For the first exhibition of 2025 at Crane Court Gallery, artists from Scotland and working in Scotland will present work across a range of media connected not only by a shared heritage and embrace of place, but also by their commitment to their respective crafts. To celebrate the great Scottish tradition of Burns Night, there will be a selection of wines, whiskies and canapés to enjoy. Crane Court Gallery is a new art gallery and...
Following the inaugural festival’s success in 2023, NT Art Month will be back for its second edition in June 2024. Encouraging visitors to experience the incredible array of art eleven participating galleries in Edinburgh’s New Town had to offer, the festival attracted hundreds of people to the area, celebrating the importance of independent spaces. For its second edition, NT Art Month will be expanding to cover broader areas of Edinburgh, increasing its reach and encouraging...
A spectacular week of auctions at Lyon & Turnbull culminated in the sale of the most valuable work of art ever sold in Scotland. The Five Centuries sale in Edinburgh on May 20th included a previously unrecorded 14th century French gothic casket (seen above) that came for sale from Tornaveen House in Aberdeenshire, where it had been for four centuries. In ten minutes of bidding drama across multiple phone lines, the price began at £50,000...
Scottish Whisky high quality for McTear’s is still affordable and is becoming ever more collectable, and McTear’s Auctioneers will tell you, it’s a shrewd investment. The July auction at McTear’s Auctioneers in Scotland was a thriving affair, with hammer prices totalling £92,000 plus for a sale of just under 500 lots of rare and collectable whisky. The bottles mainly came from individuals—many of them passed down from elderly relatives, as was the case with the...
