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Two-Minute Masterpiece is a series featuring the north-east’s art treasures.
Telling the stories of these works – and sharing their love for them – will be the people who see them every day, the staff at the galleries or museums where they are held.
Look out for the latest masterpiece every Sunday.
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All Two-Minute Masterpiece Posts
Two-Minute Masterpiece: Life imitates art in Rossetti’s stunning work
Two-Minute Masterpiece: Aberdeen woman helped discover two tombs in Egypt
Two-Minute Masterpiece: How Aberdeen came to be the Granite City
Two-Minute Masterpiece: Lawn tennis, Wimbledon and the pursuit of love
Two-Minute Masterpiece: Gutting Quines could process 60 fish in 60 seconds
Two-Minute Masterpiece: Learn more about samurai armour in Aberdeen
Two-Minute Masterpiece: Slim Safont tells what inspired his stunning Nuart mural
Two-Minute Masterpiece: Martin Whatson takes inspiration from Granite city for Nuart Aberdeen
Two-Minute Masterpiece: Jofre Oliveras explores idea of nationalism for Nuart Aberdeen
Two-Minute Masterpiece: From medieval harbour to Port of Aberdeen
Two-Minute Masterpiece: Learn more about Aberdeen’s First Oil Industry
Two-Minute Masterpiece: Ship’s medicine chest provides insight into 20th century healthcare
Two-Minute Masterpiece: Don’t miss Frances Walker exhibition at Aberdeen Art Gallery
Two-Minute Masterpiece: How Queen Victoria discovered the beauty of Scotland by accident
Two-Minute Masterpiece: Rattray Head Lighthouse illuminates Aberdeenshire
Two-Minute Masterpiece: Remarkable story of women’s rights activist Mary Slessor
Two-Minute Masterpiece: Qing dynasty Buddha on display at Aberdeen Art Gallery
Two-Minute Masterpiece: Learn more about Aberdeen writer who appears on Royal Bank five-pound note
Two-Minute Masterpiece: Learn more about votive ships
Two-Minute Masterpiece: Discover the painting which opens a window on a hidden life of passion
Two-Minute Masterpiece: Aberdeen Art Gallery exhibition celebrates 150 years of VSA
Two-Minute Masterpiece: Revisit the days when tea clippers raced on the high seas
Two-Minute Masterpiece: Find out more about fishwives of the north-east
Two-Minute Masterpiece: Aberdeenshire author who made it in Hollywood
