IT has been 16 years now since Scotland became independent – albeit only at the biggest visual arts festival in the world. In 2003, Scotland+Venice staged its first show as a separate entity from the UK pavilion, with work by Claire Barclay, Jim Lambie and Simon Starling to the fore, and now, it seems the Venice Biennale of art would be a little less vital without it.
IT has been sixteen years now since Scotland became independent - albeit only at the biggest visual arts festival in the world.
TWO Glasgow-based artists are at the centre of the world’s biggest art festival, which launches in Italy this week.
SCOTLAND’S show at the Venice Biennale is staged in the utilitarian workshop of a boatyard in the Arsenale Docks area of the city.
THE enigmatic life of a mysterious maned lioness is at the centre of a new artwork which is representing Scotland at the world’s biggest visual art festival.
THE enigmatic life of a mysterious maned lioness is at the centre of a new artwork which is representing Scotland at the world's biggest visual art festival.
SCOTLAND has had its own independent show at the world’s biggest arts festival for 14 years – and this year’s, by Glasgow artist Rachel Maclean, may be among its most political.
