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Lady in Red: Artemisia Gentileschi's Enduring Legacy
As Artemisia Gentileschi’s Self-Portrait embarks on its UK tour, stopping first at Glasgow Women’s Library, we look at the legacy of the feminist icon as an artist and assault survivor Read more »| 05 Mar 2019 -
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RSA New Contemporaries 2019: Meet the Artists
The Royal Scottish Academy's New Contemporaries exhibition is a highlight each year in the art calendar, and lets audiences check in with a selection of the previous year's graduates just under a year after their degree shows Read more »| 04 Mar 2019 -
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Art Exhibits, Events, Opportunities: January 2019
Escape the loneliness of skint January life with some free art exhibitions and events, or for the artistically inclined get planning for a residency or opportunity by keeping up with the big deadlines coming up soon Read more »| 08 Jan 2019 -
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The Skinny's 2018 Christmas Gift Guide
Ornamental, edible, large and small – here's our selection of some of the best Christmas gift ideas from Scotland's makers, designers and producers Read more »| 11 Dec 2018 -
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Independent Art and Design Christmas Markets 2018
For anyone that's wanted to spend their Christmas gift budget (no matter how much or little that may be) on a unique and thoughtful present, and in a way that can support local art and design, look no further Read more »| 07 Dec 2018 -
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Collective Consciousness: Collective Gallery returns
After years of planning and development, Collective's ambitious refitting of the Observatory on Calton Hill will be revealed this month – we talk to some of those involved Read more »| 19 Nov 2018
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Local Heroes: More Scottish Craft and Design
In part two of our discussion about contemporary craft in Scotland, we asked designers about methods, creativity and their relationship with craft Read more »| 13 Nov 2018 -
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Visible Girls, Invisible Spaces
A pair of new exhibitions in Edinburgh combine iconic images from the 1980s with an exploration of young people's environment in the modern day Read more »| 05 Nov 2018 -
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Local Heroes: Scottish Craft and Design
The term 'craft' is loaded with political, artistic and social signifiers – we discuss it with some of Scotland's designers and makers Read more »| 10 Sep 2018 -
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Jonas Staal's plea for utopian realism
Jonas Staal's The Scottish-European Parliament sets out to address some of the most pressing political problems in Scotland today. We talk to the artist abou... Read more »| 06 Jun 2018 -
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Dundee Degree Show 2018: Brilliantly bizarre
A brilliant showcase of work by Dundee's most exciting artists at the Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design (DJCAD) degree show Read more »| 18 May 2018 -
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Scottish Design: Cast, Thrown and Moulded Ceramics
In the second part of our survey of Scottish ceramics we meet five more ceramicists whose work contributes to this remarkably fertile scene Read more »| 14 May 2018 -
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Finding love in a hopeless place… with The Inner Circle
The dating scene can be rough, but the arduous task of finding love can be a lot easier if you’re part of The Inner Circle, a new dating app that’s as discernible as you are Read more »| 01 Apr 2018 -
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A whistlestop tour of RSA New Contemporaries 2018
The Royal Scottish Academy showcases its pick of the 2017 degree shows next month in New Contemporaries: 2018 Read more »| 15 Mar 2018 -
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The Skinny 150: Our favourite covers
This month, we celebrate our 150th issue. Hooray! To mark the occasion, we dig through the archives and ask The Skinny team to pick out their favourite covers from the last 150 issues Read more »| 07 Mar 2018