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Collection of both established and emerging Scottish artists.
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A boy standing barefoot in a doorway, shielding his eyes from the sun as he clutches a stack of schoolbooks. The title offers context: The Reluctant Schoolboy.
John Burn’s sensitive handling of light and texture transforms a quiet pause into something poignant. You can almost hear his fed-up sigh!
John Burn’s sensitive handling of light and texture transforms a quiet pause into something poignant. You can almost hear his fed-up sigh!
November 27, 2025 at 12:02 PM
A boy standing barefoot in a doorway, shielding his eyes from the sun as he clutches a stack of schoolbooks. The title offers context: The Reluctant Schoolboy.
John Burn’s sensitive handling of light and texture transforms a quiet pause into something poignant. You can almost hear his fed-up sigh!
John Burn’s sensitive handling of light and texture transforms a quiet pause into something poignant. You can almost hear his fed-up sigh!
This preparatory sketch of St Agnes offers a window into artist David Gauld’s creative process, showing how his ideas took form before becoming the completed painting.
Seen here alongside the final work, now held by National Galleries Scotland, it reveals the journey to fully realised composition.
Seen here alongside the final work, now held by National Galleries Scotland, it reveals the journey to fully realised composition.
November 25, 2025 at 12:01 PM
This preparatory sketch of St Agnes offers a window into artist David Gauld’s creative process, showing how his ideas took form before becoming the completed painting.
Seen here alongside the final work, now held by National Galleries Scotland, it reveals the journey to fully realised composition.
Seen here alongside the final work, now held by National Galleries Scotland, it reveals the journey to fully realised composition.
Less than a week to enter our 2025 Young People’s Art Competition! 🖌️
Open to under 16s, all entries must be inspired by works in The Fleming Collection 🖼️
📩 Send artwork (JPEG/PDF) + details to [email protected]
Explore for inspo: flemingcollection.co.uk or Art UK 🌟
Open to under 16s, all entries must be inspired by works in The Fleming Collection 🖼️
📩 Send artwork (JPEG/PDF) + details to [email protected]
Explore for inspo: flemingcollection.co.uk or Art UK 🌟
November 23, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Less than a week to enter our 2025 Young People’s Art Competition! 🖌️
Open to under 16s, all entries must be inspired by works in The Fleming Collection 🖼️
📩 Send artwork (JPEG/PDF) + details to [email protected]
Explore for inspo: flemingcollection.co.uk or Art UK 🌟
Open to under 16s, all entries must be inspired by works in The Fleming Collection 🖼️
📩 Send artwork (JPEG/PDF) + details to [email protected]
Explore for inspo: flemingcollection.co.uk or Art UK 🌟
🎨 Grace Ndiritu’s Compassionate Rebels in Action transforms Cooper Gallery into a space of protest and collective action.
Read Shalmali Shetty’s review of the immersive exhibition, the final sit-in of the Ignorant Art School initiative: bit.ly/gracendiritu
Read Shalmali Shetty’s review of the immersive exhibition, the final sit-in of the Ignorant Art School initiative: bit.ly/gracendiritu
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November 21, 2025 at 2:00 PM
🎨 Grace Ndiritu’s Compassionate Rebels in Action transforms Cooper Gallery into a space of protest and collective action.
Read Shalmali Shetty’s review of the immersive exhibition, the final sit-in of the Ignorant Art School initiative: bit.ly/gracendiritu
Read Shalmali Shetty’s review of the immersive exhibition, the final sit-in of the Ignorant Art School initiative: bit.ly/gracendiritu
🎨 This week’s spotlight: Aoife Cawley, a printmaker and textiles artist working between Ireland and Scotland.
Recent residencies include Creative Spark and the Hugo Burge Foundation, and she received the RSA John Kinross Scholarship in 2024.
Recent residencies include Creative Spark and the Hugo Burge Foundation, and she received the RSA John Kinross Scholarship in 2024.
November 19, 2025 at 1:08 PM
🎨 This week’s spotlight: Aoife Cawley, a printmaker and textiles artist working between Ireland and Scotland.
Recent residencies include Creative Spark and the Hugo Burge Foundation, and she received the RSA John Kinross Scholarship in 2024.
