Arts & Antiques
New selection on show at the Glasgow Art Studio
The Glasgow Print Studio has a new display in its Ground Floor Gallery. During they month of March, they are showing a selection of works that they showed at London Art Fair 2019 in January. Recent and new publications here include Smug Cogito by Alasdair Gray, Pretty Vacant by Jim Lambie, and Calculated Risk by…
Read MoreTaking his time to capture nature in its full beauty
To David Johnston, member of the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour, the north east is an artist’s paradise. Panoramic views of north eastern coastlines, woodlands teeming with fauna and flora, and majestic hills rolling effortlessly into the horizon – we are undoubtedly spoiled by the natural beauty of Aberdeenshire. Though many of us…
Read MoreRare Macallan expected to sell for half a million
A bottle of the very rare Macallan 60 year old 1926, with a label designed by the eminent, internationally acclaimed, British pop artist Sir Peter Blake, leads Bonhams Whisky sale. Estimated at £500,000-700,000, it has been consigned by a UK collector who acquired the bottle on its release in 1986. The whisky lay at Macallan…
Read MoreThe Scottish Sale highlights art, history and people
In May 2019, Bonhams celebrates the 20th anniversary of The Scottish Sale. This unique auction is long-established as the premier sale of its type to be held anywhere in the world featuring the very best of Scottish art, sourced globally, from 18th century portraiture to Contemporary Art, by way of the Colourists, Glasgow Boys, Edinburgh…
Read MoreCelebration of 300 years of Robinson Crusoe
The worlds of Robinson Crusoe and Alexander Selkirk collide in new exhibition by award winning artist Roger Palmer. Exactly 300 years after the publication of Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe, artist Roger Palmer, in association with Fife Contemporary, presents an exhibition installation that offers a fresh approach to Defoe’s much discussed novel. Through contemporary photographic imagery…
Read MoreBritish and European art and design goes to auction
A remarkable collection of British and European art and design from the British collector and dealer Paul Reeves is to go under the hammer in Edinburgh. Following the success of the Textiles as Art sale in February 2017, Paul Reeves and Lyon & Turnbull are pleased to collaborate again in 2019 on Paul Reeves: An…
Read MoreScottish items set to go under the hammer in London
A number of items of Scottish provenance are coming up for sale at the Chiswick Auctions Arms & Armour sale next week. Taking place on Monday, January 28, this will feature group of items dating from World War I, related to Captain Sir Edward Austin Stewart-Richardson of The Black Watch. Born in 24 July 1872…
Read MoreVintage day of antiques comes to our screens
The BBC’s Antiques Roadshow’s visit to the National Trust for Scotland’s Crathes Castle is to air this weekend. Filmed on a perfect summer’s day last July, the first of two programmes made at Crathes will be shown on BBC One at 7pm on Sunday, 20 January. The sun shone on the historic Aberdeenshire setting as presenter Fiona…
Read MoreLesley’s making a hue and cry in the world of art
It’s been nearly two decades since award-winning painter Lesley Birch swapped her keyboards for a canvas. Born in Glasgow and based in Scotland until her late 30s, Lesley was a full-time musician writing songs and touring as a session keyboards player for chart-topping band Hue & Cry. Nowadays, she paints from her studios in York…
Read MoreTake flight to a fascinating avian art exhibition
Aviary, an exhibition reflecting on the significance of the bird as a motif in contemporary Scottish art, will open next weekend. Taking place at the Royal Scottish Academy’s Academicians’ Gallery from 19 January-17 February, exhibiting artists are Ade Adesina, Michael Agnew, Elizabeth Blackadder, John Busby, Joyce Cairns, James Castle, George Donald, James Fairgrieve, Alexander Fraser,…
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