Conrad Landin is a journalist based in Glasgow.
The targeting of well-known artworks for shock value puts institutions in a bind. Should they engage with the protestors, or are they turning away from the issues being raised?
The UK culture secretary, Lisa Nandy, spoke of the importance of the arts at Labour Party Conference, but the sector needs more than good vibes
The Scottish painter’s openness to developments in modern art led him to adopt a remarkable number of styles in the course of a long career
For the Scottish painter, the line between figures and their surroundings can be intriguingly blurry
The Scottish painter who has long treated book covers as blank canvases is now also working on a much bigger scale
The axeing of 37 museum posts will force overstretched employees to work harder and make institutions shelve their grander plans
A demanding group show about the world economy could do with some more showing and less telling
The St Ives painter best known for his abstract works also created his own kind of figurative art
Few of the 1.4 million visitors who flock to Edinburgh each August are coming for the visual arts festival, but its new director has plans to make that change
The artist refused to paint people, preferring instead to focus on remote landscapes and natural phenomena
Archie Brennan was a committed craftsman with a fondness for optical illusions and a strong idealistic streak
A remarkable collection of prints anticipate and address Germany’s turmoil after the First World War
December 2024
Emma Crichton-Miller
Apollo
Christina Makris
Christina Riggs
Rakewell
This episode explores an ancient funeral stele, Marie Antoinette’s breast bowl, and how digital technologies are helping to preserve Egyptian heritage sites
What do museums really think about climate protests?
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Is Labour’s arts policy a case of warm words, no cold hard cash?
The UK culture secretary, Lisa Nandy, spoke of the importance of the arts at Labour Party Conference, but the sector needs more than good vibes