Arts

Martin Craig put the John Patrick Byrne exhibition together. Photo: Colin Mearns

Kelvingrove Art Gallery show celebrates ‘genius’ of artist Byrne
THE first retrospective of the “genius” artist and playwright John Patrick Byrne for more than two decades opens in Glasgow today.

Whale bone sculpture will be a main feature of the installation

Hebridean artist to open exhibition inspired by mass whale strandings

Kim Simpson's From Girls and Their Mothers helps open the show

PREMIUM New census exhibition documents Scotland’s people in photographs

The return of Nuart Aberdeen could offer a huge boon to the city according to Chief Executive of Aberdeen Inspired, Adrian Watson

Aberdeen street art festival set to return in June

The Deathless Woman addresses the Nazi Holocaust of the Romani peoples of Europe

Part-documentary, part metaphor, a haunting voice from the Roma people’s past

Andrew Redmond Barr will be hard at work

Artist to explore Scotland’s historic and treasured links to 13th-century Dutch town

Alison Rollo’s art has taken her across the world, she is set to exhibit at the Dundas Street Gallery in Edinburgh with work focusing on the female figure

Artist behind pro-independence Yes Stones exhibits in Scottish capital

Ninon Noiret is munrobagging with a puppet and a purpose

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW French artist climbing Scottish munros to raise money for lymphoma

Artist and activist Stewart Bremner touches up an installation, and examples of his work

EXCLUSIVE Pro-independence artist has offer for Yes groups ahead of indyref2 campaign

Mount Stuart is the historic seat of the marquis of Bute on the Isle of Bute

Art exhibition to explore nuances of neo-Gothic Scottish mansion

The exhibition recalls the story of Nelson Mandela’s relationship to Scotland, and the role played by the people of Scotland in the global struggle to end apartheid.

Exhibition exploring Scotland, global solidarity, and Mandela opens in Dundee

Sam Ainslie Passion Imagination Conscience full.

Passion and imagination for this Who’s Who of Scottish art

Event programme to offer up ‘vibrant escapism’ through performing arts

CULTURE Event programme to offer up ‘vibrant escapism’ through performing arts

Plebs get insight to Queen's stunning art collection at Holyrood Palace

REVIEW We plebs get insight to Queen's stunning art collection at Holyrood Palace

Arman Khan’s Jungle Book Reimagined casts Mowgli as a climate refugee

comment Pat Kane: Edinburgh Festival shows Scotland’s cultural response to collective concern

Accordion player and broadcaster Gary Innes performing with dancer Rachel McLagan at The Ovo Hydro, Glasgow, to help launch Hoolie in the Hydro, the World's Biggest Ceilidh

Want to take part in the world's biggest ceilidh? Here's your chance

Fergus Linehan (left) and Culture Minister Neil Gray

Refugeehood and migration to retake centre stage at Edinburgh festival

Megan Wild, assistant programme officer at the Burrell, which has reopened after a five-year refurbishment. All pictures: Colin Mearns

Reviews are in on Burrell Collection's major relaunch

I Am Curious, Orange (1988, left); Michael Clark for New Puritans (1984)

Exhibition to focus on the Scot who became the iconic bad boy of ballet

The exterior of The Burrell Collection taken at night South Gallery. Image courtesy of Glasgow Museums Collections

Burrell Collection in Glasgow reopens following 'spectacular' £68m refurbishment

TOPSHOT - A Ukrainian service man plays the violin in the dugout of a position on the frontline with Russia-backed separatists, not far from Gorlivka, in the Donetsk region, on December 22, 2020. (Photo by Anatolii STEPANOV / AFP) (Photo by ANATOLII

ESSAY Notes towards a manifesto for arts in a time of war

Ian Hamilton Finlay in his garden at Little Sparta in the Scottish Borders. The garden is filled with sculptures, and was created over many years with a similar counterpart in France called Fleur De L'Air.

