Uncovering Argyll's African art collection
The Argyll Collection is an educational art initiative aimed at bringing modern art to rural schools in the Scottish Highlands and primarily consists of Scottish art. Yet within it, there is also a small group of African artworks that were acquired in the 1960s/70s. The significance of these works has been long overlooked, but new research collaborations are bringing their stories to light.
Speakers Dr Kate Cowcher (School of Art History), Professor Angelo Kakande (Associate Professor, Margaret Trowell School of Industrial and Fine Arts, Makerere University, Uganda), Professor Christina Young (Professor of Conservation and Technical Art History, University of Glasgow) will join Chair Dr Aude Le Guennec (Research Lead of the Mackintosh School of Architecture, The Glasgow School of Art) at the Royal Society of Edinburgh on Friday 15 September. A roundtable discussion will explore an ongoing project focused upon the twelve modernist African artworks belonging to the Argyll and Bute Council. Through this research, these artworks have been reattributed, and their stories of how they came to Scotland from countries like Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, and others have been uncovered.
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