This spectacular room at the heart of the Portrait Gallery houses a wealth of research resources on Scottish portraiture. The displays in the Library explore some surprising types of portraiture, from ...

use in free educational lectures and classes use on an individual or group's website discussing the artwork in question (except on websites where the individual is promoting themselves or a group, ...

This celebratory display of works by internationally renowned Scottish artist Bruce McLean, marks his 80th birthday. Trace McLean’s humorous and lively six-decade long inquiry into sculpture and revel ...

This display presents a selection of Scottish art created after the First World War. In the 1920s Scottish artists engaged with the European avant-garde, creating strikingly stylised portraits and ...

The eighteenth century was a dynamic era, informed by new, ‘enlightened’ ideas about mankind and its place in the world. It ended however in violence, with revolutions in America and France. European ...

Towards the end of the 1880s artists in Scotland began to respond to Symbolism, a movement with literary origins. This display includes works that show how Scottish Symbolism was boosted by the Celtic ...

Discover the effects of painting outdoors on European art 1825–1885, with early works by some of the Impressionists, including Pissarro and Monet as well as a few of the artists who inspired them.

In this comparatively simple portrait, Leibovitz relies on intimacy for effect. Her aim was to immortalise John and Yoko's deep love for one another. But within hours of taking this photograph John ...

Arthur Melville (1855-1904) was one of the most innovative Scottish painters of his generation. The intensity of his colours, his fascination with effects of brilliant light and his dramatic ...

We've created this sensory story about a brave little bird, inspired by Roman Standard, 2005, a sculpture by Tracey Emin. 1. Collect these objects from around the house together: Ice cube, white sheet ...

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The Art Works is our project to deliver a sustainable new facility to care for, research and share Scotland’s renowned art collection. As a key part of the Granton Waterfront development, the building ...