
Admission free
This display, running throughout 2022,
celebrates and shares recent and ongoing
collaborative projects between the National
Galleries of Scotland and partner organisations
across the country. They include place-based
initiatives with groups of young people in
former mining towns, and life-affirming public
art schemes in North Ayrshire.
The project looks at the various ways that
people can engage with art to bring benefits to
their health and wellbeing, and explore their
sense of identity and belonging. Co-produced
artworks and other forms of content are
displayed alongside works from the Galleries’
permanent collection to amplify new voices and
offer fresh views on contemporary Scotland.
SCOTTISH NATIONAL GALLERY
OF MODERN ART
New Arrivals: From Salvador Dalí to Jenny Saville
On now until 12 February 2023
Open daily, 10am-5pm
Admission free
This exhibition presents the latest and greatest
modern and contemporary art additions to
Scotland’s national collection. With more than
100 works on display, New Arrivals: from
Salvador Dalí to Jenny Saville offers a stunning
range of modern and contemporary work
including painting, sculptures, films and more.
AT THE MOVIES...
With Nicky Pender
Owner of Pilates with Nicky Pender
After 20 years working in a medical
education charity, Nicky took “a huge leap
of faith” and went for early retirement at
50 in 2015. She set up her own business
teaching Pilates, offering (mostly) women
over 50 a safe space to exercise. Her love
affair with Pilates started after a fall in the
snow left her with a fracture to the spine
and a damaged coccyx.
She said: “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is my
all-time favourite film,” says Nicky. “It’s the
first film I remember watching as a child.
I remember being incredibly scared of
the Child Catcher (who wasn’t?) and
intrigued by all of Caractacus Potts’
madcap inventions.”
“I loved and still do love the songs and
the dance routines in the movie but as an
adult understand the messages about
childlessness, single parenting and the
class system .
“I guess Potts’ perseverance with his
inventions resonates with me in setting
up my small business. Sometimes you
have to go with your gut. Being my own
boss has given me so much personal
freedom and teaching Pilates has
introduced me to many lovely people. I
wish I’d made the move years earlier.
“The film genre I enjoy most is
courtroom dramas, with films like ‘Jagged
Edge’ and ‘A Few Good Men’ firm
favourites. I love courtroom dramas
because there is always plenty of to-ing
and fro-ing between prosecution and
defence, trading insults and generally a
juicy secret pulled out of the hat at the
last minute to swing the case one way or
another. My love of film in general comes
from my Mum - she loved the cinema and
we went regularly when I was young and
probably even more so when I was an
adult.”
“Despite my love of film, I’ve never seen
‘The Sound of Music’ (not even on
Christmas telly!) or any of the Star Wars
films, nor do I intend to!”
Linsay Given Black
work and change the lives of working
women in particular. Typewriters
helped them launch their own
businesses at a time when female
employers were rare and became a
vital weapon in the fight for the vote.
nms.ac.uk/Typewriters
BERNAT KLEIN: DESIGN IN COLOUR
5 Nov – 23 Apr 2023
Exhibition Gallery 2, Level 3
Free entry
Marking the centenary of his birth,
this exhibition will celebrate the work
of the influential émigré textile
designer. Visitors will be able to
explore Klein’s creative process and
career, from providing couture fabrics
for fashion designers to his influence
on modernist architecture and
interior design.
nms.ac.uk/BernatKlein
INSPIRING WALTER SCOTT
Until 8 Jan 2023
Exhibition Gallery 4, Level 1
Free entry
Following the 250th anniversary of
Sir Walter Scott's birth, experience his
novels through objects that inspired
him. In this small exhibition we show
how Scott drew upon real historical
objects for inspiration, placing
objects alongside Scott's words, and
the stories in which they feature.
While you view these fascinating
objects, you can listen to an actor
reading extracts from these tales.
In association with Walter Scott
250: Celebrating 250 Years of
Scotland’s Greatest Storyteller and
supporting Year of Stories 2022.
nms.ac.uk/walterscottexhibition
JAPANESE
CONTEMPORARY DESIGN
Until 5 Mar 2023
Exhibition Gallery 3, Level 1
Free entry
From striking statement jewellery to
prints and porcelain vases, this new
and free display considers how
Japanese contemporary makers
have combined innovative and
traditional art, craft and design
elements over the past five decades.
The star object is Hitomi Hosono's
A Large Pine Tree Pool, a sculptural
porcelain bowl with complex
hand-carving made and acquired in
2019. Further highlights include
Junko Mori’s intricate New Pinecone
Silver Organism, and colourful body
adornments by jeweller Suō Emiko’s
adapted from metalworking and
engraving techniques traditionally
used in the making of Japanese
sword fittings.
nms.ac.uk/
JapaneseContemporaryDesign
Museum open 10:00–17:00 daily
Chambers Street EH1 1JF