Music at National Galleries of Scotland | Live Music Now
A series of short performances recorded in our gallery spaces, brought to you by our partners Live Music Now Scotland.
A series of short performances recorded in our gallery spaces, brought to you by our partners Live Music Now Scotland.
Dr Gráinne Rice, Adult Programme Coordinator, looks at over 80 years of concert programmes at the National Galleries of Scotland
These special concerts have been commissioned by the National Galleries of Scotland in response to artworks in the collection
Dr Patricia Allerston considers how art has been displayed at the National since its foundation in the mid-19th-century.
In this illustrated talk, Kate Anderson explores a selection of artworks which are part of the display James's People at the Portrait.
Join artist Angela Palmer for a discussion about portraiture, the purpose of art and how identities are formed.
This lecture explores the meaning of Chalmers’ Jacobite painting A Shepherdess Spied upon in a Landscape, its relation to Ramsay’s ballad opera and the references it makes to the pastoral as an expression of Scottish nationality.
Pick up some materials and head out to your favourite local spot. These video tutorials delivered by artist Damian Callan will give you some useful tips and insight to the artist’s working methods.
Join artists from our regular Gallery Social programme as they invite you into their homes to relax, enjoy a cuppa and explore some art together.
Maud Sulter wrote the play Service to Empire in 2002. In 2022, we hosted a special livestream of a filmed rehearsed reading, nearly 20 years after it was first written.
In these short films young people on the Image Liberation Force (2016–2021) project radically reinterpret Scottish history.
Music composed by Dundee-based musician Andrew Wasylyk to accompany photographs by Thomas Joshua Cooper.
Photographer Iain Stewart selected nine images from our You Are Here display to tell the story of 2020.
We offer a variety of activities and resources for visitors with additional support needs. Find out what we have to offer on our British Sign Language, Visual Impairment and Dementia-friendly pages, both online and in person.
British Sign Language (BSL) presenter Trudi Collier and Senior Curator Helen Smailes explore the fascinating story of Edinburgh-born artist, Walter Geikie.
Relaxing descriptive talks by the artist Juliana Capes. Juliana will take a mindful, closer look at artworks and will invite us to take our time, to contemplate and to notice.
Join educator and mindfulness practitioner, Trudi Collier for a series of short videos in British Sign Language.
Join artists from our regular Gallery Social programme as they invite you into their homes to relax, enjoy a cuppa and explore some art together.