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Aberdeen Archives, Gallery & Museums (AAGM) review of the year 2023-24 highlights the organisation’s impact on the wellbeing of the people of Aberdeen, the city’s cultural and…

The fifty-ninth Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition is now open at Aberdeen Art Gallery. On loan from the Natural History Museum in London, the world-renowned exhibition features exceptional images which capture fascinating animal behaviour,…

The 50th anniversary of Peacock – a workshop for art, Aberdeen’s renowned print studio, is being marked with an exhibition of the New Aberdeen Bestiary at Aberdeen Art Gallery. The exhibition is the culmination of a three-year collaborative project involving Peacock printmakers and seven…

A striking ceramic pot by renowned artist Grayson Perry has gone on display for the first time at Aberdeen Art Gallery. The purchase has been supported by grants from Art Fund, Aberdeen Art Gallery Trusts and the National Fund for Acquisitions.

Flamboyant, forthright and funny, Sir Grayson…

Her Excellency Madame Hélène Duchêne, the French Ambassador to the United Kingdom, is just one of the many visitors Aberdeen Art Gallery has welcomed to the current special exhibition which celebrates the work of influential French-American artist Louise Bourgeois. Aberdeen Art Gallery is the…

An exhibition of works created within the last year by a number of award-winning artists with a strong North East connection opens to the public tomorrow (Saturday) at Aberdeen Art Gallery. All of the works on display in Gordon Contemporaries are by artists who have previously been winners of…

Experts from auction house Lyon & Turnbull visit Aberdeen Art Gallery this week with an open valuation event on Saturday 23 March. People are encouraged to look out their hidden treasures or dust-off their family heirlooms and take advantage of this unique opportunity to have their objects…

Aberdeen Art Gallery launches its 2024 exhibition programme this week with the only Scottish showing of ARTIST ROOMS Louise Bourgeois, a collection of works by the world renowned French-American artist. 

Born in Paris in 1911, Louise Bourgeois settled in New York in 1938, where she…

Aberdeen Archives, Gallery and Museums announce a new concert series especially for music lovers. Classics @ the Cowdray features an irresistible blend of classical and popular music performed by the Aberdeen-based Nova Quartet at Cowdray Hall.

The new…

Her Majesty The Queen today officially opened a Safe Space in Aberdeen Art Gallery where victims of domestic abuse can discretely ask for help from the venue’s staff.

Queen Camilla also unveiled a poignant sculpture which is in memory of those lost to and survivors of domestic abuse as…

We’re pleased to announce that four local artists will benefit from funding for commissions awarded by Aberdeen Art Gallery and the Friends of Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums.  

In September, Aberdeen Art Gallery invited local artists and makers to submit proposals for a series…

Almost 300,000 visits were made to Aberdeen Archives, Art Gallery and Museums buildings in a year including for popular events such as an exhibition for the UK’s best-loved illustrator Quentin Blake, the 10th-century Book of Deer illuminated manuscript returning to the…