- Fruitmarket Gallery
The Fruitmarket Gallery at 45 Market Street in
Edinburgh brings artists and audiences together through exhibitions, commissions, interpretation, education and publishing.It hosts exhibitions showing new and existing work by Scottish and international artists in solo and group presentations, and also undetakes commissions which enables artists to develop and make new work.
The Fruitmarket is a not-for-profit organisation and a registered charity. It is partially funded by the
Scottish Arts Council but generates the majority of its income through commercial sponsorship, and trading. Any surpluses fund its creative programme.The gallery, which openned in 1974, is located in a building which was originally built as a fruit and vegetable market in 1938.
The Fruitmarket is centrally located in Edinburgh's city centre, and close to Edinburgh's Waverley station. It has an excellent café which is well used and a great bookshop which stocks art, architecture, design and photography books and magazines, along with a great range of books for children.
Recent shows have included international artists such as
Janet Cardiff andGeorge Bures Miller ,Trenton Doyle Hancock ,Cai Guo-Qiang ,Alex Hartley andRoman Signer . Scottish contemporary artists are also well-represented by the likes ofCallum Innes ,Christine Borland ,Nathan Coley ,Louise Hopkins andLucy Skaer .External links
* [http://www.fruitmarket.co.uk Official website]
* [http://www.aboutscotland.com/edin/artfruit.html About Scotland]
* [http://www.list.co.uk/restaurants/edinburgh/arts_venues/venue,127/w,fruitmarket/venue/detail.php Fruitmarket Gallery Cafe]
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