Top Picks: Edinburgh Art Festival

Duncan Shanks: The Riverbank - A Landscape of Sorrow and Hope
The Scottish Gallery, until 27 Aug, times vary

An exhibition of new work, featuring vibrant and energetic paintings heavily inspired by lockdowns and subjects closer to home.

Nadia Myre: Tell Me of Your Boats and Your Waters – Where Do They Come From, Where Do They Go?
Edinburgh Printmakers, until 18 Sep, times vary 

Newly commissioned work across print, installation and sound from Montreal-based artist Nadia Myre responding to the 200th anniversary of the Union Canal.

Ishiuchi Miyako
Stills Centre for Photography, until 8 Oct, times vary 

The first exhibition in Scotland of work by the influential post-war Japanese photographer. Expect selections of work from some of her most celebrated series, including Frida (2012), where Miyako photographed Kahlo’s belongings.

Platform 2022
French Institute for Scotland, until 28 Aug, times vary 

The festival’s annual showcase of early career visual artists, now in its eighth year. This year's cohort includes Saoirse Amira Anis, Emelia Kerr Beale, Lynsey MacKenzie and Jonny Walker.

Ashanti Harris: Dancing a Peripheral Quadrille
Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop, until 28 Aug, times vary 

Multi-disciplinary artist Ashanti Harris presents a series of sculptural and performance works. Using Faustin Charles' novel Signposts of a Jumbie as a starting point, she explores ideas of communal and grassroots cultural production through the lens of the Caribbean Carnival.