Joan Eardley in Berwick-upon-Tweed

Please join me when I celebrate Joan Eardley in Berwick-upon-Tweed with the talk ‘Collecting Joan Eardley: From the Highlands to Hampshire‘ on 24 June 2026. It accompanies the forthcoming exhibition Joan Eardley: The Sea at…

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Revealing the Scottish Colourists

Please join me on 18 June 2026 when I shall be ‘in conversation’ with Rhona Corbett, Head of Museums and Collections at Culture Perth and Kinross. Our topic of conversation will be ‘Revealing the Scottish…

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The Scottish Colourists and the Royal Scottish Academy

It was a pleasure to give the paper ‘”Complete Impotent Senility”: The Scottish Colourists and the Royal Scottish Academy’ at the Scottish Society of Art History (SSAH) and Royal Scottish Academy’s conference, Scottish Art and…

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Two Roberts In Conversation

Please join the award-winning writer, broadcaster and journalist Damian Barr and me when we are ‘in conversation’ about his new novel, The Two Roberts, at Edinburgh Central Library on Thursday 19 February 2026. The event…

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Wilhelmina Barns-Graham and Johnstons of Elgin

I enjoyed Chairing a Panel Discussion to mark the launch of Johnstons of Elgin’s ‘From St Andrews to St Ives’ Pre-Spring Collection, inspired by the work of Wilhelmina Barns-Graham (1912-2004). Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Wilhelmina Barns-Graham needs…

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