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The Scottish National Portrait Gallery re-opens
14 Dec 2011
Edinburgh gallery transformed after major refurbishment
The public and exhibition space within the Gallery has increased by more than 60% since its refurbishment; as well as the traditional (and much missed) artworks from the likes of Ramsay, Nasmyth and Raeburn being on prominent display, the new Scottish…
National Library of Scotland resource celebrates Thomas Carlyle, James Watt and Ralph Abercromby
7 Jul 2010
The National Library of Scotland has announced plans for a new online educational resource for Scottish schools. Featuring images from its own collection, as well as the Scottish National Portrait Gallery and the National Maritime Museum, it celebrates…
Rough Cut Nation
29 Jul 2009
Music meets art uptown
Gallery gigs are ordinarily bespoke, underground shop-front affairs that flaunt their art-rock credentials like billy-o. The renovation of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery has allowed some of that DIY spirit to mess up its normally plush interior…
National photography prize taken by Rwandan portrait
7 Nov 2007A portrait of a Rwandan woman by Jonathan Torgovnik has won the National Portrait Gallery’s Photographic Portrait Prize. The subject of the picture, Joseline Ingabire, who was raped during the 1994 genocide, is shown standing with her…