Recent residencies include Creative Spark and the Hugo Burge Foundation, and she received the RSA John Kinross Scholarship in 2024.
Dog is man’s best friend 🐶
Here are a few of our favourite four-legged muses from the Fleming Collection 🎨
#ScottishArt #FlemingCollection #DogsInArt
Here are a few of our favourite four-legged muses from the Fleming Collection 🎨
#ScottishArt #FlemingCollection #DogsInArt
November 16, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Dog is man’s best friend 🐶
Here are a few of our favourite four-legged muses from the Fleming Collection 🎨
#ScottishArt #FlemingCollection #DogsInArt
Here are a few of our favourite four-legged muses from the Fleming Collection 🎨
#ScottishArt #FlemingCollection #DogsInArt
‘Border Crossings’ at The McManus in Dundee spotlights Scottish artists whose bold visions and international acclaim placed them among the greats of global art history.
On our website, we delve into the artists who carried Scottish art onto the world stage: bit.ly/bordercrossi...
On our website, we delve into the artists who carried Scottish art onto the world stage: bit.ly/bordercrossi...
November 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM
‘Border Crossings’ at The McManus in Dundee spotlights Scottish artists whose bold visions and international acclaim placed them among the greats of global art history.
On our website, we delve into the artists who carried Scottish art onto the world stage: bit.ly/bordercrossi...
On our website, we delve into the artists who carried Scottish art onto the world stage: bit.ly/bordercrossi...
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Scottish Art News obituary of Ian McKenzie Smith, the former director of Aberdeen Art Gallery and the city’s Director of Arts who helped transform Aberdeen’s artistic landscape.
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Scottish Art News obituary of Ian McKenzie Smith, the former director of Aberdeen Art Gallery and the city’s Director of Arts who helped transform Aberdeen’s artistic landscape.
www.flemingcollection.com/scottish_art...
November 7, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Scottish Art News obituary of Ian McKenzie Smith, the former director of Aberdeen Art Gallery and the city’s Director of Arts who helped transform Aberdeen’s artistic landscape.
www.flemingcollection.com/scottish_art...
Scottish Art News obituary of Ian McKenzie Smith, the former director of Aberdeen Art Gallery and the city’s Director of Arts who helped transform Aberdeen’s artistic landscape.
www.flemingcollection.com/scottish_art...
We were saddened to hear of the passing of Ian McKenzie Smith (1935–2025), former Director of Aberdeen Art Gallery.
A leading figure in Scottish abstract art, he was a lifelong champion of the arts in Aberdeen and beyond.
Read @neilcooper.bsky.social's full tribute here: bit.ly/ianmckenzies...
A leading figure in Scottish abstract art, he was a lifelong champion of the arts in Aberdeen and beyond.
Read @neilcooper.bsky.social's full tribute here: bit.ly/ianmckenzies...
November 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
We were saddened to hear of the passing of Ian McKenzie Smith (1935–2025), former Director of Aberdeen Art Gallery.
A leading figure in Scottish abstract art, he was a lifelong champion of the arts in Aberdeen and beyond.
Read @neilcooper.bsky.social's full tribute here: bit.ly/ianmckenzies...
A leading figure in Scottish abstract art, he was a lifelong champion of the arts in Aberdeen and beyond.
Read @neilcooper.bsky.social's full tribute here: bit.ly/ianmckenzies...
Born in Poland, raised in Orkney and now based in Glasgow, artist Adela Kałuzińska’s first solo show traces the relationships between landscape, memory and cultural identity 💫
Read Lena Kammerer’s interview with the artist on our website here: bit.ly/adelakauzisk...
Read Lena Kammerer’s interview with the artist on our website here: bit.ly/adelakauzisk...
November 6, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Born in Poland, raised in Orkney and now based in Glasgow, artist Adela Kałuzińska’s first solo show traces the relationships between landscape, memory and cultural identity 💫
Read Lena Kammerer’s interview with the artist on our website here: bit.ly/adelakauzisk...
Read Lena Kammerer’s interview with the artist on our website here: bit.ly/adelakauzisk...
