Edinburgh LoFi – Art and Design Library exhibition, April 2026 LoFi is a traditional, alternative and lomographic photography collective that has been running since 2009. Edinburgh LoFi have monthly meetings which are free and open to all. Come along to the Ar…

Visit the #ArtAndDesignLibrary at Central Library this month to see a new exhibition by Edinburgh LoFi, a photography collective who use traditional, alternative and lomographic techniques.
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Assortment – Art and Design Library exhibition, March 2026 The March exhibition in the Art and Design Library is Assortment, a retrospective survey of the work by Edinburgh artist, Lorna Balmer. It is on show from 3 to 30 March 2026. Artist statement  Base…

Assortment, a beautiful mix of mixed media and collage artworks by Lorna Balmer is on show until the end of the month in the #ArtAndDesignLibrary at Central Library
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Books as Art: walking, making, thinking in pages Visit Books as Art, an artists’ books exhibition on show on the Mezzanine at Central Library until 28 February 2026 There is a peculiar intimacy to artists’ books. They ask to be handled, unf…

Discover books as art - walking, making, thinking in pages - in a recent blog post and in a wonderful exhibition of #ArtistsBooks from the collections of the #ArtAndDesignLibrary.
The exhibition is on show Edinburgh Central Library until 28 February - don't miss it!
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Shift by Paradigms – Art and Design Library exhibition, February 2026 The February exhibition in the Art and Design Library features contemporary paintings by Paradigms, a group of four Edinburgh-based women artists. “Shift” brings together recent work by Catherine Y…

A new exhibition has opened in the #ArtAndDesignLibrary for the month of February - 'Shift' is an exhibition of contemporary paintings by Paradigms, a group of four Edinburgh-based women artists at Central Library
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Ninety years ago #OnThisDay, our wonderful #ArtAndDesignLibrary opened! We've put together a Then and Now picture on Our Town Stories to mark the occasion - zurl.co/wjx4p
Look out for a special display all about the Art Library coming soon to the Central Library staircase cabinets...

Vintage railway posters conserved Within the collections of the Art and Design Library at Central Library are twenty-four vintage railway posters dating from the 1920s and 1930s. This era heralded a golden age of railway poster design led by the rise of the railway system and the development of the Art Deco style. During the 1920s, there emerged a…

Read all about the meticulous conservation work to restore two of the #ArtAndDesignLibrary's vintage railway posters
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Edinburgh Photographic Society – Art and Design Library exhibition, November 2025 The November exhibition in the Art and Design Library is a group display by Edinburgh Photographic Society. The exhibition showcases a wide variety of work across a range of photographic genres – from portraiture, to nature, sport and landscape. Members of the society work with traditional techniques as well as creative digital photography, so the…

A fantastic new exhibition by the Edinburgh Photographic Society has just opened in the #ArtAndDesignLibrary!
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Touching Wood – Art and Design Library exhibition, October 2025 The October exhibition in the Art and Design Library is Touching Wood, a group show by Hillside Visually Impaired Art group. The keen artists of the group have been working hard during their weekly sessions in the headquarters of the Royal National Institute of Blind People to produce an exciting array of paintings and sculptures…

Visit the #ArtAndDesignLibrary at Central Library to see Touching Wood, this month's exhibition by Hillside Visually Impaired Art group.
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Pathways – Art and Design Library exhibition, August 2025 The August exhibition in the Art and Design Library is 'Pathways', a collection of paintings in acrylic by Scottish artist and tutor, Carolyn Burchell. Alnmouth, sand dunes by Carolyn Burchell The title of the exhibition draws inspiration from Rebecca Solnit’s description of the path from her 2001 book, Wanderlust: "The path is an extension of…

During August come to Edinburgh Central Library and discover 'Pathways', a new exhibition of paintings in acrylic by Scottish artist and tutor, Carolyn Burchell.
On show in the #ArtAndDesignLibrary
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