The Royal Scottish Academy

I visited the Andy Goldsworthy exhibition today and it was absolutely breathtaking! Each room, accompanied by a booklet, immersed you in his work and thought process. It was moving, grounding and it gifted you a great sense of being and connection to the art and artist! The works while emotional in some ways were equally whimsical in another and every work brought around different feelings from playful joy or quiet consideration. Simply incredible and a must see!!!

A really nice piece of architecture that is now home to an art museum. This is a nice site to stop and visit that is hidden away with the more modern surroundings.

Went to the Grayson Perry Smash Hits exhibition which was excellent! Allow yourself plenty of time - we were in there for over 2 hours. So much to take in. We opted to read the info about each exhibit - you might want to go for the audio guide. Fascinating artist.

Bought tickets for the Printmaker's Art and was not disappointed. Exhibition was well organised with each room dedicated to a different style of printmaking. Some incredible pieces of art from 500 years of printmaking. There were short informative films explaining the different processes too. Excellent. Closes Feb 25th so if you haven't been then get yourself along there.

July 2025 - Andy Goldsworthy's Fifty Years is astonishing! One of the most thoughtfully designed exhibitions i've ever seen. Truly remarkable.

One of two(is there more?) buildings of the Scotish National Gallery. This one is home to modern art. It includes pieces of art for sale. Hence the content just inevitably rotates and gives way to the new pieces. It seems those who in charge know what they do because the exhibitions don't disappoint, there is a lot of very interesting pieces. Free entrance, two floors, toilets. Don't foret to visit another building across.

A great place to get inspired, relax and see some beautiful artwork!

A mighty temple of art as an active community, not a relic from the past. Currently showing the very brilliant Grayson Perry. Connected below ground to the National Gallery next door. Level access

I've always known of this art gallery as the Royal Scottish Academy, and find the "friends" quite comical! Having read a little about it though, the words "friend" "benefactors" and "supporter" seem to be quite important to this academy, as it's privately funded. Location wise, it's not too far off the beaten track for well loved Edinburgh tourist (....) as it's just off Princes Street, at the Mound. The gallery houses all sorts of contemporary Scottish art, and if you've read any of my other gallery reviews, me saying I LOVE SCOTTISH ART will start sound quite repetitive, but I do. The Diploma Collection is pretty amazing, and the concept behind it (of it containing at least one piece by a member of the academy, approved by all other members) is quite simply, for a lack of better word.. freakin awesome! And a little bit cultish.

A lovely building as it's setting (my friend has worked as a stonemason here too, random facts and all!) this place is a clean, open maze of well curated work, and for a small gallery, quite a range, but without being uncontrolled. Excellently staffed by lovely people too, although quite a bit of the art wasn't to my taste, it definitely is for some, and certainly worth a look round.

The Royal Scottish Academy, apary from being a fabulous neo-classical building, is always worth a visit. The quality and diversity of its exhibitions is incredible, from the Monet exhibition of a few years ago to this summer's Warhol. There's also a great balance of contemporary and traditional exhibitions, Scottish and international.