A national failure of nerve
Edinburgh's new £40m showcase for Scottish art misses the point
A sandstone block marking the entrance bears two words: “National Gallery”. Not, you will note, “National Gallery of Scotland”. Those last two words are superfluous. Look around you. There is Edinburgh Castle. There is the Scott Monument. That sound you hear is a teenage piper playing Highland Cathedral for beer money.
You are in Scotland. That is what t…
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