Visual Arts We visit Inverleith House in the midst of a transformation courtesy of artist Nicolas Party, who has covered the interior walls in splashes of bright colour and forests of trees. Boys and Pastels is the first major solo exhibition from … Nicolas Party : Boys and Pastel
Visual Arts Chris Ledger of Belfast’s Arts & Disability Forum outlines some of the recent work by artists with disabilities or deafness, and the facilities ADF provides to ensure an inclusive experience for visitors and viewers to its exhibitions and performances. Find … Chris Ledger : Arts & Disability Forum
Visual Arts Dundee Contemporary Arts celebrates the new season with an exhibition presenting fashion, art, film, photography, sculpture, jewellery and prints from Clare Stephenson, Zoe Williams and legendary Polaroid artist and stylist, Maripol. The work of Maripol has had a huge influence … Graham Domke : Spring/Summer 2015
Visual Arts As part of Summerhall’s summer exhibition programme ‘Outside-In’, artist David Faithfull presents his findings from his time spent on Inch Kenneth, a small island off the west coast of the Isle of Mull. Faithfull explored the history of the infamous … David Faithfull : Leviathan
Visual Arts Fin Ross Russell, Songze Wu, Manuel Loeffler, Nuria Boj and Maya Ross Russell introduce LIFE evolved, a travelling roadshow. This interactive experience and multi-gallery art installation promotes happiness, humanity and a world that works for everyone. It combines design, artisanal … LIFE evolved
Visual Arts Artist Elke Finkenauer exhibits two pieces as part of Lust and the Apple’s current exhibition programme, indoor piece The Perfectionist and outdoor piece Pathetic Kinetic. Finkenauer’s work explores and celebrates DIY, make do and mend and problem solving concepts. Her … Elke Finkenauer : Going Spare
Visual Arts Art collective Slavs and Tatars explore Mirrors for Princes – a medieval form of advice literature intended for future rulers, that related to good leadership on subjects such as grooming, speech, education and belief. Situated in the Collective Gallery’s City … Slavs and Tatars : Lektor
Visual Arts “Lorem Ipsum” is a new body of work about ambiguity of information and the limits of language as a tool for communication. The work considers identity and the self, whilst addressing the artist’s personal experience of dyslexia. The work challenges … Paul Moore : Lorem Ipsum
“Lorem Ipsum” is a new body of work about ambiguity of information and the limits of language as a tool for communication. The work considers identity and the self, whilst addressing the artist’s personal experience of dyslexia. The work challenges … Paul Moore : Lorem Ipsum
Visual Arts As part of Collective Gallery’s Satellite programme, Edinburgh based artist Thomas Aitchison explores our relationship with images, how we move and store them, and how they can be re-presented. Using himself as a filter, Aitchison trawled the internet for several … Thomas Aitchison : Drag a File Here
Visual Arts Artist Alex Hain talks about the benefit of working in a studio environment, at Selkirk Wasps Artists’ Studio’s Spring Exhibition. After being involved in a car accident, Hain decided not to return to university but to explore art instead. Since … Alex Hain : Selkirk Wasps Studios Spring Exhibition
Visual Arts Artist and curator Matthew Walmsley has pulled together a selection of contemporary art pieces to show in the grand space of the Haining. Including a new installation by himself, the work ponders on the theme of outside in, allowing artists … Matthew Walmsley : Outside In
Visual Arts ARTIST ROOMS presents a series of photographic works by influential photographer, Diane Arbus. Known for documenting subjects who were considered marginalised by society, Arbus sought to capture images that showed the subjects as they were, challenging concepts of beauty, identity … ARTIST ROOMS : Diane Arbus
Visual Arts Artist Jesse Jones has been spending time in the Black Church Print Studio creating a large scale print as part of the Prosperity Project, which is a collaboration between a large group of artists. The commission will feature in The … Jesse Jones : Prosperity Project
Visual Arts We(e) Object! is a collection of diverse and small-scale mixed media works created by UK-based contemporary artists and jewellers. Currently exhibiting at St. Margaret’s House, the exhibition features a variety of works made from all kinds of materials, such as … Eleanor Symms : We(e) Object!
