10 exhibitions to see in Glasgow and Edinburgh in May
Her latest pieces examine the ways in which landscapes can communicate a narrative and induce feelings of nostalgia and escapism in the viewer.
Using personal photos, memories, and found imagery as sources of inspiration, the artist has created a world that is part-imagined and part-remembered, born from reality and yet fantastical in appearance.
https://andgallery.co.uk/exhibitions/110-katharine-le-hardy-beneath-the-trees/overview/
Fragments
3 May-14 June. Entry free. Ingleby Gallery, 33 Barony Street, Edinburgh, EH3 6NX.
Portrait of Ian Hamilton Finlay (Image: Norman McBeath RSA) Marking the centenary of Ian Hamilton Finlay's birth, Fragments is part of a series of exhibitions by Ingleby Gallery.
It focuses on a group of significant sculptural installations in stone dating from the 1980s and 1990s that have been adapted in a typically Finlay-esque manner to suggest a poetic metaphor.
https://www.inglebygallery.com/exhibitions/7210-ian-hamilton-finlay-fragments/overview/
Work on Paper - Andrew Mackenzie
3 May-20 June. Entry free. Leith School of Art, 25 N Jct Street, Edinburgh, EH6 6HW.
Focusing on works on paper, this exhibition brings together a new large-scale drawing in soft pastel and gouache with lithography, etching, oil on card, watercolour, and preparatory charcoal drawings.
The barn drawings and paintings in this exhibition touch on our relationship with the land that sustains us to present an unsettling yet beautiful atmosphere.
https://www.leithschoolofart.co.uk/whats-on
In the Folds
3-31 May. Entry free. Glasgow Women's Library, 23 Landressy Street, Glasgow, G40 1BP.
Combining papercrafting, writing, and activism, this project examines Alexandra Compton's life as a queer, working-class, chronically ill woman.
The artist handwrites newspaper headlines alongside her own writings onto origami paper before folding them into paper cranes to interrogate who gets to be 'in the fold' within society, art, and literature and asks viewers what they can see on the cranes.
https://womenslibrary.org.uk/event/in-the-folds/
Unearthed: The Power of Gardening
3 May-10 August. Entry free. The Mitchell Library and Theatre, North Street, Glasgow, G3 7DN.
This display at The Mitchell Library explores the transformative, enriching, and sometimes radical power of gardening.
It reveals how gardening can bring people together, empower communities, and shape our relationship with the natural world.
As well as a specially designed travelling exhibition created by the British Library, the display also reflects collections in the Mitchell Library.
https://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/unearthed-the-power-of-gardening
Dear Green Place Exhibition
3-31 May. Entry free. Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, Kelly Gallery, Douglas Street, G2 4ET.
The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, Scotland's second oldest artist society, is celebrating Glasgow 850, the Blythswood Festival and RGI's Kelly Gallery's 60th birthday with this exhibition.
The artists have put together a varied show with Glasgow-related sculpture and prints.
www.theroyalglasgowinstituteofthefinearts.co.uk
Glasgow Women's Art Collective Exhibition of Paintings
9-11 May. Entry free. New Glasgow Society, 1307 Argyle Street, Glasgow, G3 8TL.
Glasgow Women's Art Collective are bringing their individual works into one space this month to display a diverse range of artworks that reflect the individuality of each artist.
The collective is a group of women artists living around the West Coast of Scotland and who are bringing their works together for this latest exhibition.
https://www.newglasgowsociety.org/
Impression & Expression
3-4 May. Entry free. Coburg House Art Studios, 15 Coburg Street, Leith, EH6 6ET.
Impression image (Image: Sara Beevers)Five Coburg House artists are exploring the boundaries of painting and printmaking as a means to reveal the interplay between gesture and process to highlight the expressive power of mark-making in its many forms.
This exhibition is more than a showcase of techniques, it is a dialogue between artists and materials.
Each work stands alone yet together they form a dynamic, visual conversation.
https://www.coburghouse.co.uk/exhibitions/2025-impressions-expressions
Lamington Heritage Exhibition
4 May-15 June. Entry free. Biggar & Upper Clydesdale Museum, 156 Biggar High Street, Biggar, ML12 6DH.
In May 1965 Lamington was one of the first villages to be designated a conservation area and was subsequently granted 'outstanding' status in recognition of its architecture and historic interest.
This exhibition explores the history surrounding Lamington from early times through the regeneration of the village until the death of the third Lord Lamington in 1951 and all the way up to the present day.
https://www.biggarmuseumtrust.co.uk/whats-on-exhibitions-programme/lamington-heritage-exhibition/
Bless by Mariuccia
8 May-9 June Entry free. The Briggait, 141 Bridgegate, G1 5HZ.
Artist Mariia Nechaliuk's artwork is grounded in the exploration of human beings and their relationships with religion, inspired by her own life and childhood experiences.
Through her works she explores how people communicate with religion and how they believe in their own ways, not to convince viewers of any particular perspective but merely to offer a space where each person can interpret the work through their own lens regardless of their beliefs.
https://www.waspsstudios.org.uk/
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