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
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 -
News
They Are All Explorers: Manchester School of Art Degree Show 2013
Manchester School of Art Degree Show 2013 suggests a graduating year of explorers and innovators Read more »| 11 Jul 2013
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Reviews
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 -
Interviews
Scene Change: Marc Chagall at Tate Liverpool
Tate Liverpool's summer blockbuster show re-examines the work of Marc Chagall with a particular focus on his drama and narrative. We travel through the artist's ‘Theatre of Dreams’, with insights from co-curator Stephanie Straine Read more »| 10 Jul 2013 -
Reviews
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 -
Reviews
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 -
Features
Own Art: GRID: Going Places
Innovative Glasgow-based interactive art map GRID comes to Edinburgh – we chat to its creators, Sebastian Gorton Kavik and Arron Sands Read more »| 09 Jul 2013 -
Showcase
The Skinny Showcase: Callum Sutch
Showcase: Callum Sutch With a BA in Fine Art, Callum Sutch graduates this year from Manchester School of Art – where, he says, he has “spent the... Read more »| 08 Jul 2013 -
Emerging Artists
Create at Salford Festival – Degree Show
We discover a class of 2013 more than prepared to take on the real world at the The University of Salford’s degree show Read more »| 04 Jul 2013 -
Showcase
The Skinny Showcase: Dennis Reinmüller
Showcase: Dennis Reinmüller On a face-achingly bleak early spring evening in the capital a quietly baffled audience trudged to a re-imagining of one of... Read more »| 04 Jul 2013 -
Reviews
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