Top Picks: Edinburgh Art Festival 2024
A range of emerging and international talent, from Scottish premieres to art as resistance
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Ade Adesina: INTERSECTION
Edinburgh Printmakers, until 10 Nov, times vary
An exhibition that highlights the artist’s experimentations with screenprint and lithograph alongside relief printing and sculptural installations, referencing his African roots, British culture, and encounters while travelling.
Ibrahim Mahama: Songs about Roses
Fruitmarket, until 6 Oct, times vary
The first-ever solo exhibition of work by the Ghanaian artist in Scotland sees him take inspiration from the Fruitmarket’s unique location by Waverley railway station, using this as a starting point for large-scale drawings, sculpture and installations.
Rosie’s Disobedient Press
City Art Centre, 9-25 Aug, times vary
A collaborative project by artists Lisette May Monroe and Adrien Howard, who have been invited to reflect on the landscape of the city over the past 20 years. They will present works of textual intervention which will appear in print, on clothing, across windows and banners throughout Edinburgh.
Moyna Flannigan: Space Shuffle
Collective, until 15 Sep, times vary
The renowned Scottish artist presents an exhibition of new work, specially created for Collective’s City Dome gallery, with collages of images of women drawn from myth, art history, and pop culture, alongside a constellation of paper sculptures.
Prem Sahib: Alleus
Castle Terrace Car Park, 16 Aug, 6.30-8.30pm
The Scottish premiere of a performance work by Prem Sahib, which includes a polyphony of live and pre-recorded voices that distort an anti-immigration speech by former Home Secretary Suella Braverman in a form of resistance against damaging speech practices by politicians.
JUPITER RISING x EAF
Jupiter Artland, 17 Aug, 6pm-1am
Jupiter Rising’s collaboration with the EAF invites audiences to explore, discover and celebrate underrepresented artistic voices, with site-responsive performance, a late night stage and more set to the theme of Queer Summer Fête. This year’s line-up includes Gemma Rolls-Bentley, Sgàire Wood and Femmergy.