When Nikolaus Pevsner dedicated his 1955 Reith Lectures to ‘The Englishness of English Art’, he left out the Scots. The English art establishment has never bothered with what was going on north of the border, which explains, though doesn’t excuse, the underrepresentation of Scottish art in the Tate’s so-called national collection.
Laura Gascoigne
A brief introduction to Scottish art
The Scottish love of colour shines through in two shows at The Lightbox, Woking, and the Sainsbury Centre, Norwich

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