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Scotsman
12 minutes ago
- Scotsman
Sparking joy: artist Blythe Scott marks homecoming with new Edinburgh exhibition
An independent Edinburgh art gallery has announced details of a new exhibition of work from Blythe Scott, a Scottish contemporary artist with a large following both at home and around the world. Sign up to our Arts and Culture newsletter, get the latest news and reviews from our specialist arts writers Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Joy opens in Morningside Gallery on Saturday, August 2, and includes 36 new paintings from the Borders-based artist, marking her second solo exhibition with the Edinburgh gallery, and the first since she moved back to Scotland from Canada. This is an exhibition that reveals Blythe's sense of joy at returning to her home country and her excitement seeing all of the places that have inspired her over the years, this time with new eyes. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Harmonious layers of merging colour, abstraction, inventive embellishments and intuitive mark making characterise the works in this collection, which range from large scale paintings of Edinburgh skylines and East Neuk villages to smaller quirky Edinburgh buses, jaunty harbours and mesmerising dreamscapes. Artist Blythe Scott returns to Morningside Gallery for a new solo exhibition this August. The artist describes her paintings in this exhibition as having been inspired by joy, made with joy and with the intention of creating joy. The gallery will be full of the colour, texture and unapologetic playfulness that Blythe's work embraces, and a real sense of the love she feels for Scotland's cities, harbours and hills. Blythe Scott said: 'Since my return to Scotland, it has been such a pleasure to revisit and immerse myself in the cities I love. At the same time, I have been able to maintain a sense that I am looking with fresh eyes each time since my studio is based in the country. By delving briefly into city life and then retreating to my studio, I still hope to create a pleasing blend of fact and fiction.' Eileadh Swan, director of Morningside Gallery said: 'We're absolutely delighted to introduce our second solo exhibition of Blythe's work and excited to welcome her back to the gallery. She is as energetic and as positive as her paintings - spending time with her always reminds me of how true to herself she is in her work. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Artist Blythe Scott returns to Morningside Gallery for a new solo exhibition this August. "The delight and excitement she takes in her work is all conveyed honestly and authentically and this is reflected in her large following, with many clients returning again and again to connect with her approach to painting.' Based at Church Hill in Morningside, the gallery will display 36 new paintings for the exhibition, which can also be viewed online and toured as a virtual exhibition for anyone who can't make it to Edinburgh.
Daily Mirror
2 hours ago
- Daily Mirror
Ibiza Rocks hotel guest 'nearly has nervous breakdown' over disgusting 'giant petri dish' pool
As another tragedy unfolds at the Ibiza Rocks resort, footage has emerged showing the grimy condition of the hotel pool, which apparently left some guests too fearful to go in barefoot Amid concerns over the popular Ibiza Rocks resort, following a fourth tragedy, footage has emerged which shows the allegedly grimy condition of the hotel pool, which one holidaymaker likened to a "petri-dish". In a TikTok video some have dubbed "minging," user @ showed followers the less-than-gleaming pool at Ibiza Rocks; an Ibiza-based hotel and event space long favoured by partygoers. The self-described "germ freak" wasn't best impressed by the mucky-looking pool, which was strewn with debris, including drink cans left behind by revellers. Giving fellow TikTok users a closer look at what she was dealing with, the content creator lifted up her Barbie pink Croc, which had been left grubby inside. Commenting, "SOS send help", the Ibiza tourist, who visited the resort in August 2024, shuddered: "The germ freak in me having a nervous breakdown in Ibiza Rocks". A number of fellow germophobes felt her pain, taking to the comment section to express their sympathy. One person wrote: "I stayed there last time I went to Ibiza and you should see the colour of the water once it's closed and everyone's gone." Another advised: "You would need a tetanus after being in that." In response to a third commenter, who declared that this was the reason they would "never have pool parties", the original poster agreed: "I never put them together?! It's like a big fat Petri dish." It wasn't all doom and gloom, however, with one follower revealing that: "My mate found a €20 note in there so worth the disease." On this front, @ laughed: "I'd love a list of everything ever found in it". She also urged future swimmers to wear their trusty Crocs while taking a dip, urging, "Don't take them off you." This comes as politicians call upon the San Antonio mayor and tourism minister to visit the area of Ibiza Rocks, following another tragic death at the resort. Since April, four people have died at the hotel, which made headlines again this week after sportsman Gary Kelly, 19, from Scotland, plummeted to his death after falling off a balcony. This tragedy occurred just two weeks after the death of 26-year-old Evan Thomson, from Aberdeen, who fell to his death from the same hotel. In the aftermath of this devastating incident, Evan's family and friends criticised safety precautions at the four-star venue. On April 27, a 19-year-old Italian tourist of Turkish origin plunged to her death from the fourth floor of the adult-only hotel, while a British guest, aged 33, died in her room after going into cardiac arrest. There is no suggestion that the Ibiza Rocks hotel is to blame for any of the four tragedies that have unfolded on the premises. However, the PSOE party, which leads the opposition both in San Antonio and in the Balearic Islands region, has issued the following statement on the matter: 'The PSOE of San Antonio publicly denounces the worrying increase of tourism of excesses in the municipality during the two years of Marga Prohens' Partido Popular Balearic Islands Government with the direct complicity of San Antonio mayor, Marcos Serra, and Vicent Mari's Ibiza island council. "It also demands urgent measures to stop the deterioration in co-existence, security and image. The PSOE regrets the death of yet another tourist and, with the lack of direction the municipality is suffering, again asks the mayor to convene round-table talks to work on the change of tourism model we need.' It continued: 'What we are experiencing today is the confirmation of a deliberate policy of permissiveness on the part of the Partido Popular, which puts the interests of those who benefit from the lack of control before the well-being of citizens. The PSOE denounces that the Balearic PP government has chosen to protect excesses and progressively dismantle the tools of control.' In light of Gary's death, Ibiza Rocks has paused its events programme, with a spokesperson giving the following statement: 'We are deeply shocked and devastated by the recent incidents that have tragically occurred. "Our priority is to support those affected and their loved ones during this incredibly difficult time, and to fully assist the authorities with their investigations. The safety and wellbeing of our guests has, and always will remain, our highest priority.'
