Aberdeen Art Gallery

Aberdeen Art Gallery
Aberdeen Art Gallery
	Aberdeen Art Gallery
	Location within Aberdeen City council area
General information
Location	Aberdeen, Scotland
Coordinates	57.1482°N 2.1024°W
Website
	www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/AAGM

Aberdeen Art Gallery is the main visual arts exhibition space in the city of Aberdeen, Scotland. It was founded in 1884 in a building designed by Alexander Marshall Mackenzie, with a sculpture court added in 1905.^[1] In 1900, it received the art collection of Alexander Macdonald, a local granite merchant.^[2] The gallery is noted for its fine collection of modern Scottish and international art, including works by Ken Currie, Gilbert & George, Ivor Abrahams, Bridget Riley and Bruce McLean.

^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Schoolhill and Blackfriars Street, Art Gallery including war memorial and Cowdray Hall, Robert Gordon's College archway and former Gray's School of Art (LB19978)". Retrieved 26 March 2021.
^ Hourihane, Colum (6 December 2012). The Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture, Volume 2. p. 6. ISBN 9780195395365.

[1] Historic Environment Scotland. "Schoolhill and Blackfriars Street, Art Gallery including war memorial and Cowdray Hall, Robert Gordon's College archway and former Gray's School of Art (LB19978)". Retrieved 26 March 2021.

[2] Hourihane, Colum (6 December 2012). The Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture, Volume 2. p. 6. ISBN 9780195395365.

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