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30/11/2011

Eight exhibitions

Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh

After a dramatic renovation, the new Scottish National Portrait Gallery opens on 1st December.

We look forward to welcoming you back to one of Edinburgh’s most iconic buildings and to all it has to offer. Enjoy new displays and explore a comprehensive overview of Scotland past and present through a wealth of imagery ranging from the traditional to the contemporary, encompassing painting, photography, sculpture and film.

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War at sea

Featuring rarely-seen paintings from the Imperial War Museum, this exhibition is devoted to the art of Sir John Lavery and shows the conflict of the First World War through the eyes of a war artist.

Explore the story of how the two greatest navies in the world fought an epic battle on the North Sea. Experience Scapa Flow in the depth of winter and see the great battleships on the Firth of Forth, and the airfields, shipyards and munitions factories geared up for war.

The Scottish National Portrait Gallery would like to thank the Imperial War Museum for the loan of most of the paintings in War at Sea and acknowledges gratefully the assistance of Professor David Stafford, University of Edinburgh, who first proposed the exhibition, and Angela Weight, former Keeper of Art at the Imperial War Museum, who curated it.

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The Modern Scot

During the period of recovery and reassessment after the First World War (1914 – 1918), artists faced the problem of finding a means of creative expression appropriate for a radically altered society.

Discover how Scottish artists and writers expressed a uniquely modern sensibility in the first decades of the twentieth century. Featuring such celebrated figures as Hugh MacDiamid and JD Fergusson, this display takes a closer look at the creative men and women who championed a progressive national culture and made Scotland’s distinctive voice heard.

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Pioneers of Science

Join us in an inspiring exhibition looking at the innovative figures who have helped shape the modern world.

From portraits of John Logie Baird and Alexander Fleming to Dolly the sheep’s death mask, this unusual display charts scientific legacies and their enduring influence.

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Romantic Camera: Scottish Photography & the Modern World

The opening masterpiece exhibition of the new Photography Gallery highlights some of the greatest works in the National Galleries of Scotland photography collection. It explores questions of identity, specifically the close relationship between romanticism and photography in Scotland.

Over 60 works are included, ranging from iconic images by Adamson and Hill to new acquisitions being shown for the first time.

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Hot Scots

This display comprises some of Scotland’s most famous faces from Sir Sean Connery to David Tennant in a new collection of photographic portraits. Hot Scots, a display of 18 works recently acquired for the national collection, takes in a sweep of the nation’s contemporary culture and features Scottish names from TV, film and music including current Hollywood stars James McAvoy and Gerard Butler. Among the other new portraits on show will be images of Dr Who actor Karen Gillan, writer Armando Iannucci, singer Paolo Nutini, Michelin star chef Tom Kitchin and artist and playwright John Byrne. The portraits have been taken by celebrated photographers from Eva Vermandel to Albert Watson. This exhibition showcases the figures who are putting Scotland on the world’s radar in exciting, creative ways.

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Citizens of the World: David Hume & Allan Ramsay

Scotland made a remarkable contribution to the European Enlightenment of the eighteenth century with many of her citizens contributing to the ferment of ideas and shifts in attitude which transformed the world.

Two Scots, David Hume, the great philosopher, and Allan Ramsay, the outstanding painter, were at the centre of this cultural and intellectual revolution. This display explores their world, their friends, their families and their patrons.

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Playing for Scotland: The Making of Modern Sport

Join us in tracing the transformation of sport during the nineteenth century when traditional games flourished and new sports were invented. From football to fishing, canoeing to curling, hunting to hockey, this sporting revolution is illustrated through paintings, photographs and prints and a specially-commissioned film.

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Blazing with Crimson: Tartan Portraits

Highland dress and tartan fabric are universally recognised signs of Scotland and Scottish identity. This display explores what these distinctive garments and this highly recognisable textile meant to six different people who were painted between 1680 and 1780.

The Scottish National Portrait Gallery would like to thank Sabhal Mòr Ostaig The National Centre for Gaelic Language and Culture for their assistance with this display.

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Image: Sir John Lavery, The American Battle Squadron in the Firth of Forth, 1918, The Imperial War Museum

Opening december 1st

Scottish National Portrait Gallery
1 Queen Street . Edinburgh
Daily from 10am to 5pm

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