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From our archive | Toyen

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'The Fairy Oak of Corrie Water'. Study for a book illustration for 'Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales'
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Scottish National Gallery Project - Announcement

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Doddie Weir | Portrait of Scotland rugby icon on display

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The Moon: so near, yet so far

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The MacKinnon Collection | Scottish sport between 1840 and 1940

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A Scottish tradition | JMW Turner and the Vaughan Bequest

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The MacKinnon Collection | Scotland at work from 1840 to 1940

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Reflections: Art, Life and Love

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Then and Now: Images from Scotland’s Photograph Album

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Reflections: Art, Life and Love | The Artist and Travel

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Announcement - The BP Portrait Award 2019

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The Scottish National Gallery on screen

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Inspiring Journals Competition

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Collage competition

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Artwork in focus | Antonio Zucchi's portrait of James Adam

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Fresh Produce

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Bridget Riley reviewed by The Telegraph's Mark Hudson

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Antony Gormley's 6 TIMES returns to Edinburgh

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Say it with flowers: the meaning of a rose

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15,000 photographs of Scotland | Introducing the MacKinnon Collection

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Queen Victoria's impact on art in Scotland

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Queen Victoria and photography

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April update on Scottish National Gallery project

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Dead men tell no tales | Skeletons in Scotland's art collection

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Halloween | Terrifying tales from the National Galleries of Scotland

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The Hand!

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The Cowan Smith Bequest | How a Dandie Dinmont Terrier helped to build Scotland’s art collection

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Visually Impaired Tour | Sculpture Park

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Audio and Video Learning
The art of Alberta Whittle and Emilio Bianchic

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Andy Warhol and Eduardo Paolozzi | I want to be a machine

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2019 at the National Galleries of Scotland

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The Monarch of the Glen
Monarch of The Glen: The Creation of an Icon

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Blog Scottish Art
Beings | An exhibition created by young people from across Scotland

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Projects
NOW | Monster Chetwynd, Henry Coombes, Moyna Flannigan, Betye Saar, Wael Shawky

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Pattern Recognition | Jeffrey Milstein and the ‘magic’ of the view from above

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Mary, Queen of Scots in 10 Objects

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Inspired by Robert Burns

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Artist Sandy Moffat reflects on 'Poets' Pub'

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Fille née sans mère [Girl Born without a Mother]
Art in the Age of Technology

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Face to face with eight Scottish writers whose stories went global

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Phrenology in the nineteenth century

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Caricature | Drawing Jocky Wilson

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Art conservation | Preparing Guthrie's 'Oban' and Paterson's 'Edinburgh from Craigleith' for display

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An update on the project contractor for the Scottish National Gallery redevelopment

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Scottish Art
Machine Learning | A William Letford Commission

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Work begins in East Princes Street Gardens as the transformation of the Scottish National Gallery continues…

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Top five reasons to visit the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art this winter

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Jacqueline Kennedy II (from the portfolio 'Eleven Pop Artists', vol. II)
Essay | Andy Warhol's productivity

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Artists
'Lobster Telephone' by Salvador Dali and Edward James

10 minute read

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The convergence of the Belle Époque

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Crafting an image | The photographic techniques of Alfred G. Buckham

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Toulouse-Lautrec, Jane Avril and the new world of fashion

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Careers in the visual arts

5 minute read

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Baby's first artwork

10 minute read

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We Will Remember Them

20 minute read

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An updated response on the removal of Princes Street Gardens trees

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Going global: How High-Steppers travelled the world

15 minute read

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Turner and the Poetics of Landscape

5 minute read

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Toulouse-Lautrec and the golden age of the poster

5 minute read

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Rembrandt: Ten Facts in Two Minutes

2 minute read

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Planes, Trains & Stereographs

5 minute read

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The Scottish National Gallery Project

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Scottish Art Projects
'Posy Croft' by Oskar Kokoschka

5 minute read

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'Self Portrait with Fireflies and Faces' by Raqib Shaw

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New Towns to Tokyo

5 minute read

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Artists in Profile

15 minute read

Audio and Video
THE WORK OF ART

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Audio and Video Artists
The MacKinnon Collection | Historic collection of photographs returns home to Scotland

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Vast interiors

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When you were young

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Inspired by Civilisations: The Vital Spark?

