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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Festivals
Helen Sear, Welsh Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015
The Wales in Venice representative Helen Sear does an effective job of linking the two countries together in her exhibition ...the rest is smoke, which is lo... Read more »| 29 Jun 2015 -
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GSA Degree Show 2015: East End Art School
Glasgow School of Art exhibits its Fine Art degree show for the first time in its new Tontine Building, with students showing no sign of dinted confidence. Read more »| 24 Jun 2015 -
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Edinburgh College of Art Degree Show 2015: Surface Tension
In Edinburgh College of Art's 2015 degree show, the work is remarkable for being wrought with noticeable consideration. Also trending amongst this year's graduates is a comfort in incorporating new media in a critical and reflexive way Read more »| 02 Jun 2015 -
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Leonora Carrington @ Tate Liverpool
When the featured artist of an exhibition is a Lancashire-born Mexican surrealist, you can almost guarantee you'll encounter some wonderful weirdness. It's s... Read more »| 01 Jun 2015 -
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Eastern Exchanges @ Manchester Art Gallery
The scale and scope of Eastern Exchanges is imposing, with three vast galleries filled with quintessential East Asian works of craft, art, fabric and built s... Read more »| 01 Jun 2015 -
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Eat Abstractly @ Mary Mary
Mary Mary showcases a breadth of international artists in a photography centred exhibition. Across the 18 works that make up Eat Abstractly is a dispers... Read more »| 01 Jun 2015
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Liz Larner @ The Modern Insitute
An ambulance is pulled up outside the Modern Institute and two medics are attending to the fallout of a recent street brawl. Stepping from the pavement ... Read more »| 01 Jun 2015 -
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Dundee Degree Show 2015: Down the Rabbit Hole
This year's Duncan of Jordanstone fine art graduates display a resurgent interest in traditional techniques, twisting their uses to create something refreshingly unique Read more »| 28 May 2015 -
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Filip Markiewicz @ Luxembourg Pavilion, Venice
During the opening weeks of the Venice Biennale, the likelihood of stumbling upon a vernissage – the preferred term for a private view – simply b... Read more »| 19 May 2015 -
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Graham Fagen @ Palazzo Fontana, Venice
Entra nel Giardino E dimentica la Guerra. Or, Come into the Garden and Forget about the War. So entreats a green neon sign at the entrance to the Palazzo Fon... Read more »| 13 May 2015 -
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What Remains @ Generator
Literally off-kilter, Hans K. Clausen sets the tone of What Remains with a skip hanging at a strange angle in middle of Generator’s exhibition spa... Read more »| 01 May 2015 -
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Li Binyuan: Social Behaviours @ CFCCA, Manchester
Social Behaviours is Li Binyuan’s first solo exhibition in the UK and it certainly makes an impact. The majority of the Beijing-based artist’s wo... Read more »| 30 Apr 2015 -
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Hugo Canoilas @ Cooper Gallery
The reading list – slipped in the middle of the handout for Hugo Canoilas' gallery-saturating exhibition Someone a long time ago, now&nb... Read more »| 30 Apr 2015 -
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De Profundis: From the Depths @ Warrington Museum & Art Gallery
De Profundis: From the Depths, currently on show at Warrington Museum & Art Gallery, is a solo exhibition from photographer and filmmaker Pete Regan that... Read more »| 15 Apr 2015 -
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At Every Fading of the Stars @ Tramway
James Rigler reinvents the classic perception of architecture and ceramics in his new show At Every Fading of the Stars. The a... Read more »| 09 Apr 2015