Journalism

I was Sunday Herald art critic from 2003 until my move to the Netherlands in 2011. I covered the whole Scottish art scene, from major international exhibitions to the early forays of Scotland’s emerging talent. I also wrote occasionally for other publications, and from a distance, still do.

You can browse or search through the 400 published articles on my journalism website, or take a look at some of my favourites below.

Van Gogh at Work, Amsterdam: The Herald, May 2013

Rijksmuseum Reopening, Amsterdam: The Herald, April 2013

Sol LeWitt, Wall Drawing #1136, 2004, Edinburgh: The Herald, December 2011

Another World: Dalí, Magritte, Miró and the Surrealists, Edinburgh: Sunday Herald, July 2010

Toby Paterson: Consensus And Collapse, Edinburgh: Sunday Herald, February 2010

Art in Scotland: Review of the Decade, Sunday Herald, December 2009

Turner & Italy, Edinburgh: Sunday Herald, March 2009

Claire Barclay: Openwide, Edinburgh: Sunday Herald, February 2009

The Art of Italy in the Royal Collection: The Baroque, Edinburgh: Sunday Herald, November 2008

Tracey Emin: 20 Years, Edinburgh: August 2008

Ossian: Fragments of Ancient Poetry, Paris: Sunday Herald, November 2005

The Turner Prize 2005, London: Sunday Herald, October 2005

George Wyllie: The Cosmic Voyage, Glasgow: Sunday Herald, September 2005

Francis Bacon: Portraits and Heads, Edinburgh: Sunday Herald, June 2005

The Monarch of the Glen: Landseer in the Highlands, Edinburgh: Sunday Herald, April 2005

Joseph Beuys: Actions, Vitrines, Environments, London: Sunday Herald, March 2005

Susan Hiller: Recall, Newcastle: Sunday Herald, May 2004

Goya by Robert Hughes, book review: Sunday Herald, October 2003

An Interview with Boyle Family, Edinburgh: Sunday Herald, August 2003