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The New Era Group: Five Artists and a Different Kind of Edinburgh

The New Era Group: Five Artists and a Different...

Viki Knott

Original New Era Group Catalogue 1939   In 1939, five artists came together in Edinburgh to exhibit work that had little interest in following the usual rules. Their group was...

The New Era Group: Five Artists and a Different...

Viki Knott

Original New Era Group Catalogue 1939   In 1939, five artists came together in Edinburgh to exhibit work that had little interest in following the usual rules. Their group was...

Rosemary Eva Broom: A Life in Paint

Rosemary Eva Broom: A Life in Paint

Viki Knott

There is something particularly satisfying about discovering an artist whose work has largely escaped the attention of the wider art market. Rosemary Eva Broom is one of those artists. We...

Rosemary Eva Broom: A Life in Paint

Viki Knott

There is something particularly satisfying about discovering an artist whose work has largely escaped the attention of the wider art market. Rosemary Eva Broom is one of those artists. We...

Babs Redpath: An Overlooked Scottish Artist

Babs Redpath: An Overlooked Scottish Artist

Viki Knott

An overlooked Scottish artist with a fascinating body of work. From Glasgow pigeon lofts to colourful still lifes, discover the paintings of Babs Redpath, who studied under William Gillies and...

Babs Redpath: An Overlooked Scottish Artist

Viki Knott

An overlooked Scottish artist with a fascinating body of work. From Glasgow pigeon lofts to colourful still lifes, discover the paintings of Babs Redpath, who studied under William Gillies and...

The Surrealist Private: How Rendell Wells Ran the British Army’s First Art Class

The Surrealist Private: How Rendell Wells Ran t...

Eileen McBryde

In 1942 Private Rendell Wells was serving in the Royal Scots Greys, stationed at King’s College, Newcastle, under the North-Eastern Regional Committee for Education in H.M. Forces, Wells made military...

The Surrealist Private: How Rendell Wells Ran t...

Eileen McBryde

In 1942 Private Rendell Wells was serving in the Royal Scots Greys, stationed at King’s College, Newcastle, under the North-Eastern Regional Committee for Education in H.M. Forces, Wells made military...

Filmplakate | A Fine Artform

Filmplakate | A Fine Artform

Eileen McBryde

As we unfurled these canvases we realised we had something special; graphic, vibrant, commercial pop art from 1960s West German, all hand painted with the precision of fine art. I...

Filmplakate | A Fine Artform

Eileen McBryde

As we unfurled these canvases we realised we had something special; graphic, vibrant, commercial pop art from 1960s West German, all hand painted with the precision of fine art. I...

From Derelict Butchery to Scotlands Most Unusual Art Gallery

From Derelict Butchery to Scotlands Most Unusua...

Viki Knott

When I first walked into the basement at 2 Hutchison Terrace, it was derelict, dark, cold and forgotten. But even in that state, the building had a presence. The glazed...

From Derelict Butchery to Scotlands Most Unusua...

Viki Knott

When I first walked into the basement at 2 Hutchison Terrace, it was derelict, dark, cold and forgotten. But even in that state, the building had a presence. The glazed...