When The Venue closed its doors in 2006, it was a sad day. There was talk of conversion into flats and two generations of clubbers mourned its passing. Thankfully, however, its new residents are keen to make sure it remains a cultural space, rather than become yet more overpriced accommodation.

Richard and Florence Ingleby have spent a decade running one of the best gallery spaces in Edinburgh in their own home, a beautiful townhouse on the brow of Calton Hill. Their diverse, thoughtful curatorship has seen everyone from Rachel Whiteread to Sean Scully exhibit there, but the time had come for a change.

"They were beautiful premises to show art", says Florence Ingleby, "but that was limited by the fact that it was also our home; it had very distinct restrictions on it".

Having searched for "three or four years" for new premises, the old Venue seemed perfect. "It's great: there's an enormous space on our top floor and there's more space below, with masses of flexibility.' Indeed, the main gallery space, wiht huge windows offering a view of the back end of Waverley Station, has plenty of potential, while downstairs, there's space for a further two galleries, on eof which will be dedicated to prints.

And then there's a billboard on the side of the building, which every three months will feature work by a different artist; Mark Wallinger will be first.

The first shows in the gallery itself are by American artist Kay Rosen - whose subtle, intricate work, which tackles the idea of words as mages, will take advantage of the light-filled main room - and Edinburgh-born, London-based Susan Collis, whose practice, fittingly, blurs the boundaries between what is installation and what is ongoing work to the fabric of the building.