This sea of sunflowers by the sea is a wee bit of magic for an hour or two in East Lothian. Catch it on a sunny or warm day for respite from the Edinburgh Festival mayhem of August.
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Edinburgh-based folks and visitors alike, if you’re looking to support some local talent appearing this year at the Edinburgh Fringe, here’s some suggestions 
One of my favourite artworks at Edinburgh Art Festival 2021 is Emeka Ogboh’s Song of the Union at the Burns Monument. Newly commissioned for the festival, this seven-channel sound installation is a response to Brexit.
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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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Take a tour of architecture in Edinburgh. Highlights from Cobble Tales New Town architecture tour of Edinburgh. Read more
Alive: In The Face of Death, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Are you alive, really alive? Do you know what it means to be alive?
Do we have to be ill to know what it means to be alive?
This exhibition is about being alive. It’s also about faces, facing up to and facing down life and death. Read more
Marc Chagall’s style is known for its unusual figures floating above the ground levitating with sheer emotion or heads spinning. He often turned his work upside down whilst painting surreal images before the word was even applied to art. But he is the most down to earth artist I know of. Here, the exhibition is on the top floor of the Tate in Liverpool, and we hover around the gallery looking down on one of the most down to earth cities I know of. Read more