Category Archives: Exhibitions

A new exhibition by Glasgow born artist Katie Paterson, that tells the birth and life of our planet in a single object, is to go on display for the first time at Edinburgh’s Ingleby Gallery this Spring.  Katie is widely regarded as one of the leading artists of her generation working at the nexus ofContinue reading “New Exhibition from Scottish Artist Katie Paterson at Ingleby Gallery This Spring”

Established in 1977, Stills is a centre for photography based in Cockburn Street Edinburgh that has become a champion for the important role that photography plays in the world today. This Spring, it will host the first solo exhibition in a UK public gallery of work by Scottish photographer Robbie Lawrence. This solo exhibition, entitledContinue reading “Stills Gallery to Host First Solo Exhibition from Scottish Photographer Robbie Lawrence”

Collective is an organisation established in 1984 with the mission to bring people together around contemporary art. Since 2018, it has had its home in the prime position on the redeveloped City Observatory site on  the Capital’s Calton Hill offering new art inside while surrounded by the magnificent cityscape outside. From 22nd January 2022, CollectiveContinue reading “Film from Award Winning Artist Opens New Exhibition at Calton Hill Collective”

Edinburgh Printmakers announce the first solo exhibition in Scotland, entitled Anything is Possible,by award winning Iranian artist and illustrator Mohammad Barrangi. Using a unique printmaking process on paper his works,  inspired by ancient Persian storytelling, range between small scale pieces and large murals and for the first time he will take some of his charactersContinue reading “Iranian Artist Mohammad Barrangi Brings Exhibition to Edinburgh Printmakers ”

To coincide with the 26th UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow this year, Edinburgh’s Dovecot Studios announces a new exhibition  entitled Mermaids’ Tears fromcelebrated British landscape artist Kurt Jacksonthat highlights the damaging impact of plastic on our beaches and in the marine environment. Opening 2 October 2021, Mermaids’ Tears is the first exhibition in ScotlandContinue reading “Artist Kurt Jackson’s Campaigning Environmental Work Showcased at Dovecot”

This July, Scotland’s largest rural performing arts festival  returns with an outdoor and online performance programme celebrating the people and creativity of Dumfries and Galloway.  The 42nd programme, that runs from 16th till 25th July, has the central theme of Hame’ll Dae Me – a tribute to the burgeoning artists and world class performers of the regionContinue reading “Dumfries and Galloway Arts Festival 2021 Programme Unveiled”

The annual Edinburgh Science Festival (ESF) is the world’s first and still Europe’s biggest of its kind. Having been postponed from its usual slot around the Easter holidays, it will take place instead this year from Saturday 26th June to Sunday 11th July. With the  theme One World: Science Connects Us, and the 26th UNContinue reading “This Year’s Edinburgh Science Festival Theme – One World: Science Connects Us”

Sacha Dench has earned the name of The Human Swan after flying 7000km by paramotor from Arctic Russia across 11 countries to the UK to help save the Bewick’s swan. This conservationist, adventurer and motivational speaker is visiting Edinburgh ahead of her talk as part of Edinburgh Science Festival (ESF) 2021. Dench visited Edinburgh toContinue reading “‘Human Swan’ Sacha Dench Visits Edinburgh Ahead of Edinburgh Science Festival”

Edinburgh Art Festival (EAF), the platform for the visual arts at the heart of Edinburgh’s August festivals, has been running since 2004. It brings together the capital’s leading galleries, museums, production facilities and artist-run spaces in a city-wide celebration of the very best in visual art. Each year EAF comprises newly commissioned artworks by leadingContinue reading “August 2021 Holds Promise of Return of the Edinburgh Art Festival”

As lockdown is being eased, Edinburgh based artist Andrew Brooks brings an artwork to a gallery in Lauriston Gardens in the Tollcross area of Edinburgh that aims to encourage reflection on the pandemic. The work makes a single mark for each of the 145,652 deaths reported across the UK and will be made over 52Continue reading “Artwork Arrives in Tollcross to Mark Reported Covid Deaths Across the UK”