Art in Scotland TV

Curator Sarah Cook introduces LifeSpace’s newest exhibition Material Concerns, which explores the issues surrounding the use of human tissue within research, medical experiments and training. Gina Czarnecki, David Connearn, Carolee Schneemann, Verena Friedrich and Alec Finlay, present pieces of work …

Artist Tom Carlile presents Fractures, an exhibition exploring the ongoing child abuse investigation, Operation Yewtree. Combining sculpture, video work and drawing, Carlile aims to investigate the victims, the presentation of the investigation, and the sense of social desensitisation to the …

Canadian artist Stan Douglas presents a series of photographs and prints taken from his films, including Der Sandman, up to the just-completed The Second Hotel Vancouver, at the Fruitmarket Gallery. This solo exhibition showcases the work Douglas undertakes to explore themes …

Coming into its final week at the Talbot Rice Gallery, Christopher Orr’s selection of new and recent paintings for his exhibition ‘The Beguiled Eye’. Orr draws inspiration from a range of source material and visual appropriation such as clips from …

Coming into its final week on show, Futureproof is an annual showcase of new photographic talent selected from Scotland’s photographic and fine art degree courses. Work comes from Edinburgh College of Art, Glasgow School of Art, University of the West …

Programme Curator for Suttie Arts Space, Fraser MacDonald, discusses the work of Grampian Hospital Arts Trust, which has been working for 30 years to bring art into the hospital. Featuring a mix of traditional and contemporary styles of work, the …

Edward Welch, Director of the Washington Wilson Centre for Visual Culture introduces the archive of photographer George Washington Wilson and the contemporary work of the Visual Culture Aberdeen blog. Photographs courtesy of the University of Aberdeen.

Same Same But Different is a group exhibition featuring the work of artists Lotte Glob, Oliver Laric and Stephanie Mann. The three artists work in very different media, but all share the theme of repetition within their work, whether it …

Photographers Catherine Cameron and Jolanta Dolewska discuss their work in January’s Talk See Photography event, held at CCA. Both photographers work with analogue technology, Dolewska incorporating found imagery with new photographs, creating a dialogue between pictures and exploring the various …

In collaboration with Art Fund International & Hayward Touring, Glasgow’s GoMA is one of five UK galleries and museums that will be showing a range of works by international artists. Acquired through the Art Fund scheme, the collection will feature …

Artist William Latham introduces his show Mutator 2, which displays early drawings and an interactive projection work involving three projections that visitors interact with via touchscreen to morph and mutate forms. The software used is modelled on evolution. Mutator 2 …

Lesley-Anne Lettice introduces Kirkcaldy Galleries’ collection of watercolours and drawings, featuring works by the likes of Elizabeth Blackadder, Sir William Gillies, Frances Walker and many more. Due to the delicate nature of the works they aren’t shown as often as …

Warburton Gallery presents ‘Edgelands’, a new exhibition of work from artists Paul Martin and Idris Murphy. The exhibition came out of a conversation they had in Australia, where they discovered that they shared similar references and inspirations. Although each painter …

Photographer Chloe Dewe Mathews presents her exhibition, Shot at Dawn, which explores the sites where British, French and Belgian troops were shot for cowardice and desertion between 1914 and 1918. Chloe Dewe Mathews : Shot at Dawn This project was conducted …

Curator Graham Domke introduces the work of American artist, Jim Campbell. Indirect Imaging is the first ever UK solo exhibition of his work, and he presents a series of light sculptures derived from simple films – birds in flight or …

Do You See What I see is artist Gerald McGowan’s observations of people, their interactions with each other, and how they’re reflecting society today. McGowan uses photography and sketching to record his ideas and moments of inspiration, which will later …

The Real Bothy is a project devised by three artists, Claire Lamond, Andrew Lennie and Alan Grieve, and has toured around the communities of Fife stopping in places such as Lochore Meadows, Oakley Community Centre, Lochgelly Centre, and the Rothes …

Invented Acoustical Tools 1969 – 2014 is the first UK showing of musical instruments by American artist, filmmaker and musician, Tony Conrad. A pioneer of minimal and drone music, Conrad wanted to expand the boundaries of music that is most …

Peacock Visual Arts celebrates 40 years in printmaking and collaborating with artists from all over the world. The exhibition provides more of a snapshot of what the gallery is doing, rather than a retrospective of what it has done. There …

To celebrate 15 years of arts-news production for various channels and websites, we’ve looked into our archive and produced this special compilation of the 5th British Art Show in Edinburgh, back in 2000. Introduced and closed by Paul Nesbitt of …

Artist and illustrator Alice Dansey-Wright set out to explore the artefacts and pieces of work in the American Museum in Britain, which showcases American decorative art, with the aim of developing new work based on their collections. Dansey-Wright’s core interest …

Coming into its final week, LifeSpace’s Scales of Life exhibition explores science through art, including work from Thomson and Craighead, Elaine Shemilt, Tabitha Moses and Helen Chadwich, as well as artefacts from the University of Dundee. The artists have each …

Artists Luke Fowler and Lee Patterson present their response to Tony Conrad’s Invented Acoustical Tools 1969 – 2014 by performing on instruments they have made themselves, and exploring the work of Conrad. Taking place at Inverleith House, this performance has …

Curator Kitty Anderson introduces the work of Turner Prize winner Duncan Campbell. The work was first shown at Scotland + Venice 2013, a Collateral Event of the 55th International Art Exhibition – la Biennale di Venezia, along with artists Corin …

During August, artist Ross Sinclair exhibited his work in 20 Years of Real Life, at Edinburgh’s Collective Gallery, which celebrated 20 years of his Real Life project. A collaboration between art and music, the exhibition featured 20 instruments such as …

Artist Mick Peter presents his exhibition ‘Almost Cut My Hair’, an outdoor collection of hippy sculptures created from fiction, illustration and graphic design. The exhibition was part of GENERATION, Scotland’s nationwide exhibition programme celebrating 25 years of contemporary art in Scotland. Almost …

Phillipa Aitken of The Dick Institute in Kilmarnock introduces the work of Christine Borland, Graham Fagen and artist partnership Matthew Dalziel and Louise Scullion, four well known local artists who contributed to the series of Scotland-wide GENERATION exhibitions. The exhibition …

Sophia Hao talks to us about Studio Jamming Artists’ Collaborations in Scotland featuring Gang Hut, a Scottish creative collective who had a week long residency at Cooper Gallery and were focusing on the theme of “Jamming”, and Ariki Porteous who …

Curator Dan Brown introduces Icaro Menippus x 2, an exhibition of work by the late Scottish sculptor Paul Carter. The exhibition draws from work which first featured in Cardiff’s Chapter Gallery, and the Fruitmarket Gallery, in the early 2000s. Moses’ …

The Maclaurin Festival sees the gallery’s vast collection of 20th and 21st Century art shown in its near entirety. Featuring sculpture, paintings, installation and works on paper, the gallery’s collection showcases some of the best in national and international works. …