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Photo enlargers in the darkroom at DCA Print Studio

Black and White Photography: Darkroom for Beginners

Sat 26 & Sun 27 September 2026
Person holding up photographic negatives

Black and White Photography: Darkroom for Beginners

Sat 5 & Sun 6 December 2026
Two hands holding a black and white film strip

Black and White Photography: Darkroom for Beginners

Sat 20 & Sun 21 March 2027
Black and white photograph of a rocky shore

Photography Forum

Last Saturday of every month (apart from Sat 22 August)
Chemigram with yellow circles and black details

Kitchen Darkroom Photography

Sun 8 November 2026
Person holding a digital camera and looking at the screen on the back of it which shows an image of a flower

Introduction to Digital Photography

Sat 21 & Sun 22 November 2026
Person smiling a they take a picture with a digital camer

Introduction to Digital Photography

Sat 27 & Sun 28 February 2027
Wood engraving of a squirrel

Wood Engraving

Thu 12 November, Thu 19 November, Thu 26 November & Thu 3 December 2026
Wood engraving or jars

Wood Engraving

Mon 8, Mon 15, Mon 22 & Mon 29 March 2027
Black and white photos of DCA taken with a pinhole camera hanging up to dry

Pinhole Camera

Sun 17 January 2027
Jeremy Strong's face with text overlay

The Social Reckoning

A companion piece to the hit film The Social Network, starring Mikey Madison, Jeremy Allen White and Jeremy Strong.Aaron Sorkin's original screenplay…
A gallery space with sculptures with casts large suspended scupltures and visible in the background photos on the wall

We Contain Multitudes

We're delighted to present We Contain Multitudes, a major new group show featuring work by Andrew Gannon, Nnena Kalu, Daisy Lafarge and Jo Longhurst.…
Group of people beaing shown around DCA Print Studio

Introduction to Printmaking

Sat 7 November 2026
Three people looking at examples of prints created in DCA Print Studio

Introduction to Printmaking

Sat 9 January 2027
Three people looking at examples of prints created in DCA Print Studio

Introduction to Printmaking

Sat 19 September 2026
Two men sitting behind a desk

Dundead Halloween: Audition

Part of Dundead Halloween 2026, a selection films celebrating horror, cult and weird cinema at the spookiest time of year.

The Whistler's Mother painting, showing a seated woman in dark clothing looking to the left of the canvas

Exhibition on Screen: James McNeill Whistler

In an era of great change and great beauty emerged the character of James McNeill Whistler. Considered by some to be one of the great innovators of 19th…
A woman and man sit facing towards us while another man sits further behind watching them

Fatherland

At the height of the Cold War, Fatherland centers on the relationship between the writer Thomas Mann and his daughter Erika—actress, writer and rally…
A group of people choose paints in DCA Print Studio.

Print Studio

State-of-the-art facilities for printmaking, photography and digital design
An image from Santiago Sierra's exhibition Black Flag shows black and white photography in black frames on white walls.

Santiago Sierra

Black Flag
Paper with coloured in objects that can be found in the kitchen

Activity Sheets Inspired by Acts of Creation: On Art and Motherhood

Create portraits, fill your kitchen table and share a powerful message.

Privacy Policy

Last updated Thu 4 June 2026We at Dundee Contemporary Arts (DCA) are committed to maintaining your privacy and looking after the personal information…
From the Ellipsis exhibition. A row of 14 televisions each display blurry black-and-white images.

Ellipsis

Chantal Akerman, Lili Dujourie and Francesca Woodman

An installation view of the exhibition, showing the film on a screen in front of the red seating area. The gallery walls are mottled green.

Saoirse Amira Anis

symphony for a fraying body

A work from Ernesto Neto - white netting is stretched out across a gallery. It is semi-transparent and people can be seen walking through it.

Ernesto Neto

Ernesto Neto
a pink gallery space with paintings prints and photos on the rear wall. In the foreground a small girls uniform and a silk banner

Acts of Creation: On Art and Motherhood 

Curated by Hettie Judah with Hayward Gallery Touring
Zineb Sedira working on a silk screen in DCA Print Studio

Experimenting with Print: Zineb Sedira in DCA Print Studio

Exhibiting artist Zineb Sedira returns to DCA

A multicoloured painting hung on a white wall. colours bleed into each other in the painting

We Contain Multitudes

We take a closer look at one of our upcoming exhibitions and the exciting project behind it.
4 Shelves in DCA Print Studio filled with different paints.

Get Creative in DCA Print Studio: April - September 2026

Book now for our spring/summer 2026 Print Studio classes.

Children's drawings on the wall of Create Space as part of Make Art and Rest activity

Activity Sheets Inspired by We Contain Multitudes

Create your own garden, be a doodle explorer and create art while you rest with our activity sheets inspired by We Contain Multitudes.
Three large freestanding photographs of rock formations displayed in the gallery.

Zineb Sedira

Can't You See the Sea Changing?
A gallery space with sculptures with casts large suspended scupltures and visible in the background photos on the wall

We Contain Multitudes

Andrew Gannon, Nnena Kalu, Daisy Lafarge and Jo Longhurst.
This image shows a dark gallery with a video projection. In the film we can see a young person stood behind a bar, with two empty chairs pulled up on the other side.

Chikako Yamashiro

Chinbin Western
An architectural model of a building made out of wood.

Grey Gardens

Festival of Architecture
A close-up shot of 3 t-shirts which hang on a rack in DCA Galleries as part of 'Spring / Summer 2015' exhibition. They are neon and have pictures of Maripol on them.

Maripol, Clare Stephenson and Zoe Williams

Spring / Summer 2015
Selected images from Behind Closed Doors at DCA Galleries. One image shows tables with pictures on them. There is also a large framed abstract painting with pink and black in it. In another image, lights hang from the ceiling, along with flat-screen televisions with black-and-white pictures of buildings on them. In another image, there is a framed picture of foliage and buildings. Through a door, a dark image of an industrial building can be seen.

Behind Closed Doors

Monica Bonvicini, Dan Graham, Hans Haacke, Candida Höfer, Hiraki Sawa, Sean Snyder, Vangelis Vlahos, Amelie von Wulffen, Jane & Louise Wilson.
A colourful stall covered in t-shirts with slogans written on them.

Here + Now

Scottish Art 1990 - 2001
DCA Galleries during the Trauma exhibition. People walk around the galleries, looking at sculptures and canvases on the walls.

Trauma

Martin Boyce, Willie Doherty, Kendell Geers, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Johan Grimonprez, Guillermo Kuitca, Maria Lindberg, Tracey Moffatt, Lucia Nogueira,…
DCA Galleries during Beyond / Photographs - there are white, geometric cubes and shapes on the gallery floors. There is a large brown mural on the white walls.

Beyond / Photographs

Lolly Batty, Luke Fowler, Robert Orchardson, Toby Paterson, Clare Stephenson and Clare Woods / Sophy Rickett
A photograph of a two channel video installation, with two screens leaned on the floor against a dark orange wall. On the screens can be seen a close up of some rough red rocks. To the left of the image, a black 1980s style radio sits on a white shelf at waist level.

Tako Taal

At the shore, everything touches
A film photograph image with a black background shows interlinked hands and arms, holding each other, as if knotted together. The image is slightly blurred.

Matthew Arthur Williams

Soon Come

Installation image showing a vibrantly painted wall, in orange and fiery tones, at the end of gallery two. To the left an artwork consisting of sewn patchwork denim pieces hang in a grid is suspended from the ceiling. To the back right we can see two vitrines with apexes.

Seized by the Left Hand

Curated by Eoin Dara and Kim McAleese