Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art

Picasso and Modern British Art

4 August – 4 November 2012

 

Pablo Picasso, The Three Dancers,   Tate collection, photo © Tate London, 2012, Succession DACS 2012

 

The blockbuster show of the year comes to Edinburgh in August. Featuring some of Picasso’s greatest works Picasso and Modern British Art is the first exhibition to explore Picasso’s lifelong connections with Britain, looking at the artist’s reputation here and the way he influenced Britain’s own modern artists.

 

Comprising over 150 paintings, drawings, prints and sculptures from major, world-wide collections, the show includes over 60 works by Picasso, with masterpieces from all periods of his career, plus striking works by the British artists he influenced, including Francis Bacon, David Hockney, Henry Moore, Ben Nicholson, Duncan Grant and Graham Sutherland.

 

Originating at Tate Britain, this pioneering exhibition marks the first time the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art and Tate have collaborated on a major show.

 

Supported by Dunard Fund. This exhibition was organised by Tate Britain.

 

Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art

Belford Road, EH4 3DR

0131 624 6200

www.nationalgalleries.org/modernartgalleries

 

Mon—Sun, 10—5pm (6pm during August)

Adult £10, concessions £7

Open Eye Gallery

Picasso, His Contemporaries and Modern British Printmaking

13 August – 22 September 2012

 

Gino Severini, Commedia dell’arte, 1958

 

To coincide with Picasso and Modern British Art at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, this enlightening survey of prints examines the work of a number of Picasso's contemporaries including Braque, Severini, Le Corbusier, Miró, Chagall, Laurens, Dufy and Clavé.  A group of British artists are also represented - Sutherland, Hockney, Nicholson, Grant, Gear, Moore, Burra and Colquhoun - who were all influenced by the innovative works produced throughout Picasso's long career.

 

Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art

Belford Road, EH4 3DR

0131 624 6200

www.nationalgalleries.org/modernartgalleries

 

Mon—Fri, 10—6pm

Sat 10—4pm 

Free admission

Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art

Edvard Munch: Graphic Works from The Gundersen Collectio

2 August – 23 September 2012

 

Edvard Munch, The Scream − Courtesy the Gundersen Collection, © The Munch Museum/ The Munch - Ellingsen Group, BONO, Oslo/DACS, London 2012.

 

Norwegian artist Edvard Munch (1863-1944) is renowned for his preoccupation with universal emotions such as isolation, melancholy, anxiety and love. His graphic works are amongst his most arresting and poignant, and are celebrated worldwide for their technical mastery and visual intensity. This exhibition features an outstanding collection of fifty lithographs and woodcuts by Munch, on show for the first time in the UK. Including rare, hand-coloured versions of iconic images such as The Scream, Anxiety, and Madonna, the exhibition explores Munch’s rigorous experimentation as he revisited subjects to heighten their emotive impact.

 

Supported by Patrons of the National Galleries of Scotland.

 

Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art

Belford Road, EH4 3DR

0131 624 6200

www.nationalgalleries.org/modernartgalleries

 

Mon—Sun, 10—5pm (6pm during August)

Adult £7, concessions £5