Two Roberts Exhibition Touring to Nottingham then Kilmarnock!

Bobby and Robert and their talented pals and all their astonishing art are going on tour!

Robert Colquhoun and Robert Macbryde: Artists, Lovers, Outsiders is the exhibition I curated for Charleston. It closes in Lewes on April 12. It’s then touring to Nottingham and Kilmarnock, the first time Charleston have toured a show. THRILLING!

The exhibition features over 100 paintings, works on paper and bits of archive—some never seen in public before. I am so grateful to all our lenders, public and private. To everyone who has been to see the show already. And to the teams at Charleston, Nottingham Castle Museum and Art Gallery and the Dick Institute in Kilmarnock. Touring a show is a huge amount of work and it’s taking very talented and committed folk to make it happen. It would be impossible without the Colquhoun and MacBryde families and Scottish Artist Davy Brown. A full list of credits and thanks to follow!

On May 2 the exhibition opens at Nottingham Castle Museum and Art Gallery and runs there until 6 September. On September 25, the Two Roberts will finally return to Scotland at the Dick Institute in Kilmarnock, hometown of Robert Colquhoun. It will run there until January 2027.

I am delighted to say that works by artist Robert Montgomery, fellow son of Ayrshire and Glasgow School of Art graduate, will also tour with the show. His work quite literally sheds light on Colquhoun and MacBryde and is a revelation. I am so honoured to be able to include it.

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More timings and info to follow, but I just wanted to share this good news as we head into Easter.