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Royal Scottish Academy @royalscottishacad.bsky.social · 6d

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’.

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The Scotsman @scotsman.com · 9d

'Outstanding artist, leader and advocate for the arts' who led Royal Scottish Academy dies aged 90
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'Outstanding artist and advocate for the arts' who led Royal Scottish Academy dies

Dr Ian McKenzie Smith was born in Montrose

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Royal Scottish Academy @royalscottishacad.bsky.social · 20d

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!

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Royal Scottish Academy @royalscottishacad.bsky.social · 20d

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

Royal Scottish Academy @royalscottishacad.bsky.social · 27d

We've selected this work by an unknown artist for @artukdotorg.bsky.social's #OnlineArtExchange.

This oil on board painting is a copy after Albert Moore's Dreamers, and is dated between 1876 and 1901!

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Royal Scottish Academy @royalscottishacad.bsky.social · 28d

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

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Royal Scottish Academy @royalscottishacad.bsky.social · Sep 4

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.

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Royal Scottish Academy @royalscottishacad.bsky.social · Aug 14

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!

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Royal Scottish Academy @royalscottishacad.bsky.social · Aug 7

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.

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Royal Scottish Academy @royalscottishacad.bsky.social · Jul 24

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.

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Royal Scottish Academy @royalscottishacad.bsky.social · Jul 23

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

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Royal Scottish Academy @royalscottishacad.bsky.social · Jul 17

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!

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Royal Scottish Academy @royalscottishacad.bsky.social · Jul 15

Paul Furneaux RSA’s work is inspired by the Japanese landscape, its shifting light, weather patterns and atmosphere. Explore his work in person, including Rain City III, now in the Academicians’ Gallery.

🔗 On view until Sunday 27 July: bit.ly/3G9NHzj

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Royal Scottish Academy @royalscottishacad.bsky.social · Jul 15

‘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.’

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Royal Scottish Academy @royalscottishacad.bsky.social · Jul 10

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!☀️

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Royal Scottish Academy @royalscottishacad.bsky.social · Jun 30

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

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Royal Scottish Academy @royalscottishacad.bsky.social · Jun 26

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.

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Royal Scottish Academy @royalscottishacad.bsky.social · Jun 19

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.

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Royal Scottish Academy @royalscottishacad.bsky.social · Jun 12

This week's #OnlineArtExchange with @artukdotorg.bsky.social is all about the ocean!

Our pick is Waves by Gordon Bryce RSA🌊

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Royal Scottish Academy @royalscottishacad.bsky.social · Jun 5

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!🏞️

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Royal Scottish Academy @royalscottishacad.bsky.social · May 29

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!🐦‍⬛

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Art UK @artukdotorg.bsky.social · May 27

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

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University of Aberdeen Collections @uoacollections.bsky.social · May 27

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!

Still life painting showing a bottle, vases and apples.

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CHARTS Argyll and Isles @chartsargyllisles.bsky.social · May 27

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

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Glasgow Women's Library @womenslibrary.bsky.social · May 27

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

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