We had brilliant evening with artist Mary Lydon, recipient of this year’s Fleming Collection Emerging Scottish Artist of the Year Award 🏆
Read more about Mary's work here: bit.ly/marylydonart
Read more about Mary's work here: bit.ly/marylydonart
November 4, 2025 at 9:30 AM
We had brilliant evening with artist Mary Lydon, recipient of this year’s Fleming Collection Emerging Scottish Artist of the Year Award 🏆
Read more about Mary's work here: bit.ly/marylydonart
Read more about Mary's work here: bit.ly/marylydonart
Britain’s industry can feel at odds with its pastoral beauty, but artist @lachlangoudie.bsky.social sees deep connections.
His #fromtheforesttotheforge exhibition runs 30 Oct–22 Nov at The Scottish Gallery, Edinbugh.
His #fromtheforesttotheforge exhibition runs 30 Oct–22 Nov at The Scottish Gallery, Edinbugh.
November 2, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Britain’s industry can feel at odds with its pastoral beauty, but artist @lachlangoudie.bsky.social sees deep connections.
His #fromtheforesttotheforge exhibition runs 30 Oct–22 Nov at The Scottish Gallery, Edinbugh.
His #fromtheforesttotheforge exhibition runs 30 Oct–22 Nov at The Scottish Gallery, Edinbugh.
Happy Halloween! 🎃
In Greek myth, King Lycaon serves human flesh to Zeus. Enraged, Zeus turns him into a wolf, one of the first werewolf legends.
In Lycaon’s Cooks, artist Paul Reid imagines the kitchen staff facing the grisly task of preparing the meal 🍲
In Greek myth, King Lycaon serves human flesh to Zeus. Enraged, Zeus turns him into a wolf, one of the first werewolf legends.
In Lycaon’s Cooks, artist Paul Reid imagines the kitchen staff facing the grisly task of preparing the meal 🍲
October 31, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Happy Halloween! 🎃
In Greek myth, King Lycaon serves human flesh to Zeus. Enraged, Zeus turns him into a wolf, one of the first werewolf legends.
In Lycaon’s Cooks, artist Paul Reid imagines the kitchen staff facing the grisly task of preparing the meal 🍲
In Greek myth, King Lycaon serves human flesh to Zeus. Enraged, Zeus turns him into a wolf, one of the first werewolf legends.
In Lycaon’s Cooks, artist Paul Reid imagines the kitchen staff facing the grisly task of preparing the meal 🍲
Today would have been Scottish poet, writer, artist, and gardener Ian Hamilton Finlay’s 100th birthday 🥳
We dedicated the latest issue of Scottish Art News to Hamilton Finlay and his legacy in Scottish art 📰
You can read the magazine for free online here: bit.ly/ianhamiltonf...
We dedicated the latest issue of Scottish Art News to Hamilton Finlay and his legacy in Scottish art 📰
You can read the magazine for free online here: bit.ly/ianhamiltonf...
October 28, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Today would have been Scottish poet, writer, artist, and gardener Ian Hamilton Finlay’s 100th birthday 🥳
We dedicated the latest issue of Scottish Art News to Hamilton Finlay and his legacy in Scottish art 📰
You can read the magazine for free online here: bit.ly/ianhamiltonf...
We dedicated the latest issue of Scottish Art News to Hamilton Finlay and his legacy in Scottish art 📰
You can read the magazine for free online here: bit.ly/ianhamiltonf...
Our Young People’s Art Competition 2025 is open! 🎨
Categories: Under 11s • 11–16s • School class project
Prizes: £100 art voucher + book for runners-up
Deadline: 28 Nov 2025
Get inspired: flemingcollection.co.uk / Art UK
Categories: Under 11s • 11–16s • School class project
Prizes: £100 art voucher + book for runners-up
Deadline: 28 Nov 2025
Get inspired: flemingcollection.co.uk / Art UK
October 26, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Our Young People’s Art Competition 2025 is open! 🎨
Categories: Under 11s • 11–16s • School class project
Prizes: £100 art voucher + book for runners-up
Deadline: 28 Nov 2025
Get inspired: flemingcollection.co.uk / Art UK
Categories: Under 11s • 11–16s • School class project
Prizes: £100 art voucher + book for runners-up
Deadline: 28 Nov 2025
Get inspired: flemingcollection.co.uk / Art UK
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Lucy also did the part of the interior of Mono in Glasgow depicting Eno saying Optimism!
