Exhibitions

RSA Open Exhibition 2015

28 November 2015 - 14 February 2016 Rooms 6 & 7 (Upper Level) and Finlay Room (Lower Level) Free entry Click here to view 360 panorama of the exhibition. The RSA Open Exhibition has a long history of celebrating the best of contemporary practice. After having been part of the RSA Annual Exhibition for over 180 years,... Read more

Rediscover

3 October - 8 November 2015 The Academicians' Gallery Free entry For October 2015 The Academicians' Gallery expands into the Finlay Room to make a special presentation. Rediscover aims to unearth gems from our Academicians' studios. Specifically, we were interested in locating works from earlier periods of our Academicians' careers. Works that perhaps signified a change... Read more

THE WATER HEN

Kantor, Demarco and The Edinburgh Festival 25 July - 5 September 2015 Finlay Room, RSA Lower Galleries Free entry 2015 is the Year of Kantor in Poland, being the centenary of his birth. Like several other eastern European artists, his work with Richard Demarco (in three Edinburgh Festivals: 1972, 1973 and 1976) established his international reputation. Researchers at Dundee University undertaking searches... Read more

THE ACADEMICIANS’ GALLERY

25 July 2015 - 1 August 2016 Works from the Studios of the Royal Scottish Academicians To view a 360 panorama of the new Academicians' Gallery please click here. The Academicians' Gallery is an exciting new venture at the RSA, set up with the aim to provide a premier destination for collectors who are interested in the... Read more

Alexander Fraser RSA

Muchalls Folk Art 13 June - 19 July 2015 Finlay Room, RSA Lower Galleries Free entry Muchalls Folk Art is an exhibition of new large-scale paintings in oil by this esteemed Academician. Inspired by memories, travel and recurring motifs from earlier works, these new paintings are a tumbling cornucopia of thoughts and memories depicted in paint. Now retired from... Read more

James Cumming RSA

Symbols of the Mind 27 April 2015 - 15 February 2016 RSA Friends' Room and Corridor FEATURING WINNING WORKS BY EMERGING ARTISTS FROM THE JAMES CUMMING AWARD FOR DRAUGHTSMANSHIP 1995 - 2015 In 2006 the Royal Scottish Academy received one of its most significant gifts from the family of James Cumming RSA. In keeping with the unique living nature of the... Read more

189th RSA Annual Exhibition

25 April - 3 June 2015 RSA Upper and Lower Galleries £5 / £3 (includes exhibition catalogue) Free entry on Fridays (catalogue £3) The RSA Annual Exhibition is a focal point of the RSA programme and showcases work from RSA Academicians the length and breadth of Scotland. Now in it's 189th year, it continues to provide... Read more

RSA New Contemporaries 2015

14 March - 18 April 2015 RSA Upper and Lower Galleries Admission £4/Concession £2 The seventh annual RSA New Contemporaries exhibition will take place at the Royal Scottish Academy Galleries in Edinburgh from 14 March to 8 April 2015. Showcasing 72 graduates selected from the degree shows in 2014 this carefully curated exhibition offers a unique... Read more

Scottish Drawings

31 January - 1 March 2015 RSA Lower Galleries Free entry An investigation into contemporary drawing by Royal Scottish Academicians and invited artists. The exhibition also includes a selection of historic works from the RSA Collections. Exhibiting Academicians: Michael Agnew, Mary Bourne, Gordon Bryce, William Brotherston, Alfons Bytautus, Joyce W Cairns, James Castle, Annie Cattrell, J... Read more

RSA Open Exhibition 2014

29 November 2014 - 20 January 2015 RSA Lower Galleries Free entry The RSA Open Exhibition has a long history of celebrating the best of contemporary practice. After having been part of the RSA Annual Exhibition for over 180 years, it now enjoys its own slot in the RSA Calendar. Drawing from artists across the whole of... Read more