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Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust @barns-grahamtrust.org.uk · 30/09/2026

COMING SOON!! - Opening Thurs 1 Oct at the Scottish Gallery in Edinburgh is a new exhibition - Wilhelmina Barns-Graham: Printed Rhythms | Prints 1992-2004, featuring a dynamic selection of WBG's colorful and vibrant late career printmaking - not to be missed!! Full info here - buff.ly/ux7l2jU

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Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust @barns-grahamtrust.org.uk · 17/09/2026

Great to see the forthcoming WBG exhibition at Tate St Ives trailed with 2 excellent articles in the latest edition of the Tate Etc magazine, and not only that - it also comes in a special WBG envelope featuring a detail from one of her late screenprints made with Graal Press - buff.ly/iQ77PrR

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Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust @barns-grahamtrust.org.uk · 14/09/2026

LAST CHANCE!! to see at Museum Belvedere in the Netherlands is the exhibition 'Wilhelmina Barns-Graham - Nature in Motion' - the first ever substantial show of Barns-Graham's work outside the UK. buff.ly/1WH8ave A visit is highly recommended!! Photo credit Nico Gijsbers

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Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust @barns-grahamtrust.org.uk · 01/09/2026

Its been quite sometime since we had a dedicated 'artist and her cat' post - with more of Barns-Graham's photographic archive being catalogued and scanned, further fine examples are coming to light! Here we see WBG with the beloved Eros, in the garden at Balmungo, probably in the early 1980s.

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Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust @barns-grahamtrust.org.uk · 20/08/2026

The Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust is currently seeking two new Trustees to join its Board. Our Trustee Recruitment Pack contains further information about how to apply. The submission deadline is Friday 18 September. For more information - buff.ly/v81V01V

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Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust @barns-grahamtrust.org.uk · 18/08/2026

NOW OPEN - at Museum Belvedere (@museumbelvedere) just outside Heerenveen in NE Netherlands is the exhibition 'Wilhelmina Barns-Graham - Nature in Motion' - the first ever substantial show of Barns-Graham's work outside the UK. A visit is highly recommended! buff.ly/IHU77ZQ

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Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust @barns-grahamtrust.org.uk · 12/08/2026

Its the last couple of days (last day Fri 14) of 'A Celebration of Wilhelmina Barns-Graham' exhibition at their London gallery at 20 Connaught Street, showcasing a fantastic small group of works coming up in sales in October. The display opened with a lively panel discussion. buff.ly/j6qxqJv

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Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust @barns-grahamtrust.org.uk · 12/08/2026

Barns-Graham's 1999 coloured etching 'Eclipse', the only print she made with master printer Hugh Stoneman at his studio in Madron near Penzance, created in respsonse to that year's total eclipse of the sun. If you're experiencing the eclipse today, please take all due precautions!!

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Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust @barns-grahamtrust.org.uk · 04/08/2026

THIS WEEK- join us at the Trust in Edinburgh (77 Brunswick St, EH7 5HS) - on Fri 7 Aug 2-5pm to explore WBGs archive and celebrate the launch of the new edition of A Studio Life by Lynne Green. Fully stocked bookshop and refreshments available all afternoon! Just drop in - no booking required!

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Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust @barns-grahamtrust.org.uk · 30/07/2026

COMING SOON - celebrating the publication of the new edition of 'A Studio Life' by Lynne Green, Lyon & Turnbull display in their London gallery at 20 Connaught Street, a group of WBG works to be offered in forthcoming auctions. Open 4-14 Aug (10am-4pm, Mon-Fri). For more info - buff.ly/220jePj

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Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust @barns-grahamtrust.org.uk · 24/07/2026

NOW AVAILABLE - a great new podcast featuring Alice Strang appearing on Dr Karen Mailley's excellent Scottish women history 'Round the Studios' podcast. Discussing the new NGS re-print of the essential ‘Modern Scottish Women: Painters and Sculptors 1885-1965’ edited by Alice - buff.ly/XA9lt9D

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Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust @barns-grahamtrust.org.uk · 17/07/2026

COMING SOON - join us at the Trust in Edinburgh on Fri 7h Aug 2pm-5pm to explore WBG’s archive and celebrate the launch of the new edition of Wilhelmina Barns-Graham: A Studio Life by Lynne Green. Fully stocked bookshop and refreshments available all afternoon! Just drop in - no booking required!

