http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media Audio and Video from the National Galleries of Scotland en-gb info@nationalgalleries.org Copyright 2012 National Galleries of Scotland http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/celebrating-50-years-of-world-class-art <p><img src='http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/gma50_celebrating_2.jpg' /></p> This short video about the 50th anniversary of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art includes interviews with some of the curators responsible for the re-hang of the collection, as well as the Director of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art and Schools Education Officer. [Duration 5:30] http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/celebrating-50-years-of-world-class-art 2010-03-01 00:00:00 http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/gma50_celebrating_2.jpg National Galleries of Scotland http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/wild-rovers-parallel-lives-in-crieff <p><img src='http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/wildrovers.jpg' /></p> A video from the streets of Crieff, vividly enacting the symbolic passage from the town's 'droving' past to a new future. [Duration 0:59] http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/wild-rovers-parallel-lives-in-crieff 2010-03-01 00:00:00 http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/wildrovers.jpg National Galleries of Scotland http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/rough-cuts <p><img src='http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/roughcuts_1_1.jpg' /></p> Edinburgh's Beanland Films film Rough Cut Nation in the radical and experimental way in which it was conceived. [Duration 1:42] http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/rough-cuts 2010-03-01 00:00:00 http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/roughcuts_1_1.jpg National Galleries of Scotland http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/rough-cut-nation-time-lapse-2 <p><img src='http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/roughcuttimelapse2_2_1.jpg' /></p> The second Rough Cut Nation time-lapse video. Things are starting to come together (and apart) now. Music by Tut Vu Vu. [Duration 1:32] http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/rough-cut-nation-time-lapse-2 2010-03-01 00:00:00 http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/roughcuttimelapse2_2_1.jpg National Galleries of Scotland http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/rough-cut-nation-time-lapse-3 <p><img src='http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/roughcuttimelapse3_1.jpg' /></p> The final and complete time-lapse video of Rough Cut Nation. Music by Tut Vu Vu. [Duration 4:57] http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/rough-cut-nation-time-lapse-3 2010-03-01 00:00:00 http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/roughcuttimelapse3_1.jpg National Galleries of Scotland http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/rough-cut-nation-time-lapse-1 <p><img src='http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/roughcuttimelapse1_2_1.jpg' /></p> A short time-lapse video of the first three days of serious work on the walls. Music by Tut Vu Vu. [Duration 1:20] http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/rough-cut-nation-time-lapse-1 2010-03-01 00:00:00 http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/roughcuttimelapse1_2_1.jpg National Galleries of Scotland http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/put-yourself-in-the-picture <p><img src='http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/pg_putyourselfinthepicture_1.jpg' /></p> This short film to support the Portrait of the Nation fundraising campaign explains a little about what is happening and going to happen, in the words of staff, students and longtime visitors to the Portrait Gallery. [Duration 2:45] http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/put-yourself-in-the-picture 2010-03-01 00:00:00 http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/pg_putyourselfinthepicture_1.jpg National Galleries of Scotland http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/a-conversation-with-martin-boyce <p><img src='http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/gma50_boyce.jpg' /></p> Boyce discusses his recent work, his inspirations, and the artistic process behind the creation of room-sized work Electric Trees and Telephone Booth Conversations. [Duration 5:09] http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/a-conversation-with-martin-boyce 2010-03-01 00:00:00 http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/gma50_boyce.jpg National Galleries of Scotland http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/electric-trees-and-telephone-booth-conversations-installation-time-lapse <p><img src='http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/gma50_electrictrees_timelapse.jpg' /></p> This time-lapse video documents the installation of Electric Trees and Telephone Booth Conversations at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art between 16th and 20th November 2009. [Duration 4:43] http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/electric-trees-and-telephone-booth-conversations-installation-time-lapse 2010-03-01 00:00:00 http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/gma50_electrictrees_timelapse.jpg National Galleries of Scotland http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/installing-electric-trees-and-telephone-booth-conversations <p><img src='http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/boyce_install_film_still_1.jpg' /></p> Watch this short behind-the-scenes documentary video about the installation of Electric Trees and Telephone Booth Conversations at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art. It includes interviews with the artist Martin Boyce, curators, conservators and art-handling technicians all talking about what it means to be involved in the installation of a