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Art

The exhibition The Fashion Show: Everything But The Clothes, which has been curated by fashion writer and editor Iain R Webb, is at V&A Dundee until January. Picture: Julie Howden

Visual diary of fashion industry opened for new V&A Dundee exhibition

The garden of Queer Delights, by Remi Jablecki

Art review: ECA Graduate Show 2023, Edinburgh College of Art

Capital Theatres has released a flythrough digital animation giving an artist’s impression of the redevelopment of the King’s Theatre in Edinburgh

Succession star Brian Cox voices video flythrough of King's Theatre revamp

Soo Burnell Pic by Maria Portway

Spot the Edinburgh locations in Soo Burnell's new solo photography exhibition

Work by Eve McGovern Miller PIC: Kenneth Malcolm/ University of Dundee

Art review: Duncan of Jordanstone Degree Show 2023

Installation view of Gallery One at the RSA Annual Exhibition PIC: Sally Jubb

Art reviews: RSA Annual Exhibition | Ian Westacott

A festival celebrating the film's 40 anniversary has been cancelled (Moviestore/Shutterstock)

Local Hero festival in Aberdeenshire cancelled

Lews Castle in Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis where the festival was due to take place (Andrew Milligan/PA)

Midnight Sun festival starring Creedence singer John Fogerty cancelled

The View frontman Kyle Falconer

The View cancels London show after frontman punches bandmate on stage

Milestone House in Edinburgh was the UK’s first purpose-built AIDS hospice.

Princess Diana's signature to feature in exhibition on Scotland's HIV heritage

Lighthouse in the Sea of Time, by Zineb Sedira

Art reviews: Zineb Sedira | All Islands Connect Under Water

Installation view of work by David Austen at the Ingleby Gallery PIC: John McKenzie

Art reviews: David Austen & Hisham Matar | Joel Tomlin | John Knox

Eze Fuo eze anochie (Edited 2022), by Ifeoma U Anyaeji

Art reviews: Ifeoma U Anyaeji | Jasleen Kaur | Andrew Sim | Andrew Kerr

First opened by Miss Cranston and designed by Mackintosh in 1903, the original Willow Tea Rooms building can be found at 215-217 Sauchiehall Street in Glasgow. The name ‘Willow’ refers to the street name as ‘Saugh’ (from Sauchiehall) is Gaelic for ‘Willow Tree’.

Charles Rennie Mackintosh: 13 Places to discover the Scot’s famous architecture

Dire Straits frontman Mark Knopfler. Picture: Getty Images

Mark Knopfler gives Aberdeenshire Local Hero festival rights to perform songs

Entanglement is more than blood, 2022, by Alberta Whittle PIC: National Galleries of Scotland

Art review: Alberta Whittle, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh

Former Edinburgh International Festival director Fergus Linehan has spoken out about visa problems affecting overseas artists (Picture: Lisa Ferguson)

In Brexit Britain, the arts are treated as hobbyist luxuries – Laura Waddell

Cheddar Gorgeous in a suit designed by Liquorice Black PIC: V&A

Art review: Tartan, V&A Dundee

The runners William Cummings and Walter George had a fierce rivalry in the late 19th century. Picture: British Newspaper Archive

Scotland's 'Victorian Mo Farah' to be celebrated in home town

Sir John Leighton will step down as director-general of the National Galleries of Scotland in February. Picture: Bryan Robertson

National Galleries of Scotland chief to step down after 18 years

Leo Webster of Bonhams Auctioneers with one of the sketchbooks

Sketchbooks with unseen Fergusson drawings set to fetch thousands

The RRS Discovery, which was built in Dundee in 1901, will be part of the city's Art Night event in June. Picture: Eric Lynn

Historic vessels to get starring role in Dundee’s late-night art festival

Apocalyptic vision by Wiktor Zwolskyi

Art reviews: Uprooted Visions | Keg de Souza

Sir William Gillies will be among the artists featured at the Scottish Gallery during the inaugural NT Art Month in Edinburgh's New Town in June.

