Tag: Art & Art Galleries
AUDIO – Some of the highlights at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery
The Scottish National Portrait Gallery reopened at the beginning of December 2011 after two years of extensive renovations. The whole project has incorporated both internal and external works, and the public floorspace has been...
Exhibition at The Leith Gallery – Christmas Calling Birds
Emma Butler-Cole Aiken's stained glass birds, 'Stanley' and 'Elspeth' sing out colour and harmony in the Leith Gallery's Christmas exhibition. The birds are just two of the exhibits selected by Gallery Director, Jan Morrison,...
First Minister’s Christmas Card by Alasdair Gray
The First Minister's official Christmas card for 2011 will feature a painting by renowned Scottish artist and author Alasdair Gray, it was announced today.
Bella Caledonia features an image painted by Alasdair Gray as part...
Christmas Coloured – Open Studios at Stockbridge
Artists in WASPS studios at Patriothall, off Hamilton Place in Stockbridge, are celebrating the festive season by having an Open Studio on Saturday 10th December between noon and 5pm.
The building, which hides behind an...
Bourne Art – new exhibition
New Exhibition entitled Jock McFadyen – Fragments of Scotland from 25th November – 3rd January
Image Details: Inganess Bay 5, oil on mdf, 14 ½ x 20
Commanding the attention of the audience and challenging notions of...
Triptych of Portraits wins The John Byrne Award
This has been a busy week for Edinburgh based artist, John Byrne. On Tuesday he was a nominee at the Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland Awards, this morning he officiated at the opening of The...
Edinburgh Fundraising Diary – Art Auction for Barnardo’s Scotland 30 November 2011
Joseph Pearce bar hosts top-notch art exhibition and auction for Barnardo’s Scotland
Time is running out to view or bid for an original or limited edition piece of artwork produced by Scottish and UK-based artists!
On...
Rare painting to be auctioned in Edinburgh
An early 19th century watercolour showing two boys playing golf on the Old Links of Musselburgh, where the game has been played continuously for 550 years, is for sale in the Bonham's 19th and...
Scottish National Portrait Gallery – photographic portraits
Some of Scotland’s most famous faces from Sir Sean Connery to David Tennant are to appear in a new collection of photographic portraits which will be unveiled in the refurbished Scottish National Portrait Gallery...
City Art Centre – Waves and Weaves
The City Art Centre is hosting two exhibitions over the Christmas and New Year period.
The Edinburgh Reporter spoke to tapestry artist, Fiona Hutchison, who has work which will be displayed in both shows.
"I've...
Exhibition by former Ex-pats in Stockbridge
Scottish artists Elaine Speirs and Leesa Tulloch, who became friends when they were living in South Africa, have come together for the first time to show their new work at an exhibition in Stockbridge,...
November at Axolotl Gallery
Edinburgh’s Axolotl Gallery is buzzing with activity as Christmas approaches. Their latest exhibition, "Katnes Folio," opened on Guy Fawkes night, filling the gallery with beautiful and affordable pieces created by artists from Caithness.
This Saturday,...
Scottish National Portrait Gallery – new acquisition in time for reopening
The Scottish National Portrait Gallery has announced the acquisition of a recent work by South African photographer Zwelethu Mthethwa. Untitled (2010) was purchased with the support of Art Fund, the national fundraising charity for...
Union Gallery – Alison Auldjo
Alison Auldjo, founder and owner of Union Gallery is to exhibit a new body of her own work at the gallery this November.
Nearly two and a half years after opening the hugely successful Union...
Bill Bollinger Exhibition at the Fruitmarket Gallery
Edinburgh’s Fruitmarket Gallery is adding a touch of American art to Scotland’s capital city. Their newest exhibition features the work of artist Bill Bollinger (1939–1988), one of the first sculptors of his time. His...
Exhibition – Last week of David Mach’s Precious Light
The Reporter went along to see the David Mach exhibition yesterday afternoon and we have to admit that until we saw it in the flesh the enormity of it had not quite gripped us.
When...
The Edinburgh School Exhibition in Crinan
If you are lucky enough to be travelling on Scotland's west coast during October then point your car, carriage or sailing boat in the direction of the Crinan Hotel. At the end of Crinan's...
Mach finishes The Last Supper at City Art Centre
But only for a couple of weeks so if this is your bag then you are advised to get along and see it before it is too late.
Throughout one of the most acclaimed UK...
Edinburgh Macmillan Art Show 2011
An Edinburgh-based charity is gearing up for the start of a nine-day art sale that it hopes will generate £60,000. The Edinburgh Macmillan Art Show in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support will feature around 300 works...
Auction for Scotland’s Homeless World Cup team
An international sculptor is hoping to hit the back of the net when she auctions one of her pieces in honour of Scotland’s Homeless World Cup winning team.
Mandy Long has donated a sculpture which...
Talk – Richard Demarco at Axolotl Gallery 26 August 2011 at 2p.m.
On Friday 26th August at 2pm, Richard Demarco will speak with friends and associates about his exhibition ‘Richard Demarco and Joseph Beuys on The Road to Meikle Seggie’ at The Axolotl Gallery. He will discuss how...
Edinburgh becomes Jungle City in August
And we are not talking about the Festival....
Jungle City Edinburgh will be staged from 16 August in Edinburgh to draw attention to the endangered species in the world. Paterson Arran in Livingston today met...
City Art Centre David Mach – Signs and Wonders
Asked how it feels to be back in Edinburgh, David Mach replies, jokingly:- "The biggest sin a Scot can commit is leaving Scotland - but actually I feel like I've never left." And in...
Artwork at The Newsroom
The Newsroom, a city-centre bar and diner located on Edinburgh’s Leith Street, recently commissioned up and coming 24-year-old artist and exhibitions curator, Steven Cox to create some contemporary, eye-catching imagery on the venue’s walls. ...
The Queen: Art and Image
Whatever your feelings towards the monarchy are, one thing can be agreed on, the presence of Queen Elizabeth II has remained strong since her reign began in 1952.
In 2012, the Queen will celebrate her...
Edinburgh’s Art Galleries
If you are new to Edinburgh and its art culture (or are a long time resident yet to explore the many pieces on offer) then the summer of 2011 is the time to start...
City Art Centre Exhibition of Scottish Art 1650-2010
The City Art Centre is gearing up to welcome huge crowds eager for a glimpse of some of Scotland's best-loved works of art.
Scottish Art 1650-2010 will see the biggest exhibition of the City's own...
Axolotl Gallery New Exhibition 10 June 2011
The Axolotl Gallery in Edinburgh will open their new exhibition “The secret life of owls and other works” by Allan Goodwillie on the 10th June.
The works on display will be landscapes and paintings from...
Kimonos, a very Japanese Art
Last weekend a very special exhibition of over 40 kimonos came to the St John's Church in the West End of Edinburgh designed by the doyenne of Japanese embroidery, Mrs Shizuka Kusano.
This was the...
Edinburgh Alumni’s First Show Triumph at The Meadows Pavilion
CURIO Gallery is the brainchild of five Edinburgh University Alumni, like-minded individuals who came together to produce a stunning exhibition that has already attracted the attention of artists and students throughout the city.
Nicholas Wong,...
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