THE JOURNAL

LOOKING BACK:

145 YEARS IN BUSINESS

Patrick Duffy looks back into the archives for inspiration: from the artworks and objects we’ve handled, to the collections we’ve helped cultivate, and the fashions we started…

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ILLUSIONIST

BARBARA BALMER: ARTIST IN FOCUS

Emily Walsh examines the dream-like landscapes of Scottish artist Barbara Balmer.

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UTOPIA?

KEITH COVENTRY: ARTIST IN FOCUS

Florrie Evans considers how Keith Coventry's Hertford Estate neatly constructs and evokes a moment in history through shape and colour.

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SCOTTISH NATIONAL IDENTITY IN ART

As we mark the 275th anniversary of Culloden, we look at the ebb and flow of Scottish national identity in art, and how these changes reflect the way we perceive 'Scottishness' today.

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DOMESTIC LIFE

As the past year has pushed the domestic front and centre, Emily Walsh considers the depiction of the quotidian in Scottish Art, from Sir David Wilkie to Oscar Marzaroli

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JOHN MCLEAN

COLOUR IN THE INTERIOR

Florrie Evans explores how John McLean’s vibrant works hum and buzz with playful energy and movement, picking up from Matisse and running onwards and elsewhere.

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MODERN PRINTMAKING

WILSON & FLEMING

Jamie Mackinnon on William Wilson and Ian Fleming: two artists who heralded an invigoration of Scottish printmaking in the 1930s and 40s.

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QUEERING COUPLES

The acclaimed actor and biographer, Diana Souhami, explores some of the many extraordinary lives of the women who helped shape the history of modernism.

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COUPLES

A CONVERSATION

Independent curator and art advisor, Selina Skipwith, speaks to Nicole Farhi about the inspiration  and influences for her current show, Couples, held at our London gallery. 

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JOHN McLEAN

ARTIST IN FOCUS

John McLean in profile. Ahead of our New Year exhibition on the Scottish abstract artist, we are delighted to announce representation of John McLean's estate.

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E A WALTON

A FRAME OF 'RADICAL SIMPLICITY'

What goes into framing a painting? We take a closer look at the importance of the reframing process.

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THE BEST SHOP RETURNS

As The Fine Art Society reopens its doors on London's Carnaby Street, Rowena Morgan-Cox looks back at the historical web of artists and artworks that tie our past to our future.

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AGNES MILLER PARKER

artist in focus

Agnes Miller Parker: a female anomaly of her time. Emily Walsh explores how this independent thinker was unafraid to reject societal norms and conventions of womanhood.

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ERIC VERRICO

the most beautiful of johnny's circus

He was the most beautiful of Johnny's Circus. But just who was Eric Verrico? We take a deeper look at the enigmatic sitter and his relationship with the prolific bohemian artist.

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PLYWOOD

the unlikely modern icon

Plywood is the most unexpected of materials to work its way into the common vocabulary of Modernist British design. We take a better look at this most unlikely modern icon.

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