GABRIELE NEHER draws attention to an astoundingly skilled Flemish painter who defied the notion that women cannot paint like men
Philip Braham: Closer to Home
The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
PHILIP BRAHAM’S new exhibition is prompted, he says, by reflections on suicide.
In it, solitary trees stand out against poisonous skies, while stony paths wander into the centre of the composition and go nowhere.
The whole enterprise recalls the gloomy romanticism of the 19th-century German painter Caspar David Friedrich, whom Braham cites as a major influence.
JOHN GREEN welcomes a remarkable study of Mozambique’s most renowned contemporary artist
BLANE SAVAGE recommends the display of nine previously unseen works by the Glaswegian artist, novelist and playwright
NICK MATTHEWS previews a landmark book launch taking place in Leicester next weekend
ANGUS REID applauds the ambitious occupation of a vast abandoned paper factory by artists mindful of the departed workforce



