Written by Rachel Booker, Communications Officer, Laing Art Gallery and Shipley Art Gallery In the Laing Art Gallery’s collection display, 100 Years of Collecting, Nahem Shoa’s striking oil painting Head of Desiree hangs on the back wall of the gallery. At 121cm… Read more The post Facing the truth: A closer look at Nahem Shoa’s painting ‘Head of Desiree’ first appeared on Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums Blog.| Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums Blog
Art historian and curator Alice Strang takes a look at early modern Scottish art in our collection. Edward Atkinson Hornel (1864-1933) was one of the celebrated ‘Glasgow Boys’ who were at the forefront of the Scottish art world of the… Read more The post From Hornel to Peploe: Early Modern Scottish Art in the Laing Art Gallery first appeared on Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums Blog.| Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums Blog