Past Exhibitions & Events
Recent exhibitions and events featuring the life and work of Wilhelmina Barns-Graham hosted by the Trust and partner organisations.
![A black line drawing of abstract forms on pale blue background](https://www.barns-grahamtrust.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/end-of-glacier-banner.jpg)
An Evening with Alyson Hallett and Friends
13 June 2024 6:45 pm![](https://www.barns-grahamtrust.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Rocks-St-Marys.jpg)
Shifting Vistas | City Art Centre
24 June 2023 - 02 June 2024![Lime and Flame, gouache on paper, 1958, British Museum © Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust](https://www.barns-grahamtrust.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/584-scaled.jpg)
A Scot in St Ives | British Museum
30 January - 12 May 2024![An acrylic painting with an abstract composition of vertical brushstrokes in bright colours on a yellow background](https://www.barns-grahamtrust.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/1298.jpg)
Modern Scots | Perth Art Gallery
06 April 2023 - 06 April 2024![an abstract painting of vertical brushstrokes of various thickness in white, black, blue and yellow on a red background](https://www.barns-grahamtrust.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/XBG521.jpg)
Parallel Lives
16 September 2023 - 13 January 2024![a painting of a blue table with objects on top in front of a window with stormy sea. Next to the table is a small red table.](https://www.barns-grahamtrust.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/3281.jpg)
Scottish Women Artists: 250 Years of Challenging Perception
28 July 2023 - 06 January 2024![Painting of three abstracted rock shapes in blues and black, with sea and two island formations in the background.](https://www.barns-grahamtrust.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/1119.jpg)
“Sheer Verve”
15 September - 15 December 2023![Two black and white photos of a man looking into a mirror and a women looking towards the camera next to a window](https://www.barns-grahamtrust.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Untitled-1.jpg)
Annual Lecture 2023: Dr Rachel Rose Smith
30 November 2023![](https://www.barns-grahamtrust.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/August-in-Orkney.jpg)
Inside Landscape
17 June - 19 August 2023![An oil painting with background of hortizontal bands of different reds. In the bright red band are many randomly arranged small blocks of green](https://www.barns-grahamtrust.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/1307.jpg)
Rhythm and Geometry: Constructivist art in Britain since 1951
07 April - 23 July 2023![An etching in red-brown ink with 6 wavy lines representing the sea and horizon](https://www.barns-grahamtrust.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/6_Lines.jpg)
W. Barns-Graham: Artist’s Prints
28 May - 19 June 2023![A gouache painting with red and pink background and a loose grid of black brushstrokes](https://www.barns-grahamtrust.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/593.jpg)
Wilhelmina Barns-Graham: Paths to Abstraction
11 February - 20 May 2023![A silhouette of the coastline of St Andrews with the sea in the foreground drawn in in fine parallel undulating lines.](https://www.barns-grahamtrust.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/208.jpg)
Green Spaces Through an Artistic Lens
25 March - 14 May 2023![](https://www.barns-grahamtrust.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Earth-Series-III.jpg)
Wilhelmina Barns-Graham: Earth, Wind & Fire
10 March - 06 May 2023![](https://www.barns-grahamtrust.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/124.jpg)
Paths to Abstraction Talk
23 March 2023 2:00 pm![A painting of a black hill with loosely drawn rocks shapes in the foreground and blue sky](https://www.barns-grahamtrust.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/1179.jpg)
Into the Distance
14 January - 01 March 2023![](https://www.barns-grahamtrust.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/948-b.jpg)
Art Unlocked: Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust
22 February 2023 5:30 pm - 6:00 pm![A painting of vertical brushstrokes in black and yellow with a black circle beneath one of the right. The background is orange with a red vertical band at the centre.](https://www.barns-grahamtrust.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/1019.jpg)
SSA 130 Years | Annual Exhibition
17 December 2022 - 10 January 2023![A painting of two wave shapes made up of tiny randomly placed squares, half white half black on a background divided vertically into yellow black and white.](https://www.barns-grahamtrust.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/LAN_PSGA_PSGCT_OW384-001.jpg)
A Matter of Age?
08 November - 16 December 2022![A painting with brown and olive green background with a horizontal band of small red randomly scattered squares across the centre](https://www.barns-grahamtrust.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/6167_edited-scaled.jpg)
Lindisfarne Gospels
17 September - 03 December 2022![An oil painting of complex geometric shapes in greys whites and blues representing a glacier](https://www.barns-grahamtrust.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/3.6-Glacier-Vortex-southampton-from-5x4-trans-scaled.jpg)
Like a Huge Scotland
05 - 27 November 2022![An oil painting with bands of sky, land, sea, land and sea. The sky and sea are in similar greeny-greys. The land is divided into smaller geometric shapes in browns, greens and yellows.](https://www.barns-grahamtrust.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/1007.jpg)
The Northern Isles
03 - 26 November 2022![Painting with light purple background and vertical brushstrokes in shade of blue, orange and red](https://www.barns-grahamtrust.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/949.jpg)
World Première Performance: Four Abstracts (2021)
20 November 2022 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm![An oil painting of abstract geometric forms in white, blues, reds and browns represent an ice cavern](https://www.barns-grahamtrust.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Ice-Cavern-1951.jpg)
Like a Huge Scotland | Lynne Green on WBG
17 November 2022 1:00 pm - 1:45 pm![](https://www.barns-grahamtrust.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/6399.jpg)
Annual Lecture 2022: Professor Pete Nienow
12 November 2022 6:30 pm - 7:45 pm![An oil painting of complex geometric shapes in greys whites and blues representing a glacier](https://www.barns-grahamtrust.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/3.6-Glacier-Vortex-southampton-from-5x4-trans-scaled.jpg)
Like a Huge Scotland | Preview
04 November 2022 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm![Detail of a painting. Abstract shapes mainly in white with areas of green and blue with black lines and scratches](https://www.barns-grahamtrust.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/20211027_104346.jpg)
Like a Huge Scotland | Live Edit
24 - 27 October 2022![](https://www.barns-grahamtrust.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/385.jpg)
Wilhelmina Barns-Graham & Jonathan Michael Ray
28 May - 02 October 2022![Screenprint with pale orange background and vertical brushstrokes in yellows and blues, with outline of a circle in blue at the centre](https://www.barns-grahamtrust.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/3109.jpg)
Wilhelmina Barns-Graham: Painting & Printing, 1990-2004
05 September - 01 October 2022![](https://www.barns-grahamtrust.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/3216.jpg)
Living the Landscape
28 May - 25 September 2022![An oil painting with bands of sky, land, sea and land. The sky and sea are in similar greeny-greys. The land is divided into smaller geometric shapes in browns, greens and yellows.](https://www.barns-grahamtrust.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/1983.jpg)
Inspirational Journeys
18 June - 20 August 2022![](https://www.barns-grahamtrust.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/BGT3090-scaled.jpg)
Wilhelmina Barns-Graham: A Life in Colour
30 June - 23 July 2022![An oil painting with background of hortizontal bands of different reds. In the bright red band are many randomly arranged small blocks of green](https://www.barns-grahamtrust.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/1307.jpg)
Rhythm and Geometry: Constructivist art in Britain since 1951
11 April - 17 July 2022![an oil painting of a studio interior in muted salmon shades with a blank canvas on a black easel and yellow jug on a red stool](https://www.barns-grahamtrust.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/6408.jpg)