Update: Please check on individual venue websites for their latest exhibition and event information, in light of mainland Scotland moving to Tier 4 lockdown from Saturday 26 December.

Despite the current challenges, many museums, galleries, studios and production spaces remain open across Edinburgh. Find out more about the latest exhibitions and events taking place throughout the city in the months ahead.

Please check with venues directly for any specific requirements to bear in mind when planning your visit.

 

Arusha Gallery
13a Dundas Street, Edinburgh

Beasts – Helen Flockhart and Beth Carter
26 November – 20 December

No booking required but limited capacity.

 

City Art Centre
2 Market St, Edinburgh EH1 1DE

Bright Shadows: Scottish Art in the 1920s
12 September – 6 June 2021

E. A. Hornel: From Camera to Canvas
7 November – 14 March 2021

Jock McFadyen Goes to the Pictures
14 November – 7 March 2021

Admission is free but pre-booking is essential.

 

Collective
City Observatory, 38 Calton Hill, Edinburgh

Holly McLean – If you get the knees right the rest should follow
5 December – 31 January 2021

Laura Yuile – Gated Community
Ongoing, online

Collective Observations
Series of online events

No booking required.

 

Dovecot Studios
10 Infirmary St, Edinburgh EH1 1LT

Mid-Century Modern: Art & Design from Conran to Quant
15 July – 9 January 2021

Merry Makers Market
12 – 13 December

Please book your time-slot ticket in advance for exhibition entry.

 

Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop
21 Hawthornvale, Newhaven, Edinburgh EH6 4JT

Gallery Malmo, ​Bildungsroman
From 7 August

While the gallery is still closed to the public, the exhibition is visible from Hawthornvale Road.

 

The Fine Art Society
6 Dundas St, Edinburgh EH3 6HZ

Victoria Orr Ewing – The Light Between
20 November – 23 December

Appointments encouraged.

 

The Fruitmarket Gallery
Currently closed

Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller
Night Walk for Edinburgh
Online App

 

Ingleby
33 Barony Street, Edinburgh, EH3 6NX

Caroline Walker: Janet
3 October – 19 December

Instalments – Lorna Roberston
1 – 30 November

Instalments – Oana Stanciu
From 4 December

In the gallery and online

Appointment only, please contact the gallery before arrival to book your slot.

 

Jupiter Artland 
Bonnington House Steadings, Wilkieston, Edinburgh EH27 8BY

Winter Opening
28 & 29 November
5 & 6 December

Book in advance.

 

National Galleries of Scotland
Scottish National Gallery
The Mound, Edinburgh EH2 2EL

Please book your time-slot ticket in advance for exhibition entry.

 

National Galleries of Scotland
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
75 Belford Road, Edinburgh, EH4 3DR

Ray Harryhausen | Titan of Cinema
24 October – 5 September 2021

Please book your time-slot ticket in advance for exhibition entry.

 

National Galleries of Scotland
Scottish National Portrait Gallery
1 Queen St, Edinburgh EH2 1JD

You Are Here 2020: Stories, Portraits, Visions

8 November onwards

 

National Museum of Scotland
Chambers St, Edinburgh EH1 1JF

Please book your time-slot ticket in advance for entry.

 

Open Eye Gallery 
34 Abercromby Pl, Edinburgh EH3 6QE

On a Grand Scale
1 – 23 December

Invited Artists
1 – 23 December

Appointment only, please contact the gallery before arrival to book your slot.

 

The Queen’s Gallery 
Palace of Holyroodhouse, Canongate, The Royal Mile, Edinburgh EH8 8DX

Eastern Encounters  
23 July – 31 January 2021

Please book your time-slot ticket in advance for exhibition entry.

 

Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Arboretum Pl, Edinburgh EH3 5NZ

Florilegium: A gathering of flowers
16 October – 13 December

Golden Monkey
16 October – 13 December

Please book your time-slot ticket in advance for exhibition entry.

 

The Scottish Gallery 
16 Dundas St, Edinburgh EH3 6HZ

Once Upon A Time – Lachlan Goudie
28 October – 25 November

Before & After – Aleksander Żyw
28 October – 25 November

Appointment only, please contact the gallery before arrival to book your slot. Virtual tour also available.

 

Stills
23 Cockburn St, Edinburgh EH1 1BP

Projects 20: Kat Gollock, Iman Tajik, Alex Boyd, Sekai Machache, and The Nature Library
17 November – 12 June 2021

No booking required. Limited capacity.

 

Talbot Rice Gallery
The University of Edinburgh, Old College, South Bridge, Edinburgh, EH8 9YL

The Normal 
29 January – 10 April 2021

 

The University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh Futures Institute

The New Real
Online digital installations
17 October – 30 November