large-scale and multi-faceted contemporary work of art. [Duration 6:24] http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/installing-electric-trees-and-telephone-booth-conversations 2010-03-01 00:00:00 http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/boyce_install_film_still_1.jpg National Galleries of Scotland http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/iain-clark-and-muriel-gray-talk-about-the-portrait-making-process <p><img src='http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/pg_iainclark_2.jpg' /></p> Artist Iain Clark and sitter Muriel Gray talk about their experiences of being on opposite sides of the portrait-making process. [Duration 6:28] http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/iain-clark-and-muriel-gray-talk-about-the-portrait-making-process 2010-03-04 00:00:00 http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/pg_iainclark_2.jpg National Galleries of Scotland http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/iain-clark-and-muriel-gray-talk-about-the-portrait-making-process Artist Iain Clark and sitter Muriel Gray talk about their experiences of being on opposite sides of the portrait-making process. [Duration 6:28] http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/iain-clark-and-muriel-gray-talk-about-the-portrait-making-process 2010-03-04 00:00:00 National Galleries of Scotland http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/artist-rooms-andy-warhol <p><img src='http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/ar_andywarhol_2.jpg' /></p> Anthony d'Offay talks about his friendship with Andy Warhol and the legacy of Warhol's work, a wide range of which forms a major part of the ARTIST ROOMS collection jointly owned by National Galleries of Scotland and Tate. [Duration 3:34] http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/artist-rooms-andy-warhol 2010-03-04 00:00:00 http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/ar_andywarhol_2.jpg National Galleries of Scotland http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/artist-rooms-damien-hirst <p><img src='http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/ar_damienhirst_1.jpg' /></p> Patrick Elliott, Chief Curator at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, talks about the artist Damien Hirst and some of his works which are now part of the ARTIST ROOMS collection jointly owned by National Galleries of Scotland and Tate. [Duration 2:06] http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/artist-rooms-damien-hirst 2010-03-04 00:00:00 http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/ar_damienhirst_1.jpg National Galleries of Scotland http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/artist-rooms-ellen-gallagher <p><img src='http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/ar_ellengallagher_1.jpg' /></p> Anthony d'Offay talks about the work of African-American artist Ellen Gallagher, a number of whose works are among those represented in the ARTIST ROOMS collection jointly owned by National Galleries of Scotland and Tate. [Duration 1:17] http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/artist-rooms-ellen-gallagher 2010-03-04 00:00:00 http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/ar_ellengallagher_1.jpg National Galleries of Scotland http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/artist-rooms <p><img src='http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/ar_artistrooms_1.jpg' /></p> Anthony d'Offay talks about the founding concept behind the ARTIST ROOMS collection, donated to National Galleries of Scotland and Tate in 2008. [Duration 1:43] http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/artist-rooms 2010-03-04 00:00:00 http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/ar_artistrooms_1.jpg National Galleries of Scotland http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/artist-rooms-vija-celmins <p><img src='http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/ar_vijacelmins_1.jpg' /></p> Anthony d'Offay talks about the Latvian-born artist Vija Celmins, a number of whose works are among those represented in the ARTIST ROOMS collection jointly owned by National Galleries of Scotland and Tate. [Duration 1:33] http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/artist-rooms-vija-celmins 2010-03-04 00:00:00 http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/ar_vijacelmins_1.jpg National Galleries of Scotland http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/ken-currie-talks-about-his-first-portrait-commission <p><img src='http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/pg_kencurrie.jpg' /></p> Ken Currie discusses the process of artistic development which led to the painting of his first portrait commission, the eerie and mysterious Three Oncologists. [Duration 6:11] http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/ken-currie-talks-about-his-first-portrait-commission 2010-03-04 00:00:00 http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/pg_kencurrie.jpg National Galleries of Scotland http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/alex-main-talks-about-his-experiences-as-a-sculptor <p><img src='http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/pg_alexmain.jpg' /></p> Alex Main talks about his experiences as a sculptor, the evolution of his particular technique, and describes what interests him when creating representations of people in clay. [Duration 5:07] http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/alex-main-talks-about-his-experiences-as-a-sculptor 2010-03-04 00:00:00 http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/pg_alexmain.jpg National Galleries of Scotland http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/artist-rooms-alex-katz <p><img src='http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/ar_alexkatz_1.jpg' /></p> Anthony d'Offay talks about the work of Alex Katz, a number of whose oil sketches now form part of the ARTIST ROOMS collection jointly owned by National Galleries of Scotland and Tate. [Duration 