Interview: Martin Boyce

By Susan Mansfield, 23.04.2024

Portrait of Martin Boyce, image courtesy of the Fruitmarket Gallery

Martin Boyce, who first exhibited at the Frtuitmarket in 1999 ,  makes his return for its 50^th anniversary programme, bringing works that have been shown in galleries across the world over the last 30 years to his home turf. Susan Mansfield meets the artist.

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Charlene Scott awarded The Fleming-Wyfold Art Foundation New Contemporaries Award

By Jen McLaren, 19.04.2024

Looking For Piero, 2024, paper and natural plant pigment on paper, image courtesy of the artist

The winner of the Fleming-Wyfold Art Foundation 2024 New Contemporaries Award has been announced as Charlene Scott, a graduate of Edinburgh College of Art.

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The Participation Art Event 1973: Provocation or Prophecy?

By Neil Cooper, 17.04.2024

Photograph ©️John Dugger Archive courtesy England & Co

Neil Cooper meets Lynn MacRitchie, the artist behind one of Scotland’s lesser-known avant-garde happenings. 

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Instant Whip: The Textiles and Papers of Fraser Taylor 1977–87 Revisited

By Neil Cooper, 05.04.2024

Photograph of Liberty window display, image courtesy of the Glasgow School of Art

Interdisciplinary artist Fraser Taylor revisits a world he thought he’d left behind, as Glasgow School of Art presents works from his extraordinary archives, much of which had been presumed lost. Neil Cooper meets the artist.

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Perth Art Gallery unveil new galleries dedicated to the work of J D Fergusson and Margaret Morris

By Jen McLaren, 02.04.2024

Fergusson and Morris Gallery Install, image courtesy of Sally Jubb

A new permanent display has opened at Perth Art Gallery celebrating the life and creative partnership of the Scottish Colourist, John Duncan Fergusson, and his wife, Margaret Morris, the pioneering dancer. Jen McLaren visits.

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The Fleming Wyfold Art Foundation and Lyon & Turnbull mark J D Fergusson’s 150th anniversary with new exhibition

By Susan Mansfield, 15.03.2024

A Scottish Colourist at 150: J D Fergusson, exhibited at Lyon & Turnbull Glasgow. Image by Philip Connor

An exhibition to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of the Scottish Colourist John Duncan Fergusson affirms the artist’s important role in the development of modernism in the UK.

 

 

 

 

 

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