American Impressionism Exhibition is One Highlight of Edinburgh Art Festival this August
- July 30, 2014 14:30
Edinburgh Art Festival, the UK’s largest annual celebration of visual art, is on view starting from July 31 for a month-long program of special events, tours, and performances.
This year's edition features over 40 exhibitions, among them, masterworks of American Impressionism and new works from contemporary UK artists. Tours across 30 of the city’s museums, galleries and institutions, as well as artist-run, temporary and pop-up spaces are a highlight.
In its 11th year the festival will bring together over 100 leading and emerging Scottish and international artists. As part of the Glasgow 2014 Cultural Programme, and during the year of Homecoming Scotland, this year's program will also see the presentation of a major international group exhibition bringing together five curators and 20 artists from across five Commonwealth countries.
An in-depth historical survey "American Impressionism: A New Vision," at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, will trace the discovery of Impressionism by American artists in the late 19th century, featuring classic paintings by artists including Degas, Monet, Cassatt, Sargent and Whistler.
The Scottish National Portrait Gallery will present John Ruskin: Artist and Observer, an exhibition of the renowned art critic and artist’s drawn and painted work, and the National Museum of Scotland will also present a remarkable collection of original artifacts in the only
UK showing of a collection of Chinese National treasures from the Ming Dynasty in Ming: The Golden Empire.