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Dancers at the Moulin Rouge
Inspired by Civilisations: Radiance

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Inspired by Civilisations: First Contact

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Photographing Children

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Man of Sorrows
Inspired by Civilisations: The Eye of Faith

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Pictures from No Man's Land

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Inspired by Civilisations: Picturing Paradise?

5 minute read

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Inspired by Civilisations: How Do We Look?

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Inspired by Civilisations: Moments of Creation

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Diana and Callisto
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Under the Moon: Composing for Daubigny and Impressionism

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Children in Art

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The Art of the Future

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Photographing Family

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2018 exhibition programme

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Scottish identity: Who decides who we are?

20 minute read

Learning
Fèin-aithne Albannach: Cò aige a tha an co-dhùnadh air cò th’ annainn?

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Learning
Thomas Annan

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Scottish Art Artists
Graham MacIndoe: A Picture of Health

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Beyond Ada: Celebrating Women in Science

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A look back at our summer family activities

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A Portrait of the Artist

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Little Sparta Residency Programme

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(Untitled) Butcher Boys

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Hill & Adamson

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Scottish Art Artists
Surrealism

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Lee Miller

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Contemporary Art in Scotland

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GENERATION

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Razor’s Edge Barbershop

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The Photographers, the Kirkyard and the Poltergeist

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A Portrait Group
True to Life

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Looking Good in Neckwear

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The Story of Scottish Art: Joan Eardley

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Scottish Art
Photographer David Eustace examines the work of his predecessors, Hill and Adamson

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National Galleries of Scotland Art Competition for Schools and Families

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Views of Little Sparta

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The Blank Slate is a Man-Made Myth

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Inside book production: A Perfect Chemistry

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Constable's Clouds

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Episodes From Scottish History

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Getting from A to B to C to D...

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The Sackening

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Joan Eardley | Ideas In The Mind

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Spectacles for Viewing Spectacles

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The Dark Mountains
Pictorialism in Scotland

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Scottish Art Theme
2017 at the National Galleries of Scotland

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Volunteer Voice: Samantha

3 minute read

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A Painted Stag and Skooshy Cream

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Meeting Your (Super) Heroes

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M.C. Escher: A Farewell to Stairwells

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The Italian Job: Bringing Scots in Italy to the Portrait Gallery

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A Date with Mr Darcy?

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Symbolism

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Phoebe Anna Traquair

10 minute read

Scottish Art Artists
Vija Celmins Learning Resource

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ARTIST ROOMS Learning
Belief

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Steven Campbell

15 minute read

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All Roads Lead to Scotland | Paul Strand's 1950s Hebridean photographs

5 minute read

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Tattoo Artist's Son
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15 minute read

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Constable & McTaggart

15 minute read

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The Two Roberts

10 minute read

Scottish Art Artists
Karla Black

15 minute read

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J.D Fergusson

10 minute read

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Machrihanish Bay
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Uilleam Mac an t-Sagairt

10 minute read

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Robert Mapplethorpe Learning Resource

30 minute read

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The Glasgow Boys

15 minute read

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Ealain Albannach aig Gailearaidhean Nàiseanta na h-Alba

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Between the Covers: Surrealist Erotica

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Joan Eardley

15 minute read

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Nathan Coley

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Peter Doig's Milky Way

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Tracing the origins of Surrealism

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F.C.B Cadell

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Scottish Art Artists
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A very serious game: the work of M.C. Escher

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Roy Lichtenstein Learning Resource

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Joseph Beuys Learning Resource

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ARTIST ROOMS Learning
Arthur Melville

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The Etching Printer - William Strang, 1859 - 1921
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Scottish Art Artists
Portraiture in Scotland

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Ed Ruscha- Learning Resource

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Wandering Shadows
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Douglas Gordon

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David Young Cameron

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Legend, Fantasy and Imagination

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Master Baby
Movements in Scottish Art

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Early Photography

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Edinburgh from the West
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Louise Bourgeois Learning Resource

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