Visual Arts Earlier in the year, as part of a large launch of Generation programme exhibitions within the National Galleries, Chief Curator Keith Hartley gave us a tour of some of the works on show, including Martin Boyce’s ‘Our Love is Like … Keith Hartley : Generation at the Scottish National Gallery
Visual Arts Edinburgh’s Fruitmarket Gallery hosted a solo exhibition by Scottish artist, Jim Lambie, as part of GENERATION, a series of exhibitions celebrating Scottish contemporary art over the last 25 years, and the Edinburgh Art Festival. Known for his visually striking pieces … Jim Lambie : Fruitmarket Gallery
Visual Arts Kirsty McKeown, a member of the committee at Generator Projects in Dundee, talks about Manifesto 2014, the launch event of Dundee’s GENERATION weekend. The event explores the themes of globalisation, national identity and collaboration through performance, film, installation and music. Kirsty McKeown : Manifesto 2014
Visual Arts Sculptor Kenny Hunter creates work out of many different materials such as plastic, wood, iron and bronze. Hunter is concerned with monumental sculpture and how important that concept might still be in today’s modern world. For Kontrapunkt, the Generation exhibition … Kenny Hunter : Kontrapunkt
Visual Arts Artist duo Matthew Dalziel and Louise Scullion introduce their exhibition, Tumadh: Immersion, which was on show at Edinburgh’s Dovecot Studios. It was a two part show, with one part in Edinburgh and the other in An Lanntair, Stornoway, and explored … Dalziel + Scullion : Tumadh: Immersion
Visual Arts The Travelling Gallery is a custom-built, mobile art bus, that travels the length and breadth of Scotland, exhibiting the work of today’s contemporary artists to schools and communities. As part of Generation, Scotland’s nationwide series of exhibitions, showcasing the best … Alison Chisholm : Travelling Gallery
Visual Arts Chloe Josse introduces work from artist duo Joanne Tatham and Tom O’Sullivan, who are exhibiting at Tramway as part of Generation, a nationwide celebration of 25 years of contemporary art in Scotland. The duo have been working together since 1995 … Joanne Tatham and Tom O’Sullivan : Generation at Tramway
Visual Arts Tine Bek Hansen and Adam Benmakhlouf introduce the work of Glasgow-based Canadian artist Corin Sworn. Hansen and Benmakhlouf accompanied Sworn, as well as Duncan Campbell and Hayley Tompkins when they exhibited in Scotland + Venice 2013, a Collateral Event of … Corin Sworn : The Common Guild
Visual Arts As part of the GENERATION programme, which celebrates 25 years of Scottish contemporary art, Perth Museum and Art Gallery held an exhibition of works by Scottish painter Alison Watt. Drawn from a selection of paintings between 1986 and 2014, Watt’s subject … Alison Watt : Paintings 1986 – 2014
Visual Arts As part of GENERATION, Scotland’s largest series of exhibitions, the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art has been taken over by the works of some of Scotland’s key artists from the last 25 years. A mixture of older works and … Julie-Ann Delaney : GENERATION at Modern One
Visual Arts Artist Daniel Djamo explores various endings within his Briggait exhibition, Before the End. Utilising film and photography, Djamo explores someone’s life through their obsessive note-taking of their finances, ending with their funeral costs, the last 12 months of his nannie’s … Daniel Djamo : Before the End
Visual Arts One week left to catch Edinburgh Printmaker’s exhibition ‘No Fixed Abode’, which explores the idea of home and homelessness. Artists from the gallery have teamed up with The Big Issue to engage in a discussion with vendors and produce works in … Judith Liddle : No Fixed Abode
Visual Arts Holly Keasey introduces the work of Sam Burford, Mehreen Murtaza and Deimantas Narkevicius, in the group show ‘To Sail Beyond The Sunset’. Each artist presents their own interpretation of concepts from science fiction, such as time travel. Rather than showing … Holly Keasey : To Sail Beyond The Sunset
Visual Arts By creating sculptural works using materials and found objects such as vitamin pills, light bulbs, water or rocks, alongside art materials such as bronze, glass and resin, artist Vanessa Billy explores society’s relationship with manufactured goods, and the social and … Vanessa Billy : Sustain, Sustain
Visual Arts TalkSeePhotography held a curatorial slam at Glasgow’s CCA allowing curators, artists and anyone with an interest in creative practice to present a series of ideas exploring photographic and curatorial practice. This provided a platform for idea sharing and discussion, and … Seonaid Daly and Ben Rush : Curatorial Slam
