Trio Grande Fiona Bradley, Florence Ingleby and Susanna Beaumont Have Revolutionised the Edinburgh Art Scene. But What Are They Doing Together?
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WE are on the rooftop of the gleaming new department of informatics building at Edinburgh University, accompanied by laughter and a slight sense of embarassment. Standing on a spiral staircase are three of the most important people in Scotland's contemporary art scene, but they are not quite sure why they are here. FionaBradley, FlorenceInglebyandSusanna Beaumont are bemused as our photographer clicks away. What, they ask, do they have in common? Why are they being interviewed together? The three curators knoweach other, of course, as they all run galleries in Edinburgh.
Bradley's is the Fruitmarket Gallery, the much praised public contemporary art space; Ingleby, with her husband Richard, runs the capital's Ingleby Gallery, a leading private art space; Beaumont runs Dogger- fisher, a small but beautifully formed gallery with an enviable stable of young artistswhich includes Lucy Skaer, who is in the running for this year's Turner Prize. What else do these three have in common? All are in their early-to-mid 40s. All three of them, today, are wearing wedge shoes. All are graceful and attractive. All three have moved to Edinburgh fromelsewhere. Twowork in the private sector, and one in the publicly funded realm. Oh, and they are all presenting new shows at next month's Edinburgh Art Festival.See the full content of this document
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Trio Grande Fiona Bradley, Florence Ingleby and Susanna Beaumont Have Revolutionised the Edinburgh Art Scene. But What Are They Doing Together?
All three women are all exceptionally good at their jobs, and each, in their own way, has helped transform, by innovation, application, and imagination, the contemporary art scene in Edinburgh particularly and in Scotland more generally. Together, they have presented, nurtured and sold the cream of Scottish art in recent years - work by names such as CallumInnes, AlisonWatt, Lucy Skaer, Claire Barclay, Louise Hopkins and Charles Avery, amongmany others. Edinburgh, Beaumont points out as we stand high over its familiar landscap...
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