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The Art and Archaeology of Ancient Nubia

Just finished The Art and Archaeology of Ancient Nubia run by Emory University on the Coursera platform. An 8 week exploration of Upper and Lower Nubia from the…

Masson, Taylor and King at St Margaret’s House

The 3 galleries at St Margaret’s house opened with new exhibitions until Sunday 6th July. Sheila Masson – ‘Milk and Honey’ Photographer Sheila Masson returns to the UK after…

Barnaby Barford

An individual exhibition at Dovecot Studios until the 19th of July, Barnaby Barford has subverted the staid porcelain figurine and contorted it to show the most base and…

Poster Art of Modern China

Running from 6th June to 12th July 2014 across two floors of Adam House, Poster Art of Modern China displays 133 posters prints from between 1913 and 1997….

Jason Dee – Pursuit of a Shadow

Pursuit of a Shadow is on until the 5th of July at the Talbot Rice Gallery. Having never seen Jason Dee‘s work before I was completely won over…

Norman McLaren – Hand-made Cinema

Hand-made Cinema is on until the 5th of July at the Talbot Rice Gallery, and part of the McLaren 2014 celebrations which takes place at various venues until…

The Palace of Forgetting

Robert Powell graduated with an MA in Fine Art June 2008 from the ECA, I remember the quirky demonic drawings and was pleased to see them in the Scottish National…

In Fine Style

In Fine Style : The Art of Tudor and Stuart Fashion  is  on at the Queens Gallery Holyrood Palace until the 20th of July. Comprising of portraiture, original clothing, textiles,…

Warhol MOOC – part 2

My 2nd coursework for the Coursera Warhol MOOC being run by Edinburgh University – Coca Cola Bottles (210), 1962 Andy Warhol was researching the concepts behind American celebrity…