{"id":389575,"date":"2025-09-01T15:49:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T15:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/389575\/"},"modified":"2025-09-01T15:49:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T15:49:10","slug":"john-bellanys-the-box-meeting-on-display-in-edinburgh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/389575\/","title":{"rendered":"John Bellany&#8217;s &#8216;The Box Meeting&#8217; on display in Edinburgh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The venue is exhibiting The Box Meeting,\u00a0giving visitors a chance to see this significant work.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The painting is on display alongside a major retrospective of Bellany&#8217;s life at the City Art Centre a short walk away.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The Box Meeting\u00a0is one of Bellany&#8217;s early works. In it, he transformed Giovanni Bellini&#8217;s The Feast of the Gods\u00a0(1514) from Renaissance Italy to a Scottish fishing village.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The painting depicts the Box Meeting\u00a0tradition in Cockenzie and Port Seton. This was a community celebration after church services, featuring parades, banners, pipe bands\u00a0and evening fun at the harbour. The &#8216;box&#8217; in the painting held funds to help widows of local fishermen who had died at sea.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  This community spirit greatly influenced Bellany&#8217;s work throughout his career.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The exhibition at the City Art Centre, John Bellany: A Life in Self-Portraiture,\u00a0features more than 80 of the late artist&#8217;s autobiographical pieces.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <strong>READ MORE<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eastlothiancourier.com\/news\/25027924.edinburgh-exhibition-celebrating-john-bellany-summer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Edinburgh exhibition celebrating John Bellany this summer<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  These include paintings, drawings\u00a0and prints from his art school days to his final works.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  This exhibition runs until September 28, when\u00a0St Giles&#8217; Cathedral will host a special concert.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The Stephanie Legg Ensemble will perform Bellany,\u00a0an album released on the 10th anniversary of the artist&#8217;s death.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  For more details and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/bellany-a-musical-tribute-by-the-stephanie-legg-ensemble-tickets-1507873914469?msockid=08efa73293cf64360fc5b226929765b6\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">to book tickets, visit Eventbrite.<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Stephanie Legg&#8217;s music captures Bellany&#8217;s visual storytelling in sound, touching on the social and religious themes in his work.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The ensemble&#8217;s performance will take audiences through Bellany&#8217;s life, from his early days in Port Seton to meeting his wife Helen and achieving international fame.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Inspired by Bellany&#8217;s 1995 work The Skate and the Kate,\u00a0Stephanie&#8217;s folk-inspired compositions invite audiences to celebrate Bellany&#8217;s joy and success while acknowledging his sorrow and struggles.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The ensemble includes Stephanie Legg on saxophones and voice, Julia Hart on violin, Cameron Smith on cello\u00a0and Erin Sawicka on piano.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The venue is exhibiting The Box Meeting,\u00a0giving visitors a chance to see this significant work. 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