Nick Haynes

Amongst the many extraordinary things in Florence’s Uffizi Gallery, this superb self-portrait by Scottish artist Jacob More caught my eye. What an outfit for plein-air painting trip! He’s in very distinguished company in the galleries of artists’ selfies: Raphael, Rembrandt, Rubens, Van Dyck, Lely…

25.11.2024 22:49 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Originality and Artistic Impulse: From a Medieval Scottish Friar to Malevich’s Black Square - Edinburgh University Press Blog Bryony Coombs discusses similarities in artistic expression through two black squares, created centuries apart.

Was Malevich’s famous Black Square of 1915 so original? Not according to this fascinating blog by @bryonycoombs.bsky.social on the medieval ‘Contemplacioun of Synnaris’, an illustrated manuscript attributed to a Scottish Friar, William Touris: euppublishingblog.com/2024/09/30/b...

18.10.2024 07:52 — 👍 9    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

💫A couple of days ago I had a VERY exciting day💫
A box has arrived with advance copies of my new book and I am delighted with it! With enormous thanks to @EdinburghUP
for being such a fantastic press to work with! 📚🎉🍾✨#culminationof10yrswork!

12.09.2024 08:48 — 👍 14    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Eye to Eye: Sir Henry Raeburn's Portraits - Kirkcudbright Galleries | Dumfries and Galloway | Artists | Gallery Eye to Eye: Sir Henry Raeburn’s Portraits  Dates: 29th June to 29th September 2024 Location: Gallery Two, Kirkcudbright Galleries  A book accompanying the exhibition; ‘Sir Henry Raeburn; the mirror of...

Really enjoyed the Henry Raeburn Eye-to-Eye exhibition at Kirkcudbright Galleries today: www.kirkcudbrightgalleries.org.uk/event/eye-to... Some stunning originals and some awful copies for comparison! All at viewer level so you really can get eye-to-eye. A revelation.

27.09.2024 17:35 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Concert to be broadcast on Radio 3 - well worth a listen.

09.09.2024 23:10 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Well, what a great evening of music-making at St Mary’s, Haddington. Concerto Copenhagen with an intriguing programme of 17th-century music by composers from the Baltic and North Germany. Jakob Bloch Jesperson was the soloist - a wonderfully mellow and warm bass, both powerful and delicate.

09.09.2024 23:09 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Buildings at Risk Register to be suspended following review Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has published a review of the Buildings at Risk Register (BARR), the register of historic buildings at risk in Scotland which is currently maintained by HES.

Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has stated that the Buildings at Risk Register (BARR) will be paused while alternative approaches are considered following a review.

03.09.2024 20:53 — 👍 4    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 1

Old Town, Waverley Bridge and Canal Street Station | Edinburgh Old Town Unknown photographer, before 1868 (when Canal Street Station closed). In the foreground to the left is the Edinburgh, Perth & Dundee Railway Station (Canal Street Station), later replaced by Waverley ...

I collect old photographs of buildings and places in Scotland. I have now scanned a few of Central Edinburgh and stuck them on my website. Do have a browse (better on a laptop than a phone, but both should work): www.conserve.scot/edinburgh-ol...

08.09.2024 17:15 — 👍 8    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0

Boarded up ward pavilion at the Astley Ainslie decorated with graffiti

Last February I visited the Astley Ainslie Hospital in Edinburgh - to see the buildings rather than as a patient. Finally produced a short blog post historic-hospitals.com/2024/08/30/a...
It's a cracking site - and I hope the building below finds a new use.

30.08.2024 15:57 — 👍 27    🔁 7    💬 3    📌 0

Scottish Furniture: 1500 - 1914 Scotland's furniture evolved against a background of social and cultural change that included religious reformation, civil war, union with England and…

Check out this major new survey of historic Scottish furniture by Stephen Jackson. Published by National Museums Scotland: shop.nms.ac.uk/products/sco.... Groundbreaking research, beautifully written and a shed-load of images, including some by me!

21.08.2024 15:35 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1