A group of emerging artists from Glasgow has been selected to take part in a major national exhibition.
Graduates from the Glasgow School of Art, the Mackintosh School of Architecture and the University of Strathclyde will represent the city at the Royal Scottish Academy’s (RSA) New Contemporaries 2026 in Edinburgh.
This exhibition is designed to promote new creative voices in art and architecture.
The RSA New Contemporaries is now in its 17th year and coincides with the academy's 200th anniversary.
It features 64 graduates from across Scotland, chosen from their 2025 degree shows.
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Michael Visocchi, exhibition convenor, said: "The Royal Scottish Academy’s 2026 New Contemporaries exhibition presents an extraordinary breadth of work, capturing a new generation of artists and architects as they begin their professional journeys.
"The exhibition reveals their concerns for the future and showcases a deep excitement for materials and processes.
"In an increasingly complex and visually oversaturated world, finding a unique perspective is a significant challenge.
"Yet, these practitioners have captured an essence here that makes the complex feel elementary.
"No mean feat."
The RSA said the show includes a wide range of formats and disciplines.
These include painting, sculpture, film-making, photography, printmaking, installation, performance and architecture.
Works on display are expected to explore themes such as identity, gender, lived experience, politics, care and social change.
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Colin Greenslade, director of the RSA, said: "RSA New Contemporaries sits at the heart of the Academy’s founding purpose, to support, promote and advocate for artists and architects at all stages of their careers.
"Evolving from the Academy school of the Victorian period – through the RSA Student Competition and then the RSA Student Exhibition – RSA New Contemporaries has its very roots in a continuing connection to education and new practice in Scotland.
"As we celebrate our bicentenary across the nation and mark 200 years of championing Scottish art and architecture through the RSA200 programme, it’s especially meaningful to be presenting the next generation of practitioners whose ideas and voices will shape the future of creative practice in Scotland and beyond.
"New Contemporaries is not only a showcase of emerging talent but a celebration of the future creative community the Academy will continue to grow both with and for."
The exhibition, held at the Royal Scottish Academy on Princes Street in Edinburgh, will run from March 28 to April 22.
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