Singing Neptune’s Sad Song at Edinburgh’s Dovecot Studios
7 October 2021
Review: Dovecot Studios in Edinburgh is hosting an exhibition by Kurt Jackson, highlighting the devastating effects of oceanic plastic pollution.
Exhibition Reviews
A Delicate Vision of Fragrant Roses and Femininity: Alison Watt at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery
1 October 2021
Review: On show for the first time at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, leading Scottish contemporary painter Alison Watt’s response to celebrated 18th-century portrait artist Allan Ramsay.
Observatory Acts at the Collective
28 September 2021
Review ArtMag attends the launch of Acts of Observation at the Collective, a group exhibition challenging how disability is represented and discussed.
Daryl Terri Cooney’s Visual Jazz at Upright Gallery Edinburgh
15 September 2021
Review: Cool, contemporary Op Art with painterly playfulness and jazzy rhythm at Edinburgh’s Upright Gallery.
Heriot Gallery’s Colourful Bouquet
13 September 2021
Review: Edinburgh’s Heriot Gallery presents ‘a fragrant and blossoming bouquet of artwork’.
Hills Overflowing: Freya Douglas-Morris at Arusha Gallery Edinburgh
8 September 2021
Review: An enchanting collection of landscapes and figurative studies by London-based painter Freya Douglas-Morris is inspired by memories of people and journeys, colourfully tinted with emotional feelings and a rich cultural imagination.
Arion’s Summer Get-Together at The Life Room Gallery, Edinburgh
29 August 2021
Review: The Summer Exhibition by the Arion Art Group at The Life Room in Edinburgh features paintings, drawing, and prints in a wide range of influences, subjects and approaches, from figurative to abstract.
The Naval Gaze: Ian Hamilton Finlay at Edinburgh’s City Art Centre
13 August 2021
Review: Edinburgh City Art Centre’s major exhibition of Scottish artist and concrete-poet Ian Hamilton Finlay combines a maritime theme with his beloved classicism.
Eardley’s Unique Voice is Loud and Clear at the Scottish Gallery
4 August 2021
Review: A centenary tribute to the distinctive artistry, authentic vision and expressive voice of Joan Eardley at The Scottish Gallery, which represented her during her career.
Frank Walter’s Circular Symphony at Ingleby, Edinburgh
2 August 2021
Review: As part of the 2021 Edinburgh Art Festival, Ingleby presents the first-ever exhibition of Frank Walter’s ‘spools’ series of artworks and a selection of carved wooden sculptures.
Pink, White and Black: Bigger Fruitmarket Reopens in Edinburgh with Sculptural Retrospective
9 July 2021
Review: Edinburgh’s Fruitmarket re-launches with a major new summer exhibition from Karla Black, whose site-specific works take over the entire gallery, now doubled in size after a £4.3million refurbishment and extension.
Heriot Gallery’s Bold and Vibrant Rebirth
7 July 2021
Review: A superlative showcase of figurative and botanical paintings launches Edinburgh’s new Heriot Gallery in bold and vibrant style.
How Carol Rhodes Saw the World, in First Posthumous Show at the Kelvingrove, Glasgow
30 June 2021
Review: Closing 4th July, Glasgow’s Kelvingrove hosts the first posthumous display of the work of Edinburgh-born artist Carol Rhodes, showing alongside a newly-commissioned installation by France-Lise McGurn.
Epic Iran: A Panorama of Persians Past
21 June 2021
Review: The artistic, design and cultural achievements of one of the world’s greatest historic civilisations are brought to a modern audience at the V&A London’s ‘Epic Iran’ exhibition.
Ana Mazzei’s UK Debut is a Double Drama
21 June 2021
Review: Two large-scale pieces at The Pipe Factory in Glasgow’s Barras by internationally-exhibited Brazilian artist Ana Mazzei are her first at a UK public institution, and a highlight of Glasgow International Festival.
Highlighting an Acclaimed Printmaker at Edinburgh’s RSA
15 June 2021
Review: The first posthumous exhibition in Scotland devoted to the work of the acclaimed printmaker Willie Rodger is on view in the RSA in Edinburgh.
Examining the Normal at Edinburgh’s Talbot Rice Gallery
4 June 2021
Review: Talbot Rice Gallery re-opens with a global collective exhibition from contemporary artists – ‘The Normal’ is a real-time curated exhibition and a fitting reflection on life during the pandemic.
Buried Treasure Revealed: National Museum of Scotland’s Galloway Hoard
4 June 2021
Review: The Vikings really did know a thing about bling: a new exhibition at the National Museum of Scotland showcases an extraordinary cache of ancient treasure, discovered in 2014.
The Alchemy Experiment Gallery and Café: Finding Space for Love in the Chaos of Glasgow’s West End
1 June 2021
Review: An inclusive exhibition and events space and coffee house, The Alchemy Experiment is open and hosting art exhibitions, providing a platform for artists and creatives to exhibit their work.
Scotland’s Land and Sea Meet at Dundas Street Gallery Edinburgh
30 May 2021
Review: Two of Scotland’s most accomplished landscape artists, Sarah Anderson and Gill Knight, look at land and sea from shared, and contrasting, perspectives at Edinburgh’s Dundas Street Gallery.
African Modernism in Rural Scotland
28 May 2021
An imaginative flight to 1960’s Africa is possible in the exhibition ‘Dar to Dunoon’, currently on show at Dunoon Burgh Hall, Argyll, showing works that have resided in rural Scotland for several decades.
Joan Eardley’s Catterline Reopens Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
27 May 2021
Review: Joan Eardley & Catterline marks the re-opening of Modern One at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art. It also celebrates the centenary year of one of Scotland’s favourite 20th Century artists, Joan Eardley
Alice: The Icon Adapted and Appropriated for All Time
27 May 2021
Review: An exhibition at London’s V&A looks at how Lewis Carroll’s ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ critiques (and copes) with the Victorians’ changing cultural, political, and industrial context.
Fine Art Society Edinburgh’s Eardley Tribute in Photographs, Sketches and Paintings
19 May 2021
Review: A centenary tribute to one of Scotland’s most-loved artists, through photographs, sketches and paintings at the Fine Art Society, Edinburgh.
