Subject Matter – ARTMAG https://artmag.co.uk all the Arts in Scotland Tue, 14 Jan 2025 10:09:45 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://artmag.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/artmag-logo-2023-150.png Subject Matter – ARTMAG https://artmag.co.uk 32 32 Art worth seeing https://artmag.co.uk/art-worth-seeing/ Tue, 14 Jan 2025 10:04:59 +0000 https://artmag.co.uk/?p=53706 Despite tough times for the arts and uncertain funding, Scotland’s galleries are continuing to stage interesting and ambitious exhibitions. Susan Mansfield selects some of the must-see shows of 2025.

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]]> All about the art? https://artmag.co.uk/all-about-the-art/ Fri, 08 Nov 2024 13:08:16 +0000 https://artmag.co.uk/?p=52823 As the Turner Prize turns 40, some critics are suggesting it has run its course. Susan Mansfield visits this year’s show to gauge the health of the UK’s biggest art prize.

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]]> The invisible magic of design https://artmag.co.uk/the-invisible-magic-of-design/ Thu, 12 Sep 2024 23:01:00 +0000 https://artmag.co.uk/?p=51770 As Scotland’s national design festival gets underway in Dundee, Susan Mansfield explores how we became a design-conscious nation.

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]]> The Best of the Fests https://artmag.co.uk/the-best-of-the-fests/ Tue, 30 Jul 2024 15:12:06 +0000 https://artmag.co.uk/?p=50933 With the world’s largest arts festival happening in Edinburgh in August, the only question is where to start. Veteran festival critic Susan Mansfield selects highlights for Artmag readers from across the Festivals.

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]]> A window on the world https://artmag.co.uk/a-window-on-the-world/ Thu, 11 Jul 2024 11:23:46 +0000 https://artmag.co.uk/?p=50635 If you missed Glasgow International, don’t worry - many of the headline exhibitions are still running. Susan Mansfield reflects on Scotland’s contemporary art biennial

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]]> The Outsiders’ Biennale https://artmag.co.uk/the-outsiders-biennale/ Thu, 11 Jul 2024 11:07:08 +0000 https://artmag.co.uk/?p=50614 There’s no Scottish exhibition at this year’s Venice Biennale, but there is a radical attempt to reverse the notion of outsiders and insiders in the art world. Susan Mansfield reports.

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]]> A Colourful Drama https://artmag.co.uk/a-colourful-drama/ Mon, 24 Jun 2024 15:57:20 +0000 https://artmag.co.uk/?p=50281 Writer, screenwriter and Artmag contributor Malcolm McGonigle watched the excitement build in the room at Lyon & Turnbull’s Scottish Paintings & Sculpture auction in Edinburgh.

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]]> All Things New https://artmag.co.uk/all-things-new/ Tue, 11 Jun 2024 14:52:20 +0000 https://artmag.co.uk/?p=50092 As another new generation of artists bursts out into the world, Susan Mansfield picks some of the art highlights from the Scottish degree shows.

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]]> The New Philanthropists https://artmag.co.uk/the-new-philanthropists/ Mon, 13 May 2024 11:48:59 +0000 https://artmag.co.uk/?p=49262 As public funding for the Arts hits the doldrums, Susan Mansfield meets some of the individuals and organisations who not only collect art but choose to support artists to do what they do best.

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]]> Many Happy Returns https://artmag.co.uk/many-happy-returns/ Fri, 12 Apr 2024 08:00:00 +0000 https://artmag.co.uk/?p=49179 2024 is a bumper year for anniversaries. Susan Mansfield invites galleries and art organisations celebrating significant milestones to pause for a moment’s reflection.

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]]> A Celebration of Craft https://artmag.co.uk/a-celebration-of-craft/ Tue, 19 Mar 2024 10:56:18 +0000 https://artmag.co.uk/?p=48249 As Scotland’s makers take their work to the UK’s international showcase of craft, Susan Mansfield visits London to take the temperature at Collect 2024.

