This display collates some of the most recognisable modern and contemporary portraits from the national collection. This rich survey of paintings, sculpture and works in other media features figures ...

Taking over the top level of Modern One, this changing programme of displays offers a brand new way to experience the nation's collection. Each room brings to light rarely displayed yet fascinating ...

The Glasgow Boys 1880–1900 The Glasgow Boys represent the beginnings of modernism in Scottish art. In the early 1880s, disillusioned by the artistic establishment’s emphasis on history painting, they ...

This celebratory display of works by internationally renowned Scottish artist Bruce McLean, marks his 80th birthday. Trace McLean’s humorous and lively six-decade long inquiry into sculpture and revel ...

In this comparatively simple portrait, Leibovitz relies on intimacy for effect. Her aim was to immortalise John and Yoko's deep love for one another. But within hours of taking this photograph John ...

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This spectacular room at the heart of the Portrait Gallery houses a wealth of research resources on Scottish portraiture. The displays in the Library explore some surprising types of portraiture, from ...

The eighteenth century was a dynamic era, informed by new, ‘enlightened’ ideas about mankind and its place in the world. It ended however in violence, with revolutions in America and France. European ...

This display presents a selection of Scottish art created after the First World War. In the 1920s Scottish artists engaged with the European avant-garde, creating strikingly stylised portraits and ...

The Art Works is our project to deliver a sustainable new facility to care for, research and share Scotland’s renowned art collection. As a key part of the Granton Waterfront development, the building ...

This vast collection of Scottish photography is shared by the National Galleries of Scotland and the National Library of Scotland. More than 16,000 images were bought in the special collaboration with ...

Discover the effects of painting outdoors on European art 1825–1885, with early works by some of the Impressionists, including Pissarro and Monet as well as a few of the artists who inspired them.