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Read our artist highlights from 2026 so far, including sculptor Lucy Gray's collaboration with poet and writer Leonie Charlton, Patricia Paolozzi Cain's participation in The Royal Scottish Academy's 200th Annual Exhibition, and Dan Jamieson's 'Hate Plate' showcase in New York. 

Patricia Paolozzi Cain is an exhibiting artist at this year's Royal Scottish Academy's annual exhibition. The selected work 'Fälthelden (Spirit-field)' is a mixed-media artwork on paper, made with coloured pencil, acrylic and collage and measuring 120 cm x 140 cm. It is from a body of work called 'Opposition and Fellowship' that explores the reconciliation of opposites, taking inspiration from ancient Chinese philosophy.