Historic Environment Scotland, the lead body for advancing the nation’s heritage, culture, education and environmental protection, is looking ahead to a full programme of events and exhibitions as we move through autumn 2026 into the new year.
The Art & Design section of Edinburgh Central Library is showcasing the paintings of Edinburgh artist Michael McGovern in a new exhibition.
National Galleries of Scotland’s 2027 exhibition programme has been unveiled, offering new ways for people of all ages to discover Scotland’s art next year.
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Established in 1994, Out of the Blue in Leith, Edinburgh has a packed arts programme for the autumn with something for everyone.
Life in Colour at The Glasgow Gallery brings together four acclaimed Scottish artists – Emma S Davis, Victoria Wylie, Rosanne Barr and Jane Hunter – who offer their own distinctive responses to the world around us.
The Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh is showing an exhibition marking 300 years since the birth in the city of James Hutton, who became known as the father of modern geology.
Review: new Edinburgh gallery The Finch Project launches with an exhibition by Canadian artist Anne Griffiths, reflecting a fresh international perspective.
&Gallery in Edinburgh’s current exhibition showcases the work of 42 artists selected through an international open call, many of whom are exhibiting in Scotland for the first time.
With outlets in Edinburgh and Glasgow, as well as an online shop, the Scottish Design Exchange is a social enterprise based on a unique business model.
Stephen O’Neil Art in the south of Glasgow specialises in architectural-based artworks and related products.
Summerhall Arts in Edinburgh’s year-round visual arts schedule continues, showcasing the work of Garvald Edinburgh, and coming up, Elizabeth Ogilvie + Robert Page, and XEDER and Alex Rigg.
With its origins in 1862, Gallery Franklin is a continuation of one of Scotland’s oldest privately-owned galleries, now including members of the long-established New English Art Club.
Review: now exhibiting at Edinburgh’s Scottish Gallery, Frances Macdonald’s distinctive artistic voice has made the west coast of Scotland her very own.
Continually updated calendar of events near you and online, including art fairs, auctions, open studios, museums openings and charity events in Scotland, the UK and beyond.
21 – 31 Oct: centring on the theme of Bird and Beast, the 2026 Scottish International Storytelling Festival will celebrate the stories, myths and music that bring us closer to nature.
Review: the long-established Orchestra Baobab bring their infectious West African rhythms to Edinburgh International Festival.
Review: on the 250th anniversary of the founding of modern America, its descent into the ludicrous is highlighted by New York-based clown Geoff Sobelle and his company, in a world premiere spectacular at the Edinburgh International Festival.
Review: a dramatic coming-together of modern and romantic classical works is served up for Edinburgh International Festival audiences by Gingolts Quartet on their rare vintage Italian instruments.
Review: pianist and conductor Maxim Emelyanychev teams up with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra to take the power of woodwind to its limits.
Review: Edinburgh’s Hub hosts a dizzying set from acclaimed Scottish jazz-electronic project corto.alto.
12 – 20 Sept: North-East Open Studios (NEOS) is an award-winning collective of artists, makers and designers who open their studios to the public every September.
Review: Dunedin Consort performs Passion of Mary Magdalene by composer Tansy Davies in a new Festival co-commission, written especially for the acclaimed baroque ensemble.
29 Aug – 6 Sep: now in its 23rd year, the Nairn Book and Arts Festival is set to come alive this August with an eclectic mix of events combining literature with all manner of other arts.
Join us as we highlight the news and reviews from the world of music, opera, dance theatre and film.
Review: the long-established Orchestra Baobab bring their infectious West African rhythms to Edinburgh International Festival.
Review: on the 250th anniversary of the founding of modern America, its descent into the ludicrous is highlighted by New York-based clown Geoff Sobelle and his company, in a world premiere spectacular at the Edinburgh International Festival.
Review: Edinburgh’s Hub hosts a dizzying set from acclaimed Scottish jazz-electronic project corto.alto.
16 – 20 June: Scottish Ensemble’s Concerts for a Summer’s Night series returns for 2026, promising vibrant strings and dancing rhythms in radiant venues.
Until 23 May: Scottish theatre company Company of Wolves is touring the country with a radical reimagination of Euripides’ perennial drama The Bacchae.
Review: La Déferlance from Quebec step-up to fill a last-minute vacancy at Òran Mór for Celtic Connections, alongside Scottish electro-folk quartet Birdvox.
Review: Dazzling Scottish multi-instrumentalist Malin Lewis and the Galician rhythms and dance electronica of Baiuca light-up Glasgow St Lukes for Celtic Connections.
Review: Playing from memory, out among the audience, Aurora Orchestra play Shostakovich’s 5th Symphony, and examine the story behind it.
Review: Edinburgh’s Hub hosts improvisational saxophonist, spoken-word poet and activist Alabaster DePlume’s fusion of creative music-making and political passion.
Angus Ross Furniture hand-crafts Perthshire wood into exquisite furniture for homes, gardens and public places.
Holding onto a vision of living in harmony with our woodlands, Real Wood Studios in the Scottish Borders are continuing the creative legacy of artist and maker Tim Stead.
Drawing on his knowledge of historical musical instrument construction, Jonathan Hill makes stringed instruments which capture the originality, inventiveness and ethos of craft practices during the Renaissance and Baroque periods.
Inspired by his own metal spine support, the result of a debilitating back injury, Richard Goldsworthy creates sculptural works in wood and cast metal in
Using local wood from the Scottish Borders, Adrian McCurdy creates one-off pieces of furniture and carved panels, taking inspiration from the material in its rough-hewn form.
Woodturner Angus Clyne produces vessels and sculptures using native wood sourced locally in Perthshire, where he draws inspiration from his surroundings.
The Flora Collection by Max McCance is inspired by plant forms such as cones, seeds, leaves and thorns.
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Few places can rival Leipzig in eastern Germany for the title of Europe’s ‘City of Music’.
David White explores the Hauts-de-France region the ‘slow’ way.
The capital of Catalonia is a great art destination.
Art museums from every genre and era border Venice’s Grand Canal.
From the 9th century Book of Kells to a Turner prize-winner*, art in Dublin continues to impress.
After a day of gallery-hopping, you can continue your art experience at some of London’s top residences.
Exhibitions dedicated to Artemisia Gentileschi, the Impressionists, J.M.W. Turner, Andy Warhol, Bruce Nauman and others put a shine on the London gallery scene.
How Nantes was reborn through culture.
Discover the extraordinary stories behind almost 90 of Britain’s historic buildings and the people, power and ideas which shaped them.
This lavishly illustrated volume explores how magic and occult practice continue to shape contemporary art around the world.
The portrait miniature – a precious, hand-held painting, exchanged as a token of love or remembrance – has long been cherished for its ability to connect people.
An updated edition of Duncan Macmillan’s seminal book Scottish Art 1460-1990, a Saltire Prize Scottish book of the year winner.
This vivid portrait of Paul Cézanne is drawn from the author’s personal conversations with the artist, offering a rare window into the mind of the modernist master.
Strata is a series of 20 paintings on poplar panel and 80 on handmade paper by the landscape artist Jeremy Gardiner, celebrating the Jurassic Coast on the 25th anniversary of its designation as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Hidden masterpieces lie beneath New York City, forming the world’s largest underground art museum and transforming the subway from a transit system into a cultural landmark.
This major new monograph celebrating one of Britain’s most inventive contemporary artists brings together two decades of art, tracing Holden’s expansive practice.
Descendants of the famed Mexican artist want art aficionados to know that even artistic geniuses need support systems.
