Due to the adverse weather conditions and on advice from Police Scotland, the John Duncan Fergusson at 150 Symposium due to take place at Perth Art Gallery tomorrow, Saturday 23 November 2024 has been postponed.  We’re getting in touch with all ticket holders shortly and apologise for any inconvenience this has caused. We hope to re-schedule the event at a later date.

To mark the 150th anniversary of the birth of John Duncan Fergusson (1874-1961) and the opening of the permanent Fergus and Meg: A Creative Partnership exhibition at Perth Art Gallery, Culture Perth & Kinross and the Scottish Society for Art History are holding a symposium about Fergusson’s work and legacy.

The keynote speaker will be Roger Billcliffe, Chair of the J.D. Fergusson Art Foundation. He will be joined by Sarah Bromage and Fiona Clasen, University of Stirling, Anne Dulau, Hunterian Art Gallery, University of Glasgow, Richard Emerson on Fergusson’s role in Margaret Morris’s Summer Schools, Amy Fairley, Curator of Fergus and Meg, Susan Moore on Fergusson’s relationship with Anne Estelle Rice and Alice Strang, Curator of the National Galleries of Scotland Fergusson retrospective exhibition.

This event is supported by the J D Fergusson Art Foundation.