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Chronicler of vanishing countryside
ANDREW Murray Briggs is that relatively rare article nowadays - an artist who has cultivated a career and produced a notable body of work deeply, indeed almost entirely, rooted in his native soil...
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Editorial Comment
FOR A LONG time now, Scotland has seemed unable to make the most of its riverside developments - despite the fact that, geographically, these offer some of the finest opportunities in Europe...
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The Meffan moves on...
ONE OF the problems of The Meffan in Forfar - whose premises serve as both an art gallery and a museum - is that, externally, it says very little about what the building is for. In fact, apart from its entrance doorway, outside there is only a small sign hanging from the wall, and even information on the exhibitions is not available until the visitor goes inside...
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Faded picture gallery
THE CASE for a Scottish National Photography Centre to be housed in Edinburgh's former Royal High School on Calton Hill hasn't, it appears quite faded from the screen with the news that the City council has recently earmarked £ 1m towards its refurbishment, provided other financial backers can be obtained...
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The "yawning gulf" that lurks at Baltic
IN THEORY, there should be something for you at Baltic, one of the icons of the Newcastle/Gateshead rebirth...
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Baxter's back at the RIAS
THE NEWS that Neil Baxter has been appointed the new Secretary to the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) in succession to Mary Wrenn, who left the institution six months ago, presents an unexpected opportunity to look both backwards and forwards. For this is not the first time that Mr Baxter has worked for the RIAS...
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Painter of record - out with his shopping trolley
INDUSTRIAL areas that were modern powerhouses of change in a previous century now gently decay and vanish from our cities, along with the terraces that housed the workers who once flocked in from the countryside. People pass by without a second glance...
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Whose conservatism is it on show at BP Awards
THE BIG portrait show in Edinburgh sets a puzzle. How is it possible for so many painters to produce images of people they like or even love and arouse so few sensations in the viewer?...
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Morris museum mystery
FOLLOWING Richard Carr's article, Early Closing for Morris Museum in ArtWork 147 we have learned that the battle between the Friends of the William Morris Gallery and the Waltham Forest Council has not come to an end...
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Full exposure for Ainster artwork
THE CONCEPT of actively involving a local community in the creation of public art is set to bear fruit for the first time ever in Fife's East Neuk burgh of Anstruther...
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Bright Forecast
THE future for the new Moray Arts Centre at Findhorn looks bright, especially when the sun is shining...
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Colliery Tavern
Colliery Tavern by Robert Soden...
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Roger Banks: 1928 - 2008
THE deliciously eccentric and esoteric water colourist and author Roger Banks has died aged seventy eight...
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Maritime world of James Watt
THE TIDE will be coming in right up to West Regent Street in Glasgow at the beginning of April when the maritime world of James Watt comes to Cyril Gerber Fine Art...
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