Fruitmarket
With a National Art Pass you get
Housed on the site of a former produce market, the Fruitmarket Gallery in Edinburgh programmes exhibitions showcasing Scottish and international contemporary artists.
The Fruitmarket is a free, public space for culture in the heart of Edinburgh, providing inspiration and opportunity for artists and audiences.
Programming, developing and presenting world-class exhibitions, commissions, publications, performances, events and engagement activities, opening up the artistic process. Creativity makes space for meaning – the Fruitmarket creates a welcoming space for people to think with contemporary art and culture in ways that are helpful to them – for free.
The Fruitmarket has been a space for art since 1974, they reopened in 2021 after a redevelopment which saw the existing building improved the material finishes, improved access with a new lift, a new front door and many more toilets. They also expanded next door, into another historic warehouse. Keeping this steel-framed, brick-lined building as raw as possible, opening it out by removing the upper floor and reusing the joists and floorboards rather than bringing in new materials. The Warehouse, now a joyously unexpected space for multi-artform creativity right in the centre of Edinburgh, bears witness to the history of the Fruitmarket’s buildings, a dark counterpart to the light and space embodied by the Galleries.
Visitor information
Address
45 Market Street, Edinburgh, Midlothian, EH1 1DF
0131 2252383
Opening times
Open seven days, all year round
Gallery spaces
Open Daily 11am–6pm
Café and Bookshop
Open Daily 9am–6pm
Refurbishments
