Galleries
The GRV
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Formerly known during the Fringe as the Green Room, this popular venue just off the Cowgate (next door to the gap site of the former Gilded Balloon) has had a major overhaul. Gone is the grunge appeal
National Gallery Complex
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The National Gallery Complex incorporates the National Gallery of Scotland (home to Scotland's national collection-admission free) and the Royal Scottish Academy Building.
Scottish National Portrait Gallery
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The Scottish National Portrait Gallery provides a unique visual history of Scotland, told through the portraits of those who shaped it. Admission to the gallery is free, although an entrance charge is made for special exhibitions.
Stills
As the name of the gallery suggests the focus is on art photography.
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Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
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Award-winning gallery set in beautiful parkland/sculpture gardens.
Dean Gallery
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Situated opposite the Gallery of Modern Art, the National Galleries of Scotland's Dean Gallery houses an extensive collection of Dada and Surrealist art.
City Art Centre
The City Art Centre is a bright modern space in a former warehouse next to Waverley Station.
Exhibitions are often of a more populist tone, accessible and interactive.
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Ingleby Gallery
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Richard Ingleby's gallery housed in a Georgian house near Calton Hill, champions contemporary art, whether it be painting, sculpture, or installation.
Big Things on the Beach
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As part of a public art project three pyramids were built of sand on Portobello beach. While maintained for a while the pyramids were intended to return to the beach where they came from.
Atticsalt
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ARC Projects
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The current exhibition, in Edinburgh, is Lala Rascic. An exhibition by Stefan Nikolaev starts in September.
Amber Roome Contemporary Art
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Small commercial gallery featuring in particular work by contemporary and up-and-coming Ccottish artists.
Open Eye Gallery & Eye Two
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A commercial gallery that specialises in medium to high-end contemporary art. Favours paintings of a more flamboyant and vivacious nature.
Inverleith House
Inverleith House, which has been described as 'the most ideal gallery in Britain', is set within the 73 acre landscaped grounds of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.
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Fruitmarket Gallery
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This central art gallery beside Waverley, the Fruitmarket Gallery was originally built as a fruit and vegetable market in 1938, but has been operating as a visual art