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LeithLate: Art on the Walk
On 16 June, for one night only, ten galleries, pubs and shops on Leith Walk will open late to host a series of free events, gigs and exhibitions ending with an afterparty. We've got the route map, and here LeithLate event organiser Morvern Cunningham introduces the programme Read more »| 31 May 2011 -
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Confraternity of Neoflagallants: City of Dead
As the festival gets into full swing the living dead take to the streets in a prefiguration of our dark future Read more »| 20 Jul 2010 -
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State of the Art Nation: To Dundee and beyond
Away from the clamour of other, bigger, metropolitan art sites, Dundee is proving more than capable of holding its own. A thriving, close-knit scene of artis... Read more »| 04 Jan 2010 -
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State of the Art Nation: Glasgow's Children of the Evolution
The saying goes that when a recession hits and stock is down, skirt hemlines go up. So too, it would appear, do the motivations and aspirations of the nation... Read more »| 01 Jan 2010 -
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State of the Art Nation: Edinburgh's Got Talent
To get your art noticed, sometimes you have to showcase it yourself instead of taking the traditional route. Artist-run spaces across the country have been p... Read more »| 01 Jan 2010 -
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A Skinny Take: What’s in a name?
The mainstream art world is a world that exists so detached from everyday reality it is sometimes beyond comprehension. It is a world of strange rules, extre... Read more »| 11 Dec 2009
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Trongate 103: Creating Space
Discussed for 20 years, planned for 9, Trongate 103 brings together a host of Glasgow's East End art institutions under one specially designed roof. Read more »| 01 Sep 2009 -
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A Skinny Take: Youth, Dante, and The Rotten Carrot of Hope
In the first of a new fortnightly feature on the blogs, all dissecting and discussing this wider world around us, Ryan Gallagher has hope in our ... Read more »| 30 Jul 2009 -
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No Reflections, Scotland + Venice 2009
The Venice Biennale: the daddy of all Biennales, the Olympics of Art. Rosamund West finds an oasis of calm in the Scottish pavilion Read more »| 24 Jun 2009 -
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Glasgow Gallery Weekend
On the weekend when Glasgow art explodes, Rosamund West takes a walk down the newest gallery district of Eastvale Place. Read more »| 05 May 2009 -
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A fuss over cross-over
Charles Avery Charles Avery Charles Avery is mainly what I’ve been saying, art-wise this month. As is probably quite evident from the fevered review we... Read more »| 26 Jan 2009 -
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Museum Photography, a Rant
Roving art reporter Andrew Cattanach reveals what really annoys him about international galleries Read more »| 05 Jan 2009 -
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War of a Titian, Part the Second
This month Alex Salmond flew up to Aberdeen on Remembrance Day to attend the announcement of a £50m endowment from businessman Sir Ian Wood for the dev... Read more »| 03 Dec 2008 -
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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