self-portraits | contemplating the brain
[2016] Artists have always created self-portraits. Whatever their motivation (as a showcase for their talents, a political statement or a conscious projection of their best self),
modern scottish women | series
[2015] Modern Scottish Women was an exhibition of work by Scottish women artists at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, concentrating on painters and sculptors, from 1885
joan eardley | a sense of place
[2016] Catterline is a small coastal village on the Aberdeenshire coast of the North Sea. During a 1951 exhibition of her work, artist Joan Eardley contracted the mumps. While she
kenny hunter | materiality
[2015] Kenny Hunter is a Scottish artist who is best known for his three dimensional works. His work considers the traditions of sculpture: providing a new or contemporary analysis
artists by artists | portrait photography
[2015] The photography collection at the National Galleries of Scotland holds a number of portraits depicting some of the best known artists of the last century: many of them taken
the two roberts
[2015] The Two Roberts’ (Robert Colquhoun and Robert MacBryde) relationship began when they met at Glasgow School of Art in 1933, and by 1950 they were among the most famous
a portrait of alan cumming
[2015] In 2014 the search for Sky Arts’ Portrait Artist of the Year took place across the UK and Ireland. Gibraltar-born artist Christian Hook was announced as the overall winner
