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The Fleming Collection The Fleming Collection is the finest collection of Scottish art outside of public institutions.

The collection operates as a museum-without-walls, facilitating public loans of artwork as a way to promote Scottish art.

"The work in Blurred Boundaries is as surprising and as free-flowing as the force which sustained its creator. The Fine ...
19/10/2026

"The work in Blurred Boundaries is as surprising and as free-flowing as the force which sustained its creator. The Fine Art Society, wisely, does not attempt to offer up a final word on John Byrne, and the cross-section of work on show stirs up new ways to consider his lifeā€™s work: it suggests passages of convergence and divergence which are ripe for exploration, while painting a vivid portrait of the artist in the round, all of his complexity and brilliance on full view."

The Fine Art Societyā€™s Edinburgh exhibition, 'Blurred Boundaries', presents a happy opportunity to try and get to grips with the quintessential John Byrne, writes Douglas Erskine who visited the exhibition for Scottish Art News.

Read Erskine's article on Scottish Art News. Link in comments. šŸ”—

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John Byrne. Patrick Angel (1969-1970). Courtesy of The Fine Art Society.

"There is, in short, a kind of emotional fracturing at work in Waltonā€™s practice which is oddly redolent of a post-Covid...
12/10/2026

"There is, in short, a kind of emotional fracturing at work in Waltonā€™s practice which is oddly redolent of a post-Covid, digital-age loneliness. It will be fascinating to see the new forms and atmospheres that emerge from her paintings over the next few years. For now, this show at 5b provides a fascinating introduction."

Uncanny and poignant studies of contemporary isolation, heavily influenced by Post-Impressionist and early-Renaissance colour and composition, are presented by Kate Walton () in her solo exhibition 'One with Others' at 5b, Glasgow ().

Greg Thomas () visits for Scottish Art News.

Read Greg's article on Scottish Art News. Link in bio. šŸ”—

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Kate Walton. One with Others. Images Courtesy of the Artist and 5b, Glasgow. Photos by Ben Seeley.

"For some works, she decided to draw directly from Hornel paintings, sketching the composition and blocking in areas of ...
05/10/2026

"For some works, she decided to draw directly from Hornel paintings, sketching the composition and blocking in areas of colour as an underpainting for her own work. 'I saw the project as an artistic challenge: to step inside Hornelā€™s creative world and continue our visual conversation there. Each painting became a mental wrestling match. I was determined not to revisit the original work, allowing each painting to evolve into its own narrative while maintaining a dialogue with Hornelā€™s work, ultimately finding its own independent voice.'"

A residency at Edward Hornelā€™s home in Kirkcudbright brought Kate Bentley inside the artistā€™s creative world, inspiring a new body of work currently displayed at The Whitehouse Gallery.

Susan Mansfield meets the artist to discuss her exploration of Hornel's work.

Read Mansfield's article on Scottish Art News. Link in comments. šŸ”—

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Kate Bentley. Conversations With Hornel. The Druids. Courtesy of The Whitehouse Gallery. Ā© The Artist.
Kate Bentley. Hornelā€™s Garden. Courtesy of The Whitehouse Gallery. Ā© The Artist.
Kate Bentley. Presence (The Galloway Idyll). Courtesy of The Whitehouse Gallery. Ā© The Artist.

The Fleming-Wyfold Art Foundation, in partnership with Scotland House London, is delighted to announce the fourth editio...
02/10/2026

The Fleming-Wyfold Art Foundation, in partnership with Scotland House London, is delighted to announce the fourth edition of The Emerging Scottish Artist of the Year award, a yearly bursary created to celebrate and support the next generation of visual artists emerging from Scotlandā€™s universities.

The award is open to final-year Undergraduate and Graduate students, and recent graduates from 2024 to 2026 who studied at a Scottish art institution. We are inviting submissions of original work from all visual disciplines, including painting, sculpture, photography, installation, video, and mixed media.

Find out how to apply through the link in the comments! šŸ”—

"But just as ā€˜Red Sun and Sleatā€™ had to be painted by someone living under the sway of skies in Mallaig, itā€™s also the w...
30/09/2026

"But just as ā€˜Red Sun and Sleatā€™ had to be painted by someone living under the sway of skies in Mallaig, itā€™s also the work of a worldly and enquiring artist who had spent time absorbing the lessons of abstraction in New Yorkā€™s white-hot artistic crucible."