October 24, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Lucy also did the part of the interior of Mono in Glasgow depicting Eno saying Optimism!
This week we're spotlighting Lucy McKenzie, a Glasgow-born, Brussels-based artist.
McKenzie often employs the illusionistic trompe l’oeil technique, painting so realistically that it literally ‘deceives the eye’.
Her current solo exhibition, Orchestrion, is at Franz Josefs Kai 3, Vienna now.
McKenzie often employs the illusionistic trompe l’oeil technique, painting so realistically that it literally ‘deceives the eye’.
Her current solo exhibition, Orchestrion, is at Franz Josefs Kai 3, Vienna now.
![Anonymous Youth, Donatello John the Baptist 1.1., Donatello John the Baptist 2, 2019 Oil on fiberglass plastic. Donatello John the Baptist 1.2., 2019, Courtesy of Galerie Buchholz Berlin/Cologne/New York. Karusellorgel [carousel organ], Wiener Prater, Karl Soukup for Fa. Stiller, 1931/32 Collection of the Wien Museum, Vienna. Lucy McKenzie, Orchestrion, fjk3—Contemporary Art Space, 2025. Photo: Lisa Rastl](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5dbn43qgifopvokhi6ibeigd/bafkreieyysjpnq5kyt7or63hewx6d3dmky766povmh4cmkudplvkkvvigy@jpeg)
October 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
This week we're spotlighting Lucy McKenzie, a Glasgow-born, Brussels-based artist.
McKenzie often employs the illusionistic trompe l’oeil technique, painting so realistically that it literally ‘deceives the eye’.
Her current solo exhibition, Orchestrion, is at Franz Josefs Kai 3, Vienna now.
McKenzie often employs the illusionistic trompe l’oeil technique, painting so realistically that it literally ‘deceives the eye’.
Her current solo exhibition, Orchestrion, is at Franz Josefs Kai 3, Vienna now.
✨ Who’s shaping the future of Scottish craft?
Meet the emerging makers celebrated in this year’s Inches Carr Craft Awards, from silversmith Scott Smith to textile artist Erin McQuarrie.
bit.ly/scotlandcraf...
Meet the emerging makers celebrated in this year’s Inches Carr Craft Awards, from silversmith Scott Smith to textile artist Erin McQuarrie.
bit.ly/scotlandcraf...
October 21, 2025 at 12:02 PM
✨ Who’s shaping the future of Scottish craft?
Meet the emerging makers celebrated in this year’s Inches Carr Craft Awards, from silversmith Scott Smith to textile artist Erin McQuarrie.
bit.ly/scotlandcraf...
Meet the emerging makers celebrated in this year’s Inches Carr Craft Awards, from silversmith Scott Smith to textile artist Erin McQuarrie.
bit.ly/scotlandcraf...
We are thrilled to announce that Mary Lydon is the recipient of our Emerging Scottish Artist of the Year Award! 🏆
Lydon is a Glasgow-based artist from Ukraine whose powerful work processes collective trauma and war while safeguarding Ukrainian and Scottish cultural heritage.
Lydon is a Glasgow-based artist from Ukraine whose powerful work processes collective trauma and war while safeguarding Ukrainian and Scottish cultural heritage.
October 19, 2025 at 9:00 AM
We are thrilled to announce that Mary Lydon is the recipient of our Emerging Scottish Artist of the Year Award! 🏆
Lydon is a Glasgow-based artist from Ukraine whose powerful work processes collective trauma and war while safeguarding Ukrainian and Scottish cultural heritage.
Lydon is a Glasgow-based artist from Ukraine whose powerful work processes collective trauma and war while safeguarding Ukrainian and Scottish cultural heritage.
This week we're spotlighting Matthew Arthur Williams, a Glasgow-based artist whose practice incorporates photography, moving image, and sound.
His latest exhibition, In Consideration of Our Times, is on view at Stills, Edinburgh until 18 October 2025.
His latest exhibition, In Consideration of Our Times, is on view at Stills, Edinburgh until 18 October 2025.
