Art
The Skinny art guide. We bring you the latest in emerging artists, art exhibition previews, reviews, interviews, and features. Find out the latest art news for Scotland with our news columns, and view emerging artists' portfolios in our monthly Showcase.
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Reviews
Andrew Gilbert @ Summerhall
Andrew Gilbert returns to the motherland for his colonial-inspired exhibition at Summerhall Gallery. Littered with trinkets from the contemporary past a... Read more »| 29 Jul 2014 -
Interviews
Graham Fagen: National Treasures
Showing across the country in no fewer than seven projects this summer, artist Graham Fagen talks cultural identity and breaking the rules of the gallery Read more »| 29 Jul 2014 -
Interviews
Jessica Harrison: Feminist Figurines
Arriving in Jupiter Artland this month, in a pink plinthed and painted room, are a series of twisted ceramic ladies. Sculptor Jessica Harrison tells us about their genesis, feminism, and going viral Read more »| 29 Jul 2014 -
Festivals
Where Do I End and You Begin: The Common Wealth
Bringing together curators and artists from across the Commonwealth, Where Do I End and You Begin offers an ambitious and wide-ranging discussion on art practice and life across the globe Read more »| 29 Jul 2014 -
Festivals
I Knead You Tonight... Homebaked, Anfield
Homebaked, the community-run bakery and land trust in north Liverpool and a legacy of Liverpool Biennial's 2012 public realm commissioning programme, seems to be going strong. We talk to Sue Humphreys and Jeanne van Heeswijk to find out what's what Read more »| 29 Jul 2014 -
Showcase
The Skinny Showcase @ Creative Exchange
Introducing a new development for the Showcase – an exhibition of a selection of this year's graduates as part of Edinburgh Art Festival Read more »| 22 Jul 2014
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Showcase
The Skinny Showcase: Edward Humphrey
DJCAD graduate Ed Humphrey introduces his film work, showing in The Skinny Showcase exhibition in Creative Exchange as part of EAF Read more »| 22 Jul 2014 -
Videos
RSA New Contemporaries: Video Profile
The Skinny presents RSA New Contemporaries, in association with Own Art Read more »| 15 Jul 2014 -
Emerging Artists
Salford Degree Show 2014: Creativity Unleashed
With degree show season coming to an end, we look back at the University of Salford's graduating visual arts students, who showed as part of Create at Salford Festival 2014 Read more »| 11 Jul 2014 -
Reviews
Walk On: 40 Years of Art Walking @ The Atkinson, Southport
Artists walking? They get ferried around by Saatchi limo don’t they? At the very least some smart, gallery-paid-for black cab. Apparently not so. They ... Read more »| 09 Jul 2014 -
Reviews
Launch Pad: About Painting @ Castlefield Gallery/Agency
Bringing together eight painters from across the UK, Castlefield’s new exhibition Launch Pad: About Painting, explores the variety of abstract painting... Read more »| 09 Jul 2014 -
Reviews
Skin and Bones @ 1 Royal Terrace
Royal Terrace Committee Show Skin and Bones hosts the architecturally enhanced but bodily based sculptural installation from its founding artists Ruth Swital... Read more »| 07 Jul 2014 -
Showcase
The Skinny Showcase: Jade Collin
The Skinny Showcase: Jade Collin Jade studied Theatre and Performance Design at Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, before completing her degree in Fin... Read more »| 04 Jul 2014 -
Emerging Artists
Edinburgh College: Let's Glow
Running through May and June in venues across Edinburgh, the Let’s Glow festival celebrates the creative students of Edinburgh College (the colleges fo... Read more »| 04 Jul 2014 -
Festivals
Dazzle Ship: Carlos Cruz-Diez
With Liverpool Biennial's first commission, Dazzle Ship by Carlos Cruz-Diez, now installed in the Albert Dock, we take a look at the story of this dazzling form of camouflage and its place in the maritime history of Liverpool Read more »| 04 Jul 2014