Visual Arts
Winning waves: Jolomo art prize winner Dawnne McGeachy
As the daughter of a fisherman, Dawnne McGeachy appreciated from an early age the beauty – and perils – of the sea. Now her dramatic paintings of breaking waves have won the former Glasgow School of Art student Scotland’s top art prize.
Scottish fact of the week: Tarlair swimming pool
Despite its A-listed status and Art Deco design, Tarlair swimming pool has lain in a state of slow decay.
City college student wins photography awards
Edinburgh College student Lee Howell picked up awards for these two images at the British Institute of Professional Photography Awards ceremony held in London last week.
Artists in residence bound for remote St Kilda
TWO artists have beaten off competition from over 100 applicants for residency posts on the remotest outpost in the UK.
1 commentArt review: Gray’s School of Art Degree Show, Aberdeen
GRAY’S School of Art in Aberdeen, now part of Robert Gordon University, is the smallest of Scotland’s four art schools, and the last to enter degree show season.
10 things to do in Scotland this week
The pick of the best one-off events and festivals in Scotland this week, including the Edinburgh International Film Festival, the Royal Highland Show, St Magnus International Festival, Insider Festival and Scottish Traditional Boats Festival.
Terry Brodie-Smith: One of Edinburgh’s most flamboyant characters
THE DRESS code for the Edinburgh party, promising “a FAB evening,” was Film, Arty or Bling.
Visual art: Man Ray Portraits
A remarkable story of creative metamorphosis is reflected in Man Ray’s gallery of 20th century greats
Latest Edinburgh paper sculpture found in library
A MYSTERIOUS paper sculptor has created a fresh stir - by leaving an intricate new work of art in one of Edinburgh’s libraries.
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Readers’ pictures of the week, 7-13 Jun Picture gallery
A selection of pictures submitted to our picture desk in the past week, including a poignant entry from a regular and talented contributor who passed away last week
A-listed Tarlair art deco pool revamp approved
ABERDEENSHIRE councillors today approved plans to spend £300,000 on essential repairs to safeguard the future of a decaying art deco swimming pool complex - granted Category-A listed status because of its outstanding architectural and historic importance.
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Exhibition review: Edinburgh College of Art Degree Show 2013
There were worries the merger of ECA with Edinburgh University might weaken its identity but, from the work in this year’s degree show, it seems both sides are growing stronger
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Exhibiton review: Glasgow School of Art Degree Show
Glasgow graduates know the way to pep up a show: bring in an ungulate
In pictures: Scots RIAS architecture winners Picture gallery
A UNIVERSITY chapel, a Hebridean turf house and a “vanishing” building are among the 12 winners of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) awards, announced last night.
Tiffany Jenkins: Show respect for art and walk on by
ANSWER honestly: if you travel on the tube in Glasgow or London, do you read – that is study and contemplate – the poems on the underground; the ones posted up on the inside of the carriage, sandwiched between the adverts for mobile service providers and the subway map?
Art review: Through American Eyes: Fredric Church And The Landscape Oil Sketch
THE Niagara Falls are all about power. The three falls situated in the border between Canada and the US have the highest water flow in the world.
Artist John Lowrie Morrison on his life’s passion
John Lowrie Morrison’s studio is rarely devoid of activity, but when I visit it’s in a quiet kind of overdrive. Not only is normal business continuing at the big glass-fronted building adjoining his house in Tayvallich, Argyll, where paintings are waiting to be dispatched for a show at the Gigha Gallery, but at the same time older works are being gathered, repaired and readied for his first retrospective which opens next Friday in Clydebank.
In pictures: Cockenzie Power Station’s final days Picture gallery
When Alex Hewitt heard of the imminent closure of Cockenzie Power Station near Edinburgh, the portrait photographer asked for permission to turn his lens on the workers during the plant’s final days. The result, a stunning collection of photographs, is now on display at an exhibition at Cockenzie House.
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Secret snapshots that exposed Hitler’s WMDs Picture gallery
THEY are snapshots from the skies over occupied Europe which played a crucial, if little-known, role in thwarting Hitler’s weapons of mass destruction.
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Arts blog: Endless Summerhall
GOT your head around the Edinburgh Fringe programme yet? Since it’s only been out a week and there are 2871 shows in it (and that’s only the ones in the official programme, there are many more that aren’t), then probably not.
Exhibition review: RSA 187Th Annual Exhibition, Edinburgh
A change of tack for the RSA this year brings the striking and ambitious curated section to the fore, upstaging the main event, but there’s still plenty of skilled work to be found downstairs, too
Comprehensive collections at the Venice Biennale
Where else can you walk from Iraq to Iceland in less than an hour and still stop for a coffee on the way? The Venice Biennale is a unique snapshot of contemporary art across the world, with 88 countries displaying their wares.
Document Scotland aim to capture country in photos Picture gallery
A SCOTTISH photography collective are launching their first group exhibition this month, aiming at capturing the essence of the people and places that make up the country.
EdinburghSketcher visits SummerHall
Summerhall, the former Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies in Edinburgh is now a creative hub for the arts with studio and workshop spaces.
