Scottish Art Events and Exhibitions: March 2023

As winter turns to spring, RSA New Contemporaries returns alongside a host of new exhibitions and screenings in Glasgow, Stirling and Edinburgh

Feature by Harvey Dimond | 28 Feb 2023
  • Tuan Andrew Nguyen, The Specter of Ancestors Becoming
  • Sulaïman Majali, ‘in the house of names’
  • Ifeoma U. Anyaeji, Oche Onodu

Sulaïman Majali, the recipient of the 2022 Margaret Tait Award, will present their commission in the house of names on 6 March, screening as part of Glasgow Film Festival. The recipient of the 2023 award will be announced following the screening of Majali’s film. The screening will take place at Glasgow Film Theatre. 

Over at CCA, All That We Are Is What We Hold In Our Outstretched Hands, an exhibition by Ho Chi Minh City-based Tuan Andrew Nguyen continues until 25 March. The artist’s research-based practice explores the power of memory in the face of conflict and colonialism. 

At Tramway, Ifeoma U. Anyaeji’s new exhibition Ijem nke Mmanwu m (The Journey of my Masquerade) sees the artist fill the gallery with their intricately-crafted and dynamic sculptures, which are made from non-biodegradable plastics – a reflection of the environmental destruction that Nigeria continues to experience. Anyaeji’s exhibition opens on 3 March.

At The University of Stirling, the late filmmaker Lindsay Anderson is celebrated in the Culture on Campus exhibition Never Apologise. Taking place at Macrobert Art Centre until 30 April, the exhibition opens up new insights into the filmmakers' life through archival materials and contributions from artists and academics.

In Edinburgh, the Royal Scottish Academy’s New Contemporaries returns, showcasing 57 art and architecture graduates from Scottish art schools. The group exhibition, which opens 18 March, provides an excellent insight into the ambitions of a new generation of artists. You can catch the exhibition at the RSA until 16 April. 

Home Is Not A Place, an exhibition by photographer and writer Johny Pitts, tours to Stills, opening on 10 March. The exhibition, part of Pitts’ long-term exploration of Black British identity, follows a circumnavigation of the British coastline to document Black experiences of belonging and home. Bernie Reid’s exhibition Ornamental Breakdown at Edinburgh Printmakers provides a retrospective of the Edinburgh-based artist’s 30-year career, alongside newly commissioned works. The show runs until 16 March.