City Art Centre

City Art Centre Located in the heart of Edinburgh, our aim is to champion historic & contemporary Scottish Art.
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Feast your eyes on the detail in this lovely painting...View of the High Street, Looking East, from the Lawnmarket, Edin...
12/06/2026

Feast your eyes on the detail in this lovely painting...
View of the High Street, Looking East, from the Lawnmarket, Edinburgh
Jane Stewart Smith (1839–1925)
City Art Centre, Museums & Galleries Edinburgh

As we approach Friday night beware of having one too many drams! 'Very Fou' by Walter Geikie.This etching shows the afte...
12/06/2026

As we approach Friday night beware of having one too many drams!
'Very Fou' by Walter Geikie.
This etching shows the aftermath of an extended drinking session. A man staggers along the street, steered by a woman and boy - presumably his long-suffering wife and son. He is described as being 'fou', an old Scots term for 'drunk'.
Geikie's attention to detail is characteristically keen. The man's miss-buttoned waistcoat adds to his dishevelled appearance, while the boy's lack of shoes hints at the family's poverty.
The image of a drunken man being led home features in David Wilkie's earlier painting The Village Holiday (1809-11), and is a theme that Geikie returned to several times. Yet rather than make a moral judgement, the tone of these works is unusually even-handed - evoking sympathy for the pitiful drinker as well as his kin.

We have a brand new programme of events to accompany our forthcoming autumn exhibition 'Ade Adesina: Bard'.We are please...
10/06/2026

We have a brand new programme of events to accompany our forthcoming autumn exhibition 'Ade Adesina: Bard'.

We are pleased to present a major solo show by Aberdeen-based printmaker Ade Adesina (b.1980. Nigeria), bringing together an expansive collection of the artist’s monumental woodcuts, etchings, linocuts and screen-prints.

Exploring urgent global themes, including climate change and colonial histories, Adesina draws from the past and present, to imagine possible futures. His works carefully balance beauty with a darker underbelly, revealing the impact of human intervention on the natural world.

Explore the programme here: https://cultureedinburgh.com/search?q=ade%20adesina

The weather looks like it is perfect picnic weather this week, a perfect chance for a picnic by the sea! Joppa Saltp...
26/05/2026

The weather looks like it is perfect picnic weather this week, a perfect chance for a picnic by the sea!
Joppa Saltpans
William Murray Mackenzie (active 1880–1908)
City Art Centre, Museums & Galleries Edinburgh

This beautiful painting is like a tapestry of textures. The LoomJohn Quinton Pringle (1864–1925City Art Centre, Museums ...
25/05/2026

This beautiful painting is like a tapestry of textures.
The Loom
John Quinton Pringle (1864–1925
City Art Centre, Museums & Galleries Edinburgh

We’re delighted to be welcoming back The Three Inch Fools to perform in our beautiful gardens this summer at Lauriston C...
21/05/2026

We’re delighted to be welcoming back The Three Inch Fools to perform in our beautiful gardens this summer at Lauriston Castle!
Get ready for King Arthur and the Holy Fail - a brand new comedy packed to the brim with medieval mayhem. Expect heroic exploits, questionable chivalry, live music, and a lively flock of fire-breathing swans.
Saddle up - things are about to get legendary! For all the family!

Tue, 30 Jun 2026, 19:00

Book: https://cultureedinburgh.com/events/king-arthur-and-the-holy-fail-an-epic-quest-of-improbable-proportions

Early-bird tickets are available now — be sure to grab yours before they’re gone!
This is one quest you won’t want to miss

Happy A portrait collage from the City Art Centre Collection
30/04/2026

Happy

A portrait collage from the City Art Centre Collection

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