ARTIST ROOMS
Discover three of the biggest names in modern and contemporary art at Modern One this summer with a series of free ARTIST ROOMS displays in Edinburgh.
About ARTIST ROOMS
| 12th Jul 2025 to 31st May 2026 | |
| Daily 10am - 5pm | |
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National Galleries of Scotland: Modern 73 & 75 Belford Road, Edinburgh West EH4 3DR |
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| Visit the event website here |
Experience impactful new displays by Louise Bourgeois, Helen Chadwick, and Robert Mapplethorpe, each offering distinctive and diverse approaches to the ideas of self-expression, identity, and the complexity of our inner life. Visitors will encounter Louise Bourgeois’s giant Spider (1994), standing at an impressive three metres high, an immersive sculpture and light boxes by Helen Chadwick and Robert Mapplethorpe’s striking self-portraits.
ARTIST ROOMS is a touring collection of over 1,600 works of modern and contemporary art. Jointly owned by the National Galleries of Scotland and Tate, the collection is displayed across the UK.
Image: Louise Bourgeois, Spider (1994), ARTIST ROOMS National Galleries of Scotland and Tate. Lent by the Easton Foundation 2013. © The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY and DACS, London 2023.
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