Tag: Edinburgh (page 2 of 2)

Lanterns

 
Chinese New Year, Edinburgh 2014.
A terracotta army of lanterns at the Old Quad on the grounds of Edinburgh University. The installation was created by Xia Nan and first appeared at Beijing Olympic Games 2008.
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The Scotsman Steps

Edinburgh has steps — lots of steps. Some are lovely, tourist-friendly curiosities and others are not. Some are just short cuts from here to there. In the recent past, The Scotsman Steps in Edinburgh have never really given anyone cause to stop and ponder. That is until artist Martin Creed transformed them with a permanent public art installation in 2011. Read more