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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ArtLakes Ignite 2016: rainbows, Ruskin and real talk
On a visit to the Lake District for this year's Lakes Ignite programme, our Art editor discovers flickering rainbow bridges, 700 types of water and creepy sc... Read more »| 02 Jun 2016 -
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Accessible Dystopias: ECA Degree Show 2016
Staying down to earth, ECA Fine Art graduates intelligently and sharply address the most pressing political and social concerns Read more »| 31 May 2016 -
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Dundee Degree Show 2016: Getting Personal
It's the first Scottish degree show of the year, and the Duncan of Jordanstone graduates are taking it seriously, with ambitious and well-produced work Read more »| 20 May 2016 -
ReviewsPrem Sahib @ Grand Union, Birmingham
It’s the day Prince died. Now all our favourite cultural icons seem to be falling from the mortal realm pretty quick recently, so we should be used to ... Read more »| 10 May 2016 -
ReviewsReel Stories @ Museum of Liverpool
Think of the Liverpool skyline and you probably think of powerful Victorian buildings – docks, grand hotels with sweeping staircases, the two cath... Read more »| 12 Apr 2016 -
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Richard Slee @ Tramway
Richard Slee's Work and Play exhibition at Tramway has some good moments, but isn't getting the laughs it's going for. Read more »| 06 Apr 2016
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ReviewsPre-Raphaelites: Beauty and Rebellion
Pre-Raphaelites: Beauty and Rebellion at the Walker Art Gallery brings together 120 works from the pre-Raphaelite movement, a significant number coming from ... Read more »| 01 Mar 2016 -
ReviewsPat Flynn: Half-Life of a Miracle
I’ve been thinking a lot about eggs recently, a result of a week of experimental veganism triggering an obsession (and dream life) revolving around dai... Read more »| 01 Mar 2016 -
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Half Real @ The Hanover Project, Preston
Half Real brings together an international group of creative practitioners exploring and working within the intersection between art and videogames. Read more »| 24 Feb 2016 -
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Another Minimalism @ Fruitmarket Gallery
With Another Minimalism, The Fruitmarket Gallery conducts a broad enquiry into the Light and Space art movement without drily staying within art historical boundaries, looking towards contemporary practitioners and a continuing and live line of influence. Read more »| 05 Feb 2016 -
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Flat Death @ Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool
The sky is grey over Liverpool. On the road outside Open Eye a car drives over an already dead pigeon. His body is partially flattened but there are still st... Read more »| 05 Feb 2016 -
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Merlin James @ CCA
Merlin James' major career-spanning exhibition in its very form experiments with the conventions of the late stage painter, and continues to enquire into the possibilities of the medium Read more »| 05 Feb 2016 -
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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