The Fleming Collection celebrates its 50th anniversary with landmark exhibitions in Scotland
(Artdaily.org)

The renowned Fleming Collection of Scottish art deemed to be the finest outside public institutions is staging exhibitions this August at the Fine Art Society in Edinburgh and the Maclaurin Art Gallery at Rozelle House in Ayr as part of its celebration of fifty years of collecting. The theme of refugees, past and present, takes centre stage in Radicals, Pioneers and Rebels at the Fine Art Society, Edinburgh, 15th August -­â€�‑ September 3rd. The show focuses on artists who have challenged the artistic, social and political consensus showing two of the most iconic paintings in the collection, Thomas Faed’s The Last of the Clan and John Watson Nicol’s Lochaber No More, which in their day exposed the human and economic cost of the Highland Clearances. Bringing the issue up-­â€�‑to-­â€�‑date are documentary photographs of the Calais Jungle by Iranian, Iman Tajek, who himself had spent time in