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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Matisse: Works to Know by Heart @ Tate Liverpool
As the physical effects of age take hold, an artist’s work must necessarily shift and change accordingly. In 1914, at the age of 72, Henri Matisse unde... Read more »| 04 Feb 2016 -
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Christopher MacInnes @ Generator Projects
Christopher MacInnes' Small Gate Infinite Field is well-executed take on the material conditions for digital existence. Read more »| 14 Jan 2016 -
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Delaying Tactics @ House for an Art Lover
Birthe Jorgensen's group show makes good use of the space and includes interesting work, but at times misses the mark. Read more »| 13 Jan 2016 -
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Enrico David @ The Hepworth, Wakefield
I am standing face to face with a tip-toeing bronze figure. Its bodily length, hands behind back, is leaning against the gallery wall, and it seems to be lis... Read more »| 08 Jan 2016 -
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Matthew Darbyshire @ Manchester Art Gallery
An article in the Independent on Sunday, found in a glass-fronted notice board in the entrance to Matthew Darbyshire’s An Exhibition for Modern Living,... Read more »| 10 Dec 2015 -
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Safe @ HOME, Manchester
The resounding question: "Are you allergic to the 21st century?" HOME has responded to Todd Haynes’ thought-provoking 1995 film, Safe, providing artis... Read more »| 09 Dec 2015
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Luc Tuymans @ Talbot Rice Gallery
For his first Scottish exhibition, revered Belgian artist Luc Tuymans displays his own paintings of canaries and a stool alongside two portraits by Sir Henry... Read more »| 01 Dec 2015 -
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Tania Kovats: Evaporation @ MOSI, Manchester
“My job is to complicate things, to make things beautiful. The facts only mean things if they're also given imaginative space.” At a panel event... Read more »| 16 Nov 2015 -
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Ai Weiwei @ Royal Academy of Art, London
It’s Friday 23 October and I'm sat on a train from Manchester to London; I'm travelling to see an exhibition of work by China’s most recognisable... Read more »| 05 Nov 2015 -
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Adrian Morris @ 42 Carlton Place
Casual exhibition space 42 Carlton Place mount an exhibition of Adrian Morris, with work from the 60s and spanning 30 years. There's a sharp sense of economy, with the least means allowing surprising variation and interest. Read more »| 01 Nov 2015 -
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Master Rock on BBC Radio
Maria Fusco writes for three voices in Master Rock, a performance originally transmitted on BBC Radio and now available online. Read more »| 01 Nov 2015 -
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Caro in Yorkshire @ Yorkshire Sculpture Triangle
Anthony Caro is considered one of our most important sculptors Read more »| 07 Oct 2015 -
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Turner Prize 2015 – Fur Coat Nae Knickers
There's a showcasing of departures from usual media, working practices and forms in the Turner Prize 2015 exhibition in Glasgow's Tramway Read more »| 01 Oct 2015 -
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Tied Too Neatly: Tadeusz Kantor @ Summerhall
Summerhall don't show the requisite sensitivity in a recent exhibition of Taduesz Kantor Read more »| 15 Sep 2015 -
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Chinese art from the 1970s to now @ Whitworth
I’m looking at a vast monochromatic screen print, Untitled (Three Leaders) (1989), a trio of figures with a familiar and foreboding Chairman Mao at the... Read more »| 09 Sep 2015