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    • OWNERS OF THE SOIL: WILL MACLEAN & SHAUN FRASER We explore the contexts of our Edinburgh Art Festival exhibition with...
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      OWNERS OF THE SOIL:

      WILL MACLEAN & SHAUN FRASER

      We explore the contexts of our Edinburgh Art Festival exhibition with an essay written by Gerry Carruthers, Francis Hutcheson Professor of Scottish Literature, University of Glasgow.

      ISSUE 6

    • THE SOCIETY OF TWENTY-FIVE PAINTERS Patrick Duffy looks back to 1924, when The Fine Art Society played host to the...
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      THE SOCIETY OF

      TWENTY-FIVE PAINTERS

      Patrick Duffy looks back to 1924, when The Fine Art Society played host to the final exhibition of the elusive Society of Twenty-Five Painters.

      ISSUE 6

    • MARK GERTLER: A FAMILY HISTORY Florrie Evans and Patrick Duffy pay a visit to Jeannette Gertler, the niece of the...
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      MARK GERTLER:

      A FAMILY HISTORY

      Florrie Evans and Patrick Duffy pay a visit to Jeannette Gertler, the niece of the artist Mark Gertler, and her son Mark Paros, to talk to them about Gertler and his legacy.

      ISSUE 6

    • KIRKCUDBRIGHT: AN ARTISTS' COLONY Ahead of our annual August exhibition at Harbour Cottage Gallery, Kirkcudbright we consider the place that...
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      KIRKCUDBRIGHT:

      AN ARTISTS' COLONY

      Ahead of our annual August exhibition at Harbour Cottage Gallery, Kirkcudbright we consider the place that Galloway and its landscape has in the last 200 years of Scottish art.

      ISSUE 6

    • NEW DISCOVERIES: GUTHRIE & THE GLASGOW BOYS The Glasgow Boys' rise to prominence in the 1880s injected a new sense...
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      NEW DISCOVERIES:

      GUTHRIE & THE GLASGOW BOYS

      The Glasgow Boys' rise to prominence in the 1880s injected a new sense of modernity into the British art scene. Recently, two pictures by leading member of the group, Sir James Guthrie, have come to light, which had remained untraced since their execution.

      ISSUE 5

    • HYLTON NEL POTS, POLITICS & THE WISDOM OF CATS Professor Tamar Garb considers Hylton Nel's beloved cats and their role...
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      HYLTON NEL

      POTS, POLITICS & THE WISDOM OF CATS

      Professor Tamar Garb considers Hylton Nel's beloved cats and their role as both curiosities and ornaments ahead of his forthcoming exhibition, Hylton Nel at Eighty.

      ISSUE 5

    • IN THE STUDIO WITH ANTHONY WHISHAW “I try and catch the moment before your eye settles”. Ahead of his autumn...
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      IN THE STUDIO

      WITH ANTHONY WHISHAW

      “I try and catch the moment before your eye settles”. Ahead of his autumn exhibition, Florrie Evans provides her reflections of the home-studio of Anthony Whishaw RA.

      ISSUE 5

    • JOAN EARDLEY BY OSCAR MARZAROLI As we commemorate the centenary of Joan Eardley's birth, we celebrate her legacy through the...
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      JOAN EARDLEY

      BY OSCAR MARZAROLI

      As we commemorate the centenary of Joan Eardley's birth, we celebrate her legacy through the words of friend and photographer Oscar Marzaroli, who takes us behind her familiar oils and pastels.

      ISSUE 5

    • LOOKING BACK: 145 YEARS IN BUSINESS Patrick Duffy looks back into the archives for inspiration: from the artworks and objects...
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      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…

      ISSUE 4

    • ILLUSIONIST BARBARA BALMER: ARTIST IN FOCUS Emily Walsh examines the dream-like landscapes of Scottish artist Barbara Balmer. ISSUE 4
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      ILLUSIONIST

      BARBARA BALMER: ARTIST IN FOCUS

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

      ISSUE 4

    • UTOPIA? KEITH COVENTRY: ARTIST IN FOCUS Florrie Evans considers how Keith Coventry's Hertford Estate neatly constructs and evokes a moment...
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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.

      ISSUE 4

    • SCOTTISH NATIONAL IDENTITY IN ART As we mark the 275th anniversary of Culloden, we look at the ebb and flow...
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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.

      ISSUE 4

    • DOMESTIC LIFE As the past year has pushed the domestic front and centre, Emily Walsh considers the depiction of the...
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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

      ISSUE 3
    • JOHN MCLEAN COLOUR IN THE INTERIOR Florrie Evans explores how John McLean’s vibrant works hum and buzz with playful energy...
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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.

      ISSUE 3

    • MODERN PRINTMAKING WILSON & FLEMING Jamie Mackinnon on William Wilson and Ian Fleming: two artists who heralded an invigoration of...
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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.

      ISSUE 3
    • QUEERING COUPLES The acclaimed actor and biographer, Diana Souhami, explores some of the many extraordinary lives of the women who...
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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.

      ISSUE 2
    • COUPLES A CONVERSATION Independent curator and art advisor, Selina Skipwith, speaks to Nicole Farhi about the inspiration and influences for...
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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. 

      ISSUE 2
    • JOHN McLEAN ARTIST IN FOCUS John McLean in profile. Ahead of our New Year exhibition on the Scottish abstract artist,...
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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.

      ISSUE 2
    • E A WALTON A FRAME OF 'RADICAL SIMPLICITY' What goes into framing a painting? We take a closer look at...
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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.

      ISSUE 2
    • THE BEST SHOP RETURNS As The Fine Art Society reopens its doors on London's Carnaby Street, Rowena Morgan-Cox looks back...
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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.

      ISSUE 1
    • AGNES MILLER PARKER artist in focus Agnes Miller Parker: a female anomaly of her time. Emily Walsh explores how this...
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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.

      ISSUE 1
    • ERIC VERRICO the most beautiful of johnny's circus He was the most beautiful of Johnny's Circus. But just who was...
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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.

      ISSUE 1
    • PLYWOOD the unlikely modern icon Plywood is the most unexpected of materials to work its way into the common vocabulary...
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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.

      ISSUE 1

  

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