We’re celebrating The Harris' reopening for this week’s #OnlineArtExchange with @artukdotorg.bsky.social! Our pick is Herbert James Gunn’s portrait of our past President, William Oliphant Hutchison. The Harris has another portrait by James Gunn in their Collection, ‘Pauline in the Yellow Dress’.

'Outstanding artist, leader and advocate for the arts' who led Royal Scottish Academy dies aged 90 www.scotsman.com/arts-and-cul...

We’re looking at impressive buildings for this week’s #OnlineArtExchange with @artukdotorg.bsky.social. Our pick is John McAslan RSA’s King’s Cross Station Refurbishment. This architectural drawing is McAslan’s Diploma Deposit!

Justine Watt received the Glenfiddich Artist in Residence Award at RSA New Contemporaries 2025. Six months on, we’re catching up with her to hear about her residency, discarded whisky barrels and an upcoming move to Dumfries and Galloway. 🔗 Keep reading: bit.ly/468kn6x 📷 Photo credit John Paul

Opening this Saturday, Ceòl na Tìr-dhàimh | The Music of Home celebrates the work of Scottish artist George Macpherson RSA: bit.ly/4pdB8V8 📍 The Academicians’ Gallery 🗓️ 13 September – 15 October

We're celebrating ceramics for this week's #OnlineArtExchange with @artukdotorg.bsky.social! We're selected Feeders by Penelope Matheson. She deposited this glazed ceramic bowl into our Collection following her John Kinross Scholarship.

Today’s #OnlineArtExchange with @artukdotorg.bsky.social is all about Wales! Our pick is Welsh Village and Welsh Castle by William Wilson RSA. The original copper printing plates were drawn by Wilson, and these impressions were taken by Leena Nammari RSA!

This week’s #OnlineArtExchange with @artukdotorg.bsky.social is all about religious art, and our pick is St Cuthbert and the Otters by Elizabeth Strachan Dempster ARSA.

It’s time for this week’s #OnlineArtExchange with @artukdotorg.bsky.social, and the theme is film and cinema! 🎥🍿 We’ve chosen Mecca, Leith by David Pugh Evans RSA. This striking building was originally The State Cinema, which opened in 1938.

We are delighted to announce that Mark H Lawrence has received the 2025 RSA MacRobert Art Award for Painting! Mark will receive £20,000 to fund a 12-month period of research and development. 🔗Read more about his plans over on our website: bit.ly/4kW2vjs

This week’s #OnlineArtExchange with @artukdotorg.bsky.social is all about self portraits! We’ve selected John MacLaren Barclay RSA’s Self Portrait. Barclay became an Associate Member of the Academy in 1863 and an Academician in 1871, plus he served as RSA Treasurer from 1884 – 1886!

‘It had rained heavily the day before and now it was even heavier. The almost roar of water rushing down hillsides, spilling over roads and branching into paddy fields, along channels and eventually to the raging river.’

We’re celebrating summer for this week’s #OnlineArtExchange with @artukdotorg.bsky.social! We’ve selected Sir James Guthrie PPRSA’s Midsummer. The setting for the painting is James Whitelaw Hamilton RSA’s garden at Thornton Lodge, Helensburgh!☀️

Calling all photographers! 📷🎞️ We’re currently accepting applications for the RSA Elizabeth Lornie Photography Award. Open to artists working in photography in Scotland, the award grants £5,000 for the research, development and production of a new body of work: bit.ly/4kn1F… 📷 Alicia Bruce

It’s wildlife week for the #OnlineArtExchange with @artukdotorg.bsky.social! 🫏 Our pick is Donegal Group by John Charles Lamont ARSA, this work was deposited into our collection as part of the 2020 Benno Schotz gift.

We’re looking at contemporary art that depicts the modern female form for this week’s #OnlineArtExchange with @artukdotorg.bsky.social. Our pick is Self Portrait in Garden by Delia Baillie RSA, this work was completed during Baillie’s 1999 RSA John Kinross Travel Scholarship.

