Talbot Rice Gallery

The Talbot Rice Gallery, part of Edinburgh University is one of Scotland’s leading public galleries of contemporary visual art. Established in 1975, it is named after David Talbot Rice who was the Watson Gordon Professor of Fine Art at the university from 1934 until 1972. It is partially funded by the Scottish Arts Council and the University. There is, as one would expect, a strong emphasis on work by Scottish and International artists. Artists who have shown there include Paula Rego, Margot Sandeman and Gavin Scobie.

The neo-classical Georgian Gallery houses the Talbot Rice permanent collection and Scottish Arts Council bequests, ranging from Old Master paintings and bronzes to important works by Scottish artists such as Joan Eardley, William Gillies and William Johnstone. International work by Pablo Picasso and Pierre Bonnard are also present.