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Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust @barns-grahamtrust.org.uk · 15/07/2026

The superb exhibition 'Wilhelmina Barns-Graham - Nature in Motion' at Museum Belvedere in the Netherlands continues until 20 Sep. It is the the first ever substantial show of Barns-Graham's work to be shown outside the UK and the first career-wide survey since 1989. buff.ly/cKMjfbN

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Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust @barns-grahamtrust.org.uk · 03/07/2026

Many congratulations to Annabel Wright for winning both 'Advertising and Commercial' at the prestigious V&A Illustration Awards but also the overall 'Moira Gemmill Illustrator of the Year' - a brilliant achievement! The WBG childrens book that Annabel illustrated is still available- buff.ly/79LAaAr

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Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust @barns-grahamtrust.org.uk · 23/06/2026

NOW OPEN - at Museum Belvedere in the Netherlands is 'Wilhelmina Barns-Graham - Nature in Motion'- the first ever substantial show of WBG's work outside the UK. A visit is highly recommended! buff.ly/qR8orNq

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Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust @barns-grahamtrust.org.uk · 22/06/2026

NOW AVAILABLE! - New edition of Wilhelmina Barns-Graham: a studio life by Lynne Green. We're delighted to announce a new revised edition of Lynne Green's major monograph 'a studio life' is available from today. The new edition is available from our online shop for £35 (plus P&P) buff.ly/CBGUXjT

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Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust @barns-grahamtrust.org.uk · 16/06/2026

NOW OPEN - at Pallant House, Chichester - British Landscapes: A Sense of Place (buff.ly/xHBkeT1)- featuring WBG & Haroun Hayward’s first solo institutional show, Path through Trees (buff.ly/zQgyAG4), showcasing new works with some WBG inspiration! Both shows run until Sun 1 Nov - not to be missed!!

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Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust @barns-grahamtrust.org.uk · 09/06/2026

OUT NOW - following on from yesterday's marking of WBG's birthday in 1912 is the latest edition of our quarterly newsletter 'Abstract' - now available on the Trust website here -https://buff.ly/5f3aCIF (you can have the newsletter delivered direct to you email by signing up for our mailing list).

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Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust @barns-grahamtrust.org.uk · 08/06/2026

Marking Barns-Graham's birthday on this day in 1912, with a card from Kath & Terry Frost, hand-made by Terry, given to Barns-Graham for her 88th birthday in 2000.

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Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust @barns-grahamtrust.org.uk · 05/06/2026

NOW OPEN - at The Heong Gallery at Downing College, Cambridge is their 10th anniversary 'Ten Good Years' including a small gouache by WBG - 'Greek' 1960, has been selected for the show and is being displayed in public for the first time in over 65 years. buff.ly/ZUHobBB

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Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust @barns-grahamtrust.org.uk · 22/05/2026

Enjoy the sun and warm temperatures in the UK over the coming days! A substantial sun hat as sported here by Barns-Graham is highly recommended! Photographed by Rowan James in the garden at Balmungo in 1985, along with Eros the cat!

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Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust @barns-grahamtrust.org.uk · 13/05/2026

Great to see WBG so well-represented in the new touring exhibition 'Making Her Mark: A Celebration of Women in Art', now open at Penlee House in Penzance. Two WBG works feature, 'Gurnard's Head, no. 2', 1947 - recently acquired by Penlee and Kirkcaldy's 'Atlantic Squall' from 1979. buff.ly/nTJOqKw

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Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust @barns-grahamtrust.org.uk · 05/05/2026

OUT NOW! - 'Celebrating the artist Wilhelmina Barns-Graham' - the latest podcast with Susanna Beaumont from Design Exhibition Scotland exploring the life & work of WBG with Rob Airey, director of the WBG Trust & renowned Edinburgh-based Northern Irish filmmaker, Mark Cousins. buff.ly/XNdqGRE

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Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust @barns-grahamtrust.org.uk · 29/04/2026

LAST CHANCE - the colour proofs are looking great & the new revised edition of Lynne Green's great WBG book- 'a studio life'- is away to the printers! 3 May is your last chance to buy the old 'blue cover' edition at a bargain price of £20, the new edition is available from mid-June. buff.ly/swRIlyf