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]]> All in the mind https://artmag.co.uk/all-in-the-mind/ Fri, 06 Oct 2023 09:36:10 +0000 https://artmag.co.uk/?p=45771 The links between creativity and mental wellbeing are long established, but complex. Some of the participants in this year’s Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival talked to Susan Mansfield about what making art means for them

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]]> Back in the frame https://artmag.co.uk/back-in-the-frame/ Fri, 01 Sep 2023 09:31:52 +0000 https://artmag.co.uk/?p=45093 Markéta Luskačová, whose extraordinary work is currently on show in Edinburgh, is just one of a number of pioneering women photographers who are at last being recognised for their achievements. Susan Mansfield finds out more.

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]]> New directions https://artmag.co.uk/new-directions/ Fri, 11 Aug 2023 08:12:10 +0000 https://artmag.co.uk/?p=44541 Director of Edinburgh Art Festival Kim McAleese spoke to Susan Mansfield about the changes she has made, and how she hopes to make the Festival stand out in a crowded marketplace.

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]]> Changing the tune https://artmag.co.uk/changing-the-tune/ Fri, 04 Aug 2023 09:42:58 +0000 https://artmag.co.uk/?p=44377 Nicola Benedetti’s first programme for the Edinburgh International Festival reveals a determination to make concerts more accessible, but she must be careful not to alienate the faithful.

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]]> Minding the gap https://artmag.co.uk/minding-the-gap/ Fri, 07 Jul 2023 10:14:50 +0000 https://artmag.co.uk/?p=43818 While women now outnumber men by 2:1 in art schools, opportunities are far from equal in the art world. Susan Mansfield looks at two exhibitions addressing the gender gap.

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]]> A one-night wonder? https://artmag.co.uk/a-one-night-wonder/ Wed, 24 May 2023 12:15:48 +0000 https://artmag.co.uk/?p=43238 As Dundee prepares to host the first ever Art Night to take place outside London, we ask if 24 hours in June can pave the way for a new way of experiencing contemporary art.

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]]> Lest we forget https://artmag.co.uk/lest-we-forget/ Wed, 05 Apr 2023 13:14:31 +0000 https://artmag.co.uk/?p=42510 In a world which would rather forget the Covid-19 pandemic, artists are playing an important part in creating spaces to remember. Susan Mansfield spoke to three of them.

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]]> Tartan barmy https://artmag.co.uk/tartan-barmy/ Thu, 16 Mar 2023 13:18:35 +0000 https://artmag.co.uk/?p=42235 Both adored and derided, tartan appears everywhere, from kitsch souvenirs to haute couture. As V&A Dundee prepares to showcase it in a large scale exhibition, Susan Mansfield looks at its enduring appeal to artists and designers.

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]]> Art AND Craft https://artmag.co.uk/art-and-craft/ Thu, 09 Feb 2023 16:02:28 +0000 https://artmag.co.uk/?p=41769 Susan Mansfield explores how the boundaries between craft and art are becoming blurred.

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]]> Heads up! https://artmag.co.uk/heads-up/ Mon, 16 Jan 2023 13:52:26 +0000 https://artmag.co.uk/?p=41377 Who are the names to watch out for in 2023? Susan Mansfield spoke to artists, curators and makers we are likely to hear more about in the coming months.

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]]> On the Road Again https://artmag.co.uk/on-the-road-again/ Sat, 10 Dec 2022 12:30:44 +0000 https://artmag.co.uk/?p=41799 After two years of disruption, actors, singers, dancers and musicians are happy to be back on tour – most of the time! Susan Mansfield heard about the highs and lows of life on the road.

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]]> Eyes on the Prize https://artmag.co.uk/eyes-on-the-prize/ Wed, 30 Nov 2022 10:47:44 +0000 https://artmag.co.uk/?p=40980 The 2022 Turner Prize exhibition has been unveiled at Tate Liverpool. But is Britain’s most famous art prize losing its shine? Susan Mansfield put the question to Tate director and chair of the Turner jury, Alex Farquharson.

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]]> The Art of the Extraordinary https://artmag.co.uk/the-art-of-the-extraordinary/ Fri, 14 Oct 2022 08:00:40 +0000 https://artmag.co.uk/?p=40355 As ‘outsider art’ goes on permanent display for the first time in one of Scotland’s top museums, it poses important questions about who faces barriers to the art world today. Susan Mansfield finds out more.

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