Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
Gwen John: Strange Beauties
Until Jan 4, 2027
Drawing & Works on PaperPainting
First major UK retrospective of Gwen John in over 40 years
🇬🇧Edinburgh
5 museums · 6 exhibitions on now · 3 coming soon
Edinburgh holds Scotland's national art collections within walking distance of each other. The Scottish National Gallery and the Royal Scottish Academy share the Mound in the centre of the city, the Scottish National Portrait Gallery is on Queen Street, and the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art sits in parkland to the west. Entry to the permanent collections is free.
ON NOW
Royal Scottish Academy
Catherine Opie: To Be Seen
Until Nov 1
Photography
Catherine Opie's photographic survey of queer life, family and identity
Ends todayRoyal Scottish Academy
Fall, leaves, fall
Until Oct 11
FreePrintsPainting
Nine Academicians on the turn from summer to autumn
Ends todayRoyal Scottish Academy
This 26 : Contemporary Scottish Art and the Academy
Until Oct 11
FreeMixed Media
26 artists, one for each year the Academy has backed this century
Ends in 7 daysJupiter Artland
Sgàire Wood: In Pride, In Piety, In Vigilance
Until Oct 18
InstallationSculpture
Heraldic beasts and pop iconography in a new large-scale commission
Ends in 14 daysScottish National Portrait Gallery
Wendy McMurdo: The Digital Mirror
Until Oct 25
PhotographyVideo & Moving Image
Two decades of McMurdo's pioneering digital photography on childhood and technology
ENDING SOON
Ends todayRoyal Scottish Academy
Fall, leaves, fall
Until Oct 11
FreePrintsPainting
Nine Academicians on the turn from summer to autumn
Ends todayRoyal Scottish Academy
This 26 : Contemporary Scottish Art and the Academy
Until Oct 11
FreeMixed Media
26 artists, one for each year the Academy has backed this century
Ends in 7 daysJupiter Artland
Sgàire Wood: In Pride, In Piety, In Vigilance
Until Oct 18
InstallationSculpture
Heraldic beasts and pop iconography in a new large-scale commission
Ends in 14 daysScottish National Portrait Gallery
Wendy McMurdo: The Digital Mirror
Until Oct 25
PhotographyVideo & Moving Image
Two decades of McMurdo's pioneering digital photography on childhood and technology
COMING SOON
Coming SoonRoyal Scottish Academy
200 Years
Starting Oct 17
FreeDrawing & Works on PaperPrintsPainting
Two centuries of Scottish art by Royal Scottish Academicians
Coming SoonRoyal Scottish Academy
Barbara Rae: Charting South
Starting Nov 21
FreePainting
New paintings tracing Shackleton's Antarctic route, from pole to pole
Coming SoonScottish National Portrait Gallery
Scottish Portrait Awards 2026
Starting Nov 28
PhotographyDrawing & Works on PaperPainting
Contemporary Scottish portrait artists compete for £17,500 in prizes
FEATURED ARTISTS
PUBLIC ART
Photo: Chris Holifield / CC BY-SA 2.0
Antony Gormley
6 Times
2010 · Water of Leith, Edinburgh
Six life-sized cast iron figures are installed at intervals along the Water of Leith in Edinburgh, some standing in the river itself. The work explores the human body's relationship with an urban waterway.
MUSEUMS & GALLERIES
Royal Scottish Academy
The Mound, Edinburgh
Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Queen Street, Edinburgh
Jupiter Artland
Wilkieston, near Edinburgh
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
Edinburgh
Scottish National Gallery
The Mound, Edinburgh