A selection of exhibition highlights for the week, including: Sheela Gowda in Birmingham, Kate Davis in Edinburgh and Tate Modern’s ‘gut-punch of an exhibition’ documenting art in the age of Black Power.
Yesterday I flew to Edinburgh especially to visit this Exhibition. I was not disappointed. She’s long been one of my favourite artists and to see so many of her paintings plus letters, photographs and newspaper articles about her life was […]
Scottish culture secretary Fiona Hyslop has intervened in the protests over the recent closure of Inverleith House gallery in the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.
An open letter signed by artists including Tracey Emin, Douglas Gordon and Ed Ruscha, as well as the actors Val Kilmer and Ewan McGregor, has called on the board of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh to reopen the recently closed Inverleith House as a gallery for contemporary art.
The arts community in Scotland and beyond has responded to the shock announcement that Edinburgh’s Inverleith House gallery is to close, with a petition calling for the decision to be reversed.
The inaugural award for mid-career female artists will see the Edinburgh gallery present a new exhibition by Glasgow artist Jacqueline Donachie.
I was completely blown away by my visit to Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop. I had been a member for a couple of years in the early nineties when I first moved to Edinburgh. Living in a shared flat and not having […]
Blog 6: On way to Edinburgh , think I should just move here been coming back and forward so many times, but I am enjoying it. I was not sure what Dorothy had in mind this time, I took […]
On the train t 7.43 AM off to Edinburgh , why cant we have some enamelling tutors in Newcastle ! well I know of one but she is off doing her PHD . Dorothy Cockerell is a world famous enamelling […]
Ingleby Gallery, which represents 26 artists including Charles Avery and Katie Paterson, is to sell its home for the last eight years and move into a smaller, less costly space.
The Edinburgh-based painter receives £15,000 prize for his representational painting of the Scottish capital’s old town.
With the anniversary of the referendum coming up I’ve eventually plucked myself out of the post degree show hole. I’ve been thinking about the make up of our society, business after business being shattered becoming a mere shadow in the street […]
I’d looked at the work of various artists, in particular, Peter Doig, Daniel Richter and Murat Sahinler, for my cine film project. I hadn’t seen their work first hand. While I was making my catalogue I managed to see Peter […]
It has been a difficult week, starting back after a long break for Christmas and New Year. For the first time I have not had to work (paid work) through this holiday break and had expected to spend plenty time […]
An exhibition of new work by Natasha Ferguson, Joe Harvey, Matt Bainbridge and Richard Krantz opens Friday 10 September 2014. Look up the word Mouthfeel instead of guessing its meaning and you will realise it is a noun used to […]
A question that I find relevant to both my personal practice and my expanded practice is; do varying modes of sustainability and organisational structures effect the output/content of artist and curator led projects? Now two-thirds through our ‘go and see’ […]
Following my progress during MA studies at Edinburgh College of Art, this blog originally documented my first year after graduation, and my attempts to create a sustainable practice. It shows the activities I have been involved with in making this […]
