For the first time in its history, Jupiter Artland will stay open through the winter months, offering visitors a chance to experience the sculpture park’s shifting atmosphere as the season changes. From November 2025 to February 2026, the park will open Thursday to Sunday, marking a new chapter for the site just outside Edinburgh.
The decision is anchored by three major exhibitions opening on 11 October. Together, they set an ambitious tone for Jupiter’s year-round programme.
Jupiter Artland Winter Exhibitions: Tai Shani, Georg Wilson and Florence Peake
In the Ballroom, London-based artist Georg Wilson will stage her largest exhibition to date. Wilson’s paintings and wall works brim with mythical creatures and folkloric invention, exploring the fetishisation of the countryside while weaving together the urban and the rural.
Florence Peake’s To Love and to Cherish transforms the newly built Glasshouse space with a commissioned floor painting. Created through the movements of four dancers during the summer’s Jupiter Rising x Edinburgh Art Festival, the piece bears the trace of bodies in embrace and entanglement. Its looping kiss across the floor plays with the vows and rituals of marriage, while the Glasshouse itself prepares to serve as a wedding venue.
““Keeping Jupiter Artland open across the winter is a special new moment in our programme,”
Nicky Wilson – Jupiter Artland Founder & Director
Out in the orchard, Turner Prize-winner Tai Shani unveils The Spell or The Dream, a luminous blue figure resting on a stepped plinth among the apple and plum trees. Breathing in suspended rhythm, the sculpture conjures both catastrophe and renewal, accompanied by a soundscape from composer Maxwell Sterling. Shani describes the work as an invitation to collective dreaming: a vision of resistance emerging through sleep.
Experiencing Jupiter Artland in Winter
These new works join Jupiter’s permanent collection, which includes pieces by Tracey Emin, Andy Goldsworthy, Phyllida Barlow and Cornelia Parker. For regular visitors, the chance to revisit these familiar landmarks under winter light — mist rising over Charles Jencks’ landforms, or Antony Gormley’s figures against bare trees — is part of the appeal of the extended season.
The programme also reaches beyond the galleries and grounds. Café Party will host curated dinners on Saturday evenings, while November brings festive afternoon teas. Families are invited to take part in seasonal afternoons complete with fire pits, roasted chestnuts and workshops. The Glasshouse will also be available for festive events.
“Keeping Jupiter Artland open across the winter is a special new moment in our programme,” says Nicky Wilson, founder and director of the sculpture park. “It will afford visitors an entirely new type of experience on site, as the colours and light change into Autumn and Winter hues, across three magnificent exhibitions and specially curated events.”
For those who already cherish Jupiter Artland as a summer escape like us at theQR.co.uk, the prospect of exploring its grounds in frost and low sun will be irresistable. So, see you there?
Featured Image: “Jupiter Artland” by Scotland By Camera, CC BY-ND 2.0
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