Vi: “When did we 3 last meet?” Ru: “Let us not speak.” From the play, Come and Go by Samuel Beckett. This August sees the return of Eleanor Carlingford to the gallery for her first show of 2020. Easily the most intriguing and impressive expressive artist to be painting in
Last time we introduced the basis for determining the price of an artwork; and we considered why aesthetics – the visual form of an artwork, created through skilled practice – does not exclusively correspond to how much a work is valued. This becomes especially clear when we hold up a
It’s finally here. Our annual show highlighting the best breakthrough talent to emerge from the Scottish Art Schools. We’re immensely proud of this show, and with such an abrupt end to their final year, it feels more important than ever to support this next generation as they move on from
Art costs money. You heard us. You need cold hard cash to take home any of the work gracing our gallery walls. And if you waltz into Sotheby’s, Christie’s, and the like, you’re going to need stacks of it. At that grandiose scale owning art is unattainable for all but
Louise Howard is a fine artist who ‘strives to highlight the human condition’ in her work. Effortlessly blending realism with semi-abstraction, her figures evoke a sense of vulnerability and strength with an overall aesthetic of stillness and beauty. Louise splits her time between Australia and the UK. Covid-19 has meant
Check out our curated selection of prints featuring some pretty chilled and magical animals. With brand new releases from some gallery favourites. We’re featuring work from Gavin Dobson, Alice Lee, Rosco Brittin, Georgia Green, Ashley Cook, Adam Bartlett and Allan Myles. Each an expert in their chosen medium; screen prints,
New to the gallery for June we have Edinburgh based painter Niall Stevenson. Finding ways to the paint the environment, Niall’s latest collection of work is informed by his walks through many Scottish landscapes. An escapism plenty of us are longing to enjoy again! Niall’s paintings are filled with atmosphere.
We’ve had the honour of representing Coll Hamilton since the beginning, so it feels all the more special to be presenting his latest collection of drawings, exclusive to the gallery. Featuring Glasgow’s iconic Tenements and loved locations. These works not only act as a preview to his upcoming show (think
We’re delighted to welcome Scottish artist Joanna Craig to the gallery this month. With her vibrant, bold and energetic work that celebrates the land around us. Joanna is fascinated by land, its use and its ancestry – and how only time separates us all. She loves how it is riddled
We like flowers. How edgy of us. But we do! We can’t pretend otherwise to maintain our too-cool mystique (don’t laugh!). This declaration is not only born of the UK’s current obsession with gardening amidst the Stay at Home (and now Stay Alert?) guidance. It is more directly fuelled by
We’ve 10 exclusive Lino Prints from Lee Ellis in the gallery this month. Each one hand-finished with its own unique colour and styling. Inspired to create works that are a little more positive from his norm and some could argue symbolic of this lock down time (happy birthday hand washing!). Lee first learned
There’s a massive elephant in the room. Do you see it? No…? Well, luckily we’re here to help, and so in this particular blog post we are going to delve into the infinite stretch of the imagination. And that’s because, despite fashioning ourselves as the harbingers of all the best
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