Beyond Borders launches it 2012 programme of events with The Enduring Middle East, an exhibition by Scottish artist Joseph Maxwell Stuart that will begin at the Mall Galleries in London on the 18th June and continue in Edinburgh from the 25th June in June 2012. A preview of the exhibition may be found on the artists website.

Following in the footsteps of Edinburgh-born Orientalist painter David Roberts, Joseph Maxwell Stuart travelled across the Middle East in 2010, making detailed sketches of its timeless cultural sites including Petra, Giza and Wadi Rum. Maxwell Stuart`s oil and watercolour paintings capture the spirit and beauty of these sites and speak of the enduring appeal of the culture and landscape of the Arab world, which continues to fascinate artists and writers through the ages, across the globe.

After a successful preview at its festival Books Borders & Bikes last year, Beyond Borders is bringing this exhibition in full to London and Edinburgh in June. Admission to these exhibitions will be free and the works will all be available to buy.

London: Mon 18 June – Sat 23rd June 2012
Mall Galleries, The Mall, London SW1Y 5BD

Edinburgh: Mon 25th June – Fri 30th June 2012
The Dundas Street Gallery, 6 Dundas St, Edinburgh EH3 6HZ

For more information, contact Anna Irvin at anna@bbscot.com or on 0207 193 0832.