15/10/2026
𝐌𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫 𝐋𝐲𝐬 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬
𝘈𝘤𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘚𝘤𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 90𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘢𝘫𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘩𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯
Perth Art Gallery has announced a major retrospective exhibition celebrating acclaimed Scottish artist Lys Hansen, opening on 27 November 2026, as part of the artist’s 90th birthday year. Advance tickets are now on sale.
Lys Hansen was born in Falkirk in 1936, and lives in Stirlingshire, and works in Perthshire. Hansen attended Craigmount School when it was situated at Scone Palace and received dance lessons from celebrated dancer, choreographer and artist Margaret Morris, whose work and belongings are also on display at Perth Art Gallery.
The year-long exhibition features over 35 artworks, including large-scale paintings and several sculptures, alongside a new artwork created during the development of this exhibition The Brave and the Fallen (2026). The show will also include a large-scale work held in the collections cared for by Culture Perth & Kinross, How Wisdom and Folly Meet, Mix and Unite, How Virtue and Vice Blend Their Black and Their White (1987).
Hansen is widely regarded as one of Scotland’s most important figurative expressionist painters having spent more than six decades exploring themes of memory, identity, conflict and human relationships. Her career has seen her work across Europe, including France, Ireland, the Netherlands, Denmark and Germany. Hansen had been working in Berlin since 1985 and was there when the Wall fell in 1989, an experience that greatly influenced her creative direction. Her work is deeply personal, with her introspection balanced by reflections on some of the darkest moments in human history.
This exhibition has been supported by Museums Galleries Scotland and Trauma Healing Together
