Tag: Eduardo Paolozzi

Leith legends team up!

Leith Athletic Football Club girls team netted a visit to Paolozzi at 100 at National Galleries Scotland: Modern Two this weekend.

Celebrating the 100th birthday of Leith artist Eduardo Paolozzi the free exhibition has taken over two rooms on the ground floor of the Edinburgh gallery. 

All kitted out in their brand-new Paolozzi shirts, a tribute to the man himself, the Leith team marvelled in 60 works including prints, tapestries, collages and sculptures.

There’s no substitute for Paolozzi! 

About Paolozzi at 100 

National Galleries Scotland: Modern Two 

Open now till 21 April 2024 

Admission Free  

Paolozzi at 100 | National Galleries of Scotland 

To London from Leith: Paolozzi exhibition at Whitechapel Gallery

Eduardo Paolozzi

16 February – 14 May 2017

The Whitechapel Gallery presents a major retrospective of Eduardo Paolozzi from 16 February – 14 May

Leith’s Eduardo Paolozzi (1924-2005) was one of the most innovative and irreverent British artists of the 20th century. Considered the ‘godfather of Pop Art’, his powerful collages, sculptures and prints challenged artistic convention from the 1950s ‘Geometry of Fear’ all the way through the Swinging Sixties and on to the advent of ‘Cool Britannia’ in the 1990s. Continue reading To London from Leith: Paolozzi exhibition at Whitechapel Gallery