The art world’s anti-war message
Bob and Roberta Smith’s emphatic 1997 painting reads “MAKE ART NOT WAR.” But what about making art about war? With the wars and violence taking place across the world right…
Review: ‘Conversations with the Collection’ at the Modern One
Branded as a “new way to experience the nation’s collection,” Modern Art One’s ‘Conversations with the Collection’ is an example of the Scottish National Galleries’ interest in unfamiliar curatorial techniques.…
Review: ‘Your Art World’ at The National
Your Art World was curated for an audience of children to make the gallery space more accessible and a space they could relate to. However, I would encourage students to…
Interrogating art and climate change
Within Edinburgh alone, there has been a collection of recent exhibitions focusing on the environment. The Talbot Rice Gallery has organised The Recent; The City Art Centre has presented Shifting…
Review: ‘Decades – The Art of Change’ at the Modern Two
To say the 20th Century saw immense changes in art would perhaps be an understatement. The Modern Two’s exhibition ‘Decades: The Art of Change’ transports us through the world of…
Review: Monarchs of the Glen: From Whisky to Wes Anderson at Doveot studios
To commemorate 150 years since the death of Sir Edwin Landseer, Dovecot Studios is currently exhibiting Monarchs of the Glen: From Whisky to Wes Anderson. Curated by Christopher Baker, he…
Is AI art as human as it gets?
As an artist myself, specifically one working toward a degree in design, the inner conflict of seeing and understanding the morality of Artificial Intelligence-produced work blooming into creative industries is…
Review: ‘Connecting Histories’ at the Royal Botanic Gardens
Beautiful, delicate, and painstakingly meticulous in their attention to detail, botanical illustrations occupy an oft-overlooked niche of art history because of their scientific function and enduringly traditional technique. ‘Connecting Histories,’ curated by veteran artistic…