Last Day for Museums Collections Intern During the summer the Museums Services Team took on a ten week ‘Museums Collections’ intern through the Employ.ed On Campus programme. This is her blog post, reflecting upon ten weeks …Continue reading →

New exhibition showcases unique items from the University’s Anatomical Museum The Visual Dissection – The Art of Anatomy exhibition in the Main Library will give visitors an extremely rare opportunity to see a range of collections from the University’s Anatomical …Continue reading →

Jon Schueler TAGS: Abstract | acquisitions | Art Collection | donations | John Schueler “When I speak of nature I am speaking of the sky. And when I think of the sky I think of the Scottish sky over Mallaig.” The University Art Collection …Continue reading →

Rediscover: The Torrie Collection TAGS: Art Collection | Exhibition | History of Art | Postgraduates | Torrie collection Rediscover is a new initiative that allows postgraduate students of History of Art to put their original research and knowledge into practice through three displays in Talbot Rice Gallery over …Continue reading →

Thing of the Month TAGS: ECA | Edinburgh University Art Collection | lecture | Picasso Starting next week is our new event at ECA: Thing of the Month. Head over to E12 on your lunch break to get a close up look at a thing from the Art …Continue reading →

Sir Eduardo Paolozzi: Man + Machine TAGS: Edinburgh | Edinburgh College of Art | Maquettes | Paolozzi | Sculpture The Centre for Research Collections is showcasing a selection of maquettes from Paolozzi’s major bequest to the University’s Informatics Forum. A founder of the Pop Art movement, sculptor Sir Eduardo …Continue reading →

Explore your Archives! TAGS: Archives | Archives and Records Association | Centre for Research Collections | Edinburgh College of Art | explorearchives | The National Archives Next week is Explore your Archives Week, join us in celebrating our archives at the Centre For Research Collections!

Art Exposed TAGS: Art Collection | Edinburgh College of Art | fine art | Museums | Naked | Nudes | pop up library A chance to experience rarely seen paintings and objects from the University’s Art Collection *UPDATE: Now with added Paolozzi* Recently we learned that the most searched for term on our brand new Art …Continue reading →

There’s no business like show business TAGS: ECA Collection | ECA Degree Show | Edinburgh College of Art | Tiina Lilja Tiina Lilja recently graduated in Drawing and Painting at Edinburgh College of Art. Earlier this year, we acquired two of Tiina’s paintings for the University Art Collection as she was an artist we had been …Continue reading →

Art Exposed TAGS: Art Collection | Edinburgh College of Art | fine art | Museums | Naked | Nudes | pop up library A chance to experience rarely seen paintings and objects from the University’s Art Collection Recently we learned that the most searched for term on our brand new Art Collections website was ‘Male …Continue reading →