Recent events
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Revisiting Themes with George Donald RSA
Exclusively for RSA Friends 3 June 2025 Join George Donald RSA for an intimate conversation exploring his latest exhibition, Themes and Variations. Read more -
Free Family Art Day
199th Annual Exhibition 24 May 2025 Get hands on in the galleries and enjoy an afternoon of creative family fun surrounded by the works on view in the Annual Exhibition. Read more -
Concepts and Creations in Architecture
199th Annual Exhibition 21 May 2025 Join Robin Webster RSA and Ben Addy RSA for an engaging discussion on our built environment. Read more
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Director's Tour
199th Annual Exhibition 15 May 2025 Join us in the galleries after-hours for a tour of the 199th RSA Annual Exhibition. Read more -
The Magic Circle
Book Launch & Discussion 11 May 2025 Join Edward Summerton RSA for the launch of Magic Circle, an artist’s book created in collaboration with Alan Grieve, Gair Dunlop, Bill Duncan and Harris Grieve. Read more -
Academy Late
11 April 2025 Experience New Contemporaries after dark and enjoy an unforgettable night of live music, powerful performances and artwork from Scotland’s boldest rising stars. Read more
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Artist’s Tour
Explore New Contemporaries with the exhibitors and Robbie Bushe RSA 27 March 2025 Join us in the galleries after-hours for a tour of New Contemporaries 2025. Read more -
Submerge: An Evening of Words and Music
6 February 2025 Join us for a special evening of live performances during our In Orcadia exhibition. Read more -
A Miscellany of Migrants
Artists and Scotland 16 January 2025 Join us for a symposium celebrating international artists and Academicians who have chosen to make Scotland their home. Read more
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Exhibition Tour
Benno Schotz and A Scots Miscellany 9 January 2025 Join curator Sandy Wood for an exclusive tour of Benno Schotz and A Scots Miscellany. Read more -
Promenade Tour
Bronwen Sleigh and Evolutions artists 3 October 2024 Join us for an exclusive after-hours talk and tour in the galleries. Read more -
The RSA William Gillies Lecture
William Gillies Reborn 25 September 2024 This year the annual RSA William Gillies Lecture will focus on the life and work of the acclaimed artist himself. Read more
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Songs and Singers
An evening of traditional Scottish folk singing 25 July 2024 An evening of traditional Scottish folk singing with Arthur Watson PPRSA and Margaret Bennett HRSA. Read more -
The Art and Life of Bet Low RSA
City Streets, Scottish Islands and Silhouetted Hills 13 June 2024 Join Hildegarde Berwick in the galleries for City Streets, Scottish Islands and Silhouetted Hills , a talk on the art and Life of Bet Low RSA. Book now 2024 is... Read more -
Collective Action in Architecture
31 May 2024 Join Jude Barber RSA (Elect), architect and director at Collective Architecture, for a candid discussion about teamwork, intersectional thinking, and feminist leadership as tools to address the challenges and opportunities... Read more
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Convenor's Tour
with Wendy McMurdo RSA 21 May 2024 Join us for an immersive after-hours tour of the galleries with this year's Annual Exhibition Convenor, Wendy McMurdo RSA. Read more -
Book Launch and Signing
William Gillies: Modernism and Nation in British Art 12 December 2023 An opportunity to gain further insight into William Gillies: Modernism and Nation in British Art by Andrew McPherson with a short talk by the author and book signing. Read more -
Metaphors for the Mind
An intimate evening celebrating the life and work of Graeme Todd RSA 26 October 2023 '[Graeme] saw the structures in the series of Hermit House paintings that he started to make in 2016 as portals, “metaphors for the mind,” and he talked about them as... Read more
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Voyages of the Eye
A Symposium on the Lives and Work of Elizabeth Blackadder and John Houston 31 August 2023 Coinciding with our major exhibition of their work, join us for a symposium exploring the lives and work of Dame Elizabeth Blackadder RSA and John Houston RSA. Read more -
Academy Studio
Still Life: Objects of Meaning 27 August 2023 This August, we’re celebrating A Journey Shared with a drawing workshop inspired by the still life works of Dame Elizabeth Blackadder RSA and John Houston RSA. Read more -
Drop in and Draw
Join us in the galleries and get creative 6 August 2023 Join us in the galleries for a fun and creative afternoon of drawing, surrounded by the works of Elizabeth Blackadder and John Houston. We’ll have a variety of objects on... Read more
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Exhibition Tour
Join Derrick Guild RSA for an exclusive tour of Reveal 21 July 2023 Join us for an immersive tour of our current exhibition, Reveal , with artist and curator, Derrick Guild RSA. Derrick will talk through his ongoing interest in art history; how... Read more -
