Claudia Martinez Garay

31 August-17 November. Entry free. Dundee Contemporary Arts, 152 Nethergate, Dundee, DD1 4DY.

Claudia Martinez Garay is a Peruvian artist who lives and works between Amsterdam and Lima. Encompassing painting, sculptures, printmaking, video and installation, it’s Martinez Garay’s first solo exhibition in Scotland. The artist also takes inspiration from her own Andrean heritage by exploring historical images, propaganda and sounds from her home country.

https://www.dca.org.uk/

Catharsis

7-29 September. Entry free. Annan Gallery, 164 Woodlands Road, Glasgow, G3 6LL.

Exciting and popular contemporary artist Gordon Wilson is hosting a solo exhibition of new paintings at Annan Gallery. Featuring 35 new and original paintings, Wilson’s works delves into the wonderful, emotive and colourful world of Scotland’s most highly regarded contemporary painters.

https://annanart.com/

Wylie and Lochhead Exhibition

31 August-19 September. Entry free. The Mitchell Library and Theatre, Glasgow, G3 7DN.

Wylie and Lochhead were the most successful furniture manufacturers in Scotland. This exhibition at the Mitchell Library explores the history of the company and features work of Scottish designers George Logan, John Ednie and EA Taylor.

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Summer Salon

31 August-28 September. Entry free. Detail Framing & Gallery, 11 Lochrin Place, Tollcross, Edinburgh, EH3 9QX.

Discover the work of over 50 artists as part of Detail Framing’s Summer Salon exhibition. Artworks can also be purchased and taken away on the day if there’s something that takes your fancy!

http://www.detailframing.co.uk/

Karen Masters

31 August-6 September. Entry free. Dunfermline Carnegie Library and Galliers, 1-7 Abbot Street, Dunfermline, KY12 7N.

The culmination of four years of research into her ancestors and their stories, artist Karen Masters has also developed her skills in ceramics. At the start of lockdown in 2020, Masters found a handwritten family tree created by her great-aunt. This started a journey of research which found hundreds of living ancestors and also the development of her skills in ceramics.

https://www.onfife.com/

Flower Festival at Duddingston Kirk

1-7 September. Entry free. Duddingston Kirk, Old Church Lane, Edinburgh, EH15 3PX.

A flower festival celebrating 900 years of worship at Duddingston Kirk is taking place. The festival represents some of the many people associated with Duddingston Kirk over the years.

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Ramsay & Edinburgh Fashion

31 August-24 November. Entry included in admission (from £12.50). The Georgian House, 7 CHarlotte Square, Edinburgh, EH2 4DR.

Set against the backdrop of the fashion trade, this exhibition demonstrates how vital it was for a painter to be familiar with dress styles, materials and accessories in the mid-18th century. Moving from an early 1739 portrait of a young heiress to a 1769 painting of an Edinburgh society hostess to reveal how the artist used clothing to reflect a sitter’s personality.

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Material & Form

7 September-2 October. Entry free. &Gallery, 3 Dundas Street, Edinburgh, EH3 6QG.

Richard Perry and Andrew Clausen have come together for a two-person exhibition. &Gallery artist Clausen is joined by Perry who has created sculptural pieces to go alongside the new wall-based work from Clausen.

https://andgallery.co.uk/

Tapestry 5: Time and Place

31 August-7 September. Entry free. Dovecot Studios, 10 Infirmary Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1LT.

Tapestry 5 brings their new show of small, woven tapestries to Edinburgh’s Dovecot. Featuring the work of five Scottish based weavers, this exhibition opens a window on a different and timely approach to the ancient form of tapestry weaving. The work on display is inspired by urban spaces, the sea, the sky and Norse myths and pays homage to the use of natural and plant fibres used all across the globe.

https://dovecotstudios.com/