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Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust @barns-grahamtrust.org.uk · 15/04/2026

In June Lund Humphries will publish a new redition of Lynne Green's essential monograph on WBG - 'a studio life' - marking the 25th anniversary of its 1st publication. We have a very limited number of the current edition still available, at the reduced price of just £20 - buff.ly/ABPvZYg

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Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust @barns-grahamtrust.org.uk · 10/04/2026

Johnstons of Elgin's shop in St Andrews has had a very elegant refurbishment, now with the addition of Barns-Graham's 2003 screenprint 'Tango' being shown alongside designer Angie Bell's beautiful Barns-Graham inspired season.

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Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust @barns-grahamtrust.org.uk · 20/03/2026

It was wonderful to see on a recent visit to Pallant House in Chichester WBG's 1957 painting Snow at Wharfedale so beautifully displayed between two of her great artist friends & contemporaries, William Gear & Terry Frost and above cermaics by another two of her close friends, Janet & Bernard Leach.

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Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust @barns-grahamtrust.org.uk · 13/03/2026

OUT NOW - the latest edition of our quarterly newsletter 'Abstract' is now available on the Trust website here - buff.ly/lFdralW (you can have the newsletter delivered direct to you email by signing up for our mailing list at the bottom of any page on the website!)

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Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust @barns-grahamtrust.org.uk · 11/03/2026

In Edinburgh tomorrow (2pm, Thurs 12 Mar) afternoon you can join WBG Trust Director, Rob Airey, at the Assembly Rooms on George Street, for a talk introducing WBG's long creative career focusing on her journey into abstraction. Tickets are free but should be booked in advance here - buff.ly/D1crN86

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Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust @barns-grahamtrust.org.uk · 05/03/2026

On World Book Day (@worldbookdaysocial) a reminder that our fabulous WBG activity book aimed at children (though a delight for adults too!) written by Kate Temple and illustated by Annabel Wright is still available in our well-stocked online bookshop! Have a great day of reading! buff.ly/deS8xE4

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Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust @barns-grahamtrust.org.uk · 03/03/2026

Following on from the previous post of Barns-Graham in her studio with the large 'Levant' painting, currently unlocated, here is a related study - 'Levant Study No.3' from 1954. This one is on an entirely different scale, measuring only 12.7 x 20.3cm and was acquired by the Trust in 2024.

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Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust @barns-grahamtrust.org.uk · 25/02/2026

We have previously known of this impressive large 1950s painting, Levant 1953, from a record shot in WBG's records. However the recent further cataloguing of her archive has revealed this wonderful contextual image, with WBG seen here with the work in her Porthmeor Studio in St Ives.

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Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust @barns-grahamtrust.org.uk · 24/02/2026

NOW OPEN - Applications for 6-week research residency at the British School at Rome for a Scotland-based artist the time & space develop bold new work. Applicants must be of British or Commonwealth nationality and resident in Scotland. Deadline: 1 May 2026. Details - buff.ly/besMOHK

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Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust @barns-grahamtrust.org.uk · 16/02/2026

We are delighted to be working with Visual Arts Scotland & the Pier Arts Centre again to fund a residency offering a VAS member the opportunity to spend a month at Linkshouse Residency space, Orkney, in May 2026 to develop their ideas & practice. For full details see VAS website -

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Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust @barns-grahamtrust.org.uk · 04/02/2026

A final group (for now) of recent finds from WBG's archive of 35mm slide records of her work. Here we go back to 1942 and three 'Grey Days' in St Ives, certainly appropriate for Edinburgh today, and possibily St Ives too?

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Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust @barns-grahamtrust.org.uk · 29/01/2026

Following on from our previous post, 3 more rarely seen WBG works recovered in full (if unverified!) colour from the artist's archive of 35mm slide record shots. These 3 works from 1966-71, similarly to the previous post's works using circles, here WBG uses squares to create movement and energy.

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Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust @barns-grahamtrust.org.uk · 19/01/2026

We have recently been methodically going through and scanning the 35mm slides that WBG kept to record her works, recent discoveries include these three gems, all from 1971, when WBG would use circles and ellipses (and also squares) as the vehicle for colour and movement across the picture surface.