PROFILE The story behind the fighting pacifist who created Scotland's Little Sparta

The Treasures of the National Library of Scotland exhibition will open on Friday 25 March and will feature a wide array of objects and artefacts from the museum's extensive collections

Exhibition showcasing Scotland's most notable artefacts set to open in National Library

Stirling Castle had 148,581 visitors in 2021

Slump in international visitors to Scottish attractions expected to last until 2025

Clockwise from bottom left: Culzean Castle, Stirling Castle, Glenfinnan Monument and Edinburgh Castle

Here are Scotland's most popular visitor attractions in 2021

Spotlight on Catalan Culture will see British authors such as Max Porter, left, and Catalan authors, such as Irene Sola, in conversation

Festival celebrating Catalan culture to take place across Scotland this Spring

A part of Puca Printhouse's map of the mythical beasts of Scotland. Used with permission

EXCLUSIVE The new Scots creating incredible illustrated maps of mythical beasts

Van Gogh Alive includes a multitude of different images but none of it manages to capture the genius of the artist

REVIEW Van Gogh for TikTok generation is a soulless experience

Scottish island art festival to feature weekend of radical works

Scottish island art festival to feature weekend of radical works

Derek Robertson's show ‘Singing Under The Same Sky’ opens at the Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum this week

Scottish artist's new refugee exhibition puts Ukraine crisis in spotlight

City Girl will be shown on Saturday, March 18 at 18:00

Scotland's only silent film festival to make its return as part of Year of Stories 2022

Nicola Benedetti said she was 'deeply honoured' to take on the role

Nicola Benedetti becomes first Scot and first woman director of major Scottish festival

Christine Clark will be showing off her work at the Borders Art Festival

Dozens of artists set to showcase work at Scottish art fair

Suzi Cunningham will appear as part of the Dance International proigramme at Glasgow’s Tramway

PREMIUM Dance artist tours Scotland inspired by Mark E Smith and her grandmother

Val McDermid will join the line-up

LGBT storytellers to open Year of Stories 2022 with Queer Folks’ Tales

After a three-year hiatus, Sonica festival is set to make its return

'Immersive' audio-visual artwork to premiere at Sonica Festival 2022 in Glasgow

The Russian State Ballet of Siberia had been scheduled to perform in Edinburgh next week

UPDATED Russian State Ballet's Edinburgh show cancelled after Ukraine invasion

Etienne Kubwabo is taking his comic around schools, community groups and charities in Scotland to get kids and young people creating

EXCLUSIVE Scotland's first black superhero author gets set on inspiring new generation to create

Principal of Scottish Ballet, Bethany-Kingsley-Garner, pictured for the Glasgow Evening Times

Scottish Ballet cuts ties with oil giant as BP no longer 'aligns' with green plans

Grace McIntosh - pictured in 1879 shortly after her release on licence from HM Perth

Free exhibition to shed light into hidden corners of Granite city’s past

The National has launched a new interview series, Chris McQueer Meets

'Dream come true': Chris McQueer launches new interview series with The National

Alan Cumming will attend the European premiere of My Old School on March 3

Alan Cumming and Martin Compston to walk red carpet at this year's Glasgow Film Festival

In Lesley Benzie’s book Sewn Up (left) fond and evocative poems of place are placed alongside poems reporting on the human cost of the massacres in Rwanda

ESSAY Culture is no longer the preserve of the wealthy few - we must embrace it

Andrés Ordorica wants to see a more inclusive independent Scotland. Photograph: Daniel McGowan.

The poet who found his voice in Scotland’s capital city

New Scots podcast exploring the role of arts in our futures launches

New Scots podcast exploring the role of arts in our futures launches

Photo issued by National Galleries of Scotland of a woman looking at 'At the Edge of Town', 1986-88, Oil on canvas by Peter Doig

Scottish-born artist's ‘pivotal’ work donated to the nation

Glassmaker Amanda Simmons will be showcasing her work

Artists and makers throw open doors for 'vibrant' event

A Legend In The Making: Book by Stuart Cosgrove to be made into Ali documentary

Stuart Cosgrove's Muhammad Ali book to be made into US documentary

The Burrell Collection will reopen to the public on March 29, 2022

Nine things to see at the Burrell Collection as the museum reopens

Photography will be among the artforms showcased

Summer of celebration for Scottish art community as Covid restrictions ease

Stacey Dooley is returning to host Strictly The Tour

Here are seven fantastic things to do in Scotland this week

The world-renowned Charles Rennie Mackintosh building has been devastated by two separate fires in recent years

Fire chiefs unable to find cause of Glasgow School of Art blaze

The Saltire is the national flag of Scotland

Scotland's national flag is reimagined in designs of other nations

The sale will raise money for Scottish Book Trust's bid to make books available to everyone

Sculptures of Scots literary classics go up for auction