The Edinburgh Art Festival aims to showcase some of the best international, national and Scottish visual arts from blockbuster exhibitions to grass roots artist led projects.

As one of the major summer festivals, the Edinburgh Art Festival places visual arts in the heart of August’s international cultural mix.

The Edinburgh Art Festival is committed to celebrating, presenting and communicating art of the highest quality. The Festival brings together the individual strengths of the city’s visual arts organisations to put on an international season of exhibitions giving the participating arts organisations and artists a stronger context in which to show their work. This is enhanced by a strong and wide ranging events programme.

The Festival seeks to bring the visual arts together under a combined vision for development, strengthening the platform it provides for artists, galleries and museums across the city, as well as building its connections with audiences and with partners, including Festivals Edinburgh and the new visual arts programme at the Edinburgh International Festival.

The Edinburgh Art Festival is supported by the Scottish Arts Council, the City of Edinburgh Council, British Council Scotland and Bloomberg L.P.