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Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust @barns-grahamtrust.org.uk · 06/01/2026

2026 will see 2 major WBG shows - the 1st in June at Museum Belvedere, Heerenveen, Netherlands, will be her first major show outside the UK - buff.ly/UyODvdN. In Oct Tate St Ives will then host 1st ever full WBG retrospective (the previous one in 1989 was 15 years before she died) - buff.ly/qmVh0rR

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Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust @barns-grahamtrust.org.uk · 01/01/2026

Wishing everyone a peaceful and happy New Year! Wilhelmina Barns-Graham - 'January Sea' 1979.

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Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust @barns-grahamtrust.org.uk · 23/12/2025

Apparently the chances of a white Xmas in the UK are slim, & highly unlikely in St Ives It definitely did snow in St Ives in early 1947, when the UK suffered a severe deep freeze and WBG painted this scene on Back Road West. Wishing everyone a peaceful festive season from all at the WBG Trust.

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Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust @barns-grahamtrust.org.uk · 19/12/2025

We are now posting regularly on Linkedin - if you are a Linkedin user - please do follow us there too - search for Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust. Have a great weekend! This is Barns-Graham's great 1950s oil painting 'Linked Forms'.

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Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust @barns-grahamtrust.org.uk · 18/12/2025

A viewing of Mark Cousins' WBG film 'A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things' by knitter Cath Hood lead to an interest in WBG's use of colour and how it might be translated into knitting. We are delighted that Cath has shared with us her fabulous knitted version of one of WBG's 'Expanding Forms' pictures.

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Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust @barns-grahamtrust.org.uk · 16/12/2025

The Trust has been been delighted to be working with Johnstons of Elgin to celebrate the launch of the ‘From St Andrews to St Ives’ Pre-Spring Collection with events in Edinburgh and St Andrews. Designed by Angie Bell, the new collections were inspired particularly by WBG's use of colour.

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Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust @barns-grahamtrust.org.uk · 12/12/2025

Following the previous 2 posts regarding WBG related works on display at the Portrait gallery and at the VAS show at the RSA - some more Edinburgh opportunites - Dovecot Studios are showing their incredible tapestry version of WBG's 1951 painting 'Glacier Ice Face' - not to be missed!

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Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust @barns-grahamtrust.org.uk · 10/12/2025

ON VIEW - at the NGS: Portrait gallery in Edinburgh is Mary Millar Watt's beautiful watercolour of WBG in 1942. (buff.ly/S8h4tq3). The teenage Watt met WBG when they both attended war time art classes in St Ives. You can discover more about Watt and her artistic family here - buff.ly/D45u82i

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Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust @barns-grahamtrust.org.uk · 09/12/2025

NOW OPEN! - At the RSA in Edinburgh is the VAS exhibition The Thread That Pulls, until 2 Jan 2026, open daily 10am-5pm. The Trust is delighted to be lending WBG's 'Birsay I' to hang alongside Charlene Scott's 3 collage studies, made on a month-long funded residency at Birsay on Orkney.

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Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust @barns-grahamtrust.org.uk · 08/12/2025

Time is running short to pick up any Barns-Graham books or cards before Xmas, we have a particulalry wide-range of postcards and greetings cards availble all a very good prices! Visit our shop now to see more! buff.ly/P5T17OM

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Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust @barns-grahamtrust.org.uk · 29/11/2025

To coincide with Museum Shop Sunday and give everyone chance to grab a fantastic WBG gift for Xmas we are offering 10% off Books and Cards (automatically applied). Offer excludes Prints and some Limited Edition books. Discount available from Fri 28 Nov to Sun 30 Nov. Don't miss out!! buff.ly/d3wEIWZ

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Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust @barns-grahamtrust.org.uk · 28/11/2025

The Art UK shop is a brilliant place get all your Xmas gifts with an amazing range of art from collections across the UK, with all sales helping support the work of those collections. The WBG Trust range is particularly rich with homeware, prints, books & cards all available - buff.ly/8m1Esjo

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Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust @barns-grahamtrust.org.uk · 27/11/2025

Following on from the successful exhibition of WBG's prints at the Sidney Nolan Trust earlier this year, we are delighted to be collaborating with them again on one of the number of wonderful awards being offered under the 'Sidney Nolan Art Prize' banner. For full details - buff.ly/rHzFYsl

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