Art World Abstracts: Painting the Town Tartan, and More!

The art collective the Projector Club has turned Leyden Farm in West Lothlan completely tartan with a lightshow, but Guardian critic Jonathan Jones argues it may not suggest yea or nay for Scotland’s referendum.

The Projector Club's tartan projection at Leyden Farm. (Photo by Craig Robertson)
The Projector Club’s tartan projection at Leyden Farm. (Photo by Craig Robertson)

The art collective the Projector Club has turned Leyden Farm in West Lothlan completely tartan with a lightshow, but Guardian critic Jonathan Jones argues it may not suggest yea or nay for Scotland’s referendum. [Guardian]

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