Tag: Scottish National Portrait Gallery
GENERATION – 25 years of contemporary art in Scotland
It's been more than three years in the making, and this week all the work and wild imaginings have paid off: GENERATION, the National Galleries of Scotland's largest ever exhibition, opens to the public...
What’s on in Edinburgh this week
MONDAY 23 JUNE 2014
Edible Gardening: Seasonal Advice. Drop in to find out how to grow your own food and take a look around the productive garden with the Edible Gardening Project team. 1-3pm, Demonstration...
New Allan Ramsay exhibition at Scottish National Gallery next month
BIRTHDAY OF SCOTLAND’S GREATEST 18TH CENTURY ARTIST TO BE CELEBRATED IN NEW DISPLAY
Allan Ramsay at 300
19 October 2013 – 4 February 2014
Scottish National Gallery, The Mound, Edinburgh, EH2 2EL
Telephone: 0131 624 6200 | Admission...
New art app launched today by National Galleries of Scotland
Ever wondered how art from paintings to sculpture, from modern art to the classics, can knit together? Ever pondered a link between Picasso, Botticelli and the artist behind the renovation of the Scotsman Steps...
New photography exhibition at the Portrait Gallery
A new photography exhibition opens at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery tomorrow.
Edith Tudor-Hart was one of the most important female photographers to have worked in the UK. She lived through and documented some of...
Comedy Greats Exhibition opens at Portrait Gallery
DOROTHY PAUL OPENS COMEDY GREATS EXHIBITION AT PORTRAIT GALLERY
A fascinating new exhibition which celebrates 75 amazing years of Scotland’s entertainment history will open at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery this weekend. Tickling Jock: Comedy Greats...
Release your inner Bard in Edinburgh!
Burns Night is celebrated annually in Scotland around the end of January, the Bard's birthday. There is a feast of entertainment commemorating the life and work of Robert Burns in the capital this year.
Burns was born...
Scottish National Portrait Gallery hosts new exhibition about India
A collection of beautiful and rarely seen photographs, which offers a fascinating insight into the role played by Scots in the British Raj, is to feature in a new exhibition at the Scottish National...
Scottish Portrait Gallery photography exhibition funded for three years
THE ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE FOUNDATION FUNDS PHOTOGRAPHY SPACE
The National Galleries of Scotland (NGS) is delighted to announce that The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation has made a major donation to the new Photography Gallery in the refurbished...
AUDIO – The Edinburgh Reporter in conversation with Juliet Dunlop
Juliet Dunlop is the news anchor on the Edinburgh-based STV News at Six which started in May last year. She has quickly become a well kent face on our screens, at tea-time and alo...
Director of Scottish National Portrait Gallery retires
The National Galleries of Scotland announces today that James Holloway CBE will retire from his post as Director of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery at the end of January 2012.
James Holloway began his career...
AUDIO – Some of the highlights at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery
The Scottish National Portrait Gallery reopened at the beginning of December 2011 after two years of extensive renovations. The whole project has incorporated both internal and external works, and the public floorspace has been...
The Scottish National Portrait Gallery ready to re-open
The Scottish National Portrait Gallery is that very imposing red sandstone building on Queen Street with the turrets. It has been there for over 120 years, constructed as a purpose-built gallery, but this is...
Scottish National Portrait Gallery – photographic portraits
Some of Scotland’s most famous faces from Sir Sean Connery to David Tennant are to appear in a new collection of photographic portraits which will be unveiled in the refurbished Scottish National Portrait Gallery...
Portrait Gallery project awarded £2m by The Scottish Government
The world's first purpose-built portrait gallery is a step closer to opening again to the public as the Scottish Government confirms an additional £2 million to renovate and revitalise the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.
The...
Edinburgh Jobs – Learning Coordinator, Scottish National Portrait Gallery
The Scottish National Portrait Gallery will be up and running again soon. In the meantime they are looking for a Learning Coordinator. Apply before Friday 11 February 2011. This is what the advert...
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