Michael Fullerton Q&A: Asylum Seeker Portraits in City Art Centre Exhibition

By Greg Thomas, 23.02.2026

MICHAEL FULLERTON. City Art Centre, 22 November 2025 - 12 April 2026. Photo: Ian Georgeson

Known for unearthing the maligned and misunderstood figures of history, artist Michael Fullerton talks about his career and his latest show at the City Art Centre, featuring a poignant new series of portraits painted while living alongside asylum seekers.

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Scottish Art in the Long Century: The Industrial Age 1800-1914

By Susan Mansfield, 20.02.2026

Alexander Nasmyth, ‘The Union Chain Bridge’ (c. 1820). Courtesy of Paxton House.

A new four-volume anthology traces the transformation of Scottish art during ‘the long century’. Susan Mansfield speaks to some of the editors behind this landmark project.

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Artworks by Albrecht Dürer, Alison Watt, Joan Eardley and more enter Gracefield Arts Centre’s collection following major bequest

By Lena Kammerer, 16.02.2026

Alison Watt RSA (b. 1965), The Last Supper (c. unknown). © the artist.

Lecturer and arts worker Eric Robinson (1930-2024) quietly built an exceptional art collection during his lifetime, which was displayed in his elegant Edinburgh flat until his death in 2024. Many of the works are now in the care of Gracefield Arts, where they are currently on display.

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Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts: Putting the RGI Back on the Map

By Neil Cooper, 13.02.2026

Simon Laurie, from the RGI. Artwork by Rosemary Beaton

As the Royal Glasgow Institute unveils a major exhibition at the Lillie Art Gallery in Milngavie, Neil Cooper meets the ambitious team determined to reclaim the organisation’s place at the heart of the Glasgow scene.

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Old Master Paintings on Tour: from Buckingham Palace, London to Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh

By Shalmali Shetty, 26.01.2026

Guercino, The Libyan Sibyl (1651) © Royal Collection Enterprises Limited 2025 | Royal Collection Trust. Photo by David Cheskin.

Eight incredible paintings from the 16th and 17th centuries have travelled from Buckingham Palace in London to Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh. Writer Shalmali Shetty explains what to expect. 

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Still Glasgow: Photo Exhibition Captures Life in the City

By Lena Kammerer, 24.01.2026

David Eustace, The Buskers Series (1993) © the artist.

With over eighty photographs on display, Still Glasgow presents the city through the lenses of visitors and residents throughout the decades. Lena Kammerer selects five works not to miss.

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