The Scottish Colourists Revealed

Beautiful paintings by the Scottish Colourists, which are rarely seen in public, are to be exhibited together for the first time at Perth Art Gallery this Spring. I am delighted to be helping with loan…

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The Scottish Colourists and the Royal Scottish Academy

I am looking forward to giving the paper ‘Complete Impotent Senility: The Scottish Colourists and the Royal Scottish Academy’ at the Scottish Society for Art History and Royal Scottish Academy (RSA) conference ‘Scottish Art and…

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Stanley Cursiter for BBC Radio Orkney

I was pleased to talk about the artist Stanley Cursiter (1887-1976) for BBC Radio Orkney the other day, in an interview with Cameron Stout. Stanley Cursiter Cursiter was born in Kirkwall, Orkney in 1887 and…

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A New Year of Art History

Celebrate 2025 as a new year of art history by reading texts I have written about Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, Mabel Pryde Nicholson, the Scottish Colourist John Duncan Fergusson and William Gillies. Read on to find out…

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A Summer of Art

It’s been a busy and exciting Summer of Art championing Scottish Women Artists this year, from talking about Wilhelmina Barns-Graham on BBC Radio Four’s Front Row to recording an interview about Alison Watt. Read on…

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