1:03] http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/artist-rooms-alex-katz 2010-03-04 00:00:00 http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/ar_alexkatz_1.jpg National Galleries of Scotland http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/artist-rooms-francesca-woodman <p><img src='http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/ar_francescawoodman_1.jpg' /></p> Anthony d'Offay talks about how he acquired a group of Francesca Woodman photographs after her death. These photographs are now part of the ARTIST ROOMS collection jointly owned by National Galleries of Scotland and Tate. [Duration 2:54] http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/artist-rooms-francesca-woodman 2010-03-04 00:00:00 http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/ar_francescawoodman_1.jpg National Galleries of Scotland http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/artist-rooms-at-the-scottish-national-gallery-of-modern-art-2009 <p><img src='http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/ar_sngmaartistrooms_1.jpg' /></p> In this film, Anthony d'Offay talks about the artists whose work was represented by the ARTIST ROOMS exhibition at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in 2009. [Duration 2:26] http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/artist-rooms-at-the-scottish-national-gallery-of-modern-art-2009 2010-04-02 00:00:00 http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/ar_sngmaartistrooms_1.jpg National Galleries of Scotland http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/parallel-lives-2 <p><img src='http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/parallellives2_1.jpg' /></p> This groundbreaking documentary charts the progress of National Galleries of Scotland’s Parallel Lives 2 Outreach project. We asked 3 communities in Edinburgh to respond to 3 visionary works of art from the National Galleries’ collection and then to produce 3 visions of a better world. [Duration 16:36] http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/parallel-lives-2 2010-04-26 00:00:00 http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/parallellives2_1.jpg National Galleries of Scotland http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/making-it-tracey-emin <p><img src='http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/makingit_1_1.jpg' /></p> A video featuring the response of women from Streetwork's drop-in service to the exhibition TRACEY EMIN: 20 YEARS, on display at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art from 2nd August to 9th November 2008. [Duration 16:11] http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/making-it-tracey-emin 2010-04-26 00:00:00 http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/makingit_1_1.jpg National Galleries of Scotland http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/rough-cuts-2 <p><img src='http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/roughcuts_2.jpg' /></p> The second of Beanland Films' access all areas Rough Cut Nation films. [Duration 6:20] http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/rough-cuts-2 2010-04-26 00:00:00 http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/roughcuts_2.jpg National Galleries of Scotland http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/6-times-antony-gormley <p><img src='http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/gormley_6times.jpg' /></p> An exclusive interview with Antony Gormley about his project 6 Times, alongside responses to the sculptures from various community members and passers-by. [Duration 7:10] http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/6-times-antony-gormley 2010-07-02 00:00:00 http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/gormley_6times.jpg National Galleries of Scotland http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/fish-circus-by-eileen-agar <p><img src='http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/agar.jpg' /></p> Curator Lauren Rigby and Archive &amp; Library Assistant Kirstie Meehan talk about surrealist artist Eileen Agar and her work, Fish Circus. [Duration 2:46] http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/fish-circus-by-eileen-agar 2010-07-12 00:00:00 http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/agar.jpg National Galleries of Scotland http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/fountain-by-duchamp <p><img src='http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/duchamp1.jpg' /></p> Professor Elizabeth Cowling, Chief Curator Patrick Elliot, and Senior Curator Ann Simpson talk about Duchamp's Fountain. [Duration 4:52] http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/fountain-by-duchamp 2010-07-12 00:00:00 http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/duchamp1.jpg National Galleries of Scotland http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/le-temps-menaçant-[threatening-weather]-by-rené-magritte <p><img src='http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/magritte.jpg' /></p> Professor Elizabeth Cowling talks about Magritte and his work, Le Temps Menaçant [Threatening Weather]. [Duration 4:32] http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/le-temps-menaçant-[threatening-weather]-by-rené-magritte 2010-07-12 00:00:00 http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/magritte.jpg National Galleries of Scotland http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/objet-désagréable-à-jeter-[disagreeable-object-to-be-thrown-away]-by-alberto-giacometti <p><img src='http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/giacometti.jpg' /></p> Chief Curator Patrick Elliot and Curator Lauren Rigby talk about surrealist sculpture and Giacometti's works, Objet désagréable à jeter [Disagreeable Object to be Thrown away] and Femme égorgée [Woman with her Throat Cut]. [Duration 3:39] http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/objet-désagréable-à-jeter-[disagreeable-object-to-be-thrown-away]-by-alberto-giacometti 2010-07-12 00:00:00 http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/giacometti.jpg National