Visual Arts Entering its final week, Cotoneaster horizontalis, by artist Anna Oppermann (1940 -1993) presents the highly celebrated 1984 ensemble Cotoneaster horizontalis (Anticommunication design) exhibited for the first time alongside drawings, prints, collages, documentary films and archival material. The exhibition explores two … Anna Oppermann : Cotoneaster horizontalis
Visual Arts CCA presents This Might Be a Place for Hummingbirds, a show exploring the practices of two different artists, Glasgow-based Rebecca Wilcox, and Guatemalan artist Manuel Chavajay. Each practice is very different, but both explore the significance of working together and … This Might Be a Place for Hummingbirds
Visual Arts To congratulate Dundee on its UNESCO City of Design designation, we’re showing a clip from Channel Six Dundee’s archive in 2001. Abertay University’s magnificent Dare-to-be-Digital summer competition helped to foster up-and-coming games designers in the city. Dundee City of Design : Dare to be Digital
Visual Arts Curator of Glasgow’s SWG3 Gallery, Simon Gowing, introduces the work of artist Dominic Samsworth. Salting The Mirage explores the value of objects, in this case focusing on the value of objects within the leisure industry. Samsworth has covered the floor … Simon Gowing : Salting the Mirage
Visual Arts Rae-Yen Song introduces Yaka Collective’s four venue exhibition ‘So It Is’, which takes place across the Briggait, the Arches, the Cleland Lane Churches and the Arena. The collective pulled together the work of 30 arts graduates, ranging from 2010 up … Yaka Collective : So It is
Visual Arts Leith Art Walk showcases the work of local artists by utilising local flats as exhibition spaces, offering the public a unique viewing experience, and artists the chance to engage with the community. For one day, the artists showcased sculpture, prints, … Raquel Tejero : Leith Art Walk
Visual Arts Wendy McMurdo introduces the third year of the Jill Todd Photographic Award, which is an annual award that showcases the work of emerging photographers from Photography and Arts Degree programmes in Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. The award … Wendy McMurdo : Jill Todd Photographic Award 2014
Visual Arts Inspired by the work of painter Alexander Moffat, particularly his piece ‘Poets’ Pub’, painter Ruth Nicol explores the landscapes of seven Scottish poets; Hugh MacDiarmid, Edwin Morgan, Norman MacCaig, Sorley Maclean, George MacKay Brown, Robert Garioch and Iain Crichton Smith. In … Ruth Nicol : Three Rivers Meet
Visual Arts Dave Hammond joins writer Donald Murray and artist Doug Robertson, to discuss their collaboration for the book ‘The Guga Stone: Lies, Legends and Lunacies from St.Kilda.’ Visual artist Douglas Robertson was born and brought up on the east coast of … Donald Murray and Doug Robertson : Wordplay Festival
Visual Arts Summerhall is hosting an exhibition featuring a mixture of sculpture, prints and sketches by the late George Wyllie. Summerhall’s Technical Director, and friend of Wyllie, Pete Searle discusses the work of Wyllie, including the artist’s dedication to involving the public … Pete Searle : George Wyllie at Summerhall
Visual Arts Artist Fiona Wilson discusses the inspiration and the methods that go into making her prints for her bird-lady series, as part of this month’s Glasgow Print Studio Featured Artist. Working in monochrome, Wilson creates images of woman with birds or … Fiona Wilson : Glasgow Print Studio
Visual Arts An Enhanced Sense of Place, or A.E.S.O.P, is an interactive installation that consists of nine LED displays, each connected to an RSS feed and displaying real-time updates from around the globe. Acting like a compass, each message display points at … Nigel Johnson : A.E.S.O.P
Visual Arts It’s the last seven days of Edinburgh Royal Botanic Gardens’ Night in the Garden. Allowing the public a rare chance to experience the gardens at night, the event will present a trail for people to follow, and create a new and … Malcolm Innes : Night in the Garden
Visual Arts Andy McDougall, Director of Edinburgh Art Fair, introduces the 3 day event, which hosts a huge selection of national and international exhibitors. Showcasing the best in printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, and much more, the art fair gives audiences the opportunity to … Andy McDougall : Edinburgh Art Fair
Visual Arts Artist Tessa Lynch presents a portrait of a city living artist in her show, Café Concrete. Lynch explores her commute through Glasgow, focusing on the emotional impact of the city’s built environment, and how to express this through sculpture, whilst … Tessa Lynch : Café Concrete