October 14, 2025 at 12:30 PM
This week we're spotlighting Matthew Arthur Williams, a Glasgow-based artist whose practice incorporates photography, moving image, and sound.
His latest exhibition, In Consideration of Our Times, is on view at Stills, Edinburgh until 18 October 2025.
His latest exhibition, In Consideration of Our Times, is on view at Stills, Edinburgh until 18 October 2025.
Sir William Quiller Orchardson's 1874 painting, Ophelia, is a prime example of his skill in blending literary narrative with psychological drama.
See the painting at @sainsburycentre.bsky.social's Eyewitness exhibition until 17 May, 2026 🥀
See the painting at @sainsburycentre.bsky.social's Eyewitness exhibition until 17 May, 2026 🥀
October 12, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Sir William Quiller Orchardson's 1874 painting, Ophelia, is a prime example of his skill in blending literary narrative with psychological drama.
See the painting at @sainsburycentre.bsky.social's Eyewitness exhibition until 17 May, 2026 🥀
See the painting at @sainsburycentre.bsky.social's Eyewitness exhibition until 17 May, 2026 🥀
The 2025 Folkestone Triennial, How Lies the Land?, brings a distinctly Scottish perspective to this landmark exhibition of contemporary art.
Susan Mansfield talks with curator Sorcha Carey about Scottish artists, new commissions, and the stories shaping Folkestone.
👉 bit.ly/howliestheland
Susan Mansfield talks with curator Sorcha Carey about Scottish artists, new commissions, and the stories shaping Folkestone.
👉 bit.ly/howliestheland
October 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The 2025 Folkestone Triennial, How Lies the Land?, brings a distinctly Scottish perspective to this landmark exhibition of contemporary art.
Susan Mansfield talks with curator Sorcha Carey about Scottish artists, new commissions, and the stories shaping Folkestone.
👉 bit.ly/howliestheland
Susan Mansfield talks with curator Sorcha Carey about Scottish artists, new commissions, and the stories shaping Folkestone.
👉 bit.ly/howliestheland
This week we're spotlighting Scottish contemporary artist #LeahMoodie 🎨
Moodie creates dreamlike, emotionally charged scenes on translucent PVC shower curtains, giving her work a ghostly, layered quality 💫
Moodie creates dreamlike, emotionally charged scenes on translucent PVC shower curtains, giving her work a ghostly, layered quality 💫
October 7, 2025 at 5:02 PM
This week we're spotlighting Scottish contemporary artist #LeahMoodie 🎨
Moodie creates dreamlike, emotionally charged scenes on translucent PVC shower curtains, giving her work a ghostly, layered quality 💫
Moodie creates dreamlike, emotionally charged scenes on translucent PVC shower curtains, giving her work a ghostly, layered quality 💫
Turn that frown upside down – it’s National Smile Day! 😁
Here are some timeless smiles captured on canvas in The Fleming Collection 🎨
Here are some timeless smiles captured on canvas in The Fleming Collection 🎨
October 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Turn that frown upside down – it’s National Smile Day! 😁
Here are some timeless smiles captured on canvas in The Fleming Collection 🎨
Here are some timeless smiles captured on canvas in The Fleming Collection 🎨
‘Lochaber No More’ captures the human cost of the Highland Clearances.
Today, our Director Theodore Albano is at Saoghal Mòr Farsaing, the Outer Hebrides Emigration Conference, exploring how artists have portrayed emigration.
If you’re attending, please come and say hello!
Today, our Director Theodore Albano is at Saoghal Mòr Farsaing, the Outer Hebrides Emigration Conference, exploring how artists have portrayed emigration.
If you’re attending, please come and say hello!
September 30, 2025 at 9:01 AM
‘Lochaber No More’ captures the human cost of the Highland Clearances.
Today, our Director Theodore Albano is at Saoghal Mòr Farsaing, the Outer Hebrides Emigration Conference, exploring how artists have portrayed emigration.
If you’re attending, please come and say hello!
Today, our Director Theodore Albano is at Saoghal Mòr Farsaing, the Outer Hebrides Emigration Conference, exploring how artists have portrayed emigration.
If you’re attending, please come and say hello!