Glaswegian Graffiti
By . Published 05 January 2012
Glasgow-based Secret Wars finalists Rogue One and Conzo tell us about their art, and we explore a potted history of the scene, right from its early days in Brooklyn...
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Jamie Johnson: Sunshine on Leith
By . Published 29 November 2011Artist and Illustrator Jamie Johnson contributes regularly to Skinny and will soon be selling limited edition prints through The Skinny Shop on CultureLabel.com. Here he discusses his unique style and...
Glasgow's CCA: Consistently Challenging Artwork
By . Published 28 November 2011We catch up on all the changes taking place at CCA in Glasgow while the centre’s programmer Jamie Kenyon gives us a taster of what to expect in 2012
Johanna Basford: Drawing From Experience
By . Published 17 November 2011First term sees new students illuminating studios with bright ideas – but how switched on are they about industry that awaits them? Illustrator Johanna Basford helps us read between the...
Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art Announce 2012 Programme
By . Published 15 November 2011Glasgow's biennale, the Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art, have just announced the programme for their fifth outing, which will run from 20 Apr – 7 May 2012. This year...
Once Were Warriors
By . Published 31 October 2011Good Wives and Warriors were first Showcased in The Skinny in 2008. Now based in London, and making a name for themselves in Europe, they have produced a set of...
Torsten Lauschmann: The Machines of Loving Grace
By . Published 31 October 2011Glasgow-based, German-born artist Torsten Lauschmann's star has been on the rise in recent years. We popped round his house for a chat ahead of his solo exhibition at Dundee Contemporary...
Noel Fielding: The Mighty Brush
By . Published 11 October 2011Boosh star pours his art out.
Prince of Darkness: An Interview With Norman Shaw
By . Published 04 October 2011Artist Norman Shaw is showing at Edinburgh's RSA, a gallery supported by the Own Art scheme, as part of their Resident 11 exhibition. The Skinny asked him to tell us...
Martin Boyce: Urban Legend
By . Published 03 October 2011Martin Boyce is one of two Scotland-based artists nominated for this year's Turner Prize. Showing at the Baltic, Gateshead, from 21 October as part of the prize's annual show, we...
New Work Scotland: Group Effort
By . Published 27 September 2011Firmly established as a development programme for emerging artists, New Work Scotland now wants its participants to talk to each other. The Skinny chats to Rhianna Turnbull and Gordon Schmidt...
Resident Easel
By . Published 26 September 2011RESIDENT: 11 brings together ten of the artists who've taken part in residency schemes across Scotland in the last year for an exhibition in Edinburgh's RSA. We caught up with...
Artists and illustrators: The Fruit Tree Foundation needs you!
Published 23 September 2011You may recall that last year the Fruit Tree Foundation brought together a stellar array of Scottish songwriting and recording talent to make an album and series of gigs in...
Rogue's Gallery: A Guide to Art
By . Published 16 September 2011There’s more to galleries than still life paintings and nudey sculptures. The Scottish contemporary art scene is thriving, and with a regular turnaround of exhibitions it provides a great way...
The Skinny Showcase: Oliver Braid
By . Published 02 September 2011Oliver Braid makes work which is a true rarity in the art world: it is actually enjoyable to experience. It could be perceived, sometimes, at first glance, as a little...
Stop the Presses: September
By . Published 01 September 2011FINAL FESTIVAL: It didn’t quite fit in this issue, but we would still like to recommend Kaleidoscope Festival on the weekend 30 Sep-2 Oct at Kinkell Farm, St Andrews. Winding...
Hiroshi Sugimoto: Life Sparks
By . Published 29 August 2011World renowned photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto talks to The Skinny about celebrating the birth and the death of his art form, and why he might be looking for a Nobel Prize
Bonnie Boat: Isle of Skye
By . Published 29 August 2011Speed bonnie boat, like a bird on the wing, 'Onward!' The sailors cry. Carry the lazy urban dwellers (for just one day, it can't be that hard), over the sea...
Vault: Market Shares
By . Published 29 August 2011Opening at the beginning of this month, Vault gives audiences the opportunity to buy artwork from established and emerging artists – but it's more than just an art fair, as...
Stephen Sutcliffe: Internal Monologue
By . Published 03 August 2011Looking ahead to this year's Edinburgh Art Festival, we speak to Stephen Sutcliffe, an artist for whom every episode of Magnum P.I is never knowingly unrecorded