This week's #OnlineArtExchange with @artukdotorg.bsky.social is all about the ocean! Our pick is Waves by Gordon Bryce RSA🌊

Today's #OnlineArtExchange with @artukdotorg.bsky.social is all about landscapes! Our pick is Frances Walker RSA's Gunna Sound. We exhibited this monotype in 2010!🏞️

This week’s #OnlineArtExchange with @artukdotorg.bsky.social is all about birds! Our pick is this illustration from Patrick Syme RSA’s A treatise on British song-birds. Syme was born in Edinburgh in 1774, and was a founding member of the RSA!🐦‍⬛

In 2026 @royalscottishacad.bsky.social, one of the oldest and most prestigious cultural institutions in Scotland, will be 200 years old! 🎉 We’re taking part in the birthday celebrations by sharing stories, Curations and content on Art UK, keep an eye out for more soon! #RSA200

In 2026, the @royalscottishacad.bsky.social one of the oldest and most prestigious cultural institutions in Scotland, will be 200 years old! We’re taking part in the birthday celebrations with a exhibition in the Sir Duncan Rice Library Gallery in 2026 – watch this space!

In 2026, @royalscottishacad.bsky.social, one of the oldest and most prestigious cultural institutions in Scotland, will be 200 years old! CHARTS + the Argyll Collection are delighted to be part of the celebrations. Keep an eye on our socials for updates! #RSA200 @argyllandbute.bsky.social 📸 RSA

In 2026, the Royal Scottish Academy, one of the oldest and most prestigious cultural institutions in Scotland, will be 200 years old! We’re looking forward to taking part in the birthday celebrations - watch this space for more info very soon! @royalscottishacad.bsky.social #RSA200

🎉We’re excited to announce RSA200: Celebrating Together, a year-long celebration marking our 200th anniversary! We're bringing together over 70 cultural partners, showcasing the past, present and future of Scottish art and architecture. 🎈Find out more: bit.ly/3FaCP3T

Our pick for today's #OnlineArtExchange with @artukdotorg.bsky.social is Margaret Wright's Portrait of a Woman in a Black Hat. Wright was a member of the Edinburgh Ladies' Art Club, and this work was gifted to us in the 1973 Gillies Bequest!

This week's #OnlineArtExchange with @artukdotorg is all about art beyond the canvas! Our pick is this photolithograph print by James Cumming RSA, Actual Scale of head of Foreground Figures in Mural.

In this week's Zap events guide... 🎨 The @royalscottishacad.bsky.social Annual Exhibition 🎵 Malin Lewis at Rum Shack, Queen's Park Spring Weekender 📽️ Folk Film Gathering + Alchemy festivals www.theskinny.co.uk/things-to-do... #edinburgh #glasgow #scotland

📣 IN SCOTLAND THIS WEEK 📣 🎵 Record Store Day at @monorailmusic.bsky.social, @sgr-recordcafe.bsky.social, @voxboxmusic.bsky.social + others 🌃 @royalscottishacad.bsky.social academy late 🪩 HOUSEGUEST, Mojxmma and more!

Each month, we’re sitting down with one of our Academicians to discuss their practice, influences and upcoming projects. This month, we're talking to Christopher Platt RSA about failing his third year of university, StudioKAP, and the future of architecture. 🔗 Read now: bit.ly/42jhn42

The @royalscottishacad.bsky.social New Contemporaries 2025 exhibition is now open - congratulations to the 17 ECA alumni whose work is included! Read more about it on our website now: www.eca.ed.ac.uk/news/rsa-new... The exhibition runs until 16 April.

In this week's Zap! events guide... - @royalscottishacad.bsky.social New Contemporaries - Palestinian archive from The Majazz Project at Glad Cafe + a 🇵🇸 fundraiser at Sett Studios - Glasgow Comedy Festival, gigs from Lauren Mayberry, aya, mokusla + more

Fun #ArtExplorer evening at the New Contemporaries exhibition @royalscottishacad.bsky.social - lots of bold and ambitious work by artists setting out on their career. On until 16th April. Definitely worth a visit!

