Inside, Outside: Caroline Ann Mordue and Audrey Rapier at Open Eye Gallery Edinburgh
21 January 2025
Review: Caroline Ann Mordue and Audrey Rapier share a dreamlike, nostalgic vision of favourite places at the Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
Vivien Devlin
RSW Launches its 144th Open Annual
16 January 2025
Review: The RSW 144th Annual Exhibition presents a colourful, imaginative, artistic flourish to kickstart 2025 in Edinburgh.
Barbara Rae: The Winter Traveller at Dundas St Gallery Edinburgh
19 December 2024
Review: Artist Barbara Rae CBE RA presents a Winter Showcase in aid of the Provost James Rae Trust at Dundas Street Gallery, Edinburgh
SSA at RSA Edinburgh Brings a True International Flavour
28 November 2024
Review: The Society of Scottish Artists (SSA) is celebrating contemporary art in Scotland with its 126th Annual Exhibition, at the Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh.
Out of Sight: Edinburgh’s Graystone Gallery Looks Beyond
21 October 2024
Review: Four Artists explore a deconstructed world of liminal space and boundary lines in ‘Beyond This Horizon’ at Graystone Gallery in Edinburgh.
Facing-up: The Scottish Portrait Awards 2024
11 September 2024
Review: This year’s Scottish Portrait Awards winners have been announced, with a large accompanying exhibition showing at Edinburgh’s Scottish Arts Club.
The Prince in Jeans: Hamlet at the Lyceum, Edinburgh
19 August 2024
Review: A bold, brave modern version of the classic Shakespeare play at the Edinburgh International Festival features a cast affected by Down’s syndrome.
Grupo Corpo: Bringing Brazil to The Playhouse, Edinburgh
7 August 2024
Review: The taste of Brazilian music, art, and culture is vivaciously captured in the vibrant music and exhilarating dance of Grupo Corpo at Edinburgh International Festival.
Home Is Coming: The Outrun at Edinburgh’s Church Hill Theatre
5 August 2024
Review: The Outrun at Edinburgh’s Church Hill Theatre relates a painfully raw rite of passage for a young Orcadian woman, in a stage adaptation of Amy Liptrot’s memoir.
Scenic, Spiritual and Symbolic Visions of Nature at the Scottish Gallery Edinburgh
10 July 2024
Review: An exhibition at The Scottish Gallery in Edinburgh brings together two-dozen artists encompassing paintings, prints, drawings and sculpture.
‘A Colourfully Creative Summer Garden of Art and Design’: the 198th RSA Annual Exhibition
27 May 2024
Review: Now in its 198th edition, the RSA Annual Exhibition is the highlight of the Royal Scottish Academy’s exhibition year, presenting the entire spectrum of contemporary art.
Spring Forward at Graystone Gallery Edinburgh
19 April 2024
Review: Graystone Gallery in Edinburgh is showing its Spring Exhibition, promising a breath of spring-fresh air with a colourful new group show.
Time Again to Meet the New Contemporaries at Edinburgh’s RSA
11 April 2024
Review: RSA New Contemporaries, the long-standing annual exhibition of work by new graduates of Scotland’s schools of art and architecture, returns for its fifteenth showcase of bold graduate work.
Sarah Knox and Esther Donaldson’s Tidal Wave at Doubtfire Gallery Edinburgh
29 March 2024
Review: Edinburgh’s Doubtfire Gallery is showing a joint exhibition by two expressive landscape artists, Sarah Knox and Esther Donaldson.
Elaine Woo MacGregor Showcases Her Dramatic Figurative Paintings at Los Angeles Art Show 2024
2 February 2024
Award-winning Scottish-Chinese painter Elaine Woo MacGregor is showcasing her work at February’s Los Angeles Art Show 2024.
The Enticing Diversity of the RSW’s 143rd Open Annual
19 January 2024
Review: This year’s RSW Open Exhibition presents a most enticing, diverse display of 370 paintings by over 150 artists, including many renowned RSW members and a selection from open submissions.
Seeing William Gillies in a New Light at RSA Edinburgh
8 January 2024
Review: The Royal Scottish Academy (RSA) in Edinburgh is showing a major exhibition of William Gillies – one of its most accomplished Academicians and one of Scotland’s most influential painters.
New Stockbridge Home for Graystone Gallery
8 November 2023
Review: Specialising in contemporary Scottish artwork and sculpture, Graystone Gallery showcases four artists at its new home in Stockbridge, Edinburgh, who observe natural and urban environments with their own perspectives.
Anna King and Janette Kerr’s Land and Sea at Open Eye Gallery Edinburgh
11 September 2023
Review: Anna King and Janette Kerr form a contrasting, impressionistic vision of land and sea at Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh.
Flower Power: Elizabeth Blackadder at the Scottish Gallery Edinburgh
9 August 2023
Review: The Scottish Gallery in Edinburgh is hosting an Edinburgh Art Festival exhibition looking at the life and work of Elizabeth Blackadder, whose legacy asserts her eminence as a leading Scottish artist.
Port Seton to Barga: John Bellany’s Tale of Two Countries at Open Eye Gallery Edinburgh
1 August 2023
Review: Marking the 10th anniversary of the death of the eminent artist John Bellany, a retrospective at Edinburgh’s Open Eye Gallery colourfully connects the Scottish and Italian worlds he captured in art.
Lindsey Mendick and the Battle with the Bottle at Jupiter Artland
1 August 2023
Review: Lindsey Mendick’s exhibition at Jupiter Artland, Sh*tfaced, explores the dichotomy in her relationship with alcohol.
Wild Wild Life at Edinburgh’s Doubtfire Gallery
4 July 2023
Review: Edinburgh’s Doubtfire Gallery is showing a joint exhibition by five contrasting artists, depicting their personal vision on a theme of flora, fauna and other wild things.
Waves of Inspiration: Lorraine Robson at &Gallery Edinburgh
16 May 2023
Review: In her exhibition Tidal at &Gallery in Edinburgh, Lorraine Robson transforms the simple shape of seashells into fine sculptural art.