Galleries of Scotland http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/tête-raphaëlesque-éclatée-[exploding-raphaelesque-head]-by-salvador-dalí <p><img src='http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/dali.jpg' /></p> Chief Curator Patrick Elliot and Curator Lauren Rigby talk about Dalí and his work, Tête Raphaëlesque éclatée [Exploding Raphaelesque Head]. [Duration 3:45] http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/tête-raphaëlesque-éclatée-[exploding-raphaelesque-head]-by-salvador-dalí 2010-07-12 00:00:00 http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/dali.jpg National Galleries of Scotland http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/une-semaine-de-bonté-[a-week-of-kindness]-by-max-ernst <p><img src='http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/ernst.jpg' /></p> Professor Elizabeth Cowling and Senior Curator Ann Simpson talk about Max Ernst and his work, Une Semaine de Bonté [A Week of Kindness]. [Duration 4:33] http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/une-semaine-de-bonté-[a-week-of-kindness]-by-max-ernst 2010-07-12 00:00:00 http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/ernst.jpg National Galleries of Scotland http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/inside-impossible-nation <p><img src='http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/insideimpossiblenation1.jpg' /></p> Impossible Nation sees the National Galleries of Scotland's Outreach Team join forces with the Travelling Gallery to take a riotous visual collage of twisted national identity on tour around Scotland. This video gives a peek at the install and opening of the exhibition. For more information, tour venues and dates please visit travellinggallery.com [Duration 3:02] http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/inside-impossible-nation 2010-09-06 00:00:00 http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/insideimpossiblenation1.jpg National Galleries of Scotland http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/wild-rovers <p><img src='http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/wildroversvideo2.jpg' /></p> A short video covering the National Galleries of Scotland Outreach team's recent Wild Rovers project. A partnership with Perth and Kinross Council's Art Development Department, February 2009 - June 2010. [Duration 3:21] http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/wild-rovers 2010-09-09 00:00:00 http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/wildroversvideo2.jpg National Galleries of Scotland http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/mirrors-prison-portraits <p><img src='http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/prisons.jpg' /></p> Director Lou MacLoughlan’s film is a moving account of the investigative and creative power of the self-portrait. Her film was commissioned as a creative response to the Mirrors: Prison Portraits project. [Duration 16:26]   http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/mirrors-prison-portraits 2010-11-23 00:00:00 http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/prisons.jpg National Galleries of Scotland http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/christ-in-the-house-of-martha-and-mary <p><img src='http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/vermeer.jpg' /></p> Tico Seifert and Frances Fowle, both Senior Curators at the National Gallery of Scotland, discuss Vermeer's largest painting, Christ in the House of Martha and Mary. [Duration 7:36] http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/christ-in-the-house-of-martha-and-mary 2011-01-14 00:00:00 http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/vermeer.jpg National Galleries of Scotland http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/august-sander-people-of-the-20th-century <p><img src='http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/sander.jpg' /></p> Gerd Sander, grandson of August Sander, and Keith Hartley, Chief Curator of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, discuss the photography of August Sander. [Duration 6:59] http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/august-sander-people-of-the-20th-century 2011-03-08 00:00:00 http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/sander.jpg National Galleries of Scotland http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/the-stairwell-project-by-richard-wright <p><img src='http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/richardwright.jpg' /></p> Richard Wright discusses The Stairwell Project, his most ambitious work to date. The large-scale painting was commissioned by the National Galleries of Scotland for the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Two stairwell.[Duration 4:47] http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/the-stairwell-project-by-richard-wright 2011-05-18 00:00:00 http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/richardwright.jpg National Galleries of Scotland http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/impressionism-en-plein-air <p><img src='http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/impressionistgardensenpleinair.jpg' /></p> Michael Clarke, Director of the Scottish National Gallery, and David Mitchell, Curator of Projects at the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, discuss the Impressionists and their depictions of different types of gardens, public and private. [Duration 8:09] http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/impressionism-en-plein-air 2011-05-18 00:00:00 http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/impressionistgardensenpleinair.jpg National Galleries of Scotland http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/elizabeth-blackadder-in-the-studio <p><img src='http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/ebhomestudio.jpg' /></p> Elizabeth Blackadder and Senior Curator Philip Long talk about Blackadder's work in her garden and home studio. [Duration 4:59] http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/elizabeth-blackadder-in-the-studio 