Exhibitions in Edinburgh
May 2027
May at a glance: 1 exhibition opening, 3 closing, and 2 more on view across the city.
Opening in May
Closing in May
Scotland's First Warriors16 May 2027National Museum of ScotlandFree
Over 200 objects trace conflict in prehistoric Scotland from the Neolithic to Rome, including six Bronze Age shields and the richest Iron Age warrior burial yet found.
Fiona Lutjenhuis29 May 2027Talbot Rice GalleryFree
First UK show by Fiona Lutjenhuis splits the Georgian Gallery into a descent into Hell below and a watery Atlantis above, world-building on sin, ecology and belief.
Trading Zone 202729 May 2027Talbot Rice GalleryFree
The gallery's interdisciplinary student exhibition, showcasing emerging undergraduate and postgraduate creative practice from Edinburgh College of Art and beyond.
Also on through May
Gifted: New Acquisitions at the City Art Centreto 6 Jun 2027City Art CentreFree
Recent gifts and bequests to the city's Scottish art collection: paintings, prints, sculpture and photographs by Barns-Graham, Bellany, Crowe, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Jessie M. King and more.
The Art of Commemorationto 14 Jan 2029National War MuseumFree
The making of the Scottish National War Memorial, 1917-1927, through architectural drawings, artworks and archives, including cast iron angels by Alice Meredith Williams.
Image credits
6
- Carla van de Puttelaar - Facing the Law: Portraits Past & PresentCarla van de Puttelaar, 2023. © the artist
- Scotland's First WarriorsNational Museums Scotland
- Fiona LutjenhuisPhoto: Natascha Libbert
- Trading Zone 2027Courtesy Talbot Rice Gallery, the University of Edinburgh. Photo: Sally Jubb.
- Gifted: New Acquisitions at the City Art CentreJessie M. King, Fraunchyse (detail), c.1907. City of Edinburgh Museums & Galleries (Photo: Fine Art Society)
- The Art of CommemorationNeil Hanna / National Museums Scotland
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