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NewsJeff Koons @ Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
Kitsch, vulgar, delightfully banal and knowingly so; look up a definition of post modernism and Jeff Koons ticks every box. Always bright, interesting and sa... Read more »| 03 Mar 2011 -
NewsSalon @ Doubtfire Gallery, Frame Creative
To add a further dimension to its already multifaceted approach, visual arts publication, LINE magazine, is launching its accompanying exhibition programme t... Read more »| 25 Feb 2011 -
NewsStephanie Cairns @ National Gallery of Modern Art
The modesty of Stephanie Cairns' work at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art is more a reflection of the gallery’s somewhat stilted gesture tha... Read more »| 14 Feb 2011 -
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Jean-Marc Bustamante @ Fruitmarket Gallery
With Jean-Marc Bustamante, the Fruitmarket is decidedly moving on from the visually striking Childish Things (Paul McCarthy’s zipped open doll, anyone?... Read more »| 01 Feb 2011 -
NewsThe Mutual Members Show
Defined negatively, the Mutual Members Show has been set up to stave off inertia. If it weren’t for the four graduates who first conceived of the fledg... Read more »| 01 Dec 2010 -
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Gray's in Crisis
As well as being heavily criticised for plans to confer an Honorary Degree on controversial American tycoon Donald Trump, Robert Gordon University recently informed employees of plans to cut staffing levels at its Art School by around 20% Read more »| 05 Nov 2010
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NewsNWS 2010: Nicolas Party and Catherine Payton
New Work Scotland’s winter outing looks to be an eccentric one. Nicolas Party, painter and graduate of The Glasgow School of Art’s MFA programme,... Read more »| 29 Oct 2010 -
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Get your designs into production
We hear about a lot of opportunities here at The Skinny, but this one particularly caught our eye, perhaps because it involves slicing through rubber and met... Read more »| 19 Oct 2010 -
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Alex Hetherington @ Embassy
There’s nothing new under the sun. This seems to be the underlying principle behind Alex Hetherington’s work. He describes his art not without fi... Read more »| 18 Oct 2010 -
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David Shrigley Book Launch @ Mono, 23 Sep
Glasgow is a tiny village in the west coast of Scotland where everyone knows everyone else and pretty much all the inhabitants are in a band with someone who... Read more »| 08 Sep 2010 -
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Studio Projects 22 & 23 @ Market Gallery
Market Gallery runs an extensive residency programme, showcasing young artists in the east end of Glasgow. For two months this autumn the gallery gives over ... Read more »| 06 Sep 2010 -
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Robert Barry: Words and Music @ The Common Guild
There is nothing about conceptual art to be scared of. It was developed in the 1960s as an incremental step in the ongoing discussion around the nature of vi... Read more »| 06 Sep 2010 -
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Yuck 'n Yum's Annual General Karaoke
Yuck ‘n’ Yum is a Dundee based art zine production team who have been in business for nigh on half a decade and have created some 11 issues of th... Read more »| 01 Sep 2010 -
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Annual General Karaoke
You’ve doubtless heard of organisations holding an AGM or Annual General Meeting. In September, the Yuck ‘n Yum collective will be holding the first ever AGK where the K stands for karaoke, and this is your last chance to submit Read more »| 10 Aug 2010 -
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A Word on the Art Festival
Let’s face it, festival time is a total nightmare for everyone. Stop pretending you’ll comprehensively see everything like you never managed to d... Read more »| 30 Jul 2010