In August, Edinburgh plays host to the biggest arts festival in the world. But that leaves one problem: what to see? With the Fringe programme alone weighing in at 416 pages, it can be difficult to know where to start.
As the Royal Scottish Academy celebrates its bicentenary year, Susan Mansfield discovers how it has had to adapt and survive in a changing world.
Strong female artists, a Turner Prizewinner and a return to the Venice Biennale – Susan Mansfield highlights some of the best exhibitions coming our way in 2026.
In August, Edinburgh serves up some of the best exhibitions, events and performances in the world. But with so much going on, where to start? Scottish arts journalist and festival veteran Susan Mansfield picks some highlights of the festivals for Artmag readers.
As Scotland’s art schools stage their annual graduate showcases, one thing is clear: painting is making a comeback. Susan Mansfield visited all four colleges to select highlights for Artmag readers.
Despite tough times for the arts and uncertain funding, Scotland’s galleries are continuing to stage interesting and ambitious exhibitions. Susan Mansfield selects some of the must-see shows of 2025.
As the Turner Prize turns 40, some critics are suggesting it has run its course. Susan Mansfield visits this year’s show to gauge the health of the UK’s biggest art prize.
As Scotland’s national design festival gets underway in Dundee, Susan Mansfield explores how we became a design-conscious nation.
With the world’s largest arts festival happening in Edinburgh in August, the only question is where to start. Veteran festival critic Susan Mansfield selects highlights for Artmag readers from across the Festivals.
If you missed Glasgow International, don’t worry – many of the headline exhibitions are still running. Susan Mansfield reflects on Scotland’s contemporary art biennial
There’s no Scottish exhibition at this year’s Venice Biennale, but there is a radical attempt to reverse the notion of outsiders and insiders in the art world. Susan Mansfield reports.
Writer, screenwriter and Artmag contributor Malcolm McGonigle watched the excitement build in the room at Lyon & Turnbull’s Scottish Paintings & Sculpture auction in Edinburgh.
As another new generation of artists bursts out into the world, Susan Mansfield picks some of the art highlights from the Scottish degree shows.
As public funding for the Arts hits the doldrums, Susan Mansfield meets some of the individuals and organisations who not only collect art but choose to support artists to do what they do best.
2024 is a bumper year for anniversaries. Susan Mansfield invites galleries and art organisations celebrating significant milestones to pause for a moment’s reflection.
As Scotland’s makers take their work to the UK’s international showcase of craft, Susan Mansfield visits London to take the temperature at Collect 2024.
The links between creativity and mental wellbeing are long established, but complex. Some of the participants in this year’s Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival talked to Susan Mansfield about what making art means for them
Markéta Luskačová, whose extraordinary work is currently on show in Edinburgh, is just one of a number of pioneering women photographers who are at last being recognised for their achievements. Susan Mansfield finds out more.
Director of Edinburgh Art Festival Kim McAleese spoke to Susan Mansfield about the changes she has made, and how she hopes to make the Festival stand out in a crowded marketplace.
Nicola Benedetti’s first programme for the Edinburgh International Festival reveals a determination to make concerts more accessible, but she must be careful not to alienate the faithful.
While women now outnumber men by 2:1 in art schools, opportunities are far from equal in the art world. Susan Mansfield looks at two exhibitions addressing the gender gap.
As Dundee prepares to host the first ever Art Night to take place outside London, we ask if 24 hours in June can pave the way for a new way of experiencing contemporary art.
In a world which would rather forget the Covid-19 pandemic, artists are playing an important part in creating spaces to remember. Susan Mansfield spoke to three of them.
Both adored and derided, tartan appears everywhere, from kitsch souvenirs to haute couture. As V&A Dundee prepares to showcase it in a large scale exhibition, Susan Mansfield looks at its enduring appeal to artists and designers.
