Talbot Rice Gallery

Talbot Rice Gallery An outstanding centre for art and ideas.
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The public art gallery of The University of Edinburgh, Talbot Rice Gallery presents original and relevant exhibitions within a unique historical context. The exhibitions exemplify creativity and ambition, seen through a distinctive programme of Scottish and International artists, with informed interpretation and lively educational events.

📷 ✍️ 🌱Erasure held like a fierce lantern“Kang Seung Lee’s work transforms loss and invisibility into a strategy for rec...
30/05/2026

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Erasure held like a fierce lantern

“Kang Seung Lee’s work transforms loss and invisibility into a strategy for recollection. Often beginning with archival research, his drawings, watercolours, embroideries and installations create conversations with overlooked, deceased artists and with sites where communities, including q***r communities, have historically gathered.

Lee has extended his research to Edinburgh, featuring new works based on photographs of significant q***r sites across the city. Erasure held like a fierce lantern layers global and local q***r histories to represent forms of existence that exceed identity politics.”

- .clegg1, Curator

Part of The dead don’t go until we do
📆 Until 30 May
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Staff picks ✨ Our Community Engagement Officer, Sarah Leal, picks Mafolofolo by MADEYOULOOK.“When I experienced the work...
29/05/2026

Staff picks ✨ Our Community Engagement Officer, Sarah Leal, picks Mafolofolo by MADEYOULOOK.

“When I experienced the work for the first time, I felt deeply emotional. The sound surrounded me completely, and I felt enveloped by it, carried by it. The sound of the storm especially made me feel like I was part of it, like I was the storm itself. Here lies the power of Mafolofolo, transporting us to the landscape of Mpumalanga.

Years ago, while visiting a bird park in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (a country far away from my homeland), I suddenly heard a sound that moved me to tears. At the time, I couldn’t make sense of it, but it made me think of the mysteries we carry within us. Many years later, I discovered that this sound had been part of my ancestors’ lives.

Now, I strongly believe that we are all made of the people, stories, and lives of those who came before us. They remain with us, living inside us still. Isn’t that magical?”

♥️

→ Check it out in The dead don’t go until we do
📆 Until 30

🫱 🌆 ✉️Who is invited to the city?”Who is invited to the city? contributes to what might be read as an alternative portr...
28/05/2026

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Who is invited to the city?

”Who is invited to the city? contributes to what might be read as an alternative portrait of Mumbai. A rapidly changing city, the chawls are now being demolished. Patil’s work relates to ongoing inequalities, championing the role of art in giving voice to communities who are often rendered invisible.” - .clegg1, Curator

Part of The dead don’t go until we do
📆 Until 30 May
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🔗 More info via link in bio

⛰️ 🔊 🗺️Mafolofolo and Menagano“MADEYOULOOK ask in Menagano, “What do we need to unlearn?” While Mafolofolo challenges u...
27/05/2026

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Mafolofolo and Menagano

“MADEYOULOOK ask in Menagano, “What do we need to unlearn?” While Mafolofolo challenges us to be within an artwork without complete translation or transliteration. As a place of recovery, it holds open an uncertain space in which other kinds of knowledge, or being, might be permitted. It opens a dialogue with a people who understood what it meant to be with the land.” - .clegg1, Curator

Part of The dead don’t go until we do
📆 Until 30 May
📸 
🔗 More info via link in bio

🚨 Last week of The dead don’t go until we do 🚨There are just five days left to catch our current exhibition before it cl...
26/05/2026

🚨 Last week of The dead don’t go until we do 🚨

There are just five days left to catch our current exhibition before it closes 💔

“The dead don’t go until we do is not a morose reflection upon death, but a defiant act of recall grounded in joy, solidarity and care.” - .clegg1, Curator

📆 Tue - Sat, 10am - 5pm until 30 May

→ Supported by , , , and further supported by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland and 

🪡 🖼️ ☺️We won’t stay silent any longer“The materials in the colourful textile collages made by artist and activist Małg...
25/05/2026