There's just a few days left to apply to our Student Awards. Covering a variety of mediums, these awards offer graduating and postgraduate students up to £3,000 for a period of travel and research. 📅Deadline: Sunday 23 March, 5pm: bit.ly/4bIFop8 🖼️Veronika Desova, Untitled, The Baptistry, Florence

We're delighted to see the Version Galore exhibition returning, with 14 ECA students showcasing their work at @royalscottishacad.bsky.social. Each artist produced work in response to items from the RSA's collection. The exhibition runs until 6 April: www.eca.ed.ac.uk/news/version...

There’s still time to explore In Orcadia at the Royal Scottish Academy. On view, you’ll find a series of paintings by Samantha Clark, the inaugural winner of the £20,000 RSA MacRobert Art Award for Painting. 🗓️On view until Sunday 2 March 🎫Entry is free: bit.ly/40rxuM1

It's a Valentines theme for this week's #OnlineArtExchange with @artukdotorg.bsky.social. Our pick is this screenprint - Love by Ian Hamilton Finlay HRSA❤️

★ ★ ★ ★ The Times ★ ★ ★ ★ The Scotsman A vibrant celebration of the Orkney landscape, In Orcadia showcases works by Samantha Clark, Anne Bevan, Victoria Crowe, Frances Pelly, Dame Barbara Rae and Frances Walker. 🗓️Until Sunday 2 March 🎫Entry is free: bit.ly/40rxuM1

This week’s #OnlineArtExchange with @artukdotorg.bsky.social is all about textile art. Our pick is this work by William Littlejohn RSA, which is from his student days at Dundee College of Art. This would have been created as a design for wallpaper, book covers - or textiles!

Each month, we’re sitting down with one of our Academicians to discuss their practice, influences and upcoming projects. Today, we’re speaking to Helen Flockhart RSA about the Garden of Eden, studying in Poland and RSA New Contemporaries. 🔗Read now: bit.ly/3WAWLSD

Cliff Path, which is currently on view in the gallery, was created in collaboration with Peacock Visual Arts to celebrate Frances Walker RSA’s 94th birthday in 2024.

As we wait for Storm Éowyn to pass, we’re delighted to share that In Orcadia is now available to view online – from the comfort and safety of home. 🌊Explore now: bit.ly/40rxuM1 🖼️Samantha Clark

We are sorry that the In Orcadia Private View scheduled to take place on Friday 24 January has been cancelled due to the red weather warning now in place across central Scotland.

We're celebrating 20th-century women artists for this week's #OnlineArtExchange with @artukdotorg.bsky.social. Our pick is Into an Older Land, which is Victoria Crowe RSA's Diploma work!

From Saturday, you'll find works inspired by Orkney's landscape and natural environment in the gallery. 🗓️25 January - 2 March 🎫Free: bit.ly/4jqMjr0 🖼️Victoria Crowe RSA, Night Reflection

Congratulations to Fine Art lecturer Moyna Flannigan & fellow ECA alumna Olivia Irvine, who have both received awards from the @royalscottishacad.bsky.social Blackadder Houston Bequest. Find out more: www.eca.ed.ac.uk/news/rsa-bla... Images: Moyna & Olivia in their studios. Credit: The artists.

We’d like to send our congratulations to Royal Scottish Academician Barbara Rae following the announcement of her Damehood in the New Years Honours list for her services to Art!

This week’s #OnlineArtExchange is all about magic, and our pick is Sir Joseph Paton RSA’s Oberon and Titania🧚 This painting depicts Act II Scene I of Shakespeare's play, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and is a study for the finished painting - The Quarrel of Oberon and Titania.

Hi Bluesky 👋 We’re the Royal Scottish Academy, and we’re new here! We’re an independently funded, self-financing charity, and we support art and architecture in Scotland. We run a programme of exhibitions, opportunities and events from our base in Edinburgh, and you’ll find us on Princes Street!