It was my pleasure to mentor the artist Andrea Geile on the creative journey towards her retrospective exhibition, Fertile Ground, at the Gerhard Marcks Haus, Bremen. Andrea Geile Andrea Geile trained as a print-maker and…

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I enjoyed choosing a work for inclusion in the ‘30 Years of The Fergusson Gallery‘ display which runs at the gallery until 31 October 2022. The J. D. Fergusson Art Foundation John Duncan Fergusson (1874-1961)…

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My paper ‘Form and Colour: Friendship, Patronage and Collaboration between Barbara Hepworth, Leslie Martin and Sadie Speight‘ for the Hepworth Research Network has gone live on their website. Hepworth Research Network The Hepworth Research Network…

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I am looking forward to giving the Closing Remarks at the forthcoming Scotland and Japan conference, being held on-line via zoom and in-person at the National Museums Scotland on 10 & 11 February 2022. The…

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I thoroughly enjoyed writing about Barbara Hepworth and Wilhelmina Barns-Graham’s friendship for the Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust. Wilhelmina Barns-Graham’s Diaries The article is based on Wilhelmina Barns-Graham’s diaries of 1940 and 1941 which have recently been…

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I am delighted to have become a member of two groups researching women artists. The first is the Hepworth Research Network. This is a partnership between the Hepworth Wakefield, Department of History of Art at…

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Hogmanay traditionally involves ‘first footing’, or the arrival of the first guest after midnight on New Year’s Eve. Whilst this hasn’t been possible this year, let’s visit some modern Scottish artists in their studios instead.…

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Fountainbridge Library, Dundee Street, Edinburgh is a rare example of modern Scottish architecture. Designed by John A. W. Grant (1886/7–1959) it was built between 1937 and 1940. It opened as a state-of-the-art library during the…

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I am delighted to have been invited by the artist Andrea Geile to mentor her as she embarks on a significant, long-term project. As it explains on her website: “[Geile is…] a visual artist based…

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As September proceeds, there is a definite feel of Autumn in the air. Bessie MacNicol (1869-1904) captures the season’s warm sunshine and the turning of leaves from green to copper in Autumn of about 1898.…

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