Peter Howson 

Now 65, what better time to have a retrospective of Howson’s art. When The Apple Ripens features around 100 works from across his lengthy career, many of which have yet to be seen in Scotland. 

City Art Centre, Edinburgh, until Sunday 1 October.

Helen de Main & Mandy McIntosh

Fabric, paper and sculptural works from these Glasgow-based artists make up Repeat Patterns, which discusses how inequity ripples through the generations. 

Gallery Of Modern Art, Glasgow, until Sunday 15 October.

Tartan

One of the world’s best-known textiles is given its moment in the sun as this instantly recognisable symbol of Scotland displays its versatility from high fashion to biscuit tins and most things in between.

V&A Dundee, until Sunday 14 January.

Glasgow School Of Art Degree Show

A new generation of artists show off their wares with this physical exhibition running alongside a digital showcase. 

GSA Garnethill Campus, Glasgow, Friday 2–Sunday 11 June.

Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2022

The cream of contemporary photography’s crop gathers up in this exhibition which drew on over 4000 entries from 62 countries. Amateurs rub shoulders with professionals across a wide range of subjects.

Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh, Saturday 17 June–Sunday 10 September.

Jala Wahid

Exploring the relationship between Kurdistan and Britain, Wahid’s debut Scottish exhibition, Conflagration, touches on identity, nationhood and legacies through the lens of oil.

Tramway, Glasgow, Friday 23 June–Sunday 10 September.

Grayson Perry

Another modern heavyweight gets the retrospective treatment as a 40-year career is marked in the appropriately titled Smash Hits. He’s come a long way from attending pottery classes to becoming a renowned artist who tackles politics, religion and gender.

Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Saturday 22 July–Sunday 12 November.

Christian Noelle Charles

Racial identity, inequality and care are explored and examined in What A Feeling!/Act 1 from this Glasgow-based US artist whose work straddles video, printmaking and performance.

Edinburgh Printmakers, Friday 28 July–Sunday 17 September.

Markéta Luskačová

This Prague-born but now UK-based photographer has succeeded in stepping out from the long shadow of her male peers to offer something different, with her exhibition focusing on children as the subject.

Stills, Edinburgh, Saturday 12 August–Saturday 7 October. 

Billie Zangewa

Malawi artist Zangewa has her inaugural showcase in Scotland, creating delicate figurative collages from fragments of raw silk, aiming to challenge entrenched stereotypes which have been used to objectify Black women.

Tramway, Glasgow, Saturday 30 September–Sunday 4 February.

Beyond Realism: Dada And Surrealism

Tap into your unconscious with this blockbuster display featuring Salvador Dalí, Leonora Carrington, Marcel Duchamp, Joan Miró and René Magritte. 

Scottish National Gallery Of Modern Art, Edinburgh, daily.