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August Sander: People of the Twentieth Century »

Soldier, by August Sander (1940)

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Trying to document a nation of people is no mean feat, and would have been substantially more difficult in the early 1900s without the availability of modern technology. However, the new exhibition at the Dean Gallery proves that it was possible. Augu...

Wed 23 Feb 2011 by Emily Burke | Read more »

Diane Arbus »

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In the latest helping from Anthony d’Offay’s Artist Rooms collection the Dean Gallery offers a brimming retrospective of some 70 prints from renowned photographer Diane Arbus. Fitting comfortably in the canon of artistically brilliant yet s...

Tue 20 Apr 2010 by Joe Constable | Read more »

Strange Encounters »

John Davies, For the Last Time

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When Jim Carrey donned a green mask, his unrepentant behaviour was the result of being granted anonymity. But masks conceal less than we might think, reveals Strange Encounters, a new exhibition at the Dean Gallery in the room adjoining Paolozzi's stud...

Wed 17 Mar 2010 by Michael Grotell | Read more »

BP Portrait Award 2009 »

Mary Jane Ansell - Georgie

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The extraordinary array of works submitted for the BP Portrait Award at the Dean Gallery—entries came from 54 countries—begs the question: “What makes a good portrait?” Unfortunately, there is no definitive answer: some believe ...

Wed 20 Jan 2010 by Matthew Macaulay | Read more »

Running Time »

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Running Time comprises an eclectic mix of more than 100 films by over 60 artists, so viewing it is the equivalent to analysing almost 50 years of Scottish film and video works. Anyone who doesn't profess to be an expert in Scottish film would do well t...

Wed 11 Nov 2009 by Matthew Macaulay | Read more »

Alive with Innovations: Paolozzi's Beginnings »

Real Gold - Eduardo Paolozzi

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The legacy of Leith-born artist Eduardo Paolozzi, an innovator in what our sensibilities now call 'pop-art', is reinvoigorated in the Dean Gallery's latest exhibition. Paolozzi—a man whose intricate collages from media appeared a good decade befo...

Mon 27 Apr 2009 by Michael Grotell | Read more »

Nice caff, with a gallery on the side »

Stornoway Black Pudding @ Café Newton

There’s a famous Saatchi & Saatchi sequence of adverts which, during the ‘80s, sold London’s V&A museum as “an ace caff with quite a nice museum attached.” Fortunately, Edinburgh, too, has a few “quite nice&r...

Thu 02 Oct 2008 by Rebecca Penneck | Read more »

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