City Arts Centre

Located opposite the Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, the City Art Centre is an impressive nine storey former warehouse in the centre of Edinburgh. Originally constructed between 1899 and 1902, the gallery is housed in a former Victorian warehouse and was part of the Scotsman newspaper buildings. The focus of the collection of course is on Scottish art covering all periods and consists of more than 4500 works in all media.

The aforementioned collection includes modern and contemporary works by Callum Innes, Wendy McMurdo and Mark Cazalet plus installations and photographic works all acquired as part of the National Collecting Scheme for Scotland. The key works by all the major Scottish artists range from William McTaggart to Joan Eardley. The Glasgow Boys are represented by Henry, Hornel, Lavery and Crawhall, as are the Scottish Colourists by Fergusson, Peploe, Cadell and Hunter. The Edinburgh School is also rightly represented by William Gillies, Maxwell and Redpath, and post-war artists include Davie, Paolozzi, Blackadder and Bellany. Contemporary artists represented include Christine Borland and Toby Paterson.

The City Arts Centre is part of an umbrella organisation known as the City of Edinburgh Art Collection and also includes the Museum of Edinburgh, the Museum of Childhood, the People's Story Museum, the Writers' Museum, Lauriston Castle and Queensferry Museum. The main holders of fine art paintings and sculpture are the City Arts Centre and the Museum of Edinburgh.