Catherine Opie: Moments of Being

Video (16:14): Queer artist Catherine Opie reflects on over 50 years of photography: placing her contemporary portraits in dialogue with old portrait paintings in the National Galleries of Scotland’s collections. Video by National Galleries of Scotland and music by Luce Mawdsley, 2026.

Catherine Opie has a lifelong interest in portraiture which takes her to the archive of The National Galleries of Scotland. This video was made during the preparation of her exhibition Catherine Opie: To Be Seen which runs through 1 Nov. 2026 at the National Galleries of Scotland.

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