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We have been running live Teams art sessions with #Edinburgh schools and we have some amazing toy inventors from Forthview Primary school. Inspired by #toys from #MuseumofChildhood children have designed a new toy! We love them!
We love Joan Eardley's ability to capture intimacy, calm and a moment in time at #home in a few pencil strokes. 'Old Woman Sewing', City Art Centre. @eardley100 has a whole programme to celebrate this wonderful artist's centenary. #WomansHistoryMonth #ScottishArt
Tonight we have a lecture for #InternationalWomensDay focussing on remarkable Scottish artists by Alice Strang from @NatGalleriesSco. Alice has curated a digital exhibition focussing on key artists including many from our collection. #IWD2021 #WomensDay
It would not be #NationalWildlifeDay if we didn't show some gorgeous @ladybirdbooks illustrations from our #MuseumOfChildhood book archive! #Wildlifeday #WildlifeWednesday #animals #wildlife
Join us for our digital painting interpretation/workshop on Saturday on the City Art Centre facebook page. Hear about some surprising painting pairings in our Jock McFadyen show. Explore floating ethereal figures & home-grown Newhaven fishwives from the past. Kicks off 10.30am.
It's #NationalDrinkWine today...here's 'Les joueurs' by
Mary Cameron and 'Still Life' by Peploe, a beautiful wine glass from our #glass collection and the world according to Walter Geikie....A Merry Meeting.... cheers! #ScottishArt #Edinburgh
Happy #HarryPotterBookNight from our own little Hogwarts in the middle of the City The #WritersMuseum
"It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live" ...
📸@ snapsbyshirin over on Instagram
Our Jock McFadyen exhibition may be temporarily closed but we can still bring you some fantastic pairings juxtaposed with work from our collection.
'Learning to Fly' (2020) by Jock McFadyen ©The artist
Henry John Lintott, 'Modo Crepuscolare', 1914-1915. © the copyright holder
2021 Arts Preview: The Year Ahead in Visual Art
@TheScotsman art critics Susan Mansfield and Duncan Macmillan highlight the must-see exhibitions of 2021including several exhibitions at the City Art Centre. https://t.co/M4cdAVFSup
Here's what to look forward to in 2021 at the City Art Centre - Adjust / Adapt, an exhibition from the Scottish Furniture Makers Association and Visual Arts Scotland, art from Scottish painter Charles Hodge Mackie & Scottish artists Ian Hamilton Finlay & Donald Smith.