Gone fishing – after half a century

BRIAN TORRANCE is retiring from the Gallery which bears his name. When first opened in the 70's it was the only gallery in Dundas Street showing contemporary art, and clients, visitors and artists alike have been receiving a welcome in this friendliest of venues, down the steps of number 36 over all those years.

Now, some 49 years later, he is clearing out to make way for a new owner.

"I think I am entitled to a bit of a rest!" he laughs.

So what now? He is looking forward to travelling, which he hasn't been able to do all these years with the ongoing commitments to exhibitions, starting with six weeks in Menorca!

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The new owner, Fiona McCrindle of the Edinburgh Drawing School, shows her opening exhibition from March 23 to April 6, featuring the works of Ken Ferguson, Allison Young and Nancy Turnbull.