Ruth Leon recommends…. Alan Cumming – Christian Hook – Scottish National Portrait Gallery

Ruth Leon recommends…. Alan Cumming – Christian Hook – Scottish National Portrait Gallery

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January 05, 2023

Alan Cumming – Christian Hook – Scottish National Portrait Gallery

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Featuring many familiar faces, the Scottish National Portrait Gallery had an exhibition this past autumn called The Modern Portrait. The exhibition pulled together portraits of recognisable Scottish faces from multiple different sectors; science, politics, the arts, business and sport.

This is an unusual and absorbing short video about one of those artists,  Christian Hook,  and his subject, the actor, Alan Cummings.   Strangers before they embarked on their work together, they talk here about what they both wanted from this portrait and how they went about achieving it.

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Comments

  • Elizabeth Owen says:

    Wasn’t Hook the winner of the Sky Portrait Artist of the Year and this was his final programme? Wonderful, so talented.

  • Alan says:

    Wild horses could not drag me to see this.

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