Arts & Antiques
Artworks from Yester House collected by BBC Antiques Roadshow expert go under the hammer
Artworks from the historic 18th century Yester House in East Lothian collected by BBC Antiques Roadshow expert Hugo Morley-Fletcher are going under the hammer. The work comes from descendants of the Hay family (later the Marquesses of Tweedale), who owned the house from the 15th century until the late 1960s Hugo, who died in 2022,…
Read MorePhotographic portraits of the Royal Family to go on show in Edinburgh
A photograph of King Charles on the verge of adulthood in Balmoral and the earliest surviving colour photographic print of a member of the Royal Family are going on display. The portrait of The King when Prince of Wales by Godfrey Argent was released to mark his 18th birthday in 1966. Taken in the library…
Read MoreRare autographed letter to Queen Elizabeth I from possible love interest sells for £33k
An extremely rare autographed letter to Queen Elizabeth I from her lifelong friend and possible love interest, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, has been sold for nearly £33,000. The manuscript contains an enigmatic reference to an unspecified great matter of state, said to bear directly on the Queen’s life and likely relating to England’s policy…
Read MoreAntiques expert Jeremy Cooper donates collection with links to Damien Hirst and Tracey Emin to Glasgow School of Art
Author, curator and antiques expert Jeremy Cooper has donated a significant part of his collection of rare 1990’s British art ephemera to The Glasgow School of Art. The personally curated collection has more than 2000 rare objects in it, some linked to many of Britain’s leading contemporary artists including Damien Hirst and Tracey Emin. It…
Read MoreRuby Mitcham: Meet the 17-year-old school girl who is already regarded as one of the most talented young artists in the UK
Her drawings as a child may have started out as smiley heads with legs. But just last month, 17-year-old Ruby Mitcham became the youngest ever artist to feature in the Society of Scottish Artists’ prestigious national art exhibition, which since it was founded in 1891 has shown the work of painters like Edvard Munch and…
Read MoreHis Majesty, King Charles III announced as Royal Patron for National Galleries of Scotland
The National Galleries of Scotland has been awarded the Royal Patronage of His Majesty, King Charles III. The news comes following a review of all the Patronages held by the late Queen Elizabeth II, the former Prince of Wales and the former Duchess of Cornwall. Home to Scotland’s superb art collection, the National Galleries of…
Read MoreHistoric painting of poet Robert Fergusson inspired Burns discovered at Scottish castle
A portrait of Robert Fergusson has been discovered at a Scottish castle and could help shed new light on the celebrated 18th-century poet who inspired Burns. The painting was found at Barnbougle Castle, near Edinburgh, and is part of a prestigious collection of the 5th Earl of Rosebery Archibald Primrose, a former Prime Minister and…
Read MoreRare Artemisia Gentileschi painting goes on display in Scotland for first time
A rare surviving painting by Artemisia Gentileschi, the greatest female artist of her generation, has gone on display at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh. The painting was recently rediscovered in the Royal Collection following a misattribution at least two centuries ago, and, following extensive conservation work, first went on display for visitors to Windsor…
Read MoreWomen artists take centre stage at Lyon & Turnbull’s flagship winter sale
The work of women artists took centre stage at fine art auctioneers Lyon & Turnbull’s flagship winter Scottish painting sale this year. A rare painting by Anne Estelle Rice, whose work became eclipsed during her lifetime by former partner, the Scottish Colourist John Duncan Fergusson, sold for £112,700. Rice’s A Bowl of Fruit had been…
Read MoreA stitch in time: Reviving Scotland’s historic fabrics with Sophie Younger
From teenage dress-making to preserving and reviving some of Scotland’s most historic fabrics, Sophie Younger has always been passionate about needlecraft. Brought up near Stratford, Sophie describes convent-school classes in knitting, embroidery and dress-making as the first of two ‘apprenticeships’ that initiated her love of needlecraft. ‘I was allowed to take over the dining table…
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