Born in Harare, Zimbabwe in 1985, Portia Zvavahera is emerging as one of the outstanding artists of her generation. She has developed a painting practice that combines a mix of techniques to construct a visually beguiling personal cosmology featuring figures, creatures, shapes and shadows. Working in a studio in her home in Harare, she weavesContinue reading “Fruitmarket Hosts Zimbabwean Artist Portia Zvavahera’s First Scottish Exhibition”
Category Archives: Exhibitions
Kasia Molga’s How to Find the Soul of a Sailor Comes to Edinburgh’s Inspace Gallery
Acclaimed interdisciplinary artist, designer and storyteller, Kasia Molga, invites you to explore her first iteration of How to Find the Soul of a Sailor, a deeply personal and innovative project that fuses the past, present, and future through the lens of artificial intelligence and memory. This work is the result of The New Real 2023-2024 commissionContinue reading “Kasia Molga’s How to Find the Soul of a Sailor Comes to Edinburgh’s Inspace Gallery”
Stills Centre for Photography Opens Scotland’s Only Analogue Photobooth
There was a time when photobooths were a common sight. The term analogue wasn’t used by the public as it was the only type of photography available at the time. Folk were used to taking photos with a camera that needed a spool of film, having to wait for the full spool to be usedContinue reading “Stills Centre for Photography Opens Scotland’s Only Analogue Photobooth”
Edinburgh’s Stills Gallery Presents Photography Exhibition Stills Salon This Autumn
Stills Gallery, a centre for photography based in the heart of Edinburgh, presents Stills Salon, an exhibition presenting the work made in the analogue and digital production facilities, showcasing work by local and international photographers, students, alumni of Stills School and by members of Stills staff and volunteers. Featuring the work of over 80 contributing artists, each piece in theContinue reading “Edinburgh’s Stills Gallery Presents Photography Exhibition Stills Salon This Autumn”
Fruitmarket Celebrates the Women Exhibited by the Gallery in its 50 Year History
Cardiff-based artist Holly Davey is known for work that gives voice to the ‘silent’ part of archives, finding the creative potential in gaps and omissions. In 2022, Fruitmarket invited Davey to undertake a number of ‘controlled rummages’ in the archive with a view to making a new work as part of Fruitmarket’s 50th birthday celebrations. InContinue reading “Fruitmarket Celebrates the Women Exhibited by the Gallery in its 50 Year History”
New audio-visual exhibitions, Tape Letters Scotland, Set to Tour Central Scotland
Tape Letters Scotland is set to launch a series of new audio-visual exhibitions in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Dundee, showcasing the use of audio cassette as a mode of long-distance communication by the Pakistani diaspora in Scotland between 1960–1980. Drawing directly from both first-hand interviews carried out by the project team and the informal, intimate conversationsContinue reading “New audio-visual exhibitions, Tape Letters Scotland, Set to Tour Central Scotland”
Stills Centre for Photography Opens Scotland’s Only Current Analogue Photobooth
Edinburgh’s Stills Centre for Photography has announced that from 19th October 2024 the first and only analogue photobooth for public use will be opening at the gallery. Loved back in their heyday by everyone, including big names such as John Lennon and Yoko Ono to John and Jackie Kennedy, and flourishing again in the 21stContinue reading “Stills Centre for Photography Opens Scotland’s Only Current Analogue Photobooth “
Glasgow’s Tramway to Host of Sixth Edition of Art Car Boot Sale This Autumn
Scotland’s biggest contemporary art market, Art Car Boot Sale, returns this October, with over one hundred of Scotland-based contemporary artists featured as a curated showcase by the Patricia Fleming Gallery. The Gallery, based in Glasgow’s East End, advocates for the representation of emerging artists, and is delighted to include Leah Moodie, a recent Edinburgh College ofContinue reading “Glasgow’s Tramway to Host of Sixth Edition of Art Car Boot Sale This Autumn”
British Artist Tania Kovats’ Seamark Tapestry Unveiled at Dovecot Studios
Tania Kovats is a UK artist with a strong connection to Scotland, having her works permanently installed at the Fruitmarket Gallery and Jupiter Artland. She was the Guest Curator at the Edinburgh International Book Festival in 2018 and is currently Professor of Drawing and Making at DJCAD, University of Dundee. SEAMARK, that will be unveiledContinue reading “British Artist Tania Kovats’ Seamark Tapestry Unveiled at Dovecot Studios”
Glasgow Gallery of Modern Art Announces New Exhibition – Offerings for Escalante
As part of Glasgow International Festival of Contemporary Arts, Glasgow Life has announced an exhibition of new work by the artist duo Enzo Camacho and Ami Lien (Philippines and US) for Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA) – Offerings for Escalante. Occupying GoMA’s main gallery, in the building that was originally built in the 19th century as aContinue reading “Glasgow Gallery of Modern Art Announces New Exhibition – Offerings for Escalante”
Radio Summerhall Arts 