🪡 🖼️ ☺️
We won’t stay silent any longer

“The materials in the colourful textile collages made by artist and activist Małgorzata Mirga-Tas come from various sources, including clothes belonging to her Roma family and friends, as well as traditional dresses donated by Roma communities. Working from historical images, archival photographs and family albums, she aims to redress hundreds of years of persecution and celebrate moments of everyday joy, holding close the strength of both present and past communities.” - .clegg1, Curator

Part of The dead don’t go until we do
📆 Until 30 May
📸 
🔗 More info via link in bio

Kang Seung Lee begins with research into historical archives, looking at the way marginalised communities are erased. Bu...
23/05/2026

Kang Seung Lee begins with research into historical archives, looking at the way marginalised communities are erased. But he uses the gaps and absences to make space for both the living and dead, in this exhibition linking with historical q***r sites across Edinburgh ☺️

Check out ’s Erasure held like a fierce lantern in The dead don’t go until we do 🌱
📆 Until 30 May
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🔗 More info via link in bio

Celebrating Talbot Rice Gallery’s alumni artists who are included in the 61st La Biennale di Venezia ‘In Minor Keys’ cur...
22/05/2026

Celebrating Talbot Rice Gallery’s alumni artists who are included in the 61st La Biennale di Venezia ‘In Minor Keys’ curated by Koyo Kouoh, national pavilions and collateral events:

Gabrielle Goliath (Still Joy - From Ukraine into the world and Elegy, Chiesa Di Sant’Antonin); Lubaina Himid (British Pavilion); Anca Benera & Arnold Estefán (Romanian Pavilion); Eglė Budvytytė (Lithuanian Pavilion);); Lara Favaretto (Momentary Monument: The Library); Lawrence Abu Hamdan (Canicula) and Guadalupe Maravilla, Sammy Baloji, Rachel Fallon (with Alice Maher), Tuần Andrew Nguyễn, Otobong Nkanga and Kemang Wa Lehulere included ‘In Minor Keys’






















Sammy Baloji


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Celebrating Talbot Rice Gallery’s alumni artists who are included in the 61st La Biennale di Venezia ‘In Minor Keys’ cur...
22/05/2026

Celebrating Talbot Rice Gallery’s alumni artists who are included in the 61st La Biennale di Venezia ‘In Minor Keys’ curated by Koyo Kouoh, national pavilions and collateral events:

Gabrielle Goliath (Elegy, Chiesa Di Sant’Antonin and Still Joy - from Ukraine into the world ); Lubaina Himid (British Pavilion); Anca Benera & Arnold Estefán (Romanian Pavilion); Eglė Budvytytė (Lithuanian Pavilion);); Lara Favaretto (Momentary Monument: The Library); Lawrence Abu Hamdan (Canicula) and Guadalupe Maravilla, Sammy Baloji, Rachel Fallon (with Alice Maher), Tuần Andrew Nguyễn, Otobong Nkanga and Kemang Wa Lehulere included ‘In Minor Keys’























Sammy Baloji


📸

alice
andrew.nguyen



Our final Sensory Friendly Mornings is coming up next Friday 📆 Fri 29 May, 10amThese sessions are designed to prioritise...
21/05/2026

Our final Sensory Friendly Mornings is coming up next Friday 📆 Fri 29 May, 10am

These sessions are designed to prioritise the sensory needs of autistic people, other neurodivergent people, those with additional sensory support needs, or anyone else who may prefer a more relaxed experience of the gallery 🤗

💡 Lighting and sound levels are adjusted
🎧 Sensory kits are available, containing: a stress ball, ear defenders, a traffic light fan, a fidget toy, a magnifying glass torch and an emotion fan
🗺️ A visual storyboard and sensory map helps you navigate the gallery and highlights any elements that may impact your sensory experience

And as always, our friendly staff are available to help if required 😊

🔗 Tickets are free, via the link in our bio
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