Talbot Rice Gallery
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An outstanding centre for art and ideas.
The public art gallery of The University of Edinburgh, Talbot Rice Gallery presents original and relevant exhibitions within a unique historical context. The exhibitions exemplify creativity and ambition, seen through a distinctive programme of Scottish and International artists, with informed interpretation and lively educational events.
24/09/2026
OPEN CALL: TRADING ZONE 2027
Talbot Rice Gallery's interdisciplinary student exhibition is back ❤️🔥
Trading Zone celebrates creative practices that cross disciplines, blur boundaries and explore contemporary ideas — with work from across Edinburgh College of Art and beyond.
WHO CAN APPLY?
Current The University of Edinburgh students — undergraduate or postgraduate, at any stage of study.
WHY APPLY?
Selected artists will:
• Exhibit at Talbot Rice Gallery
• Share their work with thousands of visitors
• Receive professional support from the TRG team
• Have agreed material and production costs supported where possible
🚨 APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN 🚨
⏳ Deadline: Friday 23 October 2026
Exhibition: 13 March – 29 May 2027
The application asks for:
• 150 words about your practice
• 150 words about your work in progress
• Supporting material showing your visual practice
One application per person, except where a separate collaborative practice applies.
🔗 Find the full details + application form via the link in bio.
17/09/2026
New to Edinburgh College of Art at the University of Edinburgh? Back for another year? Either way, consider this your invite 👀 ✨
Kick off the new term with us at the ECA Student Welcome Social TOMORROW 🎨 💫
Come hang out, meet some new faces, explore Anne Hardy / Feelings after hours and get creative with a making activity in the gallery.
📍 Talbot Rice Gallery
📅 Friday 18 September
⏰ 6pm
🎟️ Free, booking required
Bring yourself, bring your pals, make some new ones. See you there 🫶
🔗 Tickets via link eventbrite.co.uk/e/eca-student-welcome-social-2026-tickets-1997838623102?
ECA Student Welcome Social 2026 Join us for a student social at Talbot Rice Gallery as we welcome you to the University of Edinburgh.
09/09/2026
Calling all new and returning Edinburgh College of Art and The University of Edinburgh students 👋
Join us at Talbot Rice Gallery this Welcome Week for a programme of free events, from making and meeting new people to exploring our current exhibition AnneHardy / Feelings and sharing your ideas for the future of our student programme.
✂️ ECA Welcome Week Making Session
📆Tue 15 Sept, 2pm
Explore Anne Hardy / Feelings before getting creative with materials in the gallery. No experience needed — come along to try, experiment and make.
🔊 An Introduction to Anne Hardy / Feelings
📆Tue 15 – Fri 18 Sept, 11am
Join us for a short, informal introduction to Anne Hardy’s immersive world of installation, sculpture, sound and photography.
🫂 ECA Welcome Social
📆Fri 18 Sept, 6pm
Meet fellow students, spend time in the exhibition and take part in a making activity inspired by Anne Hardy’s work.
💡 ECA TRG Student Ideas Exchange
📆Wed 23 Sept, 10.30am
Discover what’s coming up at TRG and help shape our student programme. We want to hear what events, workshops, talks and activities you’d like to see at the gallery.
All events are free and open to new and returning ECA and UoE students. Booking required.
🔗 Find out more and book via the link in bio
20/08/2026
Little Creative Morning: Wind Chimes of the Universe ✨
A playful, hands-on family workshop with artist-educator Fibi Cowley (fibi cowley) 🌿🎐
Inspired by AnneHardy / Feelings, families will create their own unique wind chimes using found and foraged materials from shells and stones to twigs, seeds and other natural treasures ☺️
Bring along any found objects you’d like to include, and join us for a creative morning of making, listening and experimenting together.
📆 Sat 29 August, 10am
🎟️ Free, book via link in bio
Introducing our second introductory reel for Anne Hardy / Feelings ✨
Anne Hardy on Marfa, Texas: ”There’s not really any facilities or supplies there in terms of making art. So I worked primarily with found materials and wtih earth and light, natural light, to really think about what was the absolute minimum that I needed for my work.”
Keep your eyes peeled for part three of our introduction to the exhibition, coming soon, or check out the full exhibition now at trg.ed.ac.uk 📲
Anne Hardy / Feelings
📆 Until 27 September
🔗 More info via link in bio
Take a closer look at Anne Hardy's exhibition at Talbot Rice Gallery with the first of our introductory reels 🌠
"Figures in sculpture have long possessed the ability to take flight in the imagination: from the tension of a body in contrapposto poised to uncoil, or a futurist form capturing movement through space. Through subtle scenography and immersive spatial composition, we encounter Hardy’s sculptural beings in a world that is, in her words, “sentient” – responsive, reverent and alive with energy." - Director of Talbot Rice Gallery Tessa Giblin, Exhibition guide
Anne Hardy / Feelings
📆 Until 27 September
🔗 More info via link in bio
10/08/2026
Just announced! Talbot Rice Gallery’s festival book sale 📚
To celebrate Edinburgh’s festival season, we’re offering 50% off selected exhibition catalogues in the gallery from 8 - 30 August.
Featuring publications from El Anatsui, Céline Condorelli, Jesse Jones, Angelica Mesiti, Emeka Ogboh (including the accompanying vinyl) Stephen Sutcliffe and Samson Young.
✨ And more good news: We are now open seven days a week throughout the Edinburgh Festivals ✨
⏰ Monday - Sunday, 10am–5pm
📍 Until 30 August
More time to see Anne Hardy’s exhibition, pick up a book (or two), and take a break from the festival crowds.
See you in the gallery 👋
07/08/2026
A huge thank you to everyone who joined us today for our British Sign Language (BSL) tour of Anne Hardy's exhibition as part of Edinburgh Deaf Festival🧏
We offer a BSL tour for every exhibition at Talbot Rice Gallery creating opportunities to explore and discuss our exhibitions in BSL 💕
👀 Keep an eye on our programme for details of upcoming BSL tours
06/08/2026
Over the past four weeks, a group of young people aged 15 - 19 from Impact Arts have been working with Talbot Rice Gallery to create an exhibition in response to AnneHardy’s work ✨
The project has culminated in a mini exhibition, All Seeing I, which is open to the public today from 1 – 3pm in our Round Room 👁️
We’d love for you to come along, explore the exhibition, and say hello 👋
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