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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FestivalsThe Dennis and Debbie Club: On Holiday in the Hyperreal
The Dennis and Debbie Club is former Skinny Showcaser Dennis Reinmüller and Debbie Moody. Together they've made audiovisual reconstructions of various spots of glamour and infamy for the their EAF presentation Read more »| 31 Jul 2015 -
FestivalsEdinburgh Art Festival Platform 2015: In With the New
Edinburgh Art Festival is hosting its first emergent artists-dedicated show this year. We ask what the exhibitors are planning and what the festival means to them Read more »| 30 Jul 2015 -
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Hanne Darboven at the Talbot Rice Gallery: A Quirk in the System
Talbot Rice Gallery curator Pat Fisher draws out the contradictions in the life and work of Hanne Darboven Read more »| 28 Jul 2015 -
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Back to Black Mountain: The Only Way To Do It
GSA Curatorial Practice students mount an exhibition that's intended as a sharp new contextualisation of American Abstract Expressionist prints Read more »| 07 Jul 2015 -
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That’s Entertainment: Oculist Witnesses at the Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston
Preston’s Harris Museum & Art Gallery encourages us to “dance first, think later” with two new exhibitions. We talk to Oculist Witness artist Sovay Berriman about her ever morphing sculpture, nomadic herding odysseys and molluscs that hunt wizards... Read more »| 05 Jun 2015 -
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What is Freedom?: Interview with Grace Schwindt
Grace Schwindt reflects on her feature-length film, which through structured choreography questions the possibilities for freedom Read more »| 01 Jun 2015
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Cheaper than Flying: Anthony Schrag walks to Venice
Scotland-based participatory artist Anthony Schrag will spend the next three months walking to Venice, in the process questioning the value of the Venice Biennale Read more »| 01 Jun 2015 -
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Northern Greats: Summer in the Square
This month, we take a quick break from meeting the residents of the Great Northern to check back in with its programmers, Future Artists, who had so many summer events to tell us about they needed a whole column Read more »| 10 May 2015 -
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Liverpool's Illuminations: The Skinny Guide to LightNight
Now in its sixth year, LightNight is more epic than ever. We chat to organisers Open Culture and some of the participating artists about what makes this city-wide festival so special – and select our highlights Read more »| 04 May 2015 -
FestivalsRobert Burns Reggae: Interview with Graham Fagen
Graham Fagen discusses his new body of work, set to be exhibited in the 2015 Venice Biennale Read more »| 30 Apr 2015 -
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To the Hills: Lakes Ignite brings interactive art to the Lake District
Celebrating 'imaginary journeys,' the Lakes Ignite festival brings four impressive new artistic commissions to the Lake District this spring. Curator Aileen McEvoy tells our Art editor more Read more »| 30 Apr 2015 -
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"It's All About Beauty": Interview with Maripol
Legendary photographer, designer and stylist Maripol is the subject of an exhibition in Dundee Contemporary Arts, part of this year's Ignite Dundee. Here she speaks about her 35-year career Read more »| 28 Apr 2015 -
InterviewsBe My Guest: Glasgow Open House Festival 2015
Glasgow Open House Festival is set to be the most exciting and genuinely unique art festival of this year. We talk to the organisers Read more »| 01 Apr 2015 -
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1 Royal Terrace: Conversations About Art
We catch up with the founders of up and coming Glasgow gallery 1 Royal Terrace in advance of their second programme of exhibitions, now underway Read more »| 01 Apr 2015 -
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Northern Greats: Future Artists
Over the next few issues, we’ll be profiling some of the creative thinkers currently occupying Manchester’s Great Northern Warehouse. First, an introduction from the arts collective in charge Read more »| 11 Mar 2015