Features
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FeaturesCivic House: A 21st-Century Power Station
A former printing press for Glasgow’s political movements built in the 1920s, Civic House has been shortlisted for a prestigious AJ Retrofit Award after a radical transformation by Agile City in collaboration with Collective Architecture Read more »| 15 Mar 2023 -
FeaturesNaming the Money: repatriation and reparations
As Scotland’s museums begin the process of repatriating stolen goods, the absence of discussions around reparative justice is glaringly obvious Read more »| 09 Mar 2023 -
FeaturesPortraits of Home: Matthew Arthur Williams at DCA
Matthew Arthur Williams’ revelatory exhibition Soon Come contemplates meanings of home and how the labour of certain communities is rendered invisible Read more »| 01 Mar 2023 -
FeaturesAbsolute Truth?: Katherine Ka Yi Liu 廖加怡 at Collective, Edinburgh
We meet Katherine Ka Yi Liu 廖加怡 to unpack their new exhibition at Collective, which examines Britain’s colonial legacy in Hong Kong Read more »| 03 Feb 2023 -
FeaturesArtisanal Excellence: Scottish textiles at Collect
Meet the four textile designers selected to show with Craft Scotland at the Collect contemporary craft and design fair Read more »| 16 Jan 2023 -
FeaturesHere & Now: We Are Here Scotland's Creators' Showcase
We reflect on We Are Here Scotland's vital and exciting Creators' Showcase in November featuring work by Zaim Ali, Sagnick Mukherjee, and Isabel Barfod Read more »| 06 Jan 2023
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FeaturesShop of Horrors: Rachel Maclean's Mimi in Perth
Rachel Maclean discusses her arresting new installation, Mimi, which takes over a disused shopfront on Perth High Street Read more »| 04 Jan 2023 -
FeaturesInspiral Carpets: Elizabeth Price at the Hunterian Art Gallery
The Skinny meets curator Dominic Paterson to unpick Elizabeth Price’s latest exhibition, UNDERFOOT, at the Hunterian Art Gallery Read more »| 13 Dec 2022 -
FeaturesNira Pereg's Patriarchs @ Talbot Rice, Edinburgh
One writer responds to Nira Pereg's beguiling exhibition Patriarchs at Talbot Rice Gallery Read more »| 08 Dec 2022 -
FeaturesA Mosaic of Memories: Norman Gilbert at Tramway
We reflect on Norman Gilbert's intimate paintings of his family and the characters of his native Pollokshields Read more »| 17 Nov 2022 -
FeaturesRecapping Our Stories Between the Myths and Memories
Stories connect us – through open conversations, a welcoming space, and joyful interactions, the weekender at David Livingstone Birthplace Museum showed exactly that Read more »| 16 Nov 2022 -
FeaturesThe ruination of Elsie Inglis
The charity behind A Statue for Elsie Inglis on Edinburgh's Royal Mile has received a furious backlash after cancelling an open call for proposals Read more »| 01 Nov 2022 -
FeaturesRe-collecting Empire, and reimagining the museum
Beth James reflects on the Wardlaw Museum’s current exhibition Re-collecting Empire, which focuses on the legacy of empire in the museum’s collections Read more »| 13 Oct 2022 -
FeaturesWalker and Bromwich's Serpent of Capitalism
Walker and Bromwich's exhibition in Perth Museum and Art Gallery, Serpent of Capitalism, invites audiences to consider capitalism and its alternatives Read more »| 05 Sep 2022 -
FeaturesIshiuchi Miyako: Capturing Defiance
Ishiuchi Miyako's first solo show in Scotland features her haunting photographs reflecting on conflict, motherhood and the life of Frida Kahlo Read more »| 02 Sep 2022