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Take a look at our Create Space opening times for May 2026.
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.…
Join us for a tour of our state-of-the-art Print Studio this Workshops Week.
Sat 5 September 2026
Tue 18 August, Tue 25 August & Tue 1 September 2026
Wed 20 May, Wed 27 May, Wed 3 June & Wed 10 June 2026
Mon 7, Mon 14, Mon 21 & Mon 28 September 2026
Sat 16 May 2026
Tue 26 May, Tue 2 June & Tue 9 June 2026
Tue 16 June, Tue 23 June & Tue 30 June 2026
Sun 19 July 2026
Thu 16 & Thu 23 July 2026
Sat 12 & Sun 13 September 2026
Tue 22 & Tue 29 September 2026
Wed 17 & Wed 24 June 2026
Wed 19 August, Wed 26 August & Wed 2 September 2026
DCA is a new home for Breast Buddies Dundee.
Age 8+. A buddy film with sci-fi touches that will touch young hearts
In late summer, we will present a major new exhibition by Scottish artist France-Lise McGurn. McGurn studied at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and…
Francis Dosoo will fill DCA’s gallery 1 with a new installation work which uses the 1978 film The Wiz, a reimagining of The Wizard of Oz, as a point of…
A dedicated time to offer a calm, welcoming space for visitors who are shielding or have extra health considerations. Please note that masking will be…
Sun 24 May 2026
Sat 6 June 2026
Sat 30 & Sun 31 May 2026
Sat 13 June 2026
Thu 13 & Thu 20 August 2026
Sat 11 July 2026
Sat 8 & Sun 9 August 2026
Sat 1 & Sun 2 August 2026
Sat 25 & Sun 26 July 2026
Thu 27 August, Thu 3 September & Thu 10 September 2026
Fri 2, Sat 3 & Sun 4 October 2026
Join couple Ian and Ashley of S.K Works and learn how to make your own personalised envelope card holder and keyring. After you’ve chosen from a…
A dedicated viewing time designed to provide a calmer, less crowded, and sensory-friendly environment for visitors.
Messy Play sessions for June 2026
Messy Play sessions for May 2026
First screened in 2020 to restricted audiences because of the pandemic, Exhibition on Screen: Frida Kahlo is back by popular demand with an exciting new…
BAFTA Award-winner Lesley Manville (Phantom Thread) joins Aidan Turner (Rivals) in a striking new staging of Christopher Hampton’s celebrated adaptation…
This film has been selected by feminist collective Invisible Women for She’s a Maneater! Cannibalism, Consumption and Carnal Appetites, a curated programme…
Part of Dundead Film Festival 2026. This film will be screening with the UK premiere of short film Animal Math, which contains a sequence of flashing…
Part of Dundead Film Festival 2026.Avalon Fast’s second feature Camp heralds the arrival of a bold new voice in genre filmmaking. Fast refers to their…
This film contains flickering or flashing lights that may affect those with photosensitive epilepsy.Almost 20 years after the original, The Devil Wears…
Our screening on Fri 1 May at 20:00 will be introduced by Svetlana Panova, one of the co-curators of Catwalk: The Art of the Fashion Show at V&A Dundee.This…
The Mandalorian and Grogu embark on their most thrilling mission yet in Lucasfilm’s Star Wars: The Mandelorian and Grogu, an all-new Star Wars adventure. The…
We're delighted to be sharing our opening weekend of Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu , book now to see it on the film's opening weekend! More screenings…
An astounding feature debut by acclaimed opera director Damiano Michieletto, Primavera is a fictionalised account of Antonio Vivaldi's time as resident…
A joyful introduction to the world renowned creative and feminist icon, Hola Frida! is the story of a little girl who is different. Her world is Coyoacan,…
Sam, a fearless young girl raised outside of her Māori culture, is determined to fulfil her mission of connecting with her mountain in the hope they can…
James McAvoy makes his directorial debut with the stranger-than-fiction real life tale of Dundee hip-hop hoaxers Silibil N' Brains.