The Herald Scotland
10 hours ago
- The Herald Scotland
The artists going from queer cabaret to the Venice Biennale
They will be working with Mount Stuart House, the neo-gothic mansion house on the Isle of Bute, on a show inspired by queer histories, Scottish heritage and the Filipino roots of Bugarin. Read more: Their project, which will feature elements of performance and moving image, was chosen to represent Scotland following an open call for proposals earlier this year. It is expected to to explore 'complex emotional legacies' of shame, pride and celebration through the sound and costumes of a parade. Artists Angel John Castle and Davide Bugarin with Mount Stuart Trust curator Morven Gregor. (Image: Neil Hanna) The pair have pledged to "trouble easy narratives on the contested ground of identity today" in a show that will transform a yet-to-be announced Venice venue with "spatial and drag-inflected interventions." Bugarin and Castle have both performed as their drag alter egos 'Hairy Teddy Bear' and 'Pollyfilla' at queer cabaret nights staged under the banner of Pollyanna, an arts company created by Castle in 2015. More than 250 artists have since performed across 75 shows, many of which were staged at the Paradise Palms bar in Edinburgh. The work of Bugarin and Castle, which has combined elements of cabaret, theatre and film, has previously explored the histories of performance, queerness, colonisation and gentrification. They have been showcased recently at the Fruitmarket and City Art Centre in [[Edinburgh]], the Tate Modern in London, the Microscope Gallery in New York, the Kriittinen Gallery in Finland and the Pineapple Lab, in Manila, in the Philippines. Mount Stuart House, the ancestral home of the Crichton-Stuart family, dates back to the late 19th century and is home to one of Britain's biggest private art collections. The house was opened to the public for the first time in 1995 and has been playing host to annual visual art exhibitions since 2001. Artists who have previously worked with the Mount Stuart Trust, which manages the mansion house and its cultural programme, include Kate Whiteford, Thomas Joshua Cooper, Christine Borland, Langlands & Bell, Anya Gallaccio, Nathan Coley, Lee Mingwei, Lucy Skaer, Kate Davis, Lorna Macintyre, Steven Claydon and Whitney McVeigh. Scotland has not been represented at the Venice Biennale since 2022, when Glasgow-based artist Alberta Whittle attracted more than 35,000 visitors to her solo show. Scotland's future participation in the event, which dates back to 2003, was put under review two years ago amid concerns over how it could be funded in future. However it was announced earlier this year that Scotland would have an official presence at the 2026 event after the review found 'overwhelming support' for it to continue. Creative Scotland, British Council and the National Galleries Scotland are sharing the £470,000 costs involved in making Bugarin and Castle's show, and showing it in Venice between May and November next year. However it is hoped further funding can be secured to allow the show to tour around Scotland following a planned run at Mount Stuart House in 2027. Morven Gregor, curator at the Mount Stuart Trust, said: 'We are excited to curate the work of Bugarin and Castle, extending our shared commitment through the opportunities presented by the Scotland and Venice project to bring this ambitious work of performance and moving image to life and to reach our audiences on the west coast of Scotland and internationally. 'We look forward to celebrating the return of Scotland to Venice with our communities across Scotland and beyond, and, as ever, recognise the positive impact of working in collaboration with key partners in the cultural sector.' Bugarin and Castle said: 'We first met performing in the mess and noise of queer cabaret in Edinburgh. 'A decade later, that spirit still drives our practice. We're thrilled to show new work together in Venice, transforming the venue with spatial and drag-inflected interventions that confront questions of gendered performance and colonial sound control, rooted in our lived experience. 'We aim to trouble easy narratives on the contested ground of identity today.' Emma Nicolson, head of visual arts at Creative Scotland, said: 'We are thrilled to support the Mount Stuart Trust, and Bugarin and Castle, as they lead Scotland's return to Venice with a commission that speaks powerfully to the rich and diverse contemporary art practice that we have in Scotland. 'This project is bold, visually compelling and emotionally layered and stands as a testament to the varied and ambitious artistic voices in Scotland, rooted in place, conceptually bold, and internationally relevant. 'We are excited to see how this work will evolve in Venice and ripple back across communities and venues throughout Scotland and beyond.'
