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Andy Goldsworthy Retrospective Debuts at Royal Scottish Academy With Site-Specific Installations

Critics acclaim the immersive survey of natural-materials artworks with overdue calls for formal recognition.

Andy Goldsworthy with his work Oak Passage, 2025

Overview

  • The National Galleries of Scotland’s survey at Edinburgh’s RSA includes over 200 works spanning the artist’s early farm-inspired experiments to new 2025 pieces
  • New site-specific installations such as Oak Passage and Wood Runner transform galleries into elemental landscapes that invite visitor interaction
  • Archival photography, sketchbooks and sculptures trace Goldsworthy’s five-decade evolution of geometric minimalism in nature
  • Early reviews praise the exhibition’s scope and immersive design while highlighting the artist’s absence from major art honors and institutions
  • The retrospective remains on view through November 2025, marking the most comprehensive presentation of his land art to date