This week our #WednesdayWorkoftheWeek is Gods of the Earth/Gods of the Sea – by Ian Hamilton Finlay (with Nicholas Sloan), Sited on Rousay in 2005
Photograph, Robin Gillanders
The island of Rousay and its maritime setting was threaded through many of Finlay's sculptural and published works.
After all the recent snow, this seemed like an appropriate choice our #WednesdayWorkoftheWeek
Forms in a Flurry (from 'Opposing Forms') by Barbara Hepworth (1903–1975)
© Bowness
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As we Celebrate Hogmanay this week's #WednesdayWorkoftheWeek is 1929 (fireworks) by Ben Nicholson
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We always love to share work by Orkney artists, and so for this week's #WednesdayWorkoftheWeek here's Reflections 2004 by Orcadian artist Sylvia Wishart
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This week our #WednesdayWorkoftheWeek is Driftwood Relief Three, 1980 by Margaret Mellis
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This week's #WednesdayWorkoftheWeek is Callum Innes Exposed Painting, Deep Violet, Charcoal Black 2004 from our collection.
© the artist
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This week's #WednesdayWorkoftheWeek is:
Placing or Appearing to Place 2023 oil on linen by Alexandra Kadzevich b. 1992
Presented to the Pier Arts Centre by the Contemporary Art Society 2023/24
This week's #WednesdayWorkoftheWeek is Nicholson Ben 1929 (Fireworks) to celebrate Bonfire Night last night
© Angela Verren Taunt. All rights reserved, DACS 2024
As it's the last week to see our exhibition SUNLIGHT: Roger Ackling (on display until until 1 November) our #WednesdayWorkoftheWeek is Voewood 1999 sunlight on wood © Estate of the Artist / Courtesy @Annely Juda Fine Art
Open Tuesday-Saturday 10:30am-5pm. Admission is Free
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Our #WednesdayWorkoftheWeek is Alexandra Kadzevich's Magic on the Border of Things, 2023 © the artist, Presented by the Contemporary Art Society
On display for the first time in our Collection display, which takes its title from the painting, Magic on the Border of Things is on display until 8 Nov
Our new Collection exhibition opens this weekend and explores the ways the Collection has developed through a sequence of specially curated rooms that highlight collecting themes and variations. Included is our #WednesdayWorkoftheWeek (Maquette I) 1956 by Barbara Hepworth
This week our #WednesdayWorkoftheWeek is Voewood, 2004 by Roger Ackling.
SUNLIGHT: Roger Ackling is on display at the Pier Arts Centre until 1 November 2025
Open Tuesday-Saturday 10:30am-5pm. Admission is Free
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This week our #WednesdayWorkoftheWeek is Sweet May, 2023 by Orkney artist Brandon Logan, which was presented to the Pier Arts Centre by the Contemporary Art Society 2023/4
You can see his exhibition Willow Trust Illusion at Sid Motion Gallery until 1 November 2025
Our #WednesdayWorkoftheWeek is Heather Coast 1963 by Peter Lanyon
Head over to our Instagram to read how Margaret Gardiner (1904-2005) cane to acquire the painting.
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Alfred Wallis (1855-1942) was born 170 years ago this month.
We are celebrating the artist with our #WednesdayWorkoftheWeek Headland with two three-masters from our Collection
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This week's #WednesdayWorkoftheWeek is Group III (Evocation) by Barbara Hepworth © Bowness
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For our #WednesdayWorkoftheWeek we continue to celebrate the work of Roger Ackling (1947-2014) with Voewood 1999 sunlight on wood © Estate of the Artist / Courtesy Annely Juda Fine Art
Throughout the summer, we are open 10:30am-5pm Mon-Sat, 10:30am-3:30pm Sun. Admission free
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This week our #WednesdayWorkoftheWeek is Barbara Hepworth's Large and Small Form, 1934 which is currently on display in Kunstmuseum, Luzern, Switzerland as part of their exhibition Kandinsky, Picasso, Miró et al.
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This week our #WednesdayWorkoftheWeek is Alan Reynolds First Drawing for Summer (The Seasons) 1954-6
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This week our #WednesdayWorkoftheWeek is celebrating Orkney Island Games 2025 with John Wells Landscape with Flight Forms 1958.
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This week's #WednesdayWorkoftheWeek is Voewood 2004 by Roger Ackling (1947-2014)
A new display SUNLIGHT: Roger Ackling opens at the Pier Arts Centre on Saturday (12 July)
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This week our #WednesdayWorkoftheWeek is Catameringue by Ian Hamilton Finlay (1925–2006) © the Estate of Ian Hamilton Finlay
There is still time to see our display celebrating the Centenary of the birth of the Scottish poet, artist and gardener. On display until Saturday (5 July)
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This week's #WednesdayWorkoftheWeek is Alexandra Kadzevich's, Mysterious Pier, 2019, currently on display in our exhibition Endings and Beginnings
The Pier Arts Centre Collection – Recent Acquisitions
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This week's #WednesdayWorkoftheWeek is Blue Dominance, 1977 by Bridget Riley b. 1931, currently on loan from the Osborne Samuel Gallery, London
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Our #WednesdayWorkoftheWeek is Barbara Hepworth's Figure in Sycamore 1931 © Bowness, which is heading to Kunstmuseum Luzern, Switzerland for their exhibition Kandinsky, Picasso, Miró et al. back in Lucerne from 5 July-2 Nov alongside 2 more Hepworth sculptures from our Collection
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This week's #WednesdayWorkoftheWeek is Bet Low In the Hoy Hills (Orkney), 1977, © Bet Low Trust
Our exhibition, Bet Low - An Island on Your Doorstep, is on display until the weekend.
Open Tues-Sat 10:30am-5pm PLUS we are open 1-5 on Sun (8 June) and on Mon (9 June) Admission free.
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We are looking forward to welcoming Orpheus (Maquette I) 1956 by Barbara Hepworth back to the gallery after its time at Museum Barberini in Germany
In case you are missing it as much as we are, here it is as our #WednesdayWorkoftheWeek
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This week's #WednesdayWorkoftheWeek is Towards a Solar Eclipse (18 May) by Garry Fabian Miller (b.1957)
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