Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art presents definitive look at 110 years of sculpture

EDINBURGH.- A major new exhibition, which uses the extraordinary collection at Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art to explore the development of sculpture over the last 110 years, opened in Edinburgh this week. The Sculpture Show highlights the enormous diversity of sculptural practice in this period, bringing together some 150 works, by artists such as Auguste Rodin, Edgar Degas, Barbara Hepworth and Damien Hirst. This fascinating overview of Modern and Contemporary sculpture also includes key loans from private and public collections, and brings [...]

Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art opens first major FCB Cadell retrospective

EDINBURGH.- This autumn the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art launched the first in an annual series of exhibitions devoted to the Scottish Colourists. The Scottish Colourist Series: FCB Cadell is the first major retrospective of his work to be held in a public gallery in almost seventy years and brings together almost 80 paintings, from collections across the UK, many of which have rarely, if ever, been shown in public before. Francis Campbell Boileau Cadell (1883-1937) is one of the four artists [...]

Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Acquires Key Work by Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh

EDINBURGH.- The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art is delighted to announce the acquisition of The Mysterious Garden (1911) by Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh (1865-1933). This stunning work is a superb addition to the Gallery’s holding of early twentieth-century Scottish art. The acquisition has been made in celebration of the Gallery’s 50th anniversary which took place in 2010. The Mysterious Garden was purchased for £230,000 from the Fine Art Society, London with substantial assistance of £115,000 from the Art Fund, the national fundraising charity [...]

Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Presents Jeff Koons: Artist Rooms Exhibition

EDINBURGH.- One of the most highly acclaimed and internationally successful artists working today is the focus of a new display at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art this spring. ARTIST ROOMS: Jeff Koons brings together a selection of 18 major works charting the American artist’s career from the early 1980s until 2003. The works on display will be taken from ARTIST ROOMS, a collection of modern and contemporary art held by Tate and National Galleries of Scotland for the [...]

Picasso: Guitars 1912-1914 Examines a Moment of Radical Experimentation in 20th Century Art

NEW YORK, NY.- The exhibition Picasso: Guitars 1912-1914 takes as its point of departure two works given to The Museum of Modern Art by Pablo Picasso in the early 1970s: Guitar, assembled from cardboard, paper, wire, glue, and string in 1912, and a second version made of sheet metal in 1914. Unexpectedly humble in subject and unprecedented in mode of execution, the two Guitar constructions resembled no artwork ever seen before. Within Picasso’s long career they bracket a remarkably brief yet [...]

Dates Announced for First Ever Exhibition of Internationally Renowned Artist Anish Kapoor in India

LONDON.- The British Council, in association with the Lisson Gallery London and the Indian Ministry of Culture will present the first ever major exhibition in India of works by the internationally renowned artist Anish Kapoor at the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi from 28 November 2010 – 27 February 2011 and the Mehboob Film Studios, Mumbai from 29 November 2010 – 16 January 2011. The exhibition is sponsored by Louis Vuitton. Organised across two sites, each exhibition will [...]

Artist Robert Therrien Donates Two Sculptures to Artist Rooms Collection

EDINBURGH.- The National Galleries of Scotland and Tate announced that the internationally renowned American artist, Robert Therrien has very generously given two major sculptures to the ARTIST ROOMS collection. These two seminal pieces, No Title (Beard Cart) 2004 and No Title (Stacked Plates) 2010 will significantly enhance the group of five important works by the artist already featured in the ARTIST ROOMS collection that was created by the collector Anthony d’Offay in 2008. The addition of these two gifts establishes [...]

Comprehensive Survey of Surrealist Art Opens at the Dean Gallery

EDINBURGH.- A comprehensive survey of Surrealist art, which brings together masterpieces by Salvador Dalí, René Magritte, Pablo Picasso, Alberto Giacometti and Joan Miró, is the major summer exhibition at the Dean Gallery in 2010. Another World, which is the centrepiece of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art’s 50th anniversary celebrations, offers a fascinating overview of arguably the most important art movement of the twentieth century. The exhibition includes major loans from public and private collections and offers visitors the [...]

Richard Wright’s Most Complex Painting to Date Unveiled at the Dean Gallery

LONDON.- The most complex and ambitious painting to date by 2009 Turner prize-winner, Richard Wright, was unveiled today, 30 June 2010. One of three major artworks commissioned by the Edinburgh Art Festival with support from the Scottish Government’s Edinburgh Festivals Expo Fund, the painting is located in the west stairwell of the Dean Orphan Hospital, now the Dean Gallery, which is part of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art. The striking black on white design was created in an [...]

Multi-Part Sculptural Project by Antony Gormley at National Galleries of Scotland

EDINBURGH.- Work began in Edinburgh in April on an extraordinary multi-part sculptural project by the celebrated British artist Antony Gormley. Commissioned by the National Galleries of Scotland, 6 Times will consist of six life-sized figures positioned between the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art and the sea. Four of the figures will be sited in the Water of Leith itself, acting as gauges for the height of the river as it swells and recedes. The figure closest to the sea, [...]

7th Annual Edinburgh Art Festival Programme Unveiled

EDINBURGH.- The programme for the 7th edition of the Edinburgh Art Festival was announced today, 2 June 2010. 48 galleries will be featured in the 2010 EAF with 11 participating for the first time. The Festival will run from Thursday 29 July – Sunday 5 September with many exhibitions continuing into the Autumn. Unveiling the 2010 programme Director, Joanne Brown said: “The seventh annual Art Festival showcases the strength and diversity of the visual arts in Edinburgh ensuring a platform [...]

Exhibition at the National Galleries of Scotland Explores the Theme of Dance

EDINBURGH.- The National Galleries of Scotland opens Dance, a vibrant exhibition which explores this fascinating theme through some of the most famous artworks in the national collection. Dance contrasts fourteen works of art of the very highest quality made in different periods, styles and media selected from both the National Gallery of Scotland and the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, as well as the ARTIST ROOMS collection jointly owned by the National Galleries of Scotland and Tate. This refreshingly [...]

Mike Nelson Selected to Represent Britain at the 54th Venice Biennale

LONDON.- Born in Loughborough in 1967, Nelson is internationally acclaimed for his meticulous sculptural installations. He was the recipient of a Paul Hamlyn Award in 2001 and has twice been short-listed for the Turner Prize. One of his large-scale installations, “The Coral Reef”, 2000, acquired by Tate in 2008, will be shown in the new Collection Displays at Tate Britain from 17 May 2010. His most recent work, “Quiver of Arrows”, 2010, can currently be seen in a solo exhibition [...]

National Gallery of Modern Art Showcases Paintings by Celebrated Russian Artist Nicholas Roerich

NEW DELHI.- The Ministry of Culture, Government of India & National Gallery of Modern Art celebrate Indo-Russian Cultural Relations by mounting a special exhibition titled “Nicholas Roerich: An Eternal Quest” at Jaipur House, National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, that will be on view till April 11, 2010. The exhibition showcases 75 works taken from The International Centre of Roerichs, Moscow, and other leading museums in India. The prolific Russian artist Nicholas Roerich made India his home in the [...]

National Gallery of Modern Art Presents “Bhutan: An Eye to History”

NEW DELHI.- The National Gallery of Modern Art and the India-Bhutan Foundation presents ‘Bhutan: An Eye to History’; an exhibition of more than 80 photographs in color and black and white from December 23, 2009 to January 31, 2010 at National Gallery of Modern Art, Jaipur House, India Gate, New Delhi. Says Prof Rajeev Lochan, Director, NGMA: “The photography exhibition, divided into three parts includes the early photographic records of the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, close ties of friendship and [...]

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