Various locations throughout Edinburgh
From classical myths and major new commissions across the city, to tales of folklore and reflections on queer history, Edinburgh Art Festival (EAF) celebrates its 21st anniversary with its biggest programme to date.
This year there will be 82 exhibitions and 45 partner galleries and venues. The three week festival will showcase works of performance, moving image, photography, sculpture, and painting, as well as artist-led discussions and live events across a range of venues, including some which are brand new for 2025.
Highlights include a range of newly commissioned, EAF-initiated works, including a performance by Linder, film work by CJ Mahony and Lewis Hetherington, and performance by Lewis Walker. Back in its 3rd year and taking place in Jupiter Artland’s stunning and magical landscape, JUPITER RISING X EAF will return for one-night-only festival within a festival, with line-up including TAAHLIAH and Ponyboy. Institutional presentations of new work created in the city by Mike Nelson sit alongside the UK premiere of Wael Shawky’s Drama 1882, and a major retrospective by land artist Andy Goldsworthy and the queer ceramic and textile animals of Jonathan Baldock.
The festival spans from Leith to West Lothian, and from Haymarket to the Old and New Town, with works both indoors and outdoors.
This year for the first time, there will be an EAF Pavilion, which will host many of the new commissions and projects, resident artists, and discussion, as well as exhibited artworks.
Running from 07 to 24 August 2025, find out more and view the full programme of events on Edinburgh Art Festival.
