Visual Arts Scotland returns to the the National Galleries Scotland, Edinburgh for our Open Exhibition “The Thread That Pulls”.

Some things do not let us go. A colour that returns in every sketch, a fragment of cloth that refuses to fray, a question that won’t be answered.

This exhibition gathers artists and makers who follow the pull; whether it’s the tug of memory or the weight of a material, the slow draw of an unfinished thought. Here, the thread is both visible and invisible: stitch, line, story, bond. It connects, knots, loops back. It asks for patience and looks to reward attention.