Edinburgh's New Town to host new month-long art festival

V&A Dundee's new exhibition Tartan runs from 1 April till 14 January. Picture: Michael McGurk

Scotland's biggest celebration of tartan unveiled at V&A Dundee

Alan Cumming wore tartan to pick up his OBE at Buckingham Palace in 2009. He decided to hand back the honour several months ago. Picture: Dominic Lipinski

Alan Cumming hails power and ‘subversive’ nature of tartan

Inma from Red Point Tattoo, London. Pic: Bart Masiukiewicz aka Pictures in Blood.

We visit the Scottish Tattoo Convention 2023

Untitled by Sammy Baloji - 41 copper shell casings (1914-1918 & 1939-1945), indoor plants, part of The Accursed Share at Talbot Rice PIC: Aurelien Mole

Art reviews: The Accursed Share | Sebastiàn Díaz Morales

John McLeish, chair of the Scottish Tartans authority, V&A Dundee curator James Wylie and tartan historian Peter MacDonald have a close look at the Glen Affric tartan. Picture: Alan Richardson

Research reveals Scotland's oldest tartan was found in Highland peatbog

Moving On, by Lotte Glob

Art reviews: Lotte Glob | New Contemporaries

Cybermen at the entrance to the National Museum Of Scotland at a preview for the Doctor Who Worlds of Wonder exhibition at National Museum of Scotland in December. Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

National Museum crowned Scotland’s most popular attraction

Kenya Friend Chicken, Firth Park, by Johny Pitts

Art reviews: Johny Pitts | Tuan Andrew Nguyen | Colin Gray

Ed McVey, playing the part of Prince William and Dominic West playing the part of Prince of Wales as they film scenes for the next season of The Crown in St Andrews, Scotland.

12 pictures of The Crown filming in Scotland

Rachael Maclean wearing ring and brooch from Tatty Devine collection

Rachel Maclean x Tatty Devine launches

Scottish-Pakistani artist Aqsa Arif will be among those showing work in the forthcoming exhiibition Uprooted Visions at Edinburgh Printmakers.Picture: Neil Hanna.jpg

Work from 30 refugee and migrant artists to be showcased in Edinburgh

Installation view of Poor Things at the Fruitmarket, Edinburgh PIC: Tom Nolan

Art reviews: Poor Things | Janise Yntema | David Michie

Joan Eardley is among the painters who will be featured in the Dovecot Studios exhibition Scottish Women Artists - 250 Years of Challenging Perception.

Exhibition to celebrate 250 years of trailblazing female artists in Scotland

The interior basement level of the Mackintosh Building at Glasgow School of Art. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Glasgow School of Art back to drawing board over Mackintosh Building architect

The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art's Modern Two building will reopen at the end of April.

National Galleries to reopen attraction after six month closure

Sergey Jakovsky of Sharmanka Kinetic Theatre PIC: John Devlin

Video report: Behind the scenes at Sharmanka Kinetic Theatre

Shonaig Macpherson has been appointed hair of the Edinburgh International Cultural Summit, which is held every two years.

Former National Trust chief to head up Edinburgh's global culture summit

Kim McAleese was appointed director of the Edinburgh Art Festival last year.

Edinburgh Art Festival scales back to ease pressure on staff

The Royal Mile thronged with visitors watching street theatre during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Picture: David Monteith-Hodge

Intrigue and change are in the air over future shape of Edinburgh’s festivals

Ice Cavern, 1951, by Wilhelmina Barns-Graham

Art reviews: Wilhelmina Barns-Graham | James McBey

Library of the Blind or Memory of Babel by Robert Powell

Art reviews: Robert Powell | Patricia Paolozzi | Lily Macrae | John Byrne

Annie Broadley's painting 'Bass Rock Gannets'

Deadly bird flu outbreak tests Bass Rock's artistic image as a beacon of hope

Spectra 2023 PIC: Ian Georgeson

Art reviews: Spectra | Bernie Reid | View - Selected EP Editions

A host of RuPaul's Drag Race stars will perform in Glasgow this week.

