Culture
Exhibition on show at House for an Art Lover
A Scots artist is currently exhibiting her work in Glasgow’s House for an Art Lover. Esther Donaldson’s solo exhibition Park Life is on show at House for an Art Lover in Glasgow until 4 February. Each year at the annual exhibition the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour (RSW) offers encouragement to artists of…
Read MoreFormer station house plans take a step forward
Work is set to get underway to bring a former railway station house back into community use. Hawick builders James Swinton and Co have been appointed to deliver the ambitious vision for the historic Stow Rail Station House, which will include a bar/bistro with community facilities and a new social enterprise cycling business. Work will…
Read MoreScots artist in the running for Royal Arts Prize 2020
Upcoming Scottish artist Francis Salvesen has been shortlisted for The Royal Arts Prize 2020. The aim of the Royal Arts Prize, running since 2014, is to showcase a selection of the world’s best artistic talent and allow emerging artists to reach diverse audiences and to gain invaluable exposure. The awards which will take place 20-29…
Read MoreRoyal Celtic Society members marked 200th birthday
An almost like-for-like gathering of 20 members marked 200 years to the week of the foundation of the Royal Celtic Society. The members gathered on the very spot in Edinburgh where it was founded on Friday 7 January 1820. The 2020 location was the Café Royal, sited where the foundation lunch occurred, and unlike the…
Read MoreExhibition to celebrate Scots artist Calum Colvin
A celebratory exhibition of the career of one of Scotland’s most innovative artists is opening this weekend. Royal Scottish Academy will host Calum Colvin – Constructed Worlds, which has been timed to coincide with the publication of Tom Normand HRSA’s detailed new book exploring the artist’s work. Calum Colvin RSA is internationally renowned as a…
Read MoreThe Pig Rock Bothy to move on after six years
After nearly six years, Pig Rock Bothy – the wooden structure alongside the path up to the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art One – is moving on from the grounds in March 2020. It will eventually be relocated to Assynt in the North West Highlands of Scotland, the landscape that inspired its design and…
Read MoreWeather words inspire new art exhibition
Weather-words inspired watercolours by Shetland artist Peter Davis and glass by Angie Packer are coming to the capital in a double exhibition. Between Earth and Sky features watercolours by Peter Davis and glass by Angie Packer, and will open on Thursday, January 9, 6-8pm at Birch Tree Gallery, Edinburgh. Peter Davis will also give an…
Read MoreUnseen drawings from Scots colourist go on show
An exhibition of work by a Scots colourist, who Picasso wanted to meet, is now on show. La Vie Bohème – the Unseen Drawings Part II, is being hosted by the Scottish Gallery in Edinburgh, showcasing the works of J. D. Fergusson. The young Picasso, visiting the studio of John Duncan Fergusson in 1907, desired…
Read MoreNessie is one of the biggest mysteries to children
The existence of the Loch Ness monster, ghosts and aliens are the real mysteries the nation’s children would love to have answered. A poll of 1,000 primary school-aged children revealed ghosts are the number one curiosity, with 32 per cent of youngsters wanting to know whether they exist. Three in 10 want an answer on…
Read MoreLess than a month left to see the Iolaire exhibition
An exhibition of remembrance to mark Britain’s worst peacetime disaster at sea is continuing throughout January. Running until February 1 at Museum nan Eilean in Benbecula, it ensures that the memory of HMY Iolaire is never forgotten. It sank on the approach to Stornoway Harbour on 1 January 1919, with the loss of 201 Islanders…
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