SCOTTISH NATIONAL GALLERY OF MODERN ART
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Opened in 1960, the Scottish Gallery of Modern Art is Scotland's temple to modern and contemporary art. It comprises two buildings along Belford Road. Information is available in French and is also adapted to families, with activities, installations and workshops designed specifically to introduce young visitors to art. The more "hip" or "connected" will download the free dedicated app: Smartify. By scanning the work, you'll be able to read a wealth of additional information about the artist, the context in which it was created...
Modern One features all the great names from the late 19th century to the present day: Henri Matisse, Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Louise Bourgeois, Damien Hirst, Douglas Gordon, Anthony Gormley and Bill Viola. All this over two floors and 22 rooms, with a boutique and a popular café.
Modern Two is dedicated to the Surrealists, with René Magritte, Salvador Dalí and Alberto Giacometti. Another room houses a reproduction of Eduardo Paolozzi's studio, where you can admire his famous Vulcan sculpture, over 7 meters tall. This is also where you'll find temporary exhibitions (sometimes for a fee, online programming), as well as a library and a second café.
The gardens between the two galleries are themselves the work of Charles Jencks, and feature the work of sculptors such as Barbara Hepworth, Henry Moore, Rachel Whiteread and Nathan Coley.
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