The venue is exhibiting The Box Meeting, giving visitors a chance to see this significant work.
The painting is on display alongside a major retrospective of Bellany’s life at the City Art Centre a short walk away.
The Box Meeting is one of Bellany’s early works. In it, he transformed Giovanni Bellini’s The Feast of the Gods (1514) from Renaissance Italy to a Scottish fishing village.
The painting depicts the Box Meeting tradition in Cockenzie and Port Seton. This was a community celebration after church services, featuring parades, banners, pipe bands and evening fun at the harbour. The ‘box’ in the painting held funds to help widows of local fishermen who had died at sea.
This community spirit greatly influenced Bellany’s work throughout his career.
The exhibition at the City Art Centre, John Bellany: A Life in Self-Portraiture, features more than 80 of the late artist’s autobiographical pieces.
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These include paintings, drawings and prints from his art school days to his final works.
This exhibition runs until September 28, when St Giles’ Cathedral will host a special concert.
The Stephanie Legg Ensemble will perform Bellany, an album released on the 10th anniversary of the artist’s death.
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Stephanie Legg’s music captures Bellany’s visual storytelling in sound, touching on the social and religious themes in his work.
The ensemble’s performance will take audiences through Bellany’s life, from his early days in Port Seton to meeting his wife Helen and achieving international fame.
Inspired by Bellany’s 1995 work The Skate and the Kate, Stephanie’s folk-inspired compositions invite audiences to celebrate Bellany’s joy and success while acknowledging his sorrow and struggles.
The ensemble includes Stephanie Legg on saxophones and voice, Julia Hart on violin, Cameron Smith on cello and Erin Sawicka on piano.