We receive numerous exhibition requests throughout the year and while they are considered on a regular basis, due to the volume of submissions received, responses to proposals may take several months. Each proposal is carefully considered taking into account the City Art Centre’s existing programme, audiences, budgets and space limitations. Please note that not only do we receive a large number of proposals each year, we also initiate many exhibitions ourselves. Therefore we cannot always accommodate all the exhibitions we find interesting.
Information on submitting an exhibition proposal may be found on our Submitting Exhibition Proposals page.
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Please contact David Patterson, Curator, Fine Art Collections at: City Art Centre, 2 Market Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1DE, or by e-mail to david.patterson@edinburgh.gov.uk.
Please tell us the nature of your enquiry, and provide a stamped addressed envelope if you are sending photographs by post and would like them returned. If you are sending images electronically, the maximum size we can accept is 1Mb.
Yes, although sometimes it depends on staff availability and the accessibility of the work. Please phone (tel: 0131 529 3993), write (Curator, Fine Art Collections, City Art Centre, 2 Market Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1DE) or e-mail the curator in advance to arrange a suitable date and time.
We have an advisory committee that meets on average twice a year to consider new acquisitions. The Committee is made up of elected city councillors and outside specialist advisors. The committee seeks to acquire works by contemporary artists as well as trying to fill historic gaps in the collection. In addition, we sometimes receive donations or bequests from members of the public or artists.
We plan our exhibitions programme well in advance aiming to have an upcoming exhibition programme in place for the next 2 years. This provides us with sufficient time to plan and organise major exhibitions as well as related educational, marketing and fundraising initiatives.
The art collection is presently exhibited in a series of temporary displays. These might focus on particular themes, time periods, artists or mediums. We aim to show parts of our collection throughout the year on at least one gallery floor. From summer 2012 we will have one floor of the gallery dedicated permanently to the display of the art collection.
Although the fifth floor is principally used by our Learning and Access Team, the Gallery and Seminar room may be booked for daytime and evening events, subject to availability.
Private viewings of the City Art Centre may also be arranged.
The Venue Hire page gives information on the facilities available, costs and how to book.
If you would like your work considered for purchase to the collection then please send recent visuals, an artist statement and your CV to the City Art Centre for the attention of David Patterson or Ian O'Riordan.
The City Art Centre is located at:
2 Market Street
Edinburgh
EH1 1DE
A number of works from the fine art collection are included on www.capitalcollections.org.uk In many instances, photographic prints or digital images can be ordered. If there are particular items from the art collection that you are interested in but which do not feature on the Capital Collections web site, then please write to the Curator of Fine Art at the City Art Centre detailing which artwork you would like to obtain a print from. You will be sent a form to complete which will specify any costs involved.
Please be aware that we can only make prints from works where permission has been granted by the artist or which are out of copyright.