A new exhibition at the National Museum of Scotland supported by Glenmorangie will show for the first time how silver, not gold, became the most important precious metal in Scotland over the course of the first millennium AD. Continue reading Scotland’s early silver: new exhibition at National Museum of Scotland
Maybe you’ve had quite enough of Festivals for this year, but for those folk who just can’t get enough there’s another festival coming along soon … and it last for a month! Continue reading Luminate Festival launched
URLAR ART EXHIBITION EDINBURGH SKI CLUB, 2 HOWE ST.
2nd – 14th Sept 2017
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‘Ùrlar’ begins this Saturday the 2nd – 14th Sept at the Edinburgh Ski Club, 2 Howe St. New paintings by artists Jan Coventry from Portobello and Susan Dawson from the Isle of Skye. Ùrlar is Gaelic for ‘ground’ or ‘returning to a theme’.
Susan and Jan draw inspiration from the Scottish landscape near Edinburgh and in the West Highlands, continuously examining the themes of land and sea. They last exhibited together in Edinburgh in 1997 at the Patriothall Gallery, Stockbridge, so this is a special event which demonstrates the maturing of two artists, both working outdoors against the backdrop of the land and seascapes of Scotland, during the first decades of the 21st century.
A new museum display in Cramond has used forensic techniques to put a face to ‘Cramond Murderer’ John Howison for the first time. The life-like profile of the 19th Century killer is exhibited next to a replica of his skull in a free display now open at Cramond’s Maltings Interpretation Centre.
World Press Photo 2017
Friday 4 August – Saturday 26 August 2017 (closed Sundays) Free entry
The worldwide touring exhibition of award-winning photos opens at the Scottish Parliament in Holyrood today. Continue reading See World Press Photo Exhibition at Scottish Parliament
Free talk at Scottish Parliament
The secrets and complexities of the Jacobites will be explored at the Scottish Parliament as leading Scottish artist Calum Colvin gives a free talk on his ‘Jacobites by Name’ photographic series. Continue reading Explore the secrets of the Jacobites
Contemporary art will feature in the Museum of Childhood this summer as the Royal Mile venue takes part in the Edinburgh Art Festival for the first time. Continue reading A summer of art at Museum of Childhood
The Museum of Childhood will play host to 40 special clockwork characters in a free exhibition from the House of Automata this summer. Continue reading It’s Alive! Mechanical marvels move to Museum of Childhood
Upright Gallery, Barclay Terrace: 1 – 22 June
Shedding light on Edinburgh’s murky medical past, the face of an early autopsy patient has been unveiled for the first time. Visitors to the City Art Centre’s new ‘Edinburgh Alphabet’ exhibition, a major display spelling out an A-Z of the City’s Collections, will come face to face with an 18th Century resident under the letter O for ‘Old Town’. Continue reading O my! Face up to a grave discovery at City Art Centre
