Exhibitions
SMALL PAINTINGS 2026
A Happy New Year, and with it, the magic of small paintings! This is our 12th Small Paintings exhibition and we have over 500 original paintings by many of our favourite gallery artists, along with some new and exciting exhibitors. Both online and in the gallery from Saturday 17th of January, this is one of our favourite shows! The exhibition will preview live online at 6pm on Friday 16th of January, when we will send out an email with links to the exhibition film and links to the exhibition paintings. Sign up to our mailing list to receive the email!
FRANCIS BOAG : ONCE MORE WITH FEELING
We are delighted to start the year with a feature Exhibition of Francis Boag’s paintings. Born in Dundee in 1948, Boag studied at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, where he was taught by Alberto Morrocco and David McClure — both known for their expressive use of colour and form. Francis’ work is characterised by a bold, expressive palette and a sensuous application of paint. He embraces collage techniques, and layered washes to create paintings that feel both structured and full of life, referencing the places, objects and music that he loves.
THE GRADUATE SHOW
Our first graduate show brings together a standout group of emerging artists from the 2025 degree shows. Artists include Ella Williams, Tom Speedy, Anney White, and Harvey Stapleton, each of whom also received the RSA John Kinross Scholarship, along with VAS winner Mia Coutts and Finlay Trevor, who was selected for the National Portrait Gallery London – Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer Portrait Award (former BP Portrait Award) Exhibiton. The exhibition also includes jewellery by Tina Avery, Rosina Payan Pecorelli, and Emilia Santaella Barreto, and sculpture by Kristel Bodensiek.
La Vie En Rose | Alison McWhirter
La Vie En Rose is the first solo exhibition at Morningside Gallery in Edinburgh of the work of Alison McWhirter, opening on 28 February. The exhibition brings together a series of abstract paintings alongside still lifes of roses grown in the artist’s garden and painted from life. It approaches the rose as both motif and measure — a site of translation rather than depiction.