Border Crossings: Ten Scottish Masters of Modern Art is in its final days at McManus: Dundee’s Art Gallery and Museum, giving visitors a free chance to see an exhibition focused on Scottish artists whose work reached far beyond Scotland.
The exhibition is free to enter and runs at The McManus, Albert Square, Meadowside, Dundee, DD1 1DA. The remaining listed dates are Wednesday 10 June, Thursday 11 June, Friday 12 June and Saturday 13 June at 10:00, with the final listed date on Sunday 14 June 2026 at 12:30.
It is aimed at the general public and will suit visitors interested in modern art, Scottish cultural history, Dundee exhibitions, or a free city-centre museum visit before the show closes.
Final dates at The McManus
Border Crossings opened on Saturday 28 June 2025 and runs until Sunday 14 June 2026. The closing date now gives Dundee visitors a short window to see the exhibition before it leaves the programme at The McManus.
| Detail | Information |
|---|---|
| Event | Border Crossings: Ten Scottish Masters of Modern Art |
| Type | Exhibition |
| Venue | McManus: Dundee’s Art Gallery and Museum |
| Address | Albert Square, Meadowside, Dundee, DD1 1DA |
| Remaining dates | 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 June 2026 |
| Listed times | 10:00 on 10-13 June; 12:30 on 14 June |
| Cost | Free |
| Entry | Free entry |
| Published by | Leisure and Culture Dundee |
The source listing also gives contact details for The McManus through the museum website and email, and names Leisure and Culture Dundee as the organisation behind the published event information.
Ten Scottish artists with an international reach
The exhibition brings together ten names described in the source material as pioneering modern Scottish artists: Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, Robert Colquhoun, William Crozier, Alan Davie, William Gear, William Johnstone, Robert MacBryde, Eduardo Paolozzi, William Scott and William Turnbull.
The connecting thread is movement across borders. The exhibition presents artists who left Scotland to build their careers and who were immersed in international developments in modern art. The source material places those artistic networks around London and Paris, and later New York.
That framing gives Border Crossings a broader reach than a simple survey of Scottish art. It looks at how artists from Scotland entered wider modern art circles and how their work became part of a global story. The show’s title carries that theme directly: border crossing as geography, career route and artistic exchange.
For Dundee audiences, the practical appeal is clear. The exhibition is free, centrally located and built around artists whose names sit within the development of modern art worldwide. Visitors do not need a specialist background to follow the main idea: ten artists, ten journeys away from home, and a shared place in the modern art movement.
Works by Paolozzi, Davie and Barns-Graham among the draw
Among the best-known names in the exhibition are Eduardo Paolozzi, Alan Davie and Wilhelmina Barns-Graham. The source listing highlights Paolozzi, Davie and Barns-Graham as part of the group of Scottish masters included in the show.
The exhibition also includes Robert Colquhoun and Robert MacBryde, William Crozier, William Gear, William Johnstone, William Scott and William Turnbull. Together, the ten artists are presented as having made unique contributions to the development of modern art worldwide.
The show is described by Leisure and Culture Dundee as paying tribute to their legacy, exploring their journeys and inviting visitors to consider how Scotland’s modern masters helped shape the art scene worldwide.
What to know before going
The venue is McManus: Dundee’s Art Gallery and Museum at Albert Square, Meadowside, Dundee, DD1 1DA. The exhibition is listed as free, with free entry.
No accessibility, transport, food or stall details were included in the supplied event listing, so visitors who need those practical details should use the venue contact information published with the event before travelling.
The remaining listed exhibition dates are 10 June at 10:00, 11 June at 10:00, 12 June at 10:00, 13 June at 10:00 and 14 June at 12:30.
Source: Dundee City Events
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- 2026-06-10 14:25
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