The artist and printmaker Alan Davie has died at the age of 93. From the Art in Scotland archives, this interview between Davie and Patrick Elliot explores the retrospective exhibition of his work that was on at the Scottish National …

Artist Navid Nuur introduces his new exhibition RENDERENDER, which is currently on at Dundee Contemporary Arts. Navid Nuur : RENDERENDERNuur has installed a mix of new and existing works in the gallery space, including When doubt turns into destiny (1993 …

Artist Janie Nicoll introduces her working practice from her Glasgow based studio. Nicoll uses a combination of collage and digital image making to create works that are often site specific and explore the re-appropriation of cultural references.

Bristol based artist Rebecca Gouldson, introduces her new solo show, Industrial Shift. Gouldson works primarily in metal, and has used etching techniques to create delicate details upon metal wall pieces and sculptures inspired by the history of industry, and her …

Richard Demarco was awarded the Edinburgh Award on the 24th March 2014, for his great contribution to Edinburgh’s art scene over the past 60 years. After receiving The Edinburgh Award Richard Demarco thanked his friend of thirty years, Robert McDowell, …

Director of Glasgow International Festival Sarah McCrory, introduces some of the art festival’s programme. Featuring a range of exciting contemporary art work, the biennial festival takes place at various locations throughout Glasgow, from the 4th April until the 21st April …

Featuring a mixture of sea and landscapes, artist Ingrid Grieve’s work is about Orkney and capturing the very essence of the island. Ingrid gave up full time work to pursue her art by studying at Orkney college and receiving her …

Lucilla Sim, StAnza Artist in Residence 2012, discusses her exhibition, which was shown during the 2014 festival. Sim combines found objects and text, and uses a process that utilises potassium permanganate to provide a layered affect on her work. Sim …

Situated in the disused Market Street Vaults, Hidden Door Festival 2014 is a 9 day multi-platform arts festival, featuring music, art, theatre, cinema and literature. Artists and creatives from all over have gathered to help shape the festival and bring …

Artistic Director Aniela Piasecka introduces Stasis Company’s new performance ‘Où est la —– cachée dans la forêt?’, a site specific piece that will take place at Inverleith House, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Stasis is an Edinburgh based performance company, which …

A proud ‘Glaswelshian’, printmaker Bryan Evans introduces his exhibition at the Glasgow Print Studio. Born in Wales, but residing in Glasgow for the past 25 years, Evans has taken his inspiration from Glasgow itself to create prints using aquatint and …

Assistant Curator James Clegg, introduces the new A.R. Hopwood exhibition, False Memory Archive. Focusing on the idea of the false memory, something that we think may have happened in our past when really we just created an illusion through a …

From the Saturday 3rd to Monday 5th May, Ancrum will host a series of exhibitions by professional artists and makers at various venues. During September of 2012 a group of Artists and Craftspeople held very successful “Crossing Borders” Art Trail …

Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival hosted a preview event at Summerhall, Edinburgh, on 11 March 2014. Those attending the event were the first to see clips from the identical twin Quay Brothers’ surreal puppet animation, Unmistaken Hands, one of …

LÙB | LOOP is an exhibition by textile artist Deirdre Nelson, which highlights wool, crofting, craft skills and the feet that walk the land. In the summer and autumn of 2013 she visited stock clubs and crofters on the Isle …

Catherine Jarvie introduces the work of the late photographer Colin Jarvie (1962-2012). The exhibition features photographs from two bodies of work, ‘My World, My Wife, My Camera’ and ‘Jaun y…(The Bus Drivers of Acapulco)’. Both of which could be described …

Richard Demarco is a key and influential figure in the arts in Scotland and beyond. Starting from a young age, Demarco developed a keen interest in the Edinburgh International Festival, and has been passionate about the production of art and …

Artist David Rushton introduces his exhibition Art as Conceit, which features a mixture of political print work and small scale models. First shown in 1979, the model of a car factory canteen is encased in a grey box, with a …

Artist Ian Hughes introduces his exhibition ‘Unearthed Tongues Set Free’, which is on from Saturday 8th February, at Summerhall. Hughes’ work focuses on the horrors and atrocities of the Holocaust, using shocking techniques as a metaphor for this. Much of …

Painter Stuart Gibbs introduces his work from his Wasps’ Dennistoun studio, in Glasgow. Graduating from Glasgow School of Art in 1989, Stuart went onto exhibit his work across the UK, Europe, and even as far as Japan. Stuart works mostly …

Edinburgh based artist Jonathan Owen takes existing work and reconstructs it to make it new. In this reconstruction, he manages to alter the original meaning of the piece and present something that questions the ideas that went before it. Richard …

Artist Tania Kovats introduces her new exhibition ‘Oceans’, which is showing at the Fruitmarket Gallery. This work explores Kovats’ fascination with the sea, and includes sculptural works, and a global project called ‘All the Sea’, which is a collection of …

Artists Sam Dransfield, Ryan Gibson and Aleksandra Zawada explain the ideas behind their practice and the Stills Gallery exhibition ‘Constructions of Landscape, Work in Progress 3’. Each artist presents a development of their photographic work, utilising various techniques to test the …

Artist Mairi Lafferty introduces her new show KISS THE SHUTTLE, which is currently exhibiting at the Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop’s gallery space, TANK. The exhibition explores the industrial process of shuttle kissing, which was carried out in weaving mills in Lancashire, …

Artist James Murphy shows us around his Wasps studio based at the Briggait, Glasgow, and provides some insight into his practice. Taking inspiration from the places and spaces around him, Murphy works in painting, construction, video and photography. Find out …

1 ROYAL TERRACE is a non-commercial, artist-run exhibition space in central Glasgow dedicated to monthly solo shows by emerging Scotland-based artists pushing the boundaries of medium specificity. Run by a two person committee, they seek to establish discursive professional networks …

In 2011 ATLAS commissioned Zoe Walker and Neil Bromwich to create a soundscape Celestial Skye featuring Celestial Radio for the organisations first major event Bàta Brèagha: Bonnie Boat. The event was part of celebrations for The Year of Scotland’s Islands. …

Dundee based painter Jonathan Hood provides some insight into his work from his Wasps Meadow Mill studio. Working primarily in oils, utilising a strong palette, Hood explores light and its effect on the human form.

Fotografie is a retrospective look at the work of German photographer, Helga Paris. Exhibiting a collection of photos taken in East Germany in the postwar period, Paris’s work is considered to be one of the most revealing and compassionate bodies …

Curator of Photography at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery Annie Lyden, introduces the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2013, which the gallery is hosting for the first time. The exhibition features 60 photographs, which were selected anonymously for inclusion by the judges, out …