Located in the heart of the capital, with six exhibition galleries, the City Art
Centre, which opened in 1980, is a main Edinburgh art gallery with one of the best
collections of Scottish art. Scotland's emporium of the visual arts displays interesting
exhibitions from all over the world as well as the best Scottish art.
The scale and range of the programme has made the gallery one of Britain's most
visited exhibition centres - there are around 3,500 works of Scottish art: paintings,
watercolours, drawings, prints, photographs, sculpture and tapestries, including
works by McTaggart, Fergusson, Peploe and Eardley. The City's fine art collection
consists The City Art Centre has a busy programme of exhibitions which change regularly
to suit the interests visitors.
People come to see favourites from the City's nationally Recognised collection of
Scottish art; new work from local or international artists or exhibitions from other
countries. Exhibitions of historic and modern photography, contemporary art and
design, architecture and the built environment are staged in a rolling programme.In
the past Egyptian and Roman objects and even featured artwork and costumes from
the Star Wars films have been shown.
The City Art Centre
2 Market Street
Edinburgh
EH1 1DE
Official website:
www.edinburghmuseums.org.uk/Venues/City-Art-Centre.aspx