A Perfect Chemistry: Photographs by Hill & Adamson: Scottish National Portrait Gallery, 1 Queen Street

Photographs by the duo of David Octavius Hill (1802-1870) and Robert Adamson (1821-1848), who only collaborated for a few years in the 1840s but who stand at the beginning of social documentary photography in Scotland with their stunning portraits, landscapes and views of the fishing community at Newhaven.

True to Life: British Realist Paintings in the 1920s and 1930s: Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art One, 75 Belford Road

A major review of British realist painting in the 1920s and 30s, unlocking some of the secrets of this generally neglected tradition, with works by the famous Stanley Spencer and the not-so-famous Thomas Monnington, Colin Gill, James Bateman and Mark Lancelot Symons.