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Aberdeen Art Gallery is delighted to launch a major exhibition of new work by three of Scotland’s foremost artists – Lennox Dunbar, Ian Howard and Arthur Watson. The Aberdeen-born contemporaries attended Aberdeen Grammar School and as students were greatly influenced by weekly visits to the Art…
This summer Aberdeen Art Gallery is hosting a double-bill of exhibitions all in one amazing space, Quentin Blake: Illustrating Verse and Quentin Blake: Book Covers, featuring the work of the UK’s best-loved illustrator, Quentin Blake, who celebrated his 90th birthday last year…
Aberdeen Maritime Museum has launched a new, digital guide on Bloomberg Connects, the free arts and cultural app created by Bloomberg Philanthropies. The Bloomberg Connects app, which is already a success at Aberdeen Art Gallery, is available and free to download from Google Play or the App…
A commemorative plaque to Dr Laura Sandeman (1862-1929) has been unveiled at 22 Waverley Place in Aberdeen, the location of Dr Sandeman’s former home and GP practice.
The plaque is the first ‘People’ plaque in Aberdeen to be blue, which brings…
Pupils from Northfield Academy have created a new exhibition called What’s Your Treasure? at the Treasure Hub museum collection centre in Northfield. It will be seen for the first time by visitors to the Treasure Hub Open Day on Saturday 17 June.
…Aberdeen Art Gallery’s latest special exhibition goes in search of the spaces where creativity takes place – the artist studio, where ideas are born. The exhibition, which opens to the public on Saturday 1 April, brings together images by 25 photographers from the celebrated…
The last testament of Alexander Jaffray is the centrepiece of a new exhibition at Aberdeen Art Gallery. This rare and important document, which dates from 1673, provides a fascinating insight into Jaffray’s faith at a time of religious persecution and political…
Three local artists will benefit from funding for commissions awarded by Aberdeen Art Gallery and the Friends of Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums. Creative practitioners (artists, makers, musicians, dancers, designers, writers and performers) living in AB postcode areas…
The extraordinary life of Aberdeenshire-born painter and printmaker James McBey (1883–1959) is explored in a new exhibition which opens at Aberdeen Art Gallery tomorrow (Saturday 11 February). The exhibition is co-curated by author and journalist Alasdair Soussi and Madeline Nehring, Team Leader…
Aberdeen Art Gallery is offering a more relaxed visiting experience on Mondays for visitors who may prefer it. Relaxed Mondays are primarily for – but not limited to – families with neurodivergent children, neurodivergent young people and adults, adults living with dementia, adults and children…
Holocaust Memorial Day will be commemorated by the City of Aberdeen at Aberdeen Art Gallery on Friday 27 January.
The event is held annually across the world to remember the six million Jews and other groups murdered under Nazi persecution, and more recent genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda,…
A rich programme of large and small-scale exhibitions for visitors of all ages and many interests in 2023 has been revealed by Aberdeen Art Gallery. The programme includes a celebration of the work of Britain’s best-loved illustrator, Sir Quentin Blake, who celebrated his 90th…