The Wyllieum: From the Clyde to Sarajevo & The Venice Lagoon

By Neil Cooper, 11.04.2026

The Wyllieum. Install. © Garth Ivan. Courtesy of the Wyllieum.

Curated by former RSA President Arthur Watson, this exhibition has the air of living scrapbook of friends and colleagues of George Wyllie, mingling around each other down the years, writes Neil Cooper.

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From the Earth: Conversation with artist and curator Siobhan McLaughlin

By Jelena Sofronijevic, 08.04.2026

The Five Sisters install 2025, © A_Place Gallery.

Ahead of Jupiter Artland’s exhibition Extraction, Jelena Sofronijevic speaks to Glasgow-based artist and curator Siobhan McLaughlin about her practice using textiles and earth pigments, and its connection to the show’s exploration of how energy systems shape culture, land and belief.

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The Secrets of Painting: Interview with writer and artist Lachlan Goudie

By Susan Mansfield, 30.03.2026

The Secrets of Painting book, Page Spread on Jan van Eyck's Arnolfini Portrait

Susan Mansfield speaks to Lachlan Goudie about his epic journey through art history in his new book The Secrets of Painting.

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Simon Phipps - Brutal Scotland: Scotland's Post-War Modernist Architecture

By Neil Cooper, 20.03.2026

Bourdon Building, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow © Simon Phipps

Simon Phipps documents Scotland's cohort of Brutalist buildings in his latest photogrpahy exhibition. Neil Cooper reviews.

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Gray’s School of Art: 140 Years - Never make a head bigger than a melon

By Lena Kammerer, 13.03.2026

This eccentrically titled exhibition traces the evolution of Grays School of Art; from its 19^th century roots in the Mechanics Institute, through post-war reform, to its role in today’s creative ecology. Lena Kammerer explores the show…

 

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The Rules Writ Large: Peter Liversidge's The Rules of the Library at National Library of Scotland review

By Greg Thomas, 09.03.2026

Peter Liversidge, The Rules of the Library (c. 2025). © the artist. Photo by Michael Vince Kim.

Peter Liversidge presents a characteristically thoughtful and playful new work, ‘The Rules of the Library,’ on two billboard-sized boards inside the reading rooms of the National Library of Scotland. Greg Thomas visits.

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