RuPaul stars to visit Scotland with killer comedy show this week

Whisky and vodka will be made at the new art gallery dstillery complex at Jupiter Artland.

Jupiter Artland to create ‘art gallery distillery' centre under expansion vision

Undated handout file photo of one of the new works by Banksy, appears to show a 1950's housewife, wearing a classic blue pinny and yellow washing up gloves, with a swollen eye and a missing tooth seemingly shoving her male partner into a chest freezer, the piece is set on a white wall backdrop in Kent. Issue date: Tuesday February 14, 2023.

Confirmed new Banksy artwork emerges in Kent

The festival includes Union Terrace Gardens as one of its venues, which has now re-opened after a multi-million pound redevelopment. PIC: Contributed.

SPECTRA festival of light lifts Aberdeen with stunning city art display

Installation view of Twenty-Five at Ingleby Gallery PIC: John McKenzie / Ingleby Gallery

Art reviews: Twenty-Five at Ingleby | Contemporary at the Scottish Gallery

Mural artist Mack Colours PIC: John Devlin / The Scotsman

Video report: Unite mural doffs cap to Glasgow's Calton weavers

It is a mistake to take Edinburgh Festival for granted (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Politicians must help Edinburgh Festival, not make its plight worse

Installation view of Our World at Tramway, Glasgow PIC: John Devlin / The Scotsman

Video report: Our World exhibition at Tramway, Glasgow

MacMillan spirits range Pic: Nick Mailer

Uist's MacMillan Spirits employ Minneapolis-based artist

Installation view of the Elizabeth Price exhibition at GoMA

Art reviews: Elizabeth Price at GoMA | Matthew Arthur Williams at DCA

Rainclouds over Mull and Sunshine on Iona, by Chris Bushe PIC: RSW

Art reviews: RSW 142nd Annual Exhibition | William Littlejohn | Alison Dunlop

House of the Binns Pic: National Trust for Scotland

Top Scottish visitor attractions for 2023

The interior basement level of Glasgow School of Art's Mackintosh Building. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Glasgow School of Art restoration set to run until 2030 and cost more than £100m

The Burrell Collection. Picture: CSG CIC Glasgow Museums and Libraries Collection

Glasgow museum welcomes 500,000th visitor in nine months since reopening

Bakelite leaflets 1930 PIC: Courtesy of Amsterdam Bakelite Collection / Reindert Groot

Art review: Plastic: Remaking Our World, V&A Dundee

Installation view of Turner in January at the Royal Scottish Academy PIC: Greg Macvean

Art reviews: Turner in January | Ten Years of Modern Masters

Prince Harry's memoir "Spare", released on Tuesday, is already No 1 in the Amazon bestseller charts and one of the biggest pre-order titles for high-street retailers. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Fans queue to buy Harry’s memoir at midnight to read story from ‘horse’s mouth’

Saoirse Amira Anis PIC: Lisa Ferguson / The Scotsman

Ones to watch in 2023: Saoirse Amira Anis

Philip Hoare

Book review: The Sea, by Philip Hoare

Detail from Still Life, Kurashiki by Elizabeth Blackadder

2023 Arts Preview: The Year Ahead in Visual Art

Detail from Response to Rodin, by Gill Walton

Art reviews: Society of Scottish Artists Annual Exhibition | Andrew Gannon

The Scotsman Top Stories

The damage done by a wild fire at Tentsmuir (Pic: Forestry and Land Scotland)

Ranger assaulted for asking someone to put out campfire

A computer generated image issued by Transport Scotland of the proposed debris flow shelter

£470m road shelter planned to shield A83 Rest and Be Thankful from landslides

English rock band Wolf Alice are the subject of Michael Winterbottom's film 'On The Road'.

Five must-watch documentary movies set in the world of popular music

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