Visual Arts A native of Cork, Leanne McDonagh is a 24 year old graduate of Crawford College of Art & Design, a contemporary mixed media Artist and a member of Visual Artists Ireland. Leanne is also a proud member of the Travelling … Leanne McDonagh : Reminiscence
Visual Arts From protest banners to embroidered passports, abstract fabric designs to narrative tapestries, Stitch in Time demonstrates how artists employ textiles and its associations of a popular, vernacular culture to shape and comment on contemporary life. Beginning with the groundbreaking work … Lewis Glucksman Gallery : Stitch in Time
Visual Arts Artist Alan Chapman discusses his current exhibition Anomalies, which presents a series of paintings exploring the use of paint and disparate forms coming together and apart. Chapman hasn’t used the classic artist’s materials of canvas or paper but opted for … Alan Chapman : Anomalies
We’ve been busy bees here at Summerhall TV HQ and can announce that we are launching a service similar to this, for the Arts Council of Ireland. Over the next few months we’ll be exploring opportunities in film making and … We’re keeping busy!
Visual Arts Alex Allan has taken a number of his past works and combined them to create a new site specific monument at Lust and the Apple. Cement blocks sandwiched together, monolithic sculptures and a long, octagonal shaped tube provide a snapshot … Alex Allan : Pound
Visual Arts Artist Mary Morrison introduces WASPS St Mary’s Mill Spring exhibition, a collection of work by 10 of the 13 artists who currently work out of the Selkirk based studios. With a mix of media on show, the spring show is … Mary Morrison : Selkirk WASPS Studios Spring Exhibition
Ellen Doggett and Lin Chau, students on Glasgow School of Art’s MLitt programme, present an exhibition and a programme of events at this year’s Glasgow Open House Art Festival. The group present a mix of installation, projection and live performance, … Ellen Doggett and Lin Chau : Spaces
Artists Petter Yxell, Emma Ewan and Augustus Veinoglou each brought a different element to their collaboration Prop, which was shown in the Laurieston Arches, as part of Glasgow Open House Art Festival. Exploring the meaning of the word ‘prop’, the … Petter Yxell : Prop
Caledonia Road Church was the site for artist Caroline Grape’s exhibition Lime, which was on show during Glasgow Open House Art Festival. Utilising the derelict structure, Grape aimed to recreate a reflective atmosphere, considering its former use as a ritualistic … Caroline Grape : Lime
Visual Arts Graphic Studio Gallery, opened in 1988 in Cope Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2 and has become an essential cultural feature of the city and is Dublin’s oldest exclusive fine art print gallery. Mary Toal : Graphic Studio Gallery
Visual Arts ASCUS Art & Science’s Parallel Perspectives comprises three group shows, created from direct collaboration between artists and scientists. The exhibition explores a diverse range of scientific themes relating to neuroscience and disease, from Huntington’s disease to malaria and dementia. Parallel … Parallel Perspectives
Visual Arts Precious Debris is the result of a collaboration between jeweller and sculptress Joy Bonfield Colombara, and printmaker Hugh Lyndon Barrell, at 1 Royal Terrace. The artists worked closely to create a series of linen prints, paper prints combining mono printed … Joy Bonfield Colombara : Precious Debris
Visual Arts ASCUS Art & Science’s Parallel Perspectives comprises three group shows, created from direct collaboration between artists and scientists. The exhibition explores a diverse range of scientific themes relating to neuroscience and disease, from Huntington’s disease to malaria and dementia. Parallel … Parallel Perspectives
Visual Arts Artist Julie-Ann Simpson draws inspiration from the wintry landscape of the north to create works in her latest exhibition Illuminate, in the Small Gallery of Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. These large scale paintings draw on many connotations of the sky and … Julie-Ann Simpson : Illuminate
Visual Arts Alan Robinson draws inspiration from euclidian geometry, fractal progression, natural pattern and archeological relics for his new exhibition Number, Sign and Pattern, at Gallery 17. Fused, cast and painted glass, layered surface textures and sculptures, are the techniques used to … Alan Robinson : Number, Sign and Pattern
