The McManus: Dundee’s Art Gallery and Museum Honours a Pioneering Woman Artist with a Stunning New Acquisition 

30.07.2021

Katherine Read, Portrait of Willielma Campbell (nee Maxwell), Lady Glenorchy (1741-1786), 1762. Courtesy the McManus Collection.

The McManus acquires a work by 18th century, Dundee-born artist Katherine Read

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The Glasgow Girls and Boys: an Introduction

29.07.2021

Director James Knox with Anne Ramsbottom, Museums Curator at Kirkcudbright Galleries. Courtesy PurpleBox Productions.

An inside look into the exhibition the Glasgow Girls and Boys at Kirkcudbright Galleries

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My Favourite Scottish Work of Art: Melanie Reid

By Melanie Reid, 29.07.2021

Joan Eardley, Children and Chalked Wall 3, 1962-63. National Galleries of Scotland. Purchased 1963. © Estate of Joan Eardley.

A painting by Joan Eardley is selected again as the favourite of the award-winning British journalist Melanie Reid MBE

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What If . . . ? / Scotland

By Greg Thomas, 28.07.2021

Andrew Piggott, 7N Architects, worked with Lynne Russell, to explore how to make worthwhile use of derelict buildings – the proposal incorporates a proposed brand created by Beautiful Materials.

Greg Thomas reviews Scotland’s contribution to the 2021 Venice Architecture Biennale relocated to V&A Dundee

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Edinburgh Art Festival 2021: Top Picks

By Gemma Batchelor, 27.07.2021

Frank Walter, Untitled (Red sky with birds in flight). Courtesy Kenneth M. Milton Fine Arts. Photographs by Kenneth Milton.

The 17^th edition of the Edinburgh Art Festival opens this week, bringing together over 35 exhibitions and new visual art commissions across the city. We select our favourites...

 

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The Lammermuirs - An Lomair Mòr

By Duncan MacMillan, 27.07.2021

Barbara Rae, Snow Herd’s Hill. © Barbara Rae.

Art historian and critic Duncan Macmillan explores the history of the Lammermuir Hills, so influential on the recent work of Barbara Rae RA

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