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Edinburgh Art Festival

Edinburgh Art Festival

In it's 5th year the Edinburgh Art Festival is developing into a major international visual art event. The Festival works in partnership with the city’s galleries, museums and visual art spaces to present the best, most exciting and intriguing in the modern and contemporary visual arts. The programme offers more than 130 exhibitions and events presenting a wide-ranging selection of artworks by both international and Scottish artists in a variety of traditional and non-traditional settings.

Festival Dates

2008: 31 July – 31 August
Galleries of Scotland - Edinburgh Inspiring Capital 
Edinburgh Arts Festival chalks up summer of success

Good visitor numbers, world-class exhibitions and high profile artists propel city art scene upwards and onwards.
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Tracey EMIN b.1963, My Bed, 1998 (Mattress, linens, pillows, rope, various memorabilia, 79 x 211 x 234), Saatchi Gallery, London, copyright The Artist 
Tracey Emin: 20 Years

Tracey Emin is one of the most celebrated artists of her generation, yet remarkably this is the first retrospective exhibition of her work to be held in the UK.
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Steve Mykietyn and crew limbering up 
Art Late sets impressive pace for city galleries

Festival-goers limbered up for an after hours, running tour of Art Festival galleries on Thursday 28 August.
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Sir Sean Connery 
Big Bond Themes

Ian Fleming centenary marked as Sir Sean Connery set to appear at Edinburgh International Book Festival.
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Featured Video - Joanne Brown, EAF Director

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The Director of the Edinburgh Art Festival Joanne Brown describes some of the treats in the 2008 programme.
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