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Current Exhibitions
What's on at the RSA this summer-
Leon Morrocco
Long Road Home 30 July - 28 August 2022 This summer the Royal Scottish Academy will present Leon Morrocco: Long Road Home. Timed to coincide with the artist’s 80th birthday, the exhibition will position Leon Morrocco RSA as one of the most important Scottish painters of his generation. -
Also on view in the RSA building
30 July - 13 November 2022 This summer the National Galleries of Scotland will be showing A Taste for Impressionism: Modern French Art from Millet to Matisse in the upper galleries of the Royal Scottish Academy building. Please visit their website for further details.
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Events
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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. The conversation will delve into Leon's student years in the 60s, his lifelong... -
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... -
OMOS Events
From the History of Gospel and Jazz Music to Lipsyncing 101, OMOS has a variety of workshops taking place across Edinburgh. 3 September 2022 The Origins of Storytelling (Movement Workshop) Saturday 3 September, 10.00am - 12.00pm This workshop will give you a chance to explore your favourite story, adventure, fairy tale, or hero’s journey...
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Upcoming Exhibitions
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OMOS
3 September - 2 October 2022 This September the Royal Scottish Academy will mount an exhibition of a new moving image project that pays homage to Scotland’s untold Black history and celebrates Black excellence and LGBTQ performance in Scotland. -
Research + Practice
RSA Residencies and Awards in Focus 3 September - 2 October 2022 Victoria Bernie | Madeleine Virginia Brown | Samantha Clark | Joel Dixon | Flore Gardner | Robert Powell This September we are pleased to present new work from five artists supported by the RSA Residencies for Scotland programme. The exhibition will also features new paintings from the winner of the 2021 RSA William Littlejohn Award for Water-based Media, Samantha Clark. -
Sam Ainsley
Stories Real and Imagined 3 September - 2 October 2022 An exhibition of selected paintings, works on paper and prints by Royal Scottish Academician Sam Ainsley.
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Past Exhibitions
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Scotland Small?
Recent work from RSA Residencies for Scotland and Awards Artists 25 June - 24 July 2022 Daniel Cook | Rachel Duckhouse | Audrey Grant | Hannah Imlach | Frank McElhinney | Tim Sandys | Bruce Shaw | Fenris Wolf and Ragnar Thorfinn This summer we are pleased to present new bodies of work from eight artists supported by the RSA Residencies for Scotland 2019 programme. The exhibition also features a new short film from the 2019 winner of the Morton Award for Lens-based Media, Daniel Cook. -
Summer in the City
25 June - 22 July 2022 The Academicians' Gallery | Free Summer in the City brings together recent works by Royal Scottish Academicians for the summer months. Featuring works by Henry Kondracki, Elspeth Lamb, Ade Adesina,... -
The 196th Annual Exhibition
23 April - 12 June 2022 We are delighted to present the 196th Annual Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy. The Annual Exhibition is the core of the RSA’s exhibition programme, and represents the Academy’s commitment to promoting excellence in visual art in Scotland. -
Doug Cocker
Works on Paper 23 April - 12 June 2022 This exhibition brings together a selection of his elegant explorations of formalism in collage, pencil and pen. Based in rural Angus, Cocker’s work takes cue from the shapes and colours of the land and this exhibition shows the artist exploring the limits to which he can push his language of abstraction.
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