Category Archives: Exhibitions

This summer Fife arts organisation, SPACE TO BREATHE, will host the centenary exhibition of the ground-breaking British painter Sheila Girling. Over 70 large scale paintings and collages of the artist, dating from the 1970s to the 2010s, will on sale at Bowhouse, Fife. Her talent as a painter embraces American abstraction while remaining rooted in a distinctiveContinue reading “Exhibition of British Painter Sheila Girling to Open in Fife This Summer “

This Spring, for the first time in the 10 year history of its Square Print Sale, when ithas featured over 1600 images and 24 themes, Magnum Photos partners with  literary magazine Granta, for its upcoming sale. Titled Fable, the sale explores the symbiosis between visual and written narratives and comprises 85 images that will beContinue reading “Magnum Photos and Granta in Collaboration Across Photography and Literature”

Glasgow born George Wyllie, one of Scotland’s most beloved artists, has been celebrated in the town he made his home, Greenock, with the Wyllieum –  a bright and airy new space dedicated to his work and legacy. Overlooking the surrounding hills and the spectacular Firth of Clyde at Customs Quay in Greenock, the submarine greyContinue reading “Wyllieum Museum in Greenock Shines Light on Work of Artist George Wyllie”

Following the 35th edition of Edinburgh Science Festival (ESF), the world’s first and still one of Europe’s biggest festival of its kind, not only were dates for the 2025 Festival announced, but so was the name of its new Director, Hassun El-Zafar. Hassun El-Zafar will lead the Edinburgh Science (ES) education charity, its education work inContinue reading “Edinburgh Science Festival Announces New Director after its 35th Anniversary”

Edinburgh locals and those with a connection to the city are invited to share stories and memories of the former Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, now redeveloped as the University of Edinburgh’s Futures Institute (EFI), as part of a new participatory writing project,  Words from the Wards, at this year’s Edinburgh International Book Festival (EIBF). Alongside the publicContinue reading “Edinburgh International Book Festival Invites Stories of Former Royal Infirmary”

As part of this year’s Edinburgh Art Festival, the Fruitmarket Gallery will be hosting the first-ever solo exhibition in Scotland of the work of Ibrahim Mahama. Born in Tamale in 1987, Mahama is an artist critically acclaimed for his evocative large-scale, site-specific installations that speak to the cultural and social effects of post-colonialism and globalContinue reading “Solo Exhibition, Songs about Roses by Ibrahim Mahama, Comes to Fruitmarket”

Glasgow’s Hunterian has announced a two-part exhibition of new sculpture and painting by artist Cathy Wilkes. The exhibition responds to issues of war and conflict and has been realised through the IWM 14-18 NOW Legacy Fund, a national partnership programme of artist commissions led by Imperial War Museums. The exhibition is influenced by Wilkes’ childhood inContinue reading “Cathy Wilkes Exhibits in Glasgow This Spring”

The Caged Bird’s Song is a triptych tapestry designed by Chris Ofili and created by Dovecot over a period of three years and was commissioned by The Clothworkers’ Company in 2014 to support the work of Britain’s oldest tapestry studio. The exhibition will bring to life the process by which Dovecot’s master weavers transformed the colours,Continue reading “Chris Ofili’s Tapestry The Caged Bird’s Song  Returns to Dovecot This Autumn”

Colstoun Arts, established in 2022 in Colstoun House East Lothian, and a space offering artists access to the surrounding countryside as well as opening its doors to multiple artists as part of its ongoing residency programme. That was the first step in the directorship of Colstoun Arts’s Director McLean (Mackie) Sinclair-Parry and in 2024 it is setContinue reading “Colstoun Arts Space in East Lothian to Exhibit Joe Grieve as First Artist”

Creative Informatics, the research and development programme that is a partnership across four organisations established to bring together Edinburgh’s world-class creative industries and tech sector, has partnered with Edinburgh Science Festival (ESF)  to celebrate the end of its funded programme and showcase the wide-ranging community that has been built. Since 2018, Creative Informatics has supportedContinue reading “Enjoy the Range of Creative Informatics at This Year’s Edinburgh Science Festival”