EdinburghGuide.com - City Guide to Edinburgh, Scotland

Galleries


The Henderson Gallery

The Henderson Gallery
4 Thistle Street Lane NW
Edinburgh, EH2 1DA

New Town gallery founded in August 2008 in converted offices.

UNIONgallery

45 Broughton Street
Edinburgh, EH1 3JU

Privately owned art gallery exhibiting and selling work by contemporary artists, in particular, paintings and sculpture. Opened in June 2009.

Edinburgh Printmakers

23 Union street
Edinburgh, EH1 3L

Established in 1967 as the first open access studio in Britain, Edinburgh Printmakers (EP) is dedicated to the promotion of contemporary printmaking practice providing, maintaining and staffing an

The Queen's Gallery

Palace of Holyroodhouse Canongate, Royal Mile
Edinburgh, EH8 8DX

Opened in 2002 in the shell of the former Holyrood Free Church and Duchess of Gordon's School, the Queen's Gallery hosts changing exhibitions of art from the Royal Collection.

Dovecot Studios

10 Infirmary Street
Edinburgh, EH1 1LT

A studio, exhibition and living space in former Victorian swimming baths that is elevating the time-honoured craft of weaving to an artform.

Patriothall Gallery

Hamilton Place
Edinburgh, EH3 5AY

Small local, artist-led gallery, which is supported by the Edinburgh City Council, is a good place to find work by emerging and mid-career visual artists.

Out of the Blue Drill Hall

32-38 Dalmeny Street
Edinburgh, EH6 8RG

The Out of the Blue Drill Hall is a fifteen minutes walk down Leith Walk from Waverley rail station.

Eskmills

Station Road
Musselburgh, EH21 7PB

The Gallery at Eskmills is an interior space overlooking the piazza supplying a dedicated space and venue for the visual arts.

Corn Exchange Gallery

Constitution Street
Edinburgh, EH6 7BS

Contemporary art gallery showing work by both emerging national and international artists.

Doggerfisher

Doggerfisher

11 Gayfield Square
Edinburgh, EH1 3NT

Contemporary art from Scottish and international artists, just at the corner of Gayfield Square Garden

Talbot Rice Gallery

Old College South Bridge
Edinburgh, EH8 9YL

The Talbot Rice is a University of Edinburgh owned gallery.

The GRV

37 Guthrie Street
Edinburgh, EH1 1JG

Formerly known during the Fringe as the Green Room, this popular venue just off the Cowgate (next door to the gap site of the former Gilded Balloon) has had a major overhaul. Gone is the grunge appeal

Stills Gallery

The Stills Gallery

23 Cockburn Street
Edinburgh, EH1 1BP

As the name of the gallery suggests the focus is on art photography.

Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art

Gallery of Modern Art

75 Belford Road
Edinburgh, EH4 3DR

Award-winning gallery set in beautiful parkland/sculpture gardens. A visit to the gallery can be combined with a walk using access to the gallery via Water of Leith walkway (see photo).

Dean Gallery

Dean Gallery

73 Belford Road
Edinburgh, EH4 3DS

Situated opposite the Gallery of Modern Art, the National Galleries of Scotland's Dean Gallery houses an extensive collection of Dada and Surrealist art.

National Gallery Complex

National Galleries of Scotland Reno

The Mound
Edinburgh, EH2 2EL

The National Gallery Complex incorporates the National Gallery of Scotland (home to Scotland's national collection) and the Royal Scottish Academy Building. Both are connected via an underground link containing visitor facilities. Admission to the Gallery Complex's permanent exhibitions is free.

Scottish National Portrait Gallery

The Scottish National Portrait Gallery

1 Queen Street
Edinburgh, EH2 1JD

The Scottish National Portrait Gallery provides a unique visual history of Scotland, told through the portraits of those who shaped it. Admission to the gallery is free, although an entrance charge is made for special exhibitions.

City Art Centre

City Art Centre, Edinburgh

2 Market Street
Edinburgh, EH1 1DE

The City Art Centre is a bright modern space in a former warehouse next to Waverley Station.

Exhibitions are often of a more populist tone, accessible and interactive.

Ingleby Gallery

15 Calton Road
Edinburgh, EH8 8DL

Richard Ingleby's new gallery is the largest private gallery in Britain outside of London.

Big Things on the Beach

Portobello Beach
EH15

As part of a public art project three pyramids were built of sand on Portobello beach. While maintained for a while the pyramids were intended to return to the beach where they came from.