Monthly Bulletin

Happy New Year from Aberdeen Archives, Gallery and Museums.  We pride ourselves on what we do and try our very best to bring you exciting exhibitions alongside an engaging programme of concerts, talks, workshops and events for everyone to enjoy. 2025 is already shaping up to be a good one so be sure to pay us a visit – we’re open seven days a week and provide a warm, safe and friendly welcome to all. 

Artist Textiles: Picasso to Warhol
Until 13 April 2025
Art Gallery 
Adults £10 / Concessions £7 
Exhibition Pass £14 / Children 12 and under free 

This captivating exhibition arrives in Aberdeen following a major international tour. Tracing the history of 20th-century art in textiles, it explores how people were once able to engage with modern art in a personal way through their clothing and home furnishings. Artist Textiles: Picasso to Warhol showcases examples of key European and American art movements including Fauvism, Cubism, Constructivism, Abstraction, Surrealism and Pop Art, as well as the work of leading fashion designers and manufacturers. Highlights include work by George Braque, Alexander Calder, Marc Chagall, Salvador Dalí, Sonia Delaunay, Raoul Dufy, Barbara Hepworth, Fernand Léger, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Henry Moore, Pablo Picasso, Ben Nicholson and Andy Warhol. The Aberdeen exhibition also features a selection of works by contemporary artists and designers such us Zandra Rhodes, Damien Hirst, Valentino and Howard Hodgkin  

Process, Process, Process
Opening 7 December
Art Gallery (Gallery 2)
Free 

How did you make that? Where do you get your ideas from? What kind of tools do you use? This exhibition by members of Aberdeen Artists Society aims to answer just some of the questions artists are often asked. 'Process, Process, Process' presents an intriguing selection of inspirational objects, preparatory sketches, cherished tools, materials and work surfaces, as well as the by-products and leftover material from an artist’s activities. Unusually for an exhibition, the finished artworks are deliberately absent.  

Presented in association with Aberdeen Artists Society. 

Reading Between the Lines: Embroidered Samplers
Opening 14 December
Art Gallery (Gallery 3)
Free 

More than a record of stitches, a sampler was also evidence of the sewer’s industriousness, obedience and virtue. These samplers from our collection provide insights into the lives of the girls who sewed them and the social, political and religious environment in which they lived in the 1700s and 1800s. 

Holocaust Memorial Day: For a better future
27 January, 12:00 (1hr)
Art Gallery (Cowdray Hall)
Free – Booking Required

 During the Holocaust ordinary people were perpetrators, bystanders, rescuers and witnesses – and ordinary people were victims. This event is an opportunity for us to come together to remember the victims and survivors of all genocides. We hope you will join us to participate and reflect on the theme of this year - For a better future.

Lunchbreak Concerts  
Thursdays, 12:45 (45 mins)  
Art Gallery (Cowdray Hall)  
Pay what you can to support our programme 

Aberdeen Strathspey and Reel Society
25 January, 13:45 (1hr)
Art Gallery (Cowdray Hall)
Pay what you can 

Join Aberdeen Strathspey and Reel Society orchestra as they celebrate Burns Night with a variety of foot-tapping marches, jigs, strathspeys, and reels. To mark the occasion of the Bart’s birthday, this programme will feature music associated with Robert Burns, as well as a wide selection of well-known traditional sets. A fantastic afternoon of entertainment in the company of the Society's musicians is guaranteed. 

Look after you wellbeing!