Visual Arts
VISUAL ARTS REVIEW: The National Gallery of Scotland
The National Gallery complex on Edinburgh’s Mound is the capital’s top free visitor attraction. Walk through Playfair’s stripped classical, red…
VISUAL ARTS REVIEW: Four Scottish Painters, Dean Gallery, Edinburgh
This spring the Dean is showing the works of four Scottish painters: Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, John Bellany, Alan Davie and Anne…
On Course for Your Career
So you want a career in the creative arts... but where do you start? Should you jump straight in or…
The Best of Times is Now
I’ve never been politically driven but I was amazed how many people were offended enough to leave the auditorium (invariably…
Nostalgia vs Future
It’s not just that Barcelona’s avant-garde doesn’t want to grow up. Nostalgia is a creeping phenomenon.
Re-imaging communities
Murals feature on many a bus or taxi-tour of Belfast, but the powers that be say that any overtly sectarian…
INTERVIEW: Audio-visual project ‘One eskimO’
One eskimO is a 4-piece band that combines beautiful music with gorgeous animations. Musically, they are produced by Rollo (Faithless)…
Profile: Maureen Gamble, Head of Art and Design, University of Worcester
Maureen Gamble (MA, PgDip Fine Art, FHEA) is head of the Division of Art, Design & Creative Digital Media, University…
Hats off to Mr Jones
I spent four days in seven at my old job working for the BBC, and one day a week helping…
Traversing the Altermodern: Tate Britain’s 4th Triennial
If Altermodern’s curator, Nicolas Bourriaud, is to be believed, the time for Altermodernism is not now, but everywhen. Starting from…