Victoria Crowe RSA and Sir John Leighton
In Conversation 12 July 2023 We’re delighted to welcome Victoria Crowe RSA into the galleries to talk about her work in our new exhibition, Elemental. Read more -
Cancelled - RSA Gillies Lecture: James Elkins
What is an Image? 7 June 2023 Due to unforeseen circumstances this event has had to be cancelled. We are in the process of arranging refunds for bookings made and apologise for any inconvenience. Read more
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Family Art Day
27 May 2023 Get hands on in the galleries and explore your creative flow surrounded by hundreds of contemporary art works on show in this years’ Annual exhibition. All child-safe materials provided. Suitable... Read more -
Convenor's Tour
23 May 2023 Join us for an immersive after-hours tour of the galleries with this year's Annual Exhibition Convenor Stuart Mackenzie RSA. You will have the opportunity to learn about the selection and... Read more -
Artist Talk
Into the Distance 19 January 2023 Join Paige Silverman, Martin Hill, Aleksandra Zawada, and Geri Loup Nolan from our exhibition Into the Distance in a lively discussion about their work, how the RSA Barns-Graham Travel Award... Read more
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Bill Hare Book Launch
Scottish Artists in an Age of Radical Change 17 September 2022 ‘As a highly readable, yet scholarly introduction to contemporary Scottish art, Hare’s new book will be hard to beat.’ – Alexander Moffat RSA Please join us to celebrate the launch... Read more -
OMOS
Film screening and artist Q&A 1 September 2022 Join us for the opening night of OMOS with a Q&A with the artists: Rhys Hollis, Andrea Baker, Divine Tasinda and Kheanna Walker. OMOS is an exhibition of a new... Read more -
Leon Morrocco
in conversation with Liz Lochhead 25 August 2022 Join us for a lively conversation between artist Leon Morrocco RSA and poet and playwright Liz Lochhead on the occasion of our exhibition Leon Morrocco: Long Road Home . The... Read more
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Hannah Imlach and Tim Sandys
Scotland Small? Discussion 5 July 2022 Join Edward Summerton RSA as he sits down to talk with Hannah Imlach and Tim Sandys about their residencies and exhibition, followed by a Q&A. The discussion will be streamed... Read more -
Fenris Wolf and Ragnar Thorfinn: Act 4
3 July 2022 Fenris Wolf and Ragnar Thorfinn will employ their body of work exhibited in Scotland Small? as props, backdrop, and stage for Fenris Wolf and Ragnar Thorfinn: Act 4 . The... Read more -
Orcadia: A Fenris & Ragnar Story
Film Screening & Q&A 2 July 2022 Join Fenris Wolf and Ragnar Thorfinn for the premiere of Glen Thomson’s documentary film Orcadia: A Fenris and Ragnar Story . The screening will be followed with a short discussion... Read more
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Gallery Discussion Group
1 June 2022 Gain a deeper insight into our Annual Exhibition and the work of Doug Cocker RSA as volunteers Sarah Harwood and Charlie Leeson take us around the galleries and discuss the... Read more -
William Gillies Memorial Lecture - Hockney's Eye
25 May 2022 Join us as Professor Martin Kemp HRSA delivers the Sir William Gillies Memorial Lecture on Hockney. Focusing on the exhibition David Hockney in Perspective, curated by Martin Kemp, Martin Gayford... Read more -
Family Art Afternoon
22 May 2022 Free | Registration required 1 – 4pm After the big success of our Family Art Afternoon during New Contemporaries, we're thrilled to be putting on another event for the Annual... Read more
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Convenor's Gallery Tour
12 May 2022 We are very excited to be staging the Annual Exhibition in the galleries for the first time since 2019. Once again, the exhibition includes the RSA Open and works by... Read more -
Poets on the Attack
A dramatic re-enactment of Hugh MacDiarmid and Hamish Henderson's Folk-Song Flyting 11 May 2022 In 2022 it is 100 years since the name Hugh MacDiarmid first appeared in print. We are pleased to mark the anniversary of one of our Honorary Academicians with a... Read more -
Academy Late
1 April 2022 Experience late night art, music and performances. Enjoy New Contemporaries after dark in the stunning surroundings of the RSA Galleries. Read more
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Family Art Afternoon
27 March 2022 Get creative and join us for art activities inspired by the New Contemporaries Exhibition. Suitable for all ages. Led by artists Rachael Bibby and Ola Rek. Read more -
Gallery Discussion Group
24 March 2022 Led by Sarah Harwood and Charlie Leeson, and exclusive to RSA Friends, these have proved to be both popular and interesting. Read more -
RSA New Contemporaries Promenade
17 March 2022 Enjoy a glass of wine and listen to a selection of exhibiting artists discuss their work, influences and plans for the future as you are guided around the exhibition by Leena Nammari RSA. Read more
