20-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Herald Scotland
Embark upon and exhilarating journey through ancient Egypt
After hugely successful runs in Madrid, Hamburg, Cairo, Sao Paulo, Barcelona, Vienna, Malmo and London, the 2500 square metre exhibition invites visitors to step back in time and embark upon and exhilarating journey through ancient Egypt to discover the myths and mysteries surrounding Pharaoh Tutankhamun. The 90-minute journey through Ancient Egypt's rich history and mythology features a wealth of educational and informative displays, historical documents, original artefacts and replicas from ancient Egypt.
Love Bites
19 July-31 August. Entry free. Cample Line, Cample Mill, Dumfries, DG3 5HD.
For Love Bites, artist Bryony Rose brings together a new body of work that extends her exploration of glazed ceramic sculptural relief and builds upon two recent solo shows in the city. Rose has put together 10 new works and has expanded her range of subjects to include horseflies, insect bites, dandelion seed heads and fields of sheep viewed through car windows.
Drawn in Japan
19 July-22 August. Entry free. Leith School of Art, 25 North Junction Street, Edinburgh, EH6 6HW.
Harriet Hobday, Children's Book Illustration course leader at Leith School of Art, has put together an exhibition of observational drawings made during her time in Japan. Standing up with a clipboard in extreme weather conditions and at all times of day, and night, this body of work is part of how the artist connected with Japan and noticed the differences with the UK.
ARTIST ROOMS
19 July-1 January 2026. Entry free. Modern One, 75 Belford Road, Edinburgh, EH4 3DR.
Spider by Louise Bourgeois (Image: Louise Bourgeois)
Discover three of the biggest names in modern and contemporary art with a series of free ARTIST ROOMS displays in Edinburgh. Experience impactful new displays from Louise Bourgeois, Helen Chadwick and Robert Mapplethorpe, each offering distinctive and diverse approaches to the ideas of self-expression, identity and the complexity of our inner life.
Tove Hirth selected works
25 July-16 August. Entry free. Powderhall Bronze Editions, 4-5 Summer Place, Stockbridge, EH3 5NR.
Powderhall Bronze Editions have curated a selection of works by renowned Norwegian artist Tove Hirth as part of their summer exhibition programme. Fascinated by the human body, the artist's figurative pieces are inspired by human emotions, relationships and the amazing feats human bodies can achieve.
Creative Coven: Voices and Visions of the WITCH
19 July-11 August. Entry free. Dunfermline Carnegie Library & Galleries, 1-7 Abbot Street, Dunfermline, KY12 7N.
This innovative exhibition, featuring over 50 pieces, is a creative response to the Scottish Witchcraft Act that came into effect back in 1563. There's a collection of multimedia art, poetry and prose from artists whose works are interwoven with remembrance of the Scottish witch hunts.
Images from the Arcadian Dream Garden
19 July-28 September. Entry free. Biggar & Upper Clydesdale Museum, 156 Biggar High Street, Biggar, ML2 6DH.
This centenary exhibition at Biggar Museum honours the life and work of internationally acclaimed artist, poet and landscape designer Ian Hamilton Finlay. This display in particular offers a rare opportunity to engage with Finlay's works in the town he called home. There's a selection of printed and graphic works on display produced by Wild Hawthorn Press - the pioneering publishing house he co-founded back in 1961.
She Carries the Land - Folklore of the Cailleach
19 July-24 August. Entry free. Made in Stirling, 44 King Street, Stirling, FK8 1AY.
Known for her quiet detail, gentle lines and soft colours, artist Abbie Lois' work draws deeply from the landscapes of Scotland and the enduring power of myth. This exhibition brings to life stories of the Cailleach as healer, land-shaper and guardian of wild animals. The screen prints and illustrations on show carry the depth of ancient stories which the artist has reimagined with quiet intensity and care.
Six Foot Gallery Annual Summer Show: Something in the Mirage
19 July-8 August. Entry free. Six Foot Gallery, Pentagon Business Centre, Washington Street, Glasgow, G3 8AZ.
Discover the work of 29 artists, all inspired by the dreamlike shimmering of summer sunshine, heat hazes, lingering afterimages, maybe the momentary glint of something half-seen and half-imagined in the dappled golden light.
Loss and Found
19 July-1 August. Entry free. The Wyllieum, Custom House Way, Greenock, PA15 1EG.
Artist Scott Forest has put together a deeply personal series of works, created through the experience of caring for his mother through her illness and passing. The works are not retrospective reflections but a result of painting in real time - using creativity to navigate the shifting terrain of love, loss and the fracturing of familiar structures. The series unfolds across a stairwell and the upper gallery, echoing a physical and emotional journey with bold layered abstracts that speak to the intensity and complexity of the period in the artist's life.
