Gentleness and Fury in Ian Hamilton Finlay's 'Little Sparta'

11.08.2025

 Chairman of the Little Sparta Trust Magnus Linklater writes about his memories of creative genius Ian Hamilton Finlay, a gentle and charming man who could never let a slight go unanswered. 

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Interview: Hamish Halley

By Neil Cooper, 06.08.2025

Hamish Halley, Portrait by Arthur Heck, courtesy of Edinburgh Art Festival

Edinburgh Art Festival's first early career artist-in-residence, Hamish Halley, presents a poignant new video work, intertwining footage of clearing his grandparent's home after they have passed, and the process of moving Perth Museum's collection to a new venue. Neil Cooper meets Halley in the lead up to the premiere of his work at The People's Story Museum...

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The Fleming Collection acquires 19th century landscape painting by Charlotte Nasmyth

28.07.2025

Charlotte Nasmyth, ‘Landscape with Figure on a Country Road, a Village beyond’, (1855). The Fleming Collection.

Alexander Nasymth is recognised as the father of Scottish painting, but less well known is that he fathered 11 children, eight of whom became painters, and that six of the eight were women. As the Fleming Collection welcomes a new acquisition by his sixth daughter, Charlotte Nasmyth, into the collection, Susan Mansfield writes about this extraordinary, artistic family.

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The Two Roberts: Artists, Lovers, Outsiders

By Susan Mansfield, 23.07.2025

The Two Roberts, Photographer Felix Man, Getty Images

Author Damian Barr discusses his upcoming novel and major exhibition exploring the dramatic lives of Scottish artists the Two Roberts, Colquhoun and MacBryde.

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Dreams of the everyday: paintings by Winifred Nicholson & Andrew Cranston

By Greg Thomas, 04.07.2025

Andrew Cranston '(This infinitesimal twinkling of) tiny signs' (2021). Image courtesy of the artist and Ingleby Gallery

Curated by feted desiger Jonathan Anderson, Pier Arts Centre's new exhibition brings together two celebrated painters from different eras, connected by their shared delight in ordinary, often domestic realities. Greg Thomas writes...

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John Bellany: A Life in Self-Portraiture

By Lena Kammerer, 01.07.2025

John Bellany, 'Self-Portrait', (1965). University of Edinburgh Art Collection © The John Bellany Estate

John Bellany’s celebrated self-portraits serve as a powerful narrative device in the City Art Centre's current show, charting the artist's personal and artistic journey over five decades, from the early 1960s to his death in 2013. Lena Kammerer introduces five self portraits from the exhibition...

 

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