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When I'm in Glasgow I go to Kelvingrove to experience Christ of Saint John of the Cross. This painting to me, is absolutely a masterpiece. No matter how many times I'm in the presence of this incredible piece of art, it always astounds and moves me.

I'll be in Edinburgh for a bit. Are there any galleries in Edinburgh that have anything comparable?

National gallery on Princes st.

Portrait gallery is fantastic 

https://www.nationalgalleries.org/visit/scottish-national-portrait-gallery

I'd second both the National and Portrait Galleries in Edinburgh. I was lucky enough to catch an exhibition of John Byrne last time I was at the portrait gallery (some time ago) where you could get very up close to the work. Not sure if they have any on permanent display 

Not painting but for wow factor, go see Vulcan by Eduardo Paolozzi at the National Gallery of Modern art.

I was glad when it returned to Kelvingrove after its extended period at St Mungo's. My recollection is that it's at the end of one of those long rooms, you turn a corner and just get hit by it, there might as well be nothing else in the room, so strongly does it grab and hold ones attention. It wasn't displayed nearly as well at St Mungo's.

I was fortunate to see the Dali when it was on loan to the (Bishop) Auckland project, stunning. The Scottish National gallery has an excellent Vermeer, I'm currently on a quest to see all the European ones.

When Tom Honeyman, the then director, acquired this work he was criticised mercilessly in the popular press (Record, Mail, Express, looking at you) for spaffing all of £8,200 on it.

We're on holiday in Largs and have this to look at over breakfast. Not too long though as it can cause a migraine.

Oh dear. Reminds me of "Oops! I Dropped the Lemon Tart" at the Osteria Francescana in Modena, that other edible Pollock.

I wondered if it was Pollock's too

Shouldn’t that begin with a b?

That's because they've hung it upside down. It'll be a completely different proposition once it's the right way up. You need to have a quiet word with the curator.

I was lucky enough to be very involved in the refurbishment of Kelvingrove about 25 years ago. All the curators we worked closely with were so enthusiastic and knowledgeable and that, combined with a very capable (and for once, not totally profit-driven) main contractor and their specialist subbies made the project a real pleasure to work on. I learnt a heck of a lot on that project.

From memory, the Dali was originally sited at the far end of one of the long colonnades along the side of one of the courts but it may have been relocated since then, I've not been back in a very long time!

I can’t think of anything I’ve seen in Edinburgh that’s remotely comparable. I think you’re stuck with one very good self-portrait of Rembrandt and … the Monarch of the Glen.

That's what I was thinking. There's some great stuff in Edinburgh's galleries, but I was thinking more along the lines of a single piece of the quality of the Dali.

Aye, the Dali’s ok but doesn’t come close to the picture of the lady tennis player scratching her arse.

National Gallery is worth a visit if only to see this:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_Hind%27s_Daughter_by_Sir_James_Gu...