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Edinburgh Art Festival 2024 – Cold War Scotland
In 1946 the Second World War was over. The Cold War, however, had just begun.
It was to last for over forty years, during...
Edinburgh Art Festival 2023 begins on Thursday
Edinburgh Art Festival (EAF) opens today.
The 2023 festival is the first under the direction of Kim McAleese who was appointed last year, and...
Edinburgh Art Festival 2023: Tarek Lakhrissi at Collective
Three huge tongues – resin sculptures – lie on custom-made steel plinths. The tip of one points up, another points down.
Their shiny, red,...
Edinburgh Art Festival launches new Community Wellbeing project in Wester Hailes
Set to launch in Wester Hailes in the west of Edinburgh is a major new commission as part of the 2022 Edinburgh Art Festival,...
Edinburgh Art Festival – Ashanti Harris: Dancing a Peripheral Quadrille
Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop presents a new commission from Scotland based artist Ashanti Harris. Taking the novel Signposts of the Jumbie (1981), written by Faustin...
Edinburgh Art Festival 2022 opens its doors!
Edinburgh Art Festival brings together the capital’s leading galleries, museums and established spaces in a city-wide celebration of the very best in visual art.
From...
New exhibitions at The Scottish Gallery
Duncan Shanks is returning to The Scottish Gallery this summer with 'The Riverbank – A Landscape of Sorrow and Hope'. These vibrant and energetic...
Edinburgh Art Festival gets underway
Edinburgh Art Festival (EAF) is the platform for the visual arts which sits at the heart of Edinburgh’s August Festivals, this year celebrating their...
Lammermuir – the latest Barbara Rae works at Open Eye Gallery
In conjunction with the Edinburgh Art Festival Open Eye Gallery presents a large-scale exhibition of recent paintings by painter and printmaker Barbara Rae CBE RA. Focussing on...
Installation of sails in Wester Hailes by artists Pester & Rossi for 2022 EAF
'Finding Buoyancy' is one of three major commissions as the Edinburgh Art Festival celebrates its 18th edition. The project is the result of collaboration...
Edinburgh Art Festival announces programme for its 18th edition
The programme for Edinburgh Art Festival's 18th edition has been announced and will include three major commissions, the Associate Artist programme, Platform: 2022, the festival’s...
Edinburgh Art Festival appoints Kim McAleese as new Director
Edinburgh Art Festival (EAF), the UK’s largest annual festival of visual art, is delighted to announce Kim McAleese as its new Director. She takes...
Following a successful return, the 17th Edinburgh Art Festival draws to a close
Edinburgh Art Festival 2021 closed on Sunday 29 August, following a successful return which saw the month-long programme of 35+ exhibitions programmed in partnership...
EAF 2021 brings month long celebration of Scottish, UK and International visual art
Edinburgh Art Festival Officially getting underway from 29th July, and going through to 29th August 2021, the 17th edition of Edinburgh Art Festival brings...
Ingleby Gallery presents ‘Music of The Spheres’ for the 2021 EAF
Ingleby will present the first ever exhibition devoted to Frank Walter’s ‘spools’ – the small circular paintings which provide a kind of lens through...
Edinburgh Art Festival returns 29 July to 29 August 2021
That the Edinburgh Art Festival will return from 29 July to 29 August this year has been confirmed. The 17th edition of the festival...
Edinburgh Art Festival 2020 – HELLO!
The 2020 Edinburgh Art Festival opens today with a number of Flags for Edinburgh hoisted aloft the Festival City.
The 2020 edition of Edinburgh...
Edinburgh Art Festival 2019 – the numbers paint a pretty picture
With world premieres, major retrospectives and work from established and emerging artists among more than 50 exhibitions presented by galleries, pop up venues and...
John Busby Silent Landscape continues at the Open Eye Gallery
In conjunction with Edinburgh Art Festival the Open Eye Gallery has a large scale exhibition centring on the distinctive landscape paintings by celebrated avian...
Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop EAF Exhibitions
As part of the Edinburgh Art Festival, the Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop is holding a series of exhibitions of work from three contemporary sculptors which...
Grayson Perry at Dovecot Studios
The groundbreaking work of popular artist Grayson Perry will be the focus of a solo exhibition at Dovecot Studios this summer. 'Julie Cope's Grand...
Glitter Defiance at Jupiter Campout Romanti-Crash!
Romance at a festival is more than just a drunken kiss in a soggy tent when Jupiter Artland gets involved. It’s a chance to...
At the Talbot Rice Gallery – Lucy Skaer – The Green Man
Bloodlust and botany inspire acclaimed artist’s diverse show
A letter from King James VI, 14 horned instruments and a sculptural hunting scene feature in Lucy...
Edinburgh Art Festival – Speaking with Sorcha Carey about the 2018 Commissions
Sorcha Carey is Director of Edinburgh Art Festival and when we met she only had two chairs in her new meeting room at the...
Edinburgh festival experts on hand at Aberdeen conference
Experts who run some of the festivals in Edinburgh are attending a conference in Aberdeen this Friday to talk about their experiences and explore...
Edinburgh Art Festival – Shannon Te Ao
New Zealand artist Shannon Te Ao has been chosen to produce an ambitious new artwork for the Edinburgh Art Festival.
The Edinburgh Art Festival is the...
Edinburgh Art Festival 2017 – there will be dragons
With the help of the children from Canal View Primary School in Wester Hailes the Dragon of Profit and Private Ownership made its way...
New book highlights working women in Leith
Some of the tenants of Port of Leith Housing Association have created a new book with memories of their working lives.
The stories in the...
New exhibition at the Travelling Gallery
As part of Edinburgh Art Festival (EAF) a new exhibition is being unveiled at the Travelling Gallery. This is being staged in partnership with New...
The Edinburgh Reporter guide to Edinburgh Festivals 2016
Here in the capital we are very proud of all our festivals.
There really is something for everybody and now it is not just in...
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