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Scotland Sketches: Baking with Flora Shedden

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The MacKinnon Collection | Scotland at work from 1840 to 1940

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Announcement - The BP Portrait Award 2019

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Inspiring Journals 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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Cut and Paste | Life in Collage

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Accessible path in East Princes Street Gardens is now open

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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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The art of Alberta Whittle and Emilio Bianchic

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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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Fille née sans mère [Girl Born without a Mother]
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Phrenology in the nineteenth century

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

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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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Salvador Dalí and Edward James, Lobster Telephone

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The convergence of the Belle Époque

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

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Baby's first artwork

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We Will Remember Them

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Going global: How High-Steppers travelled the world

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Toulouse-Lautrec and the golden age of the poster

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Planes, Trains & Stereographs

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Oskar Kokoschka, Posy Croft

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Raqib Shaw, Self Portrait with Fireflies and Faces

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New Towns to Tokyo

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The MacKinnon Collection | Historic collection of photographs returns home to Scotland

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Inspired by Civilisations: The Vital Spark?

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Dancers at the Moulin Rouge
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Inspired by Civilisations: First Contact

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Photographing Children

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Man of Sorrows
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2018 exhibition programme

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Graham MacIndoe: A Picture of Health

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Beyond Ada: Celebrating Women in Science

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A Portrait of the Artist

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Little Sparta Residency Programme

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A Portrait Group
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Looking Good in Neckwear

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Constable's Clouds

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2017 at the National Galleries of Scotland

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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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