2011-06-21 00:00:00 http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/ebhomestudio.jpg National Galleries of Scotland http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/elizabeth-blackadder-print-in-progress <p><img src='http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/ebprintstudio.jpg' /></p> Elizabeth Blackadder and Stuart Duffin, Etching Master Printer, talk about etching at Glasgow Print Studio. [Duration 2:46] http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/elizabeth-blackadder-print-in-progress 2011-06-21 00:00:00 http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/ebprintstudio.jpg National Galleries of Scotland http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/tony-cragg <p><img src='http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/cragg_video_placeholder.jpg' /></p> Tony Cragg and Patrick Elliott talk about Cragg's sculptures, on show until November 2011 in and around the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art. [Duration 5:42] http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/tony-cragg 2011-08-05 00:00:00 http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/cragg_video_placeholder.jpg National Galleries of Scotland http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/fcb-cadell <p><img src='http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/cadell_3.jpg' /></p> Alice Strang, Kirstie Meehan, and Guy Peploe talk about Scottish Colourist FCB Cadell's life and work.[Duration 7:36] http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/fcb-cadell 2011-11-04 00:00:00 http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/cadell_3.jpg National Galleries of Scotland http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/what-is-a-portrait <p><img src='http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/whatisportrait.jpg' /></p> Artists, curators and Portrait Gallery staff try to describe what a portrait is. It turns out to be a surprisingly difficult question to answer... [Duration 2:48] http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/what-is-a-portrait 2011-11-24 00:00:00 http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/whatisportrait.jpg National Galleries of Scotland http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/what-is-a-portrait <p><img src='http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/whatisportraithublink.jpg' /></p> Artists, curators and Portrait Gallery staff try to describe what a portrait is. It turns out to be a surprisingly difficult question to answer... [Duration 2:48] http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/what-is-a-portrait 2011-11-24 00:00:00 http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/whatisportraithublink.jpg National Galleries of Scotland http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/cleaning-william-holes-murals <p><img src='http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/conservationfilm.jpg' /></p> Senior Paintings Conservator Lesley Stevenson team of conservators who worked on cleaning, conserving and restoring the constellation ceiling and the magnificent murals which line the upper walls of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery's Great Hall. [Duration 6:19] http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/cleaning-william-holes-murals 2011-11-24 00:00:00 http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/conservationfilm.jpg National Galleries of Scotland http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/favourite-features-of-the-scottish-national-portrait-gallery <p><img src='http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/favouritefeature.jpg' /></p> Staff from around the Scottish National Portrait Gallery talk about their favourite feature of the building, from the distinctive red brick of the building itself to hidden surprises like the motorcycle-helmeted pedestal ornament. [Duration 2:40] http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/favourite-features-of-the-scottish-national-portrait-gallery 2011-11-24 00:00:00 http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/favouritefeature.jpg National Galleries of Scotland http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/favourite-portrait-cromartie-fool <p><img src='http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/favportraitjamesholloway.jpg' /></p> James Holloway, Director of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery tells us why his favourite picture in the collection is Richard Waitte's Fool of the Earl of Cromartie. [Duration 0:57] http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/favourite-portrait-cromartie-fool 2011-12-04 00:00:00 http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/favportraitjamesholloway.jpg National Galleries of Scotland http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/missing-installation-interviews <p><img src='http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/missing_1.jpg' /></p> James Holloway, Director of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, and Graham Fagen, producer of Missing, discuss how the commission came about. [Duration 5:25] http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/missing-installation-interviews 2011-12-05 00:00:00 http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/missing_1.jpg National Galleries of Scotland http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/impossible-nation <p><img src='http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/impossiblenationintro.jpg' /></p> Impossible Nation sees the National Galleries of Scotland's Outreach Team join forces with the Travelling Gallery to take a riotous visual collage of twisted national identity on tour around Scotland. For more information, tour venues and dates please visit travellinggallery.com Soundtrack: John the Revelator, John Knox Sex Club, copyright John Knox Sex Club, 2009 [Duration 3:41] http://www.nationalgalleries.org/play/play-menu/impossible-nation 2012-02-03 00:00:00 http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/impossiblenationintro.jpg