Scotland's fourth-largest city Dundee was traditionally famous for the three "Js" - jute, jam and journalism being the pillars of its wealth. Today, however, the city is reinventing itself as a destination for food and art.

London's Victoria & Albert Museum is opening the V&A Museum of Design later this year as a new international centre of design in Scotland on Dundee's historic waterfront. The international competition to find a design tema for this landmark building was won by the Japanese starchitect Kengo Kuma.

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The city itself is rapidly becoming a centre for great art thanks to the Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design at the University of Dundee. Today it is considered one the best art schools in Europe and the 2015 Masters Degree show that opens on August 22 will see 17 artists graduating, some of whom have already established both national and international reputations - so is likely to attract an national audience. The degree show there earlier this summer attracted a record-breaking 15,000 people over ten days. This time works include drawings with gunpowder, an exploded North Sea oil pipe and the reconstructed face of an 18th-century pirate.

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And while you're up there be sure to eat out. It may be most famous as the birthplace of marmalade but the reputation of the new restaurant scene in Dundee is rapidly catching up with those in Edinburgh and Glasgow, with a particular emphasis on modern Scottish cuisine. Head over the bridge to the south bank of the Tay and The View. The food is great - and the view back across the water to the city every bit as good.

Fragile by Ellis O'Connor Master of Fine Arts and Humanities Degree Show 2015, 22-30 August at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, Perth Road, Dundee