Opening Reception: Walker & Bromwich | Trading Zone 2025

We are delighted to invite you to the opening of our brand-new exhibitions Walker & Bromwich / Searching for a Change of Consciousness and Trading Zone 2025.

Walker & Bromwich / Searching for a Change of Consciousness assembles utopian, socialist and animist ideals to create spaces for communities to come together around issues of climate change and social justice.

Trading Zone is Talbot Rice Gallery’s interdisciplinary student exhibition and will include students from: fine art, design, illustration, painting, sculpture, contemporary art practice and creative writing.

This event is part of our 50th anniversary celebrations, marking five decades of exhibitions in Edinburgh, open to everyone and always free.

Upon arrival, each guest will receive a token redeemable for one complimentary drink, available on a first-come-first-served-basis. Please see the full schedule below.

Exhibition preview and reception schedule

6pm – Exhibition preview begins in Talbot Rice Gallery

6:30pm – Reception begins in Playfair Library (access through Talbot Rice Gallery)

7:15pm – Speeches in Playfair Library

8pm – Exhibition preview and reception ends

Please enter through Talbot Rice Gallery via the West College Street entrance or the South Bridge entrance across the Old College Quad.

Due to current issues with the lift that services Talbot Rice Gallery, please contact us in advance of this event if you require lift access, as it is currently awaiting urgent repairs.

To ensure artwork safety, we ask that you do not bring any large bags or items with you. There will be a coat check at the downstairs entrance of the gallery for bags, coats and other large items if necessary. Thank you for your understanding.