Blog: Lowry's 'A Lancashire Landscape'
A remarkable drawing by Laurence Stephen Lowry (1887 – 1976), titled A Lancashire Landscape, has entered Scotland’s national collection with thanks to the Acceptance in Lieu (AIL) scheme.
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New Arrivals | From Salvador Dalí to Jenny Saville
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A fascinating showcase of the most recent acquisitions at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, this exhibition offered a stunning range of modern and contemporary work, including painting, sculpture, photography, film and more.
Spanning 110 years and filling the ground floor of the gallery, thematic displays ranging from evocative landscapes to printmaking and Surrealism offer unexpected juxtapositions that will tease out intriguing stories behind the national collection. With more than 100 artworks to discover, highlights include works by Salvador Dalí, Damien Hirst, Peter Doig, France-Lise McGurn, Wangechi Mutu, Pablo Picasso, Bridget Riley, Jenny Saville, Alberta Whittle, and many others.
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