Art in Scotland TV

An interview with Louise Gibson as she prepares her exhibition ‘Amalgamate 2012’ at Summerhall. Gibson works with industrial resins and embeds fabrics and pliable materials to construct complex organic forms. Running from 28th October to 24th November.

Paul Robertson introduces work from Summerhall’s ‘salon style’ Phenotype Genotype (PhG) gallery. PhG maintains a changing collection in curious juxtaposition of examples from Arte Povera to the Zero Group. ‘Phenotype’ is the physical manifestation of an organism (here, a work …

The first exhibition to explore Pablo Picasso’s lifelong connections with Britain is the highlight of the summer season at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in 2012. Picasso & Modern British Art examines Picasso’s evolving critical reputation here and …

Edinburgh College of Art present their annual graduate show.

Angus Ross shows video journalists from Comment around his Highland Perthshire workshop. Angus introduces the techniques involved in making his furniture and some of the work he will show in Chicago in November in a group exhibition of Scottish crafts …

Rainer Crone introduces the photographs of Stanley Kubrick from 1945-1950 exhibited at Inverleith House in 2001.

Short film of Bruce Nauman’s ‘Sleeper’ installation at Inverleith House, Edinburgh 2005.

Lotte’s latest body of work exemplifies her painterly use of glazes. Her palette of colour for Tectonic includes the acid yellows, ochres and reds which featured in some of her pieces dating back to the 1970s, as well as the …

An exhibition at Out of the Blue by the Ivuka Arts group of Kigali, Rwanda. Members of the group and the six professional artists in the exhibition – Tony Cyizanye, Bruce Niyonkunn, Celestin Nizeyimana, Emmanuel Nkurange, Innocent Nkuruinziza and Collin …

Black Cube has been formed by four ECA students with a statement to “challenge for today’s successful artists is to raise their profile, exhibit and sell their work in a highly competitive art market. We aspire to build a community …

With the help of his exhibition at Summerhall, Paul Robertson introduces the work of Wolf Vostell by tracing the movements and associations with other artists involved in European ‘happenings, ‘decollage’ and the later ‘destruction in art’ movement (DIA). Drawing on …

Robert Morgan’s short film of Ed Ruscha at Inverleith House.

Pipilotti Rist filmed at Glasgow’s Tramway for local TV series Art in Scotland

George Wyllie was considered by many to be one of Scotland’s most important artists. Noted for his temporary works such as Straw Locomotive and Paper Boat, George believed in making art with a message for the public to enjoy. His …

Sarah Teale of the National Museum of Scotland outlines the art exhibition ‘One Thousand Points of Light’ organised as part of the Edinburgh Art Festival.

One of several interviews with artists appearing at the 5th British Art Show held throughout Edinburgh’s galleries in 2000.

“The group formed and was put under a title in late 2009. The concept behind the name and ethos originated out of situations where, as a group of friends we would spend the evening drawing and sketching before going out …

David Rushton, former member of Art & Language, introduces the ‘Indexes and related work’ exhibition focusing on the group’s influential activities between 1972 and 1974.

The Big Noise is an orchestra programme based in Raploch, Stirling that aims to use music making to foster confidence, teamwork, pride and aspiration in the children taking part – and across their wider community. Speakers discussed the impact of …

Chaired by Struan Stevenson MEP with panellists including Professor Richard Demarco the event asked whether Scotland does enough to promote its arts and artists throughout Europe. And what do other Europeans make of our efforts?

Carolee Schneemann is a pioneer in many artistic disciplines. Having consistently challenged concepts of sexuality and gender identity in the fields of painting, sculpture, installation art, video art and, most importantly, performance with key works such as Meat Joy (1964) and Interior Scroll (1975), …

Summerhall TV interviewed two recent Contemporary Art (MA) graduates about their involvement with this year’s Postgraduate Show at Edinburgh College of Art.

Artist Anthony Schrag is running a series of participatory tours which invite you to engage with the city in different ways. Each performance tour is unique.

Acting as the pavilion for this year’s Edinburgh Art Festival, Andrew Miller’s The Waiting Place is a playful summerhouse in the centre of a city where summer is by no means guaranteed. Miller’s The Waiting Place attempts to articulate a …

The group exhibition, from 03-19 August, showcases some of the most exciting works, selected from the huge volume of artistic activity taking place within the distinctive red brick walls of St Margaret’s House, London Road.The Summer Show, occupying all three …

Film from 2003 of the making of carvings and sculpture for the Stupa being built at Samye Ling, the Tibetan Buddhist Centre in Eskdalemuir in Dumfries and Galloway.

Summerhall will present a major installation by Polish artist Robert Kuśmirowski. Kuśmirowski, who lives and works in Lublin, specialises in transformed spaces, and intensely realised transformations of reality in general, and history in particular. This will be his second solo …

The World Press Photo Award highlights the best press photography from around the world. This exhibition displays the short list on display in Edinburgh as part of a global tour.

In a newly commissioned work, David Michalek returns to Summerhall to pay homage to the cinematic and photographic pioneer Eadweard Muybridge. Using clever “trip-wire techniques” Muybridge was the first person to photograph movement too fast for the human eye to …

Ruth Beale’s 2004 Salon event with Robin Scott and Alberta Whittle held at the Model Art Gallery in Edinburgh during the Edinburgh Art Festival. Music from Swimmer One.