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The City Art Centre is part of the Museums & Galleries Edinburgh, which sits under the Culture directorate of the City of Edinburgh Council. The City Art Centre has a collection which include historic and modern Scottish painting and photography, as well as contemporary art and craft. It is an exhibition based venue with no permanent displays.
King's Gallery, Edinburgh. The King's Gallery, previously known as the Queen's Gallery. is an art gallery in Edinburgh, Scotland. It forms part of the Palace of Holyroodhouse complex. It was opened in 2002 by Queen Elizabeth II, and exhibits works from the Royal Collection. [1] It is open to the public daily. The building is Category B listed. [2]
The National (formerly the Scottish National Gallery) is the national art gallery of Scotland. It is located on The Mound in central Edinburgh , close to Princes Street . The building was designed in a neoclassical style by William Henry Playfair , and first opened to the public in 1859.
The exhibition of Everlyn Nicodemus’ ‘visionary’ work will occupy the ground floor of the Modern One gallery. Edinburgh hosts first retrospective of African artist who calls the city home ...
Modern Two houses the Paolozzi Gift, a collection of works by Sir Eduardo Paolozzi, given by the artist to the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in 1994. The gallery also contains a large collection of Dada and Surrealist art and literature, much of which was given by Gabrielle Keiller. Modern Two also houses temporary exhibitions. [6]
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The Fruitmarket Gallery is a contemporary art gallery in Edinburgh, Scotland. [1] Since its opening in 1974, the gallery has become part of the Scottish contemporary art scene. [2] [3] After a period of closure to undergo a significant renovation, the gallery reopened in 2021 with expanded exhibition space and facilities. [4]
The portrait gallery was established in 1882, before its new building was completed. The London National Portrait Gallery was the first such separate museum in the world, however it did not move into its current purpose-built building until 1896, making the Edinburgh gallery the first in the world to be specially built as a portrait gallery. [8]