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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Magic Mirror @ GFT
Sarah Pucill’s film Magic Mirror hovers somewhere between a love letter to its subject, French Surrealist Claude Cahun, and a critical self-examination... Read more »| 29 Jul 2013 -
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Tomorrow Never Knows @ CCA
Tomorrow Never Knows at CCA brings to Glasgow the work of two artists commissioned by the Jerwood/Film and Video Umbrella Award. Ed Atkins and Naheed Raza re... Read more »| 22 Jul 2013 -
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Anri Sala @ French Pavilion, Venice Biennale
The French pavilion's exhibition Ravel Ravel Unravel by Albanian-born artist Anri Sala is situated in the German pavilion, as the two nations have swapped pr... Read more »| 18 Jul 2013 -
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Cathy Wilkes @ The Encyclopedic Palace, Venice Biennale
Two strips of aged floral fabric sway slightly, caught in the movement of the many gallery visitors pulsing through the central pavilion of the Giardini. Lik... Read more »| 17 Jul 2013 -
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Jasmina Cibic @ Slovenian Pavilion, Venice Biennale
The view that confronts you on the approach to Slovenia’s Pavilion may initially be somewhat confusing: a chronologically anonymous steel sign proclaim... Read more »| 15 Jul 2013 -
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Kimsooja @ Korean Pavilion, Venice Biennale
The central conceit behind Kimsooja’s exhibition is simple enough – that of the presentation of two spaces, one large, windows obscured somewhat ... Read more »| 12 Jul 2013
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Alfredo Jaar @ Chilean Pavilion, Venice Biennale
On entry to the darkened Chilean Pavilion one is immediately confronted by a large illuminated photo of what one learns is Italian avantgarde darling Lu... Read more »| 12 Jul 2013 -
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Lee Kit: You (you). @ Hong Kong pavilion, Venice Biennale
Hong Kong's participation in this year's plethora of shows is certainly not as spectacular as some other exhibitions at the Venice Biennale. Instead, Lee... Read more »| 12 Jul 2013 -
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Scotland + Venice @ Venice Biennale
One of the most intellectual shows this year at this year’s Venice Biennale, the Scottish Pavilion requires no small investment of your time. Corin Sw... Read more »| 10 Jul 2013 -
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Johanna Basford @ DCA
The latest offering from Dundee Contemporary Arts showcases the work of one of the city's very own art graduates, artist and illustrator Johanna Basford. Gra... Read more »| 10 Jul 2013 -
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Antti Laitinen @ Finnish Pavilion, Venice Biennale
It might be easy to dismiss the series of reconstructed birch trees outside Finland’s pavilion at the Giardini as yet another tree-centric piece of env... Read more »| 09 Jul 2013 -
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Maurice Carlin: Performance Publishing @ Regent Trading Estate, until 20 Jul
Over several months, Maurice Carlin has been producing variations on his Corrupted Images, whereby he takes a printed reading from a surface, publishing it s... Read more »| 02 Jul 2013 -
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Processing @ The Cornerstone Gallery, Liverpool, until 29 Sep
Curated by Jack Welsh, Processing forms a dialogue between artist, writer and exhibition guest, aiding the parallel programme for LOOK/13 (the Liverpool Inte... Read more »| 02 Jul 2013 -
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David Batchelor: Flatlands @ Fruitmarket
Conventionally marginalised or removed from fine art, colour is tacky, tasteless; a distraction from the purity of intellect of serious artistic endeavour ev... Read more »| 28 Jun 2013 -
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Zoe Williams @ SWG3, until 6 Jul
The atmosphere’s heavy with incense, there’s an altar and the sound piece is paced at the rate of meditative breathing. Some controversial cultic... Read more »| 20 Jun 2013