Manipulate Festival is Puppet Animation Scotland’s annual celebration of innovative puppetry, visual theatre and animated film. This year, it has commissioned eight Scottish artists to produce Restless Worlds, a series of kinetic artworks which can be viewed in person behind windows in public spaces.
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The Witches’ Well (1894) is a drinking fountain dedicated to over 300 witches burned at the stake here at the Castlehill in Edinburgh. Hundreds of people, mainly women, were executed at this site for crimes of witchcraft. Here, they were burned at the stake after being strangled to death.
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Take a walk into West Princes Street Gardens in Edinburgh and you might stumble across an outdoor theatre with subtle art deco features and a vintage feel.
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There’s a new mural in Edinburgh on Arthur Street, just off Leith Walk on the corner wall of Casa Amiga cafe. It’s dedicated to the much-beloved Leith legend Arthur Williams.
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Street art, graffiti art, guerilla art, whatever you want to call it, it’s everywhere. Thanks to Banksy, the good stuff gets noticed and appreciated. How about some guerilla mosaic art to look out for in Edinburgh? How about Helen Miles? How about leaving behind any preconceptions you have about street artists?
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Dunbar’s Close Garden, a walk through time and space in Edinburgh’s historic Old Town…
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Take a tour of architecture in Edinburgh. Highlights from Cobble Tales New Town architecture tour of Edinburgh. Read more
There are two Barbara Hepworth sculptures at the Royal Botanic Gardens of Edinburgh. Read more
