GLASGOW PRINT STUDIO has come a long way since 1972. It's now one of the leading, established names in printmaking in Europe and indeed worldwide. New director Claire Forsyth has galvanised things with new ideas, new projects, new awards and scholarships. The latest...
GLASGOW PRINT STUDIO is internationally acclaimed, and its 50th birthday is being celebrated in a major, culturally significant exhibition at the city's main civic gallery, Kelvingrove, with over 225 significant prints by 130 artists, which collectively embodies a...
The highly regarded GLASGOW PRINT STUDIO will soon be 50. Incredible. Half a century ago its humble beginnings in a rundown former electricians was created from nothing by a group of penniless volunteers - dedicated Glasgow Art School post-graduates wanting a place to...
You have to be reasonably senior to be an Academician of any sort. Put five together? The result is an exciting and extremely varied show. The lead here is sculptor BILL WOODROW, (Top Photo) already a legend in his mid-twenties, with a first solo show in 1972 at the...
As a student, I did some wood engraving. So I know how difficult it is. JAMES GREER has over 60 years of experience wielding a sharp tool over boxwood with superb, often witty, always joyful results. His work is, above all, autobiographical, drawn from personal...
THE LOVE OF PRINT is a superb, giant size, memorable, wide-ranging and serious exhibition which spans 50 years of Scottish printmaking. It celebrates GLASGOW PRINT STUDIO's 50th birthday and is, as all birthdays should be, celebratory. Lively and joyful, its 240...
The widow of Pop artist Roy Lichtenstein has announced that the Lichtenstein family has donated the late artist's studio building to the Museum. The Whitney, who since moving downtown in 2015 has been a neighbour of the studio, operating four blocks north on...
Seventy exhibitions and events from over 100 artists. Sounds a lot? Yet, the overall result of Glasgow International is disappointingly thin. Today's restrictions don't help. Covid prevents international artists jetting in and gallery-goers now have to book a ticket...
A new era pre-supposes the old. Edinburgh Printmakers new £12m home at Castle Mills, Edinburgh is spectacular! A fantastic purpose-designed re-imagining of a huge listed building now full of 17 presses for etching, lithography, silkscreen - and much more. It has state...