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Creative Scotland has announced £9.4million of capital funding for 12 organisations in Scotland, including Collective Gallery, Fruitmarket Gallery, Cove Park and Hospitalfield Arts.

A new, historically sensitive space at Edinburgh’s former City Observatory on Calton Hill expands Collective’s programme of Scottish and international work.

A major multi-venue cultural programme of exhibitions covering the last 25 years of contemporary art in Scotland has announced its ambitious, nationwide programme for 2014.

The programme for the sixth edition of Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art, the first under new Director Sarah McCrory, combines the local and international to create a busy 18 days of contemporary art activity across the city.

Writing in an open letter, the new CEO of Creative Scotland, Janet Archer, has announced a new senior staff structure for the organisation and suggested that there are more changes to come.

A free magazine from Scotland’s Sync organisation aims to stimulate discussion and encourage a wider interaction with new technologies in the arts.

With a brand identity designed by Jim Lambie and a programme of artist initiated projects courtesy of David Dale Gallery, the recently announced cultural programme for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games sees plenty of visual arts alongside the sport.

Glasgow Print Studio has commissioned forty new print editions to celebrate its 40th anniversary. Pippa Koszerek speaks to its Director John Mackechnie about marking this special occasion.

Writers and cultural commentators Paul Morley and Simon Reynolds join artists and critics for The Future Symposium at CCA, Glasgow, which accompanies the venue’s current Jerwood/Film and Video Umbrella Awards exhibition.

In a major speech, the Scottish Government’s Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop has defended the idea of art for art’s sake and attacked the UK Government’s focus on the economic value of culture.

New works by Corin Sworn, Duncan Campbell and Hayley Tompkins have been unveiled as part of the Scotland + Venice 2013 presentation – accompanied by the first ever official visit from a Scottish Government minister.

Artist Rachel Maclean has been announced as the winner of this year’s Glasgow Film Festival Margaret Tait Award.