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The Mound, Edinburgh, EH2 2EL
For over 250 years the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) has been a cradle of enlightenment thinking and a force for social progress. Their approach is multi-disciplinary, politically independent and combines cutting edge research and policy development with practical action. The RSA encourages public discourse and critical debate by providing platforms for leading experts share new ideas on contemporary issues. Projects generate new models for tackling today's social challenges and the RSA's work is supported by a 27,000 strong Fellowship - achievers and influencers from every field with a real commitment to progressive social change.
A big minty breath of fresh air swept through the Royal Scottish Academy this February, with the first ever RSA New Contemporaries exhibition. In a bold revamp of the annual student show, the old open-door policy is out that jumble-sale Read on…
RSA Upper and Lower Galleries, Edinburgh
14-25 February
Reviewed by: Catriona Black »
Featuring the work of fifty eight graduates from Scotland’s Colleges of Art and Schools of Architecture, RSA New Contemporaries is an important and exciting showcase of Contemporary Art. Selected from 2008 degree shows in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Read on…
Royal Scottish Academy of Art & Architecture, Edinburgh
14 - 25 February 2009
Reviewed by: Georgina Coburn »
Three teenage figures ambling around a hatchback car in ‘The Secret History of Damascus' bring recognisably Western life to one of the street scenes painted by David Martin. The accompanying text tells us the Syrian capital is Read on…
Royal Scottish Academy
3 March 2007 to 4 April 2007
Reviewed by: Shaun Hadnett »
Ron Mueck 5th August- 1st OctoberRoyal Scottish AcademyEdinburgh £6 In 1917 Marcel Duchamp’s ‘Fountain’ brazenly announced the notion that skill was not a pre-requisite for a work of art. A century later Mueck Read on…
Royal Scottish Academy Building
8 August 2006 to 10 October 2006
Reviewed by: Will McCrory »