Arts Review: V&A Dundee.
It is obvious from the get-go that the new Victoria and Albert Museum is here to rescue Dundee. It could …
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Arts Review: the Knife Angel.
The countryside around the British Ironwork Centre is big and fair. There are immense blowsy trees that stand, watching almost …
Arts Review: Rip It Up.
“Your music belongs in a museum” is not, I think, a compliment. Nonetheless, most of the exhibits in Rip It …
Arts Review: David Forster’s Edgelands.
“Is that…? No, it can’t be… Oh no, it definitely is!” It’s tippex! I should state immediately that I have …
A Closer Look at Mear One’s Mural.
“I sincerely regret that I did not look more closely at the image I was commenting on.” The Labour leader …
The Landscapes of Paul Nash.
An exhibition of Paul Nash’s paintings is wandering around the country. They were in London last year; now they are …
Arts Review: Beyond Caravaggio.
Before us is Tychy’s renowned oil painting, “Visitors to the Scottish National Gallery looking at Caravaggio’s ‘The Taking of Christ’.” …
Arts Review: Surreal Encounters.
I visited Surreal Encounters, the summertime show at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, around a month ago. Afterwards …
Arts Review: David Forster’s “Passages.”
It is as if nature is officially announcing that winter is over. There is the gaiety of a blue sky …
Arts Review: The Amazing World of MC Escher.
My lack of patience with M.C. Escher is a thread which I can trace all the way back to a …
Museum Review: Ming, the Golden Empire.
Today I am a superman, touring an entire civilisation in two hours and finishing it all off with a review. …
Arts Review: Poster Art of Modern China.
“Poster Art of Modern China” is up and running on Chambers Street until the 12th July. There is propaganda and …
A Glance at David Forster.
This morning finds me in that quarter of the New Town where every second building is a private art gallery. …
Museum Review: Mary, Queen of Scots.
It is pleasant to be able to report favourably on the new exhibition about Mary, Queen of Scots which opened …
A Critical Review of the “Gifted” Edinburgh Book Sculptures.
The finest of these paper sculptures is possibly number three. Mongol hordes pour out of a cinema screen into the …
