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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InterviewsNothing Under the Heavens: Manchester Asia Triennial 2014
Asia Triennial Manchester opens across the city and beyond this month. We guide you through it, and catch up with artistic director Alnoor Mitha and Harmonious Society curator Jiang Jiehong who share their ATM14 highlights Read more »| 01 Oct 2014 -
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Eat, Drink, Sleep, Paint: Jonathan Meese and The Dictatorship of Art
Berlin-based artist Jonathan Meese discusses his plans for his first exhibition in Glasgow with experimental gallery Young Team. Read more »| 01 Oct 2014 -
InterviewsYou Would Cry Too If It Happened to You: Bob and Roberta Smith's Art Party
Artist Bob and Roberta Smith discusses his newly released film Art Party and the impact of changes to arts education – and we invite 12 artists, writers and critics from across the UK to respond to the film, the art and the afterparties they inspired Read more »| 03 Sep 2014 -
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New Weather Coming: Public Art
Part of GENERATION, Jacqueline Donachie's New Weather Coming is touring Scotland in a bid to engage the communities and day-trippers Read more »| 27 Aug 2014 -
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Be a Smarty – Go to an Art Party
With art subjects occupying an ever more precarious place within UK education, Bob and Roberta Smith's Art Party! campaign has been gaining momentum. With the release of his film Art Party!, we preview the art parties that are happening across the UK Read more »| 21 Aug 2014 -
Festivals1 Second Revolution: GENERATION's Paul Carter retrospective
Part of both GENERATION and EAF, Icaro Menippus [x2] offers a long anticipated retrospective of the work of sculptor Paul Carter Read more »| 29 Jul 2014
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Graham Fagen: National Treasures
Showing across the country in no fewer than seven projects this summer, artist Graham Fagen talks cultural identity and breaking the rules of the gallery Read more »| 29 Jul 2014 -
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Jessica Harrison: Feminist Figurines
Arriving in Jupiter Artland this month, in a pink plinthed and painted room, are a series of twisted ceramic ladies. Sculptor Jessica Harrison tells us about their genesis, feminism, and going viral Read more »| 29 Jul 2014 -
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Where Do I End and You Begin: The Common Wealth
Bringing together curators and artists from across the Commonwealth, Where Do I End and You Begin offers an ambitious and wide-ranging discussion on art practice and life across the globe Read more »| 29 Jul 2014 -
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I Knead You Tonight... Homebaked, Anfield
Homebaked, the community-run bakery and land trust in north Liverpool and a legacy of Liverpool Biennial's 2012 public realm commissioning programme, seems to be going strong. We talk to Sue Humphreys and Jeanne van Heeswijk to find out what's what Read more »| 29 Jul 2014 -
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Biennial Artist Focus: Judith Hopf
Part of a group show at the renovated Old Blind School, Judith Hopf discusses similarities between Liverpool and Berlin, exhibiting in public spaces, and reimagining materials Read more »| 04 Jul 2014 -
InterviewsBarnaby Barford: Broken China Dolls
Showing in Dovercot this month, artist Barnaby Barford sculpts onto porcelain figurines to tell bittersweet tales of the modern world Read more »| 04 Jul 2014 -
FestivalsRainbow Connection: A Tour of Carlos Cruz-Diez's Paris Atelier
Optical artist Carlos Cruz-Diez invites The Skinny to his studios in Paris ahead of the launch of his latest project Dazzle Ship, which sees the Venezuelan kineticist bring an explosion of colour to Liverpool's docks for the city's Biennial Read more »| 01 Jul 2014 -
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Bury Bury Good for You: Lawrence Weiner and the launch of Bury Sculpture Centre
Bury Sculpture Centre opened its doors for the first time last month with the fourth edition of Bury Text Festival. The Skinny caught up with Sculpture Centre boss Tony Trehy and super-sculptor/conceptualist Lawrence Weiner Read more »| 03 Jun 2014 -
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A Walk of Art: LeithLate 2014
Returning for its fourth outing and newly expanded to a full weekend, LeithLate this year features Andrew Gilbert, King Creosote, Too Much Fun Club, Adam Stafford, Neu! Reekie! And more. Organiser Morvern Cunningham gives us the lowdown Read more »| 02 Jun 2014