As part of Creative Scotland and the National Library of Scotland’s year-long celebration of the life and works of Muriel Spark, the International Style of Muriel Spark exhibition is being held at NLS. Spark, who said she threw away “practically nothing on paper”, forms one of the largest archives at the library, and the exhibition Read More
Aberdeen Artists Society (AAS) and Historic Environmental Scotland are hosting an open exhibition at Duff House in Banff. With Aberdeen Art Gallery closed for refurbishment, the AAS has had to look further afield to show their work. Duff House is a prestigious location, home to many significant works of art from the National Galleries of Read More
“The variety of work a photographer, who devotes his time to subjects outside the studio, is called upon to do […] is what no one would believe.” So said Magnus Jackson in a communication to the Dundee and East of Scotland Photographic Association in 1881. This new exhibition at Perth Museum, of reproductions of his Read More
The Scythians were a group of nomadic tribes skilled in the art of mounted warfare who ruled the Siberian plains between 900 – 200 BC. They left no settlements or records, but are mentioned in the histories of the Greeks, Assyrians and Persians. Forgotten until recent times, their ferocious reputation lingered in the popular imagination Read More
Nicola Wiltshire Verdant Works 29th July- 29th October 2017 Nestled in a small makeshift studio, surrounded by the noise and bustle of a working factory, artist Nicola Wiltshire produced the series of paintings now on show at the Verdant Works. The paintings are a depiction of the people, places and activities hidden within the factory Read More
Visitors entering through the main foyer may well have their attention caught by the major Pictish cross-slab, the St Madoes Stone, or by the delicately embroidered butterflies in glass cases, before they notice the unexpected large black steel arachnid on the wall above eye level. This is placed above the entrance to the Louise Bourgeois Read More
TRADE, Hospitalfield’s Autumn Contemporary Art Programme, brings a powerful 2-screen video projection work entitled Nazhad and the Bell by Kurdish-Iraqi artist Hiwa K to a Scottish audience for the first time. Installed within Arbroath’s historic Arts & Crafts property, this is a rare opportunity to view the project – originally commissioned and shown at the Read More
Dundee University’s Comics courses are internationally recognized, and the quality of the work in this year’s show demonstrates why. Seven students have their work on display, demonstrating a high level of skill and a willingness to experiment with the medium. The works vary from the wordless, where the pictures tell the entire story, to a quite Read More
18th-28th August The Masters Animation and VFX show at DJCAD this year will take you on a fantastic journey through diverse lands: dystopian futures, dreamlike vistas, dark underworlds, troubled candy-coloured fairytales and also to Dundee by means of a Dandy comic inspired world and a cardboard arch situated in the cities Slessor Square. On Read More