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Exhibitions

Our exhibition programme includes traditional and modern art from local and national artists.

Current Exhibitions

Path through woodland with stone wall on either side.

Robert Livingston: Irvine Past and Present

4 November 2026 to 9 January 2027
Harbour Arts Centre, Main Galleries
Free entry

Irvine Past and Present explores changes over the years as Irvine is repurposed for modern use. Places as seen today and how they were in the past.


Past Exhibitions

Poster with details of the Irvine Royal Open exhibition, featuring a painting of a woman.

Irvine Royal Open Art Exhibition

4 September 2026 to 24 October 2026
Harbour Arts Centre, Main Galleries
Free

Irvine Royal Academy presents its first-ever Open Exhibition, bringing together the creativity, talent and imagination of both pupils and staff.

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Picture Hooks - Emerging Illustrators Exhibition

26 August 2026 to 27 September 2026
Harbour Arts Centre, Studio Gallery
Free

A showcase of artwork from emerging children’s book illustrators and their acclaimed illustrator mentors:

An art piece created by Margaret Carslaw as part of the Formation exhibition

Margaret Carslaw: Formation

9 July 2026 to 22 August 2026
Main Galleries, Harbour Arts Centre, Irvine, KA12 8PZ
Free

An immersive journey into Margaret Carslaw's creative process: where ideas begin, how they evolve and why a finished painting never ends.


What's happening

A stone tower built on a hillside.

Brian Craig: Coasts and Cumbraes

14 November 2026 to 16 January 2027
Garrison House, Millport
Free entry

An exhibition studying aspects of the Ayrshire Coast and Cumbraes.