What do museums really think about climate protests?
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 shape-shifting art of Adam Bruce Thomson
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
The unstable bodies of Gabriella Boyd
For the Scottish painter, the line between figures and their surroundings can be intriguingly blurry
Full of make-believe and making do: the art of Andrew Cranston
The Scottish painter who has long treated book covers as blank canvases is now also working on a much bigger scale
Glasgow’s cuts will hamper its museums for years to come
The axeing of 37 museum posts will force overstretched employees to work harder and make institutions shelve their grander plans
The art of getting deep into debt
A demanding group show about the world economy could do with some more showing and less telling
How Roger Hilton played fast and loose with the human form
The St Ives painter best known for his abstract works also created his own kind of figurative art
Can Kim McAleese breathe new life into Edinburgh Art Festival?
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
James Morrison’s paintings take us on a journey into the unknown
The artist refused to paint people, preferring instead to focus on remote landscapes and natural phenomena
Weft dreams – the utopian tapestries of Archie Brennan
Archie Brennan was a committed craftsman with a fondness for optical illusions and a strong idealistic streak
Shattered hopes and a descent into hell – German Expressionist prints in Glasgow
A remarkable collection of prints anticipate and address Germany’s turmoil after the First World War
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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