Pig Rock Bothy is currently located on the grounds of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh until April. Created by artist Bobby Niven and architect Iain MacLeod, the structure was commissioned by the gallery to provide a temporary venue for a varied programme of talks, performances and events as part of Generation.

Laura Aldridge’s ceramics

In 2015 the bothy will move to its permanent location in Assynt to become part of the Bothy Residency Project. Until then, be sure to check it out and see Glasgow-based artist Laura Aldridge’s ceramic and textile installation. Inspired by a research trip to Assynt, her work captures the patterns and colours of the landscape. The bothy’s name was inspired by a rock Aldridge found which resembled the skin of a pig.

You can see Pig Rock Bothy until April on the grounds of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art. For more information, see the Bothy Project’s website here.

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Michelle Hannah, Glass, 2013, Image: Queens Park Railway Club

In exhibition Where do I end and you begin, twenty artists take on the subject of the Commonwealth, considering the combination of the words ‘common’ and ‘wealth’ and examining the legacy of a historical and contemporary construct which often proves problematic. Part of Glasgow 2014′s Cultural Programme, the exhibition features contemporary art selected by five curators from around the Commonwealth.

Shilpa Gupta, Where Do I End and You Begin, 2012, neon

Other highlights include guided tours, film screenings, artist talks, discussions and performances. For the night owl, there’s Art Late, a programme of late night openings and events in three different parts of the city that will feature live music, performances and more.

Art Late South 2013, Image: Kat Gollock

The Edinburgh Art Festival runs from 31 July to 31 August. For more information see the festival website.

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GENERATION will bring an ambitious and extensive programme of works of art by over 100 artists to over 60 galleries, exhibition spaces and venues the length and breadth of the nation between March – November 2014, with the majority of exhibitions taking place over the summer of 2014, as part of the Glasgow 2014 Cultural Programme.

GENERATION will feature work by artists who came to attention working in Scotland between 1989 and 2014 and include work by artists born in Scotland, as well artists of other nationalities who studied and live or lived in Scotland.

GENERATION has been in the making since 2011. The programme will continue to grow in the coming months, and featured artists include Charles Avery, Sara Barker, Karla Black, Christine Borland, Martin Boyce, Roddy Buchanan, Steven Campbell, Duncan Campbell, Katy Dove, Graham Fagen, Moyna Flannigan, Douglas Gordon, Ilana Halperin, Charlie Hammond, Iain Hetherington, Louise Hopkins, Callum Innes, Jim Lambie, Lorna Macintyre, Sophie Macpherson, Alan Michael, Rosalind Nashashibi, Toby Paterson, Ciara Phillips, Alex Pollard, Charlotte Prodger, Mary Redmond, John Shankie, David Shrigley, Ross Sinclair, Simon Starling, Clare Stephenson, Corin Sworn, Joanne Tatham and Tom O’Sullivan, Cara Tolmie, Sue Tompkins, Hayley Tompkins, Zoë Walker & Neil Bromwich, Alison Watt, Cathy Wilkes, Richard Wright and many more.

GENERATION will be one of the most ambitious celebrations of contemporary art ever held by a single nation, and aims to reach and build new audiences for contemporary art. The venues involved in the project have programmed their own exhibitions, working with Associate Curator Katrina Brown and a specially convened Curatorial Board comprised of representatives of the partner organisations, to ensure that all the exhibitions share the aspirations of the project.

Participating venues include The Pier Arts Centre in Orkney, which will present a major exhibition of work by Zoë Walker & Neil Bromwich spanning more than 15 years of their practice. Caithness Horizons in Thurso will show the work of Douglas Gordon for the first time in the north of Scotland, whilst a specially curated exhibition of work by Toby Paterson will tour to venues in Kirkcaldy, Inverness, Peebles and Dumfries. Dalziel + Scullion’s installation Tumadh : Immersionwill be staged in two parts in An Lanntair in Stornoway and Dovecot Studios in Edinburgh, whilst venues East Ayrshire, South Ayrshire and Dumfries and Galloway will present works by some of Scotland’s major contributors to the development of contemporary art in the last 25 years as part of the South By South West (SXSW) partnership.

Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop said: “The sheer scale and ambition of this project is testament to the large number of talented artists that Scotland has produced over the last quarter of a century.”

See the full programme of listings for GENERATION here.

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