The Forgotten Colourists

By James Knox, 13.06.2026

Ethel Wright (1869-1939). The Music Room, Portrait of Una Dugdale c. 1912.

After a record-breaking run at Dovecot Studios in Edinburgh, the Scottish Colourists: Radical Perspectives exhibition heads to Winchester this summer, with a new loan shining a light on four female artists whose contribution to the movement had been all but forgotten

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Joan Eardley: The Sea at Catterline

By Keava McMillan, 11.06.2026

Joan Eardley. Winter Sea III (1959). © Estate of Joan Eardley. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2020

A new show at Berwick’s Granary Gallery highlights paintings from Joan Eardley’s years at Catterline on the Aberdeenshire coast. Historian Keava McMillan explores what drew a lesbian painter to live, work and create in this isolated fishing village.

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Inference to the Veil

By Shalmali Shetty, 10.06.2026

Black Waters - Inference to The Veil Installation View © Matthew Arthur Williams

For the inaugural Jerwood Curatorial Fellowship at Glasgow School of Art, Black Waters, traces how Black histories remain embedded yet obscured within the structures of Glasgow; a city shaped through colonial trade, maritime circulation and the afterlives of empire. Shalmali Shetty visits the exhibition…

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Childhood Dreams: An Interview with Wendy McMurdo

By Greg Thomas, 01.06.2026

Wendy McMurdo. The Digital Mirror. Photo Credit Stewart Armitt. Courtesy of Patricia Fleming Gallery, Glasgow.

Ahead of an upcoming solo show at the National Galleries of Scotland's Portrait gallery, Greg Thomas meets the groundbreaking photographer Wendy McMurdo...

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Scotland + Venice is back

By Susan Mansfield, 18.05.2026

Bugarin + Castle, Nocturnal Amusements, part of the exhibition Shame Parade curated by Mount Stuart Trust for Scotland + Venice at La Biennale di Venezia in 2026. Image by Dimitri D’Ippolito. Courtesy of the artists and Scotland + Venice.

Scotland returns to the Venice Biennale after a four-year pause. Susan Mansfield writes from the opening of the Scotland + Venice Pavilion…

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Interview: Bugarin + Castle on bringing Shame Parade to Venice

By Lena Kammerer, 14.05.2026

Bugarin + Castle, Submit to Sound, part of the exhibition Shame Parade curated by Mount Stuart Trust for Scotland + Venice at La Biennale di Venezia in 2026. Film curated by Mount Stuart and produced by Forma. Image by Dimitri D’Ippolito. Courtesy of the artists and Scotland + Venice.

Bugarin + Castle’s exhibition at La Biennale di Venezia explores the complex emotional legacies of shame, sound and voice. Lena Kammerer meets artists as they prepare for the opening of Shame Parade for Scotland + Venice, and learns about the diverse source material that has informed the show and how it all began with a silent cemetery in North Manila…

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