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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InterviewsSimon Murphy brings Berlin's Photoautomat to Glasgow
In the age of instant images and filter face, Glasgow’s Photoautomat offers up something wildly inconvenient. Photographer Simon Murphy tells us why this clanking Berlin import is about more than looking cool Read more »| 11 Nov 2026 -
InterviewsRuthella Dafnis on her solo exhibition Secondhand Smoke
The Skinny X RSA Contemporaries awardee Ruthella Dafnis' first solo exhibition shines a light on homelessness, addiction and care experience Read more »| 10 Nov 2026 -
InterviewsLong Live Print: The Future of Scottish Journalism
It's hard to survive in arts journalism, as The Skinny found out in September when we came close to closing. We spoke to some of our peers within the Scottish arts scene to imagine a better, more robustly funded future for arts journalism in Scotland Read more »| 03 Nov 2026 -
InterviewsThe Skinny: Back from the Brink
With The Skinny almost closing last month, it got people in our community talking about the health and significance of local arts journalism. We speak to some of the organisations that had incisive things to say on the subject Read more »| 13 Oct 2026 -
FestivalsFuture Vision: Catherine Opie on her first Scottish solo exhibition
Photographer Catherine Opie speaks to Edinburgh Art Festival 2026 Emerging Writer Anna Olivia Riley about capturing a hopeful portrait of humanity Read more »| 05 Aug 2026 -
FestivalsClimbing the Walls: Eva Rothschild on her new Edinburgh exhibition
At Fruitmarket, Edinburgh Art Festival Emerging Writer Mayson Taylor speaks with Irish artist Eva Rothschild about activating sculpture through play Read more »| 04 Aug 2026
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InterviewsQueer Histories and Colonial Control: Richard Maguire on his Collective exhibition
At Edinburgh's Collective Gallery, artist Richard Maguire investigates the surveillance of sexualities under colonialism through drawings and sculpture Read more »| 29 Jun 2026 -
BooksDaisy Dixon on Depraved: The Story of Dangerous Art
We chat with author and art philosopher Daisy Dixon about her new book Depraved, and what we should be doing about harmful art Read more »| 11 Jun 2026 -
InterviewsDavid Breen on first solo exhibition Reverie In Red
David 'PizzaBoy' Breen's first solo exhibition reflects on nostalgia, evoking the fuzzy residue of film, music and early 2000s pop culture Read more »| 02 Apr 2026 -
InterviewsArtist Ilana Halperin on retrospective What is Us and What is Earth
Marking her Fruitmarket retrospective, Ilana Halperin tells us why the vastness of geological time calls for an emotional, profoundly human response Read more »| 05 Mar 2026 -
InterviewsRethinking Roots: Shen Xin on Highland Embassy
We speak with Isle of Skye-based artist Shen Xin about the ecological and spiritual themes running through their exhibition at Collective in Edinburgh Read more »| 27 Nov 2025 -
InterviewsGray's Glasgow: A Queer, Working-Class Cartography
Inspired by Alasdair Gray's mythologising of Glasgow, an archive-based exhibition maps the city through a queer, working-class lens Read more »| 10 Nov 2025 -
InterviewsAn Imaginary Museum: Trans Masc Studies at EAF25
Unbound by institutional rules, artist Ellis Jackson Kroese's research project collects and curates ephemera related to the Scottish trans masculine community Read more »| 15 Sep 2025 -
InterviewsRed Herring: Joanne Coates and the Herring Girls
At Timespan in Helmsdale, artist Joanne Coates amplifies the overlooked story of the Herring Girls through photography and sculpture Read more »| 09 Sep 2025 -
FestivalsPortrait of an Erased Estate: Aqsa Arif's Raindrops of Rani
At Edinburgh Printmakers, Aqsa Arif subverts the famous Sony Bravia 'Paint' advert that was filmed in her childhood council flat. Our Art Editor considers the necessity for creative expression in the face of growing threats to social housing Read more »| 28 Jul 2025