Tiffany Jenkins: Home is where the art is
Tampering with Sir William Burrell’s last request may jeopardise the possibility of philanthropic gestures in the future, writes Tiffany Jenkins
100 Weeks of Scotland: Peterhead | Keith Ness Picture gallery
THIS week, Alan McCredie ventures to the most easterly point in Scotland, as his 100 Weeks of Scotland photo project continues.
Lothians in pictures: Forth Bridge
The pilot boat Smith Young passes the Forth Bridge on a still day in this picture by Evening News reader Janina Dolny
Venice Biennale: Scottish artists’ mosaics of life
With everything from Peruvian pursuits to painterly piracy, the Scottish artists at the Venice Biennale are making their mark in this year’s eclectic cornucopia of contemporary art
Lothians in Pictures: Wallyford
Angus Bathgate pictured this skylark standing out prominently in a field of rapeseed near Wallyford
Readers’ pictures of the week: 24/5 - 1/6 Picture gallery
OUR selection of the best photographs taken around Scotland by our readers, as featured in The Scotsman and scotsman.com this week.
Venice Biennale review: Scotland + Venice 2013
AFTER ten years of taking work to the Venice Biennale, Scotland has established a certain reputation as a producer of contemporary art. This show, curated by Katrina Brown and Kitty Anderson of the Common Guild, presents the work of three Glasgow-based artists, acclaimed in their work but still on the cusp of international recognition.
Venice Biennale: The world in their hands
The Venice Biennale opens for business this week. Can three Scots stand out from the crowd in the biggest art fair on the planet? Susan Mansfield travels to Italy to find out – and offers her verdict on the Scottish pavilion
Exhibition review: Ink, Edinburgh
The immediacy and simplicity of ink on paper is celebrated at the National Gallery with a wide-ranging and powerful selection
Summerhall to host Sick Kids foundation exhibition Picture gallery
AN EXHIBITION showcasing the work of four Edinburgh-based photographers will take place at Summerhall in Edinburgh this evening in aid of the Sick Kids Friends Foundation.
Images of Scotland: The Torridon Mountains
Two hillwalkers were photographed by reader Robbie McFedries on the snow-dusted ridges of Liathach, which rises to 3,461ft in the Torridon Mountains in the far North-west
Images of Scotland: Lauriston Castle, Edinburgh
This tranquil colourful scene was photographed by Bill Blair during a walk in the Japanese Garden at Lauriston Castle, Edinburgh this month
Derren Brown banned from Birmingham casino
TV ILLUSIONIST Derren Brown has been banned from a casino after being escorted from the premises.
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EdinburghSketcher visits Hibs stadium
This week EdinburghSketcher sketched his support for Edinburgh’s Hibernian Football Club
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Glasgow School of Art trio at Venice Biennale
SCOTLAND’S sixth exhibition at the Venice Biennale was unveiled yesterday, showcasing the work of three artists, all of whom are graduates of Glasgow School of Art.
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Images of Scotland: Old Cathedral, St Andrews
John Ireland sent in this photograph of three students playing music, taking inspiration from the old cathedral ruins at St Andrews
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Tiffany Jenkins: Vatican art revival good for all
UNLIKE contemporary art, religious works show us something beyond the everyday, writes Tiffany Jenkins
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Images of Scotland: Edinburgh skyline
Roy Henderson from Falkirk photographed Edinburgh’s skyline from Salisbury Crags during a visit to the capital at the weekend
Art review: Sam Durant’s historic gallows at Jupiter Artland
DRIVING up to Jupiter Artland, Robert and Nicky Wilson’s award-winning sculpture garden at Bonnington House near Ratho, the newest addition to the landscape is unmissable.
Images of Scotland: River Tay, Fife
Reader Ian Gordon photographed these nesting mute swans at Tayport, on the River Tay in Fife, on a chill but bright day. Swans mate for life and return to the same nest year after year
Readers’ pictures of the week: 17-24 May video
A SELECTION of pictures submitted by our readers in the past week to The Scotsman picture desk.
John Constable’s favourite piece comes to Scotland
ONE of the greatest masterpieces of British art will go on show in Scotland thanks to a UK deal to save the iconic work for the nation.
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African animals come to Scotland for charity book video
ELEPHANTS, hippos and gorillas may not be native to the Highlands, but now you can see what they might look like against a Scottish backdrop thanks to a new book by an award-winning Scottish photographer.
Gary Flockhart: Waiting for the return of the rock chameleon
LAST week I was beamed back to 1983. That was the year I got my first exposure to David Bowie after my older sister’s boyfriend gave me a copy of Hunky Dory on cassette tape.
Images of Scotland: An Teallach, Wester Ross
This photograph of An Teallach in Wester Ross and taken by John Dewar from the old ruined barn on Destitution Road between Braemore Junction and Dundonnell
Arts review: Degree Show 2013, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, Dundee
With its Twitter references and electronic music, Dundee’s degree show is the work of a generation at ease with the digital world, but also reacting against it. These young artists knit, sew and make models too
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