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A Post-Graduate Survival Guide Part III: Aberdeen
In the third part of our series offering advice to newly hatched creatives looking for support in The Real World, Fraser Denholm discusses a fast-ascending venture especially for those in the granite city. Read more »| 01 Dec 2008 -
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War of a Titian
As I write, the clock is ticking on the National Galleries’ bid to raise the £100 million needed to keep the two paintings by Venetian old master... Read more »| 24 Nov 2008 -
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A Post-Graduate Survival Guide Part II: Sorcha Dallas interview
As Sorcha Dallas prepares to take her wares to the Frieze Art Fair, Rosamund West caught up with her to talk artists’ representation, commercial galleries and the Glasgow School. Read more »| 01 Oct 2008 -
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On the new Ingleby Gallery
I can’t say, in all honesty, that I’m devastated to wave goodbye to August... A month of slow-walking crowds and over-excited thespians transform... Read more »| 27 Aug 2008 -
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A Post-Graduate Survival Guide Part 1
As a tribute to those who have just spent a year or four pouring their hearts and souls into The Degree Show, only to emerge, blinking, into the cold light of that post-graduation day, we present an ongoing series of articles from those in the know concerning the very real challenge of surviving while keeping the faith. The series is inaugurated with the thoughts of The Embassy's Daniella Watson. Read more »| 07 Jul 2008 -
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Smith/Stewart- Enter Love and Enter Death
SF: Art doesn't have to be packed with signification to provoke a reaction, as Rosamund West discovers at an installation in Edinburgh's Botanic Gardens
PQ: It is refreshing, in an art world of assemblages and installations overloaded with iconography and signifiers, to witness the potentially overwhelming effect of work seemingly so simplified Read more »| 06 Jan 2008
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Glasgow Art Fair
would a Bruce Nauman sound installation actually work above the average Scottish fireplace? Read more »| 11 May 2007 -
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20 Years of Pixar
For anybody who has ever muttered at a piece of furniture or electrical appliance, it might not seem too peculiar to bestow inanimate objects with a smidgen of personality Read more »| 11 Apr 2007 -
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Art in the Real World
A good gallery is not necessarily going to be a good business Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
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Going Your Own Sweet Way
I wonder how this free exchange of ideas online might alter the artistic world, as it has altered the musical world Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
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Celebrating 40 Years of Edinburgh Printmakers
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To celebrate 40 years of Edinburgh Printmakers, The Skinny decided to get creative by visiting their open-access studio. Read more »| 11 Jan 2007 -
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Scottish Collective - Subverting Expectations
the hoary old cliché of the tortured, solitary artist toiling away in his garret is a concept that is increasingly alien to many emerging artists Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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Edinburgh Art Festival
One of the most extensive and spectacular attractions during the festival promises to be Beyond the Palace Walls at the Royal Museum of Scotland on Chambers St. Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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But is it art?
I know what response I don't want. I don't want people to think it's crap. Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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SPECIAL WEE PREVIEW BOX
Don't Forget June's must-see events - The Graduating students of both Edinburgh College of Art and Glasgow School of Art present their final degree shows fro... Read more »| 15 Jun 2006