Interviews
Have you ever wanted to explore the mind behind the masterpiece? Tormented or divinely inspired, The Skinny offers you a window into the minds of artists with interviews that delve into their practice and inspirations.
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InterviewsHag. Knowledge, Power & Alchemy through Craft
We meet the organisers of 'Hag. Knowledge, Power & Alchemy through Craft', arriving in Dunfermline on International Women's Day, to explore the witchy theme behind this provocatively-titled show Read more »| 05 Mar 2025 -
InterviewsMaud Sulter and The Living Archive of Diaspora
Curator Pelumi Odubanjo tells us how she’s reimagining Sulter’s legacy through a participatory events programme at Tramway Read more »| 11 Feb 2025 -
InterviewsBe United: Celebrating ten years of activism
Be United turned ten years old in 2024 and in 2025, the organisation has more huge ambitions for Black creatives in Scotland. We meet co-founder and director Emma Sithole to find out more Read more »| 16 Jan 2025 -
InterviewsCosy Craft: Meet interior design duo Granite + Smoke
We speak to the founders of Granite + Smoke – recently shortlisted for a Dezeen award – to find out more about the duo putting joy into January Read more »| 14 Jan 2025 -
InterviewsNational Galleries Scotland: Beagles & Ramsay
Beagles & Ramsay's Sanguis Gratia Artis (Black Pudding Self Portrait) is on display for the first time since being added to Scotland's national collection. We talk to the artists about making work with their own blood Read more »| 09 Jan 2025 -
InterviewsGabrielle Goliath on new exhibition Personal Accounts
We meet Gabrielle Goliath, the artist behind Personal Accounts, a decolonial and collaborative project of repair now on show at Talbot Rice Gallery in Edinburgh Read more »| 06 Dec 2024
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InterviewsThe Art of Climate Action: Waters Rising at Perth Museum
Waters Rising, a newly-opened exhibition at the Perth Museum, explores the story of the flood through the lens of ecological breakdown Read more »| 05 Dec 2024 -
BooksThe White Pube's Gabrielle de la Puente on new book Poor Artists
We chat with Gabrielle de la Puente, one half of infamous critical duo The White Pube, about their first book Poor Artists ahead of her appearance at Edinburgh's Radical Book Fair Read more »| 25 Oct 2024 -
InterviewsThe Best of Scottish Design: Dundee Design Festival 2024
Dundee Design Festival lands in the UNESCO City of Design this month, with the chance to see the work of 180 designers all under one roof. We catch up with this year’s festival director, our very own Stacey Hunter, to find out more Read more »| 12 Sep 2024 -
InterviewsWriting Intimacy: The Skinny Prize 2024
The Skinny meets Samuel Temple – the winner of this year’s The Skinny Prize at RSA New Contemporaries – to learn more about their making process, inspirations and the realities of post-art school life Read more »| 12 Sep 2024 -
InterviewsThe Power of the Unseen: Tayo Adekunle at Edinburgh Printmakers
In her show at Edinburgh Printmakers, Tayo Adekunle finds affinity with a Yoruban Orisha in new photographs, prints and textile works Read more »| 09 Sep 2024 -
InterviewsEmerging Talent: Platform at Edinburgh Art Festival 2024
Edinburgh Art Festival's Platform exhibition returns for the festival's 20th birthday year with a fresh cohort of emerging artists. Each artist has been paired with a writer from the EAF x The Skinny Emerging Writers programme to explore their practices Read more »| 02 Aug 2024 -
InterviewsMovement and Material: In conversation with Delaine Le Bas
We speak to Delaine Le Bas, Turner Prize 2024 nominee, about her new exhibition, Delainia: 17071965 Unfolding Read more »| 10 Jul 2024 -
InterviewsTimorous Beasties on their new collection and Edinburgh showroom
We meet Glasgow-based design duo Timorous Beasties at their elegant brick mill headquarters for a preview of the pared-back Stucco collection, and to find out more about their new 2,500 sq ft showroom in Scotland’s capital, opening this month Read more »| 10 Jun 2024 -
InterviewsScotland secures Surrealist painting
This month we take a closer look at another major new acquisition for Scotland’s art collection which can be visited for free at National Galleries Scotland: Modern One – Encounter by Surrealist artist Remedios Varo Read more »| 01 May 2024