An exhibition curated by award-winning author and broadcaster Damian Barr for Charleston - now on tour to Nottingham Castle - celebrates the lives and works of Robert MacBryde and Robert Colquhoun. In his novel ‘The Two Roberts’ Damian Barr 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 us to look at these two men again, at the trail they blazed and the price they paid for it…”

The exhibition is accompanied by a solo presentation of Robert Montgomery’s visual poetry installation: ‘The People You Love Become the Ghosts Inside of You’ from 2013. Montgomery is a Scottish-born, London-based contemporary artist and poet. He is renowned for his large-scale light works using words and poetry installed in public spaces.