Reviews
The latest exhibitions, festivals and art shows reviewed by The Skinny’s art writers. You’ll find reviews of art exhibitions, analysis of artist and curators' choices, and expert insight on Scotland's best art exhibitions.
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ReviewsGSA Degree Show 2026: The Review
From techno-nihilism to tenement living, students at the Glasgow School of Art present work that shifts between personal expression and political commentary Read more »| 04 Jun 2026 -
ReviewsÅsa Johannesson: The Queering of Photography @ Stills, Edinburgh
At Stills in Edinburgh, Åsa Johannesson's photography exhibition reconfigures the queer gaze and plays with the relationships between sitter, photographer and viewer Read more »| 29 May 2026 -
ReviewsPaloma Proudfoot: Glass Delusion @ Collective, Edinburgh
Paloma Proudfoot symbolically avenges Jean-Martin Charcot’s 'hysteric' patients in a sprawling multimedia exhibition Read more »| 30 Apr 2026 -
ReviewsStill Glasgow @ GoMA, Glasgow
A new photography exhibition does much to capture the post-industrial city's evolving identity, but its nostalgic slant is overbearing Read more »| 08 Apr 2026 -
ReviewsWe Contain Multitudes @ Dundee Contemporary Arts
From the vantage point of disability, four interdisciplinary artists challenge ableism in the arts in a new group show at Dundee Contemporary Arts Read more »| 25 Feb 2026 -
ReviewsNationhood: Memory and Hope @ Street Level Photoworks, Glasgow
From Bradford to Glasgow, this striking group photography show documents heartfelt stories of community Read more »| 29 Jan 2026
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ReviewsJaune Quick-To-See Smith: Wilding @ Fruitmarket, Edinburgh
A survey exhibition at Fruitmarket raises vital questions of land stewardship and offers tender insight into the life of the late artist-activist Jaune Quick-to-See Smith Read more »| 07 Jan 2026 -
ReviewsRae-Yen Song 宋瑞渊: •~TUA~• 大眼 •~MAK~• @ Tramway, Glasgow
A giant tentacled creature and its tiny co-conspirators occupy Tramway, as Rae-Yen Song’s world-building reaches hypnotic heights Read more »| 09 Dec 2025 -
ReviewsEsther Gamsu: MEDIUM @ David Dale Gallery, Glasgow
Esther Gamsu's larger-than-life sculptural installation is layered with irony and ambiguity, demonstrating the maturing of the artist's craft Read more »| 03 Nov 2025 -
ReviewsHayley Tompkins: surroundings @ The Modern Institute, Glasgow
The Glasgow artist's new body of work is a shapeshifting explosion of paint that is both subtle and moving Read more »| 29 Sep 2025 -
ReviewsTemporary Worlds: Mike Nelson, Siân Davey and HOST at EAF25
Among the varied programme of the 2025 Edinburgh Art Festival, three exhibitions in the city are threaded together through a shared interrogation of transformed space and memory Read more »| 12 Sep 2025 -
Reviewswho will be remembered here @ EAF Pavilion
An EAF25 X The Skinny Emerging Writer responds to a tender film that connects queer stories with Historic Environmental Scotland sites Read more »| 04 Sep 2025 -
ReviewsRobert Powell: Hall of Hours @ Edinburgh Printmakers
Robert Powell's solo exhibition at Edinburgh Printmakers is a hypnotic and whimsical exploration of the passing of time Read more »| 01 Sep 2025 -
FestivalsThe Spectacle of History: Wael Shawky @ Talbot Rice Gallery
Holly Allan, an Edinburgh Art Festival X The Skinny Emerging Writer, considers what it means to observe Wael Shawky’s solo exhibition in a city with a colonial past Read more »| 28 Jul 2025 -
ReviewsMargaret Salmon: Assembly @ Hunterian, Glasgow
Artist-filmmaker Margaret Salmon compellingly examines the impact of austerity on Glasgow communities through an evolving installation at The Hunterian Read more »| 24 Jul 2025