Part of Dundead Film Festival 2026. A disturbing supernatural horror from Algeria, Roqia is an unflinching portrait of a country torn apart by violence.…
Part of Dundead Film Festival 2026. This film will be screening with two short films: Disease and The Dysphoria.Eduardo Casanova’s generation-spanning…
Part of Dundead Film Festival 2026. Screening with the Scottish premiere of short film Feed.There is an infectious theatre kid energy to this charming…
Part of Dundead Film Festival 2026.Julia Kowalski’s third feature Her Will Be Done is a beautifully observed coming-of-age tale set in the French countryside.…
Power To The People: John & Yoko Live in NYC is the 2026 multiscreen concert film of two massive live shows by John Lennon & Yoko Ono at…
Enjoy the whimsical French romantic comedy on the big screen as it celebrates its 25th anniversary.23-year-old Amélie is lonely. After an isolating childhood,…
Legendary Dundonian actor Brian Cox makes his indelible directorial debut with this drama about family and forgiveness, featuring fellow Scottish stars…
Based on the acclaimed novel, Midwinter Break is a compelling story about the enduring power of love, commitment, and lost faith as a long-time couple…
After a wildfire destroys his home, divorced father and ranch owner Dusty (Josh O’Connor) must plant new roots. Now living in a close-knit trailer community,…
Bart Schrijver’s acclaimed drama follows former best friends and roommates Chris (Bart Harder) and Lluis (Carles Pulido), who meet up after a decade to…
François Ozon returns with a career-best work, an exquisite adaptation of Albert Camus’s classic existential novel, which premiered in competition at…
Based on the beloved children’s book, this heartwarming feature film is set during WWII in the snowy Alps of occupied France, on the border of Switzerland. Sebastian,…
Song of the Sea tells the story of Ben and his little sister Saoirse - the last Seal-child - who embark on a fantastic journey back to their home by the…
The London International Animation Festival presents Amazing Animated Shorts!Like childhood, animation is full of wonder and simple pleasures. This carefully…
Ahead of Steven Spielberg’s new release Disclosure Day in June, this sci-fi favourite returns to the big screen to celebrate its 25th anniversary. A.I.…
What is the value of art? Does it reside in personal expression? Cultural longevity? Financial worth? These questions fuel Steven Soderbergh’s gloriously…
In 1964 Nagasaki, 14-year-old Kikuo loses his father, the head of a yakuza gang, and is taken under the wing of a legendary Kabuki actor. Alongside Shunsuke,…
An exploration of the cultural phenomenon that is Northern Soul, charting how this movement has weaved and transformed itself musically and culturally…
This third feature film from Golden Bear winning director Carla Simón is a highly personal, semi-autobiographical tale that premiered in competition at…
A fishing boat, the Rose of Nevada, lost with all hands 30 years ago, mysteriously reappears in the old harbour of a forgotten Cornish village. For those…
From writer-director Olivier Assayas comes gripping political satire The Wizard of the Kremlin, based on the bestselling novel of the same name.Russia,…
Following her acclaimed 2024 company debut in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, soprano Asmik Grigorian returns to the Met as Tatiana, the lovestruck young…
The Metropolitan Opera’s 2025–26 Live in HD season comes to a close with a live transmission of American composer Gabriela Lena Frank’s first opera, a…
Nicola Coughlan (Bridgerton) joins Éanna Hardwicke (The Sixth Commandment) and Siobhán McSweeney (Derry Girls) in John Millington Synge’s riveting play…
See, think, make and do at DCA
Find out what's on for families during May and download our Family Activity Calendar
Our infant feeding area was designed in collaboration with Dundee International Women’s Centre.
Design your own tufting, create a coat of arms and more
Create your own garden, be a doodle explorer and create art while you rest with our activity sheets inspired by We Contain Multitudes.
Design your own family rug
Families takeover Gallery 1 to kick start the school holidays
As our Animating Science project with University of Dundee’s School of Life Sciences comes to an end, Dunning Primary test out new teaching resources…
Explore film characters and create your own film set
Take a look at the prints, artwork and fun created at DCA during the school holidays
Draw your own Dundee shapes and try weaving with paper
We take a look at the benefits families feel from creating art together.
Create portraits, fill your kitchen table and share a powerful message.
See what the team get up to
Exhibiting artist Zineb Sedira returns to DCA
See the animations and prints created during our ST/ART Spring School 2025.
See the results of Shibori and etching workshops as part of ST/ART Autumn School 2025
State-of-the-art facilities for printmaking, photography and digital design
We welcome groups of all ages to our Galleries, Create Space, Cinema and Print Studio throughout the year.If you are interested in bringing a group to…
Your memory lives on through a gift to DCA
Business partnerships with DCA
Curated by Katherine Murphy
Find out more about this project with adults and young people who are blind or partially sighted, designed to improve their experience of visiting DCA.
Your Plinth is My Lap/The Space Between Us
Contemporary art exhibitions in our two beautiful gallery spaces
A flexible, accessible combination of spaces, with a capacity of 150.
Explore our acclaimed, welcoming civic space
Your position surrounded and your surroundings positioned
Dundee Climate Fund 3.0 is here and we'd love for you to vote for our project
DCA is the perfect venue for your event
DCA's Media Suite is located on Floor -1 and is the ideal space for recording podcasts, interviews and other audio content.
Highly equipped, flexible and licensed for up to 70 delegates.
Sensory bags are now available in our galleries
We're delighted to share the full list of developers who will be joining us for Drop in and Play on Sat 24 January.
Mon 8 - Sun 14 September 2025
Can't You See the Sea Changing?
Places We Think We Know
Fragments
This Mess is Kept Afloat
Installations
GANGHUT, Susanne Nørregård Nielsen, and Rob Hunter & John Louden
Straight Letters
Grönlund\Nisunen
Collections sans Frontières III
Seven Walks / Entanglement
What I Did This Summer
Turn Me Into a Flower
Soft Impressions
Explore our capsule collection of silk scarves created by local artist and designer Joanna Craig and inspired by Dundee and the Tay.
DCA Print Studio x Jerwood Residency
Our funding is at risk in Dundee City Council's budget consultation
Screen printing and Riso printing are explored in our ST/ART Autumn Schools
We take a closer look at one of our upcoming exhibitions and the exciting project behind it.
Working together on Drop in and Play and more
Funded by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation, We Contain Multitudes is a three-year collaborative project between DCA, Collective and Lux, working towards creating…
Every penny you give makes a difference
Hair and Body
Ghost Calls
Lenticular
Every seed is awakened
Celebrate good times or remember a loved one by naming a seat in Cinema 1.
