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Open for over a month already, I still believe in miracles celebrates the originality and significance of Inverleith House’s programme over the past 30 years, featuring works by 30 leading Scottish and International artists who have made solo exhibitions for the gallery.

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   “The most beautiful gallery in Edinburgh – if not Britain – is Inverleith House”

                                                                                               The Guardian

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“There is a lightness here, and much to delight”

                                                    The Herald

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Continuing the gallery’s commitment to the presentation of contemporary and botanical art the exhibition also features botanical drawings from the collections of John Hope (1725-1786), John Hutton Balfour (1808-1884), Francis Buchanan-Hamilton (1762-1829) and Hugh Cleghorn (1820-1895).

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Partner Exhibition

I still believe… | John Hope Gateway | 22 July – Dec 2016

Displayed together for the first time, I still believe… features 30 rarely seen exhibition posters, some of which may be purchased at the Inverleith House reception.

Public Events

Director’s Tour | 3 September & 1 October) | 2-3:30pm | Free

Join Paul Nesbitt, Director & Curator of Inverleith House on a tour of I still believe in miracles and an insight into 30 years of programming the gallery.

Discussion-led Tours | 10, 17, 24 September; 8, 15, 22 October | 2-3pm | Free

Join Inverleith House staff for an insightful tour of the exhibition and artworks on display.

All tours bookable via Eventbrite

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I still believe in miracles is open Tuesday – Sunday, 10am-5:30pm until 23 October 2016

 

Image credits:

  1. Installation view, I still believe in miracles, Inverleith House, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (from left to right Thomas Houseago, Untitled Drawing for Paul, 2011; Cerith Wyn Evans, Dear Lucifer, 2009 – 2016 (Courtesy the artist, Jay Jopling/White Cube); Roni Horn, Remembered Words (Blue Devils), 2013 (Courtesy the artist, Hauser & Wirth); Karla Black, Pleaser, 2016 (Courtesy the artist, Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne) ).
  2. Installation view, I still believe in miracles, Inverleith House, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (Thomas Houseago, Untitled Drawing for Paul, 2011; Louise Bourgeois, Topiary, 2005 (Courtesy of The Easton Foundation / Louise Bourgeois Studio) ).
  3. Installation view, I still believe in miracles, Inverleith House, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (Juergen Teller, ‘Cerith, Suffolk’, 2011 (Courtesy Studio Juergen Teller); Dan Colen, ‘Blowin in the wind’, 2013 (Courtesy of the artist, Gagosian Gallery) ).
  4. Douglas Gordon, A few words on the nature of humiliation, 2016, installation view, I still believe in miracles, Inverleith House, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Courtesy the artist.
  5. Installation view, I still believe in miracles, Inverleith House, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (The Art of Education: John Hope & John Hutton Balfour (Courtesy the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Archive)).
  6. Installation view, I still believe in miracles, Inverleith House, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (The Art of Education: John Hope & John Hutton Balfour (Courtesy the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Archive)).

All photographs: Michael Wolchover