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Art imitating Fife, with some lyrics thrown in

Scotland’s visual art establishment may not be aware, but Jack Vettriano finally made it into one of the National Galleries this summer.

The popular painter and bete noir of more high-minded souls may have got his 2006 self-portrait, Marked Heart, into the Scottish National Portrait Gallery (SNPG) for one night only, but it made it in nevertheless.