Exhibitions

HOMECOMING

Past Masters 14 November 2009 - 31 January 2010 RSA Library Homecoming: Past Masters Depictions of Scottish History from the RSA Collections In the year of Homecoming, in which people of Scottish descent have been invited back to Scotland's shores to re-engage with its heritage and culture, Past Masters examines the way in which this heritage was of particular... Read more

RSA 183rd Annual Exhibition 2009

14 November - 20 December 2009 RSA Upper & Lower Galleries Admission £4 / £2 Conc. The RSA Annual Exhibition is a highlight of the exhibiting year and features RSA Academicians and selected submissions from leading and emerging artists from across Scotland, as well as a number of specially invited artists and architects. This year's exhibition... Read more

RESEARCH 2009

RSA Awards in Focus 26 September - 18 October 2009 RSA Lower Galleries Free entry This exhibition presents the work of seven artists who were awarded RSA Opportunities in 2008/09. Developmental support of artists towards the creation of new work is a primary aim of the RSA, with opportunities currently given to some 35+ artists per annum. The RSA residency... Read more

Farther Afield

10 August - 19 October 2009 RSA Library Free entry Farther Afield: Works inspired by travel from the RSA collections Through encouraging foreign travel by artists - to improve their portfolios and broaden their horizons - the RSA's collections continue to be enriched with gems inspired by visits to foreign climes. This exhibition will feature works... Read more

LOKAL_30

We Would Like You To Know That We Are Not Them 6 August - 13 September 2009 RSA Finlay Room & Library Free entry LOKAL_30: WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO KNOW THAT WE ARE NOT THEM Artists Films from lokal_30_Warszawa_London Film works by emerging and established artists from lokal_30, a Warsaw-based artist studio/project space, highlighting the diversity of artist-made films in Poland today. Includes work by Anna... Read more

ALLISON & BRAY

Homeland 6 August - 13 September 2009 RSA Lower Galleries Alcove Free entry A small presentation of the work of Elaine Allison and Patricia Bray highlighting the development of the work HOMELAND since its RSA showing as part of SURVEY in December 2007. During SURVEY visitors to the exhibition were invited to suggest imagery relating to Edinburgh,... Read more

William Littlejohn RSA

Little Fishes 4 July - 26 September 2009 RSA Friends Room Open Mondays or by appointment (0131 225 3922) William Littlejohn RSA: Little Fishes Small Works from the Studio Collection Following the major memorial exhibition at the RSA in autumn 2008 this exhibition has been requested by the Friends of the RSA for their Coffee Room Gallery. The... Read more

Lee O'Connor

Offering on the Verge 5 June - 19 July 2009 The Finlay Room Free entry An Alastair Salvesen Scholarship Exhibition 2008 New paintings and works on paper by 2008 Alastair Salvesen Scholar, Lee O'Connor. With the £10,000 painting & travel scholarship, he cycled from Santiago, Chile to Ushuaia, Argentina, a distance of 2500 miles. This solo exhibition presents new paintings... Read more

A Developed Vision

Pioneering Scottish and French photography from the RSA collections 27 April - 27 July 2009 RSA Library Exhibition Mondays 10 - 5 or by appointment (0131 225 3922) This exhibition will feature the Royal Scottish Academy's collection of early photographic material from the pioneers of the medium. With varying techniques invented almost simultaneously in Britain and France in the mid 19th Century, a convergence of... Read more

RSA Spring Open Exhibition

18 April - 20 May 2009 RSA Lower Galleries Free entry An exhibition of small scale works by Members and selected non-members in the RSA Lower Galleries. Featuring a cross section of emerging and established artists presenting painting, printmaking, sculpture, photography, installation and mixed media work. All works for sale. The RSA is part of the... Read more

John Busby

Nature Drawings & Illustrations 11 April - 27 June 2009 RSA Friends Room A selection of drawings, paintings and illustrations selected from John Busby's studio, celebrating his long-held interest in the natural world. John has illustrated some 35 books, and two books about Drawing Birds for the RSPB. Some of these books are on display in the Friends Room. Our... Read more

Calum Colvin

Natural Magic 6 March - 5 April 2009 The Finlay Room, RSA Lower Galleries Free entry The exhibition titled Natural Magic (after 'Letters on Natural Magic Addressed to Sir Walter Scott 1832' by Sir David Brewster) will consist of a series of photographic artworks, which explore areas of commonality between visual science and visual art, and the use... Read more

RSA New Contemporaries 2009

14 - 25 February 2009 RSA Upper and Lower Galleries Admission £2/£1 concessions School groups and under 12's Free PRESENTING SCOTLAND'S FINEST NEW ARTISTS & ARCHITECTS RSA New Contemporaries is a new and curated annual exhibition which focuses on the finest emerging artists & architects in Scotland. This exciting new show has evolved out of... Read more

Kate Whiteford

New Film Work from the Hebrides 1 - 31 January 2009 RSA Finlay Room Free entry Based on a walk across the moorland of Staffin with the poet Myles Campbell, from his home to the craggy peaks and hidden lochans of the Quirang, on the far north east of the Isle of Skye, Translating the Peat, with its meditation on the... Read more