By Sue Edwards.
A one day site-specific art event was held on Sunday 4th July, 2010, at Mill of Menie near Balmedie – the home of Michael and Sheila Forbes.
The exhibition took place in the granite steading of the Forbes’s farm, watched over by a magnificent Highland pony stallion and a white goose nested on top of a hay bale. Despite stormy weather and rain before the event, visitor numbers to the exhibition were impressive from noon until sunset. Continue reading »
By Simon Gall.
Trump vs. Forbes – An exhibition by David McCue
David McCue, a Glasgow based Artist, unveiled some of his latest artwork this week at the Mill of Menie Farm, situated in the heart of the Menie Estate in Aberdeenshire. His work examines and explores “the ongoing psychological battle between American billionaire Donald Trump
and Michael Forbes, the farmer.”(1) Continue reading »
Eence, oor prood forefaithers
Raised their kilts on the battlefield
Defendin’ oor land fae thievin’ hands
Wi’ a big sword an’ a shield
A tradition upheld yet tae this day
In the Shire and Aiberdeen
Yet the Cooncil’s swapped the Claymore
For a tub o’ Vaseline.