Thursday 23rd January 2025 at 11.00am Kate Downie, "Conversations with Joan" The theme of this solo exhibition brings painter-printmaker Kate Downie into conversation with renowned Scottish painter Joan Eardley (1921 -63).  Through a suite of new works, Downie creates new ways of seeing Eardley, acknowledging her as an important creative influence and retelling stories of care that carry over time. In her work, Downie has tackled similar themes to Eardley – the urban landscape, coastal terrain – and there is a sense of connection, an understanding in her artistic practice. Drawn to the possibilities left open by Eardley’s ‘Two Children’ (1962–63), found incomplete on the artist’s easel at her death, Downie has created two new paintings: one in which she ‘finished’ the painting in her own way, the other a new major banner painting ‘Dead or Alive’ co-created with local children, incorporating their marks with hers. It reflects her continuing interest in childhood sibling relationships and the role of children, their creative output and the impact upon both Joan Eardley’s art and her own. Entry is free – meet at the entrance to the exhibition. A convenient transport option is to take the 900 bus to Glasgow and walk to […]

 Thursday 6th February 2025. 11am Joseph Noel Paton An Artist’s Life. Join us for a visit to Dunfermline Carnegie Library and Galleries,1 Abbot St, Dunfermline KY12 7NL. The gallery welcomes home one of its own with a major exhibition devoted to the life and work of Sir Joseph Noel Paton. Dunfermline-born artist, illustrator, poet, painter to Queen Victoria and a contemporary of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, was a towering figure in the Victorian art world. The exhibition features important works from various major museums and galleries, such as Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, the National Gallery of Scotland and the Royal Scottish Academy, as well as paintings, engravings and drawings from our museum collections. It also offers a rare opportunity to see paintings, sketches and personal items kindly loaned by the Paton family, many on public display for the first time. Exhibition is free and lunch available in the café.