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Free GIF making guides to download. Learn a new skill. Have a go at mixing up artworks and bringing them to life.
Explore the visual symbols and language used by LGBTQ+ artists and communities to suggest hidden identities. Oscar Wilde and his circle famously wore a green carnation as a signifier of their identities. These flowers are just one example of the many visual symbols throughout history, which hinted at secret sexualities and identities that had been hidden. So what other coded symbols can we find in the history of queer art? How did today's artist reference and re-use them? And how have hidden symbols transitioned to a wider and more expressive queer visual language?
There’s this series of engravings by William Hogarth, depicting a young man who comes into an inherited fortune - think Pip from Great Expectations - innocently gazing around the townhouse of his tight-fisted father. Hogarth's work so often comments on the trappings of class and he was only one of many artists throughout history that used art to criticise and even break down barriers in society. So how have artists throughout history reflected and poked fun at class observations? And what role can artists have in highlighting social inequalities and creating change?
This film is part of a new series The Art of Discomfort which looks at how artists explore or present challenging themes in their work.
In this video series brilliant creative thinkers choose a work they love and share their way of seeing art and our world. These conversations, offer fresh perspectives on artworks in our galleries.
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Free GIF making guides to download. Learn a new skill. Have a go at mixing up artworks and bringing them to life.
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Spending time outside in nature is great for our wellbeing. Making art and being creative is fun and relaxing – so why not combine both?
This collection presents some of the works acquired in recent years, including painting, works on paper and photography.
In this collection, you can explore a selection of highlights from our collection of Scottish art.
The National Galleries of Scotland has over 96,000 objects in its collection. We have selected just a few of these for you to enjoy.
This unique collection of Scottish photography represents Scottish life and identity from the 1840s through the 1940s – a century of dramatic transformation and innovation.
As part of our commitment to equality, we are undertaking a review of the national art collection in relation to colonialism, slavery and their legacies. New content, in gallery and online, is being developed over the coming months in light of this research and will remain an ongoing project. If you see content that you think should be reviewed as part of this work, please email us. All suggestions will be considered. We are currently unable to give a timescale for when any agreed changes will be made but we will do it as soon as we can.