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The Art of Sylvia Wishart RSA »

Broken Trawler by Sylvia Wishart. 1987

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This exhibition spans the career of Scottish artist Sylvia Wishart, giving the viewer a unique insight not just of Orkney but also of her life. The Orkney landscape takes centre stage in this exhibition, concentrating on her two Orkney homes; North Hou...

Mon 20 Feb 2012 by Harry Dougall | Read more »

Resident: 11  »

19th October 10.25am, Jan Pottinger-Glass

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Hidden in the basement of the Royal Scottish Academy, we find works by ten artists who have taken part in residency schemes across Scotland during the last year. They present an array of exploration and exploitation of different mediums; from Cheryl Fi...

Sat 22 Oct 2011 by Natalia de Orellana | Read more »

Folk, Yarn and Fancy: paintings from the RSA Collections »

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A word of warning: Folk, Yarn and Fancy is nearly impossible to find. After surreptitiously knocking on the back door of the RSA, which had to be unlocked, we were swept into a private corridor, eventually finding the exhibition tucked away in what app...

Wed 09 Feb 2011 by Jessica Abrahams | Read more »

Gill Russell: 'Uamh' »

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Gill Russell works with sound and light to create installations that explore and unsettle the sensory perceptions of the viewer, and her most recent exhibition at the Royal Scottish Academy is no exception. Entitled ‘Uamh’, the works exhibi...

Wed 09 Feb 2011 by Emily Burke | Read more »

RSA: New Works »

Becky Sik - Metalpour

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The New Works Exhibition presents the work of five very different contemporary artists. So different, in fact, that with such distinct styles one often feels that as they walk from one artist’s corner to another they are entering a completely sep...

Fri 01 Oct 2010 by Beth Crowe | Read more »

RSA: Annual Exhibition »

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Now 184 years old, it is unsurprising that the RSA’s annual exhibition is looking tired, weary and out-dated. What is truly disappointing however, is the Academy’s self-conscious attempt to rectify this glaring problem. The incoherent intro...

Mon 05 Jul 2010 by Rachael Cloughton | Read more »

RSA: New Contemporaries »

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There are exhibitions that shout, and there are those that talk. If you can recall the 2009 RSA New Contemporaries exhibition, you might not unfairly remember it as an example of the former. This is not necessarily a criticism. Loud exhibitions can be ...

Mon 26 Apr 2010 by Celyn Bricker | Read more »

Alan Davie: Scottish Prints »

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It is all too easy to miss the small billboard outside the door of the RSA, the sole advertisement for the showing of two decades' work by the artist Alan Davie. Equally, it is easy to miss the direction that leads you down a small staircase to the low...

Wed 17 Feb 2010 by Joe Constable | Read more »

Gerhard Richter »

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Gazing on a Gerhard Richter canvas, one feels like a child gazing from the window on that first aeroplane flight – a feeling derived both from the sublime sight itself, and the curious circumstances upon which it is predicated. If it is overwhel...

Sat 22 Nov 2008 by Michael Grotell | Read more »

ECA Principal appointed secretary of Royal Scottish Academy »

RSA Electees

Edinburgh College of Art (ECA) Principal Ian Howard has been elected treasurer of the Royal Scottish Academy (RSA), the prestigious visual arts institution based on the Mound in Edinburgh. Other appointments included Professor Bill Scott as presi...

Mon 03 Dec 2007 | Read more »

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