May 2026
May 2026 at a glance: 2 exhibitions opened, 0 closed, and 4 more were on view across the city.

City Art Centre · Free
Celebrates the bequest that bought 1,000+ artworks for Edinburgh, with works by Fergusson, Redpath, Eardley, Paolozzi, Blackadder and Alison Watt. Part of RSA200.
National Galleries Scotland: Portrait · Free
Over 50 photographs and digital animations (1995-2018) by Wendy McMurdo on childhood, learning and computers, including never-before-seen work. Her biggest show to date.

Jupiter Artland
Turner Prize winner Tai Shani's luminous blue sleeping figure in the orchard, paired with The Dream, a 24/7 radio broadcast on dreaming as radical imagination.

National War Museum · Free
How WWII military maps became personal keepsakes: silk escape-and-evade maps, aerial photography, war diaries and a dress made from escape maps. Final weeks.

Inverleith House, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh · Free
Seeing soil through art: 30+ artists mark 300 years since geologist James Hutton's birth with paintings, sculpture, ceramics and photography on the living ground beneath our feet.

Dynamic Earth
A year of activities marking 300 years since the birth of James Hutton, father of modern geology and of "Deep Time", including the Scotland's Time Lords gallery.
A short note now and then when something new opens worth your time.