Scottish National Portrait Gallery exposure for Jack Vettriano

A self-portrait by Jack Vettriano will go on show in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery when it reopens this autumn.

The Fife artist’s painting, The Weight, has been offered on long-term loan to the national collection from a UK private collector and will be included within the opening displays.

The Scottish National Portrait Gallery will open its doors to the public in November after a £17.6 million refurbishment.

SNPG director James Holloway said, “Jack Vettriano is one of the world’s best known Scottish artists. I am delighted that his self-portrait will hang in the new portrait gallery alongside the faces of the many other famous Scots in our collection.”

Mr Vettriano said it was both “a great honour and another benchmark” in his career.

“For it to happen in my father’s lifetime makes it all the more special,” he said.