Scottish Art in Argentina

By Sebastian Pasquet, 23.06.2026

David Gauld, 'St Agnes', c 1890. Fleming Collection.

Sebastian Pasquet has spent more than a decade leading projects relating to Scottish heritage in Argentina with most of this work taking place in St Andrews Church in Buenos Aires, a monumental Neo-Gothic building in the centre of the city. The building is home to extraordinary stained glass windows by Glasgow Boy David Gauld and are frequently described as the artist's most important commission, but what do we really know about these works and the context in which they were made?

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The Scandal of John Bulloch Souter

By Graham Fitzpatrick, 21.06.2026

John Bulloch Souter, 'An Aberdeen Minister', (1923). Etching. Courtesy of Fidra Fine Art.

Graham Fitzpatrick writes how the infamy of one painting has overshadowed the merits of John Bulloch Souter’s artistic practice, particularly his skill as a printmaker…

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The Milestones That Made The RSA

By Colin Greenslade, 15.06.2026

RSA Academicians Signing Book. Courtesy of the RSA

As the Royal Scottish Academy celebrates its bicentenary, director Colin Greenslade shares ten pivotal moments that transformed the organisation over the last 200 years

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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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