The American Abstract Expressionist Jon Schueler took a trip to Scotland in 1957, exchanging the white-hot artistic crucible of 1950s New York for Scotlandā€™s west coast. It was here he encountered the most significant and rewarding experience of his artistic life, describing the landscape as ā€œthe only church that would doā€.

Douglas Erskine travels to East Lothian to marvel at Schuelerā€™s paintings of Mallaig skies, currently exhibited at Fidra Fine Art ().

Read Erskine's article on Scottish Art News. Link in bio. šŸ”—

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Jon Schueler. Red Sun and Sleat, February-July 1974, Romasaig, Scotland, oc443, Oil on Canvas, 32x29 inches. Copyright Jon Schueler Foundation.
Jon Schueler. oc363, Sun Series, viii, July 1973, Romasaig, Scotland, Oil on Canvas, 16x18 inches. Copyright Jon Schueler Foundation.

29/09/2026

šŸŒŠ Hear Dr Keava McMillan, an art historian specialising in modern art, q***r art, exhibition histories, and q***r Scottish histories, discuss Joan Eardley's fascination with painting the sea.

Our current exhibition 'Joan Eardley: The Sea at Catterline' at the Granary Gallery in Berwick-upon-Tweed closes in less than two weeks so make sure to plan your visit soon to not miss out!

šŸ’Œ If you visited already, we would love for you to share your thoughts in the comments!

29/09/2026

Listen to our director Theodore Albano as he discusses the later career of legendary Scottish artist Joan Eardley.

Eardley, whose short life spanned a range of subjects and techniques ultimately settled in the North East coastal village of Catterline. It was here that she became known as one of the most expressive and unique landscape painters of her generation.

Theodore Albano is co-curator of our current exhibition 'Joan Eardley: The Sea at Catterline' at the Granary Gallery in Berwick-upon-Tweed. He has previously worked in museums, galleries and foundations in Canada and the USA.

28/09/2026

šŸŒ¾ Hear Dr Keava McMillan, an art historian specialising in modern art, q***r art, exhibition histories, and q***r Scottish histories, discuss her favourite painting by Joan Eardley in our current exhibition 'Joan Eardley: The Sea at Catterline' at the Granary Gallery in Berwick-upon-Tweed.

There is just two weeks left to visit the exhibition so make sure to plan your visit soon to not miss out!

šŸ’Œ If you visited already, we would love for you to share your thoughts in the comments!

šŸ”” Event Alert for tomorrow! Join our director Theodore Albano at the Maltings Cinema at Berwick Barracks, as he discusse...
24/09/2026

šŸ”” Event Alert for tomorrow!

Join our director Theodore Albano at the Maltings Cinema at Berwick Barracks, as he discusses the later career of legendary Scottish artist Joan Eardley.

šŸ”— Tickets are available through the link in the comments
OR
šŸ“ŗ Join the live stream available on our page (starts at 11am)

Eardley, whose short life spanned a range of subjects and techniques ultimately settled in the North East coastal town of Catterline. It was here that she became known as one of the most expressive and unique landscape painters of her generation.

Theodore Albano is co-curator of the exhibition Joan Eardley: The Sea at Catterline at the Granary Gallery. He has previously worked in museums, galleries and foundations in Canada and the USA.

"The whole history of photography is here, from late Victorian beauties with leather bellows and polished wood casing to...
22/09/2026

"The whole history of photography is here, from late Victorian beauties with leather bellows and polished wood casing to the worldā€™s biggest collection of Brownies, the first camera for the mass market, which cost $1 to buy when launched by Kodak in 1900. When a new edition of a camera appeared, it was acquired and stored with the last. Jim would often pick up items through contacts in the countries he visited for work. Flea-markets and second-hand shops were diligently perused."

Greg Thomas has a look at the Jim Matthew Camera Collection, which is one of the worldā€™s largest collections of cameras, located in St Monan's in Fife and amassed by naval engineer Neville ā€œJimā€ Matthew.

Read Greg's article on Scottish Art News. Link in bio. šŸ”—

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Jim 2009. Courtesy of the Jim Matthew Estate.
Lights, Camera, Action Man. Courtesy of the Jim Matthew Estate.
I Spy... Courtesy of the Jim Matthew Estate.

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