Maud Sulter: You are my kindred spirit

By Greg Thomas, 28.11.2024

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Kate Downie: Conversations with Joan

By Susan Mansfield, 27.11.2024

Kate Downie, Four Children, 1962-2022 (after Joan Eardley). Image courtesy of Glasgow Women's Library

Joan Eardley's unfinished work 'Two Children' has been completed 60 year later, by the artist Kate Downie. As the imagined 'finished' work goes on display at Glasgow Women's Library, Susan Mansfield meets with Downie, to find out more her approach to this unusual commission and the insights she gained into Eardley's practice.

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Morwenna Kearsley: APPARATUS

By Greg Thomas, 25.11.2024

Morwenna Kearsley, install photo from APPARATUS. Photo by Chao-Ying Rao 2024

Morwenna Kearsley’s Apparatus, at Glasgow’s Strange Field, takes us on an exhilarating trip through the mechanics of analogue photography. Greg Thomas reviews

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The Fleming Collection Young People's Art Competition 2024 Winners

By Theodore Albano, 22.11.2024

Ruby Mitcham, Inspired by Beatrice Huntingon's "The Cellist"

The Fleming Collection is excited to announce the winners of our 2024 Young People's Art Competition

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Jill Smith's Zodiac Journey

By Susan Mansfield, 16.11.2024

Jill Smith, Sagittarius performance from A Zodiac Journey. Photo by Mhairi Law

As part of the celebrations for its 50th anniversary year, the Fruitmarket has commissioned a year-long project by Jill Smith, the first woman artist to make work in the gallery - a woman who was nearly written out of its history.

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Dunfermline’s Greatest Son

11.11.2024

First Study for the Quarrel of Oberon and Titania (1846). Courtesy of Royal Scottish Academy of Art and Architecture (RSA)

Dunfermline Carnegie's latest exhibition celebrates the Dunfermline-born Victorian artist Joseph Noel Paton. Curator Lesley Lettice writes about the show's focus on the artist's personal life, and the new light this approach has shed on his work...

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