Scotland’s galleries are closing the year with an eclectic mix of exhibitions, from major retrospectives to one-night-only student showcases.
Across Aberdeen, Glasgow, Edinburgh and beyond, artists explore memory, heritage, imagination and place - offering visitors everything from immersive experiences to intimate reflections on craft, culture and history.
Gray’s School of Art: 140 years - Never make a head bigger than a melon
November 29, 2025-April 12, 2026
Entry free
Aberdeen Art Gallery, Schoolhill, AB10 1FQ
Marking 140 years of Gray’s School of Art, this major exhibition reflects on the evolution of studio practice, teaching and artistic relationships across generations. Using the school’s relocation to Garthdee in 1966 as a lens, the exhibition reflects the schools’ evolving identity.
Beneath the Trees
December 5-14, 2025
Entry free
SaltSpace, 38 Albert Road, Glasgow, G42 8DN
Artists B. B. Gray, Joanie Jack and Christine Novosel have created a mixed media installation in response to the whimsical 1930s children’s song ‘Teddy Bears’ Picnic’. The artists invite visitors to escape into a world of nostalgia, play, creatures and make-believe.
Clo An Tir - Cloth of the Land
December 5-7, 2025
Entry free
Trades Hall of Glasgow, 85 Glassford Street, Glasgow, G1 1UH
This unique collection features both bespoke tailoring and bridal wear created entirely from UK-sourced, biodegradable fabrics such as British grown wool and linen, complemented by vintage silks, linens and cottons from UK-based textile businesses. At the heart of the exhibition are three Glasgow-based heritage craft businesses who have crafted garments to weave the story of Camlachie - once a thriving weaving village in Glasgow’s East End.
Unframed
December 6, 2025
Entry free
Many Studios, 3 Ross Street, Glasgow, G1 5AR
Unframed is an exhibition of expressive work created by young people from St Columba’s School in Kilmacolm. The pupils, who have attained their national qualifications in art and design, have put together a body of work on display from one day only in Glasgow’s East End.
PINK
November 29-December 12, 2025
Entry free
Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Edimburgo, 20-22 East London Street, Edinburgh, EH7 4BQ
PINK is a project that reconstructs and displays the figures and contributions of women graphic designers who have been active in Italy from the 1940s until the present day. The exhibition presents more than 40 graphic designers who have worked, and continue to work, in Italy and includes work such as posters, books, sketches, drawings and photographs.
Beyond Monet and Beyond Van Gogh
November 29, 2025-January 4, 2026
Entry from £14
Royal Highland Centre, Ingliston, Edinburgh, EH28 8NB
Step into a world of light, colour and imagination with this immersive experience exploring the works of renowned artists Claude Monet and Vincent Van Gogh. It’s the first time Beyond Monet is showing in Scotland and uses cutting-edge projection technology to bring to life nearly 400 of his iconic works. Beyond Van Gogh returns for its second year in Scotland after making its debut in Glasgow last summer.
Deco
December 1-20, 2025
Entry free
The Art Department, 9-11 Causeyside Street, Paisley. PA1 1UW
Restoring the former Argos store on Causeyside street to its original Art Deco design, the Art Department is celebrating with an exhibition to mark their new permanent gallery. Deco explores the Art Deco movement, stemming back to the early 20th when Art Deco first burst onto the world stage.
Kar
November 29, 2025-March 1, 2026
Entry free
Timespan, Dunrobin Street, Helmsdale, KW8 6JA
Kar, meaning ‘stone’ is a film work by Alex Sarkisian that traces the delicate survival of Western Armenian ancestral places. For this exhibition, Kar enters into dialogue with the Highland Clearances with the neglected Armenian sites echoing the empty townships of Sutherland where communities were displaced.
Seep
November 29, 2025
Entry free
Window on Heritage Gallery, Glasgow School of Art, 164 Renfrew Street, G3 6RF
It’s your last chance to catch ‘Seep’, an exhibition exploring Glasgow’s saturated histories and hydropoetics in moving image and archival materials. Featuring contemporary works depicting Glasgow, the exhibition asks how the city’s waterways, hydrological infrastructures and hydropoetic atmospheres shape and hold material and cultural memory.
A Banquet for Charles
November 29-December 19, 2025
Entry free
Hunted Projects, 8/4 Murieston lane, Edinburgh, EH11 2LX
This exhibition brings together a series of new still life paintings conceived by artist Jonathan Freemantle as an elegy to a life lived beautifully. The exhibition celebrates the legacy of painter Charles Hardaker - Fremantle’s mentor, teacher and friend - through a series of paintings that meditate on devotion, perception and gratitude.
Beyond Monet and Beyond Van Gogh
November 29, 2025-January 4, 2026
Entry from £14
Royal Highland Centre, Ingliston, Edinburgh, EH28 8NB
Step into a world of light, colour and imagination with this immersive experience exploring the works of renowned artists Claude Monet and Vincent Van Gogh. It’s the first time Beyond Monet is showing in Scotland and uses cutting-edge projection technology to bring to life nearly 400 of his iconic works. Beyond Van Gogh returns for its second year in Scotland after making its debut in Glasgow last summer.
