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Double Trouble: RSA New Contemporaries 2024
This year’s RSA New Contemporaries exhibition celebrates two ambitious cohorts of Scottish art school graduates from both 2022 and 2023 Read more »| 28 Mar 2024 -
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Remaking Myths: Unicorn at the new Perth Museum
The new Perth Museum opens with an exhibition celebrating Scotland’s national animal, the Unicorn, including six new commissions by queer artists exploring the unicorn's significance to the LGBTQI+ community Read more »| 01 Mar 2024 -
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Above & Beyond: Martin Boyce at Fruitmarket
Fruitmarket celebrates its 50th birthday this year – their first major show is a solo presentation by Martin Boyce, with his first exhibition in the gallery since 1999 Read more »| 27 Feb 2024 -
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'Women from the outside': Elisa Giardina Papa at Collective
Collective open their 40th birthday year with the Scottish premiere of Elisa Giardina Papa’s video installation “U Scantu”: A Disorderly Tale Read more »| 27 Feb 2024 -
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Local Heroes: The Grit and the Glamour
Bard's The Grit and the Glamour exhibition presents a confident survey of ambitious new work from 21 Scottish contemporary designers, makers and artists Read more »| 14 Dec 2023 -
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Dreaming New Landscapes: Interview with Shalmali Shetty
After a busy 2023, curator, writer and artist Shalmali Shetty reflects on her experiences of living and working between Scotland and India, her international curatorial projects and how the Glasgow arts community has welcomed her Read more »| 14 Dec 2023
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Scottish Art Events & Exhibitions: November 2023
New exhibitions across Scotland this month explore social class, institutional power and colonial legacies Read more »| 03 Nov 2023 -
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Making Better Worlds: SCAN's Summer Campaign
Scottish Contemporary Art Network has been tirelessly advocating for cultural workers in Scotland for many years – director Moira Jeffrey fills us in on their latest public campaign, Artists Make A Better World Read more »| 06 Oct 2023 -
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Edinburgh Art Festival: Keg de Souza at Royal Botanic Gardens
One writer reflects on Keg de Souza's exhibition at Edinburgh's Royal Botanic Garden, which examines the legacies of colonialism on the global south's natural ecologies Read more »| 03 Oct 2023 -
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Edinburgh Art Festival: Jesse Jones’ The Tower
One writer reflects on her experience of Jesse Jones’ intensely haunting installation at Talbot Rice, which explores terrifying histories of misogyny in Ireland and beyond Read more »| 12 Sep 2023 -
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Edinburgh Art Festival: Markéta Luskačová at Stills
One writer explores the work of Prague-born, UK-based photographer Markéta Luskačová and her enduring photographs of children from the 1960s to the present day Read more »| 11 Sep 2023 -
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V&A Dundee: High Five!
As Scotland’s design museum turns five, we look back at highlights from V&A Dundee’s programme and give you a preview of the upcoming birthday celebrations including free entry to the Tartan exhibition, live music and a new exhibition Read more »| 29 Aug 2023 -
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Edinburgh Art Festival: Sean Burns’ Dorothy Towers
One writer considers the potential of architecture to provide sanctuary and safety in her wistful reflection on EAF's presentation of Sean Burns’ film Dorothy Towers and the recent devastating closure of Edinburgh's Filmhouse Read more »| 25 Aug 2023 -
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Edinburgh Art Festival: Platform 2023
Edinburgh Art Festival's Platform exhibition returns with a fresh cohort of emerging talent. This year, each artist has been paired with a writer from the EAF x The Skinny writer programme to explore their practice Read more »| 09 Aug 2023 -
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Queering the City: Edinburgh Art Festival 2023
As Edinburgh Art Festival returns this month, The Skinny meet Sean Burns and Tarek Lakhrissi to discuss their artistic contributions to the festival Read more »| 09 Aug 2023