Tag: The Scottish National Portrait Gallery

A striking photography exhibition titled Counted: Scotland’s Census 2022 has opened at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery just at the time of the 2022 Scotland’s Census.Running until 25 September 2022, the display celebrates the varied...

A new exhibition of recent artwork by young people from across Scotland, which explores the many ways in which creativity can help us to understand and express our emotions, is now open at the...

   The 2018 BP Portrait Award exhibition, which opens at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery on 15 December, will feature 48 stand-out works including An Angel at my Table by Miriam Escofet, which took this...

Arthur Conan Doyle, Flora MacDonald and William Wallace were given a new look by fashion students at Edinburgh College along with Edinburgh-based Stewart Christie & Co from Queen Street.Photographer Laura Meek captured the characters...

GRAHAM FAGEN: THE SLAVE’S LAMENT 20 May – 29 October 2017 Scottish National Portrait Gallery 1 Queen Street, Edinburgh EH2 1JD 0131 624 6200 | Admission FREE #GrahamFagenPart of Edinburgh Art Festival 2017A fascinating artwork inspired by a pivotal...

Opening on Saturday 16 July 2016 at the Portrait Gallery is a fascinating collection of self-portraits collected from across three collections in Europe.From Rembrandt’s famously unflinching treatment of his ageing reflection to Ai Weiwei’s...

REDISCOVERED SHINTY PAINTING EXHIBITED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FIFTY YEARS AT THE SCOTTISH NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY The painting A Highland Landscape with a Game of Shinty is the most famous depiction of the world-celebrated...

If you are a fan of The Good Wife then you will know him as Eli Gold who has all the answers for every situation, and on Broadway right now he is starring with Emma...

All the works submitted for the popular BP Portrait Award are on show in Edinburgh this winter. The works at The Scottish National Portrait Gallery comprise the entries in a competition organised by the National Portrait Gallery in London.  The award...

Two people who clearly like being behind the lens rather than in front of it, UK artist Patrick Waterhouse and photographer Mikhael Subotzky were remarkably reticent about their photographic exhibition just opening today at the Scottish National...

In an important announcement The Scottish National Portrait Gallery announced today that a near life-size portrait is being added to the collection. The new acquisition is Portrait of Lady Montgomery by Sir Henry Raeburn (1756-1823). This elegant...

An exhibition of the art created by a 19th century writer and thinker is the subject of a new exhibition just open at the Portrait Gallery. This is the only UK opportunity to have...

Harry Benson has taken another photograph. This is more than enough for all the Scottish press photographers to gather and pay homage to the great man. For he is great.This is the photographer who...

Alexander McCall Smith commissioned a portrait of crime writer Ian Rankin and he has presented it to the Scottish National Portrait Gallery where it can be viewed now. The painting is described as meticulous...

VIVIANE SASSEN: IN AND OUT OF FASHION Exhibition organised by Huis Marseille Museum, Amsterdam19 October 2013 – 2 February 2014 Scottish National Portrait Gallery Nationalgalleries.org Admission freeOne of the most exciting names in contemporary photography will bring her first...

Did we all learn something new about the wonderful John Byrne this evening? Probably not. But Byrne in conversation with fellow Scot AL Kennedy was a hot ticket and the surroundings of the Scottish...

National Galleries of Scotland announce Summer 2014 exhibition of portraits by John Byrne. A new Scottish National Portrait Gallery exhibition set for summer 2014, will present a broad range of portraiture from across John Byrne’s...

An exhibition of Man Ray portraits, an Annie Lennox retrospective, and an exhibition of new works by Ken Currie are among the highlights of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery’s 2013 programme.The Gallery is delighted to...

The Scottish National Portrait Gallery has announced the acquisition of a recent work by South African photographer Zwelethu Mthethwa. Untitled (2010) was purchased with the support of Art Fund, the national fundraising charity for...

A self-portrait by Jack Vettriano will feature in a new display at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, which is to re-open this autumn after a major refurbishment.Titled The Weight, the painting depicts the artist...