SYDNEY.- Minister for the Arts, George Souris, has congratulated Elizabeth Ann Macgregor, Director of Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), on being awarded an OBE in the United Kingdom for services to contemporary art. “It’s a well…
Contemporary Art on Sale in the Scottish Summer Exhibition at The Fleming Collection
LONDON.- Works by some of Scotland’s leading contemporary artists will go on sale in The Scottish Summer Exhibition to be held at The Fleming Collection from 10 June to 3 September 2011. Following on from last year’s successful inaugural sell…
Hunterian Acquires Important Glasgow Style Candlestick and Expressionist Portrait
GLASGOW.- The Hunterian at the University of Glasgow has recently boosted its Mackintosh and Expressionist collections with help from the Art Fund and the National Fund for Acquisitions. The Hunterian is home to one of the finest university collections…
Hunterian Acquires Important Glasgow Style Candlestick and Expressionist Portrait
GLASGOW.- The Hunterian at the University of Glasgow has recently boosted its Mackintosh and Expressionist collections with help from the Art Fund and the National Fund for Acquisitions. The Hunterian is home to one of the finest university collections…
Most Exciting Colourist Sale in Scotland for a Generation at Bonhams in August
LONDON.- Bonhams announces that as part of its Annual Scottish Sale in August it will be offering an outstanding collection of paintings by the Scottish Colourists. Works by all the major artists of the Colourist movement are featured, including ‘…
Legacy: A New Exhibition by Scottish Artist Roderick Buchanan at the Imperial War Museum
LONDON.- Legacy is a new exhibition by Scottish artist Roderick Buchanan which opened at Imperial War Museum London this May. Commissioned by the Museum, Roderick Buchanan’s work is a response to the Troubles in Northern Ireland, their legacy and …
Karla Black, Martin Boyce, Hilary Lloyd and George Shaw Nominated for Turner Prize
LONDON (REUTERS).- Two Scottish sculptors are among four nominees for the 2011 Turner Prize, one of contemporary art’s most prestigious and controversial awards, following the success last year of Scotland’s Susan Philipsz. Karla Black, the youngest of…
"The Erratics" Lotte Glob with Nick Evans and Ruth Barker at the Mackintosh Museum
GLASGOW.- An erratic rock is a large boulder which has been transported by a glacier, coming to rest on rock of a different nature. Lotte Glob (born 1944) is a Danish ceramic artist living in the north of Scotland. We move Lotte Glob’s work from i…
Experts Debate on Authenticity of Probable Third Known Photograph of Chopin
WARSAW (AP).- Chopin experts are trying to determine whether a photo that has surfaced in Poland is really of the 19th century composer. If authentic, it would be only the third known photograph of Chopin, who lived from 1810-1849. Wladyslaw Zuchowski…
Jean-Marc Bustamante’s ‘Dead Calm’ Exhibition On Display The Fruitmarket Gallery
LONDON.- Jean-Marc Bustamante is one of France’s senior artists and a major figure in the international art world. His clear, direct vision manifests itself in an almost bewildering array of materials and media – first photography, then sculp…