Rethinking the National Galleries: Ken Currie’s Three Oncologists
As if you just swung through the theatre doors and interrupted them mid-surgery, Ken Currie’s Three Oncologists stare blankly at you. Ghostly and exhausted, their limp and bloody hands morbidly…
Edinburgh Art Festival 2017: ‘Black Burns’ and ‘The Slave’s Lament’
Scotland’s national poet Robert Burns is today celebrated as an opponent of injustice and a defender of the downtrodden. However, this is perhaps not the full story; he was close…
When We Were Young: Photographs of Childhood
In many ways, it could be argued that children are the perfect photography subject. They possess a genuine lack of self-consciousness that is so uncommon in the adult subject. Photographs…
Bad Entertainment
Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Until 8th May The ground floor contemporary gallery of the Portrait Gallery houses the exhibition Bad Entertainment. It was created by young Scottish people, drawn from…
Document Scotland: The Ties that Bind
Scottish National Portrait Gallery: until 26th April ‘The Ties that Bind’ is a compelling and unusual exhibition currently being displayed at the National Portrait Gallery. The photography compilation is…
BP Portrait Award 2015
Scottish National portrait Gallery: until 28th February The BP Portrait Award returns to the Scottish National Portrait Gallery after exhibiting in its London counterpart and includes the works of…