Robert MacBryde and Robert Colquhoun: Artists, Lovers, Outsiders, an exhibition curated by award-winning writer Damian Barr.
Saturday 2 May and 6 September 2026
Nottingham Castle Museum & Art Gallery is proud to host this exclusive new temporary exhibition, on tour from Charleston celebrating the lives and works of Robert MacBryde and Robert Colquhoun.
Thanks to public response and passion for Robert MacBryde and Robert Colquhoun’s work, over 100 works from the exhibition, many works never before seen by the public, have been transported across the UK and arrive in Nottingham Castle Museum and Art Gallery for Saturday 2 May 2026.
Curator and award-winning author Damian Barr says:
“Robert and Bobby were, briefly, two of the most famous artists in the world: photographed in Vogue magazine, filmed by Ken Russel and collected by the Tate, Nottingham Castle, and many others. Now they are almost forgotten and more remembered for their tragically short lives, if at all. It has been a joy and a responsibility reappraising teh work of this pioneering couple, once nicknamed ‘MacBraque and McPicasso’.”
Standard admission applies.
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This exhibition is accompanied by a solo presentation of Robert Montgomery’s visual poetry installation:
The People You Love Become the Ghosts Inside of You
Damian Barr, curator of the Roberts MacBryde and Robert Colquhoun: Artists, Lovers, Outsiders exhibition and author of ‘The Two Roberts’ novel says:
“Robert and Bobby were, briefly, two of the most famous artists in the world: photographed in Vogue, filmed by Ken Russell and collected by the Tate, among others. Now they are almost forgotten and more remembered for their tragically short lives, if at all. It has been a joy and a responsibility reappraising the work of this pioneering couple, once nicknamed ‘MacBraque and McPicasso’. We have over 100 works in the show from delicate sketches to monumental oils and dancing ballet figures. Each and every one screams of their talent and urges to look at these two men again, at the trail they blazed and the price they paid for it… I am thrilled that the Two Roberts’ work will return to the Dick Institute in Kilmarnock, a proper homecoming for two lost sons of Ayrshire.”
Standard admission applies.
Pay Once, Visit All Year Round with our Annual Pass.
