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Scottish Art Highlights: July 2025
As we edge closer to August (AKA Edinburgh Art Festival), a flurry of exhibitions open across the capital Read more »| 30 Jun 2025 -
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'A profound rift': Anger grows over CCA's response to Palestine protests
Art Workers for Palestine Scotland (AWFPS) have made a statement contradicting CCA's version of events following the arts centre's closure due to AWFPS's pro-Palestine protests, while Scotland's arts community react to CCA's handling of the situation Read more »| 27 Jun 2025 -
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Edinburgh Art Festival reveals its 2025 programme
The UK’s largest annual festival of visual art returns with a programme featuring performance by Linder and Lewis Walker, film work by CJ Mahony and Lewis Hetherington, festival Jupiter Rising, and a new festival hub on Leith Street Read more »| 29 May 2025 -
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Scottish Art Highlights: June 2025
June brings your annual reminder to check out the art school degree shows, plus two exhibitions foregrounding acts of resistance open in Edinburgh Read more »| 29 May 2025 -
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Edinburgh International Mural Festival to launch this summer
A new festival dedicated to street art and community – Edinburgh International Mural Festival – will make its debut as part of Hidden Door this June Read more »| 28 Apr 2025 -
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Scottish Art Highlights: May 2025
Linder Sterling confronts patriarchal ideas of gender and sexuality in her first retrospective in Scotland, while Jeremy Deller invites you to a collaborative punk performance in Dundee Read more »| 28 Apr 2025
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CCA Highlights: April 2025
After a winter spent in hibernation, the CCA is reopening its doors and its spring programme looks incredible. We get into the nitty-gritty of some of the best things on over the next few months Read more »| 03 Apr 2025 -
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Scottish Art Highlights: April 2025
Motherhood and creativity is the subject of a landmark exhibition in Dundee, while Portia Zvavahera presents her dreamscapes at Fruitmarket and Jupiter Artland reopens for 2025 Read more »| 02 Apr 2025 -
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Jupiter Rising x EAF: First details for 2025 revealed
Glasgow DJ and electronic artist TAAHLIAH will headline this year's Jupiter Rising x EAF, the after-dark party of live music, art and performance at Jupiter Artland Read more »| 28 Mar 2025 -
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Edinburgh Art Festival & The Skinny Emerging Writers' programme returns
Our Emerging Writers programme with Edinburgh Art Festival returns for 2025 with a new longform commission Read more »| 06 Mar 2025 -
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Scottish Art Highlights: March 2025
A pair of major survey exhibitions spotlight dozens of emerging artists this March, plus shows from Steve McQueen, Walker & Bromwich and Jude Browning Read more »| 04 Mar 2025 -
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Scottish Art Events & Exhibitions: February 2025
Exhibitions and events across February include a Derek Jarman deep dive, a discussion of printmaking as a political tool, and a show exploring the feminist power of saying no Read more »| 03 Feb 2025 -
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Creative Scotland reveal Multi-Year Funding awards
The recipients of nearly £200 million of Creative Scotland funding have been announced, as the long-delayed Multi-Year Funding process concludes Read more »| 30 Jan 2025 -
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Summerhall to host Edinburgh Fringe programme in 2025
Things are looking brighter at Summerhall – the troubled arts venue now have HMRC off their back and now Summerhall Arts have confirmed they will deliver a Fringe programme this August Read more »| 10 Jan 2025 -
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Scottish Art Events & Exhibitions: January 2025
While the first month of the year is undoubtedly a quiet one, there's still plenty of exhibitions to see across Scotland this January Read more »| 06 Jan 2025