Reviews
The latest exhibitions, festivals and art shows reviewed by The Skinny’s art writers. You’ll find reviews of art exhibitions, analysis of artist and curators' choices, and expert insight on Scotland's best art exhibitions.
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ReviewsCiara Phillips: Undoing It @ Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow
Canadian-Irish artist Ciara Phillips impresses with her dynamic large-scale prints that transform Glasgow's Gallery of Modern Art Read more »| 24 Apr 2025 -
ReviewsJerwood Survey III @ Collective, Edinburgh
This group exhibition at Collective takes a refreshing anti-institutional stance, with leading artists – not curators – selecting the early-career artists on display Read more »| 27 Mar 2025 -
ReviewsSay No! Art, Activism and Feminist Refusal @ Wardlaw Museum, St Andrews
In St Andrews, an exhibition stands firm against exclusionary and oppressive feminisms, defying transphobic and anti-sex work backlash Read more »| 06 Mar 2025 -
ReviewsPetra Bauer: Sisters! @ Fruitmarket, Edinburgh
Swedish artist and filmmaker Petra Bauer’s film is a powerful look at the day-to-day work of Southall Black Sisters Read more »| 01 Mar 2025 -
ReviewsEverlyn Nicodemus @ Modern One, Edinburgh
The first-ever retrospective of artworks by Edinburgh-based and Tanzania-born Everlyn Nicodemus is poignant, intimate, potent and bold Read more »| 03 Feb 2025 -
ArtEdinburgh College of Art Degree Show 2024: The Review
Graduates from Edinburgh College of Art's Fine Art degree show this year examine nationalism, gender identity and coastal ecologies Read more »| 27 Jun 2024
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ArtGlasgow School of Art Degree Show 2024: The Review
The Glasgow School of Art's undergraduate degree show sees graduates invoking childhood memories, family lineages and concerns about our natural environments Read more »| 26 Jun 2024 -
ReviewsDJCAD Degree Show 2024: The Review
Students graduating from Fine Art courses at DJCAD this year explore experiences of landscape, the sex work industry and human belief systems Read more »| 14 Jun 2024 -
ReviewsArt Night, Dundee: Shadowy sirens & sea creatures
Art Night in Dundee upended the misconception that encounters with art are static – here, interaction is encouraged, rather than frowned upon Read more »| 12 Jul 2023 -
ReviewsGlasgow School of Art Degree Show 2023: The review
This year's degree show at Glasgow School of Art sees graduates thoughtfully addressing chronic illness, queer representation and working class pride Read more »| 30 Jun 2023 -
ReviewsEdinburgh College of Art Degree Show 2023: The review
An interest in language and a devotion to craft define Edinburgh College of Art's degree show this year Read more »| 30 Jun 2023 -
ReviewsDuncan of Jordanstone Degree Show 2023: The review
This year's DJCAD graduates overcame the setbacks of the pandemic to create a range of dynamic and stimulating works Read more »| 29 Jun 2023 -
ReviewsPoor Things @ Fruitmarket, Edinburgh
Poor Things is a new group exhibition of 22 artists at Fruitmarket in Edinburgh, reflecting on the relationships between art and class Read more »| 27 Mar 2023 -
ReviewsHannah Lim @ Edinburgh Printmakers
Sofia Cotrona unravels Hannah Lim's incisive and multi-faceted exhibition at Edinburgh Printmakers Read more »| 26 Oct 2022 -
FestivalsEcological Empathy and Oysters Divination
Sofia Cotrona recounts her experience of Oyster Readings, a performance by Cooking Sections, in a piece commissioned as part of Edinburgh Art Festival's Emerging Writers programme Read more »| 07 Sep 2022