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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ReviewsArt from Elsewhere @ GoMA, Glasgow
Hayward Touring have two major exhibitions currently making the rounds in the UK. The first, Listening, explores the act of listening through 17 contemporary... Read more »| 01 Jan 2015 -
ReviewsTransmitting Andy Warhol @ Tate Liverpool
Rather than focusing on a particular genre of Warhol’s immense output, the packed Transmitting Andy Warhol exhibition includes more than 100 works and ... Read more »| 01 Jan 2015 -
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Alasdair Gray: Sphere of Influence II @ The Reid Gallery
As part of the Alasdair Gray season, Glasgow School of Art have mounted in their Reid gallery a small selection of works by Alasdair Gray, which is then lite... Read more »| 01 Jan 2015 -
ReviewsTrip Advisor: How Not to do a Northwest Christmas Art Marathon
One weekend, 30-odd shows, twinkling lights, a turkey dinner, crackers cracked with a partner in crime and... gin, a whole lot of cheery festive gin. That was the plan for the Christmas art section of The Skinny. And it seemed like a Really Good Idea... Read more »| 12 Dec 2014 -
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Constructing Worlds: Photography and Architecture in the Modern Age @ Barbican, London
We don’t often do reviews of London shows but sometimes the occasion warrants it. Constructing Worlds: Photography and Architecture in the Modern Age r... Read more »| 04 Dec 2014 -
ReviewsThe Sensory War @Manchester Art Gallery
A real gem in the WW1 creative commemorations this year comes from The Sensory War, on show at Manchester Art Gallery until February 2015. This group exhibit... Read more »| 04 Dec 2014
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ReviewsElizabeth Corkery @ Telfer Gallery
Elizabeth Corkery’s exhibition plays on the surrounding warm coloured MDF floor and other building materials that are exposed in the Telfer gallery, th... Read more »| 01 Dec 2014 -
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Tim Hecker @ Stereo
Björk intermission music is gradually silenced by what sounds like a long electric guitar note. With only accidental light remaining, the aural takes ab... Read more »| 01 Dec 2014 -
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¡Viva la Revolution! Cuban Revolution posters at Glasgow School of Art
The Glasgow School of Art's exhibition of Cuban Revolution Posters was poignant, beautiful and raised issues of contemporary political communication Read more »| 10 Nov 2014 -
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Gregor Wright @ CCA
Is it weird to say the dinosaurs were down on their luck when the meteor hit? Prehistory and its misfortune come into contact in Gregor Wright’s Dinosa... Read more »| 10 Nov 2014 -
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Josh Faught @ Kendall Koppe
There’s a familiar attraction to Josh Faught’s textile work: that of the well arranged colour palette of a high street shop. Even though there ar... Read more »| 10 Nov 2014 -
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Conflict and Collisions: New Contemporary Sculpture @ The Hepworth, Wakefield
A large leather phallic torpedo-like object hangs in the centre of the Hepworth Gallery. The all-consuming matte black colour is both dead and alive. I don&r... Read more »| 03 Nov 2014 -
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Men Who Like Women Who Smell of Their Jobs @ John Rylands Library, Manchester
Spread across two corners of the John Rylands Library, and as abbreviated as the micro fiction that it celebrates, Men Who Like Women Who Smell of Their... Read more »| 03 Nov 2014 -
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ATM14: ReMix @ Bury Sculpture Centre
A plane hangs defiantly upward at the heart of Bury Sculpture Centre’s lofty exhibition space. Nearby televisions gurgle an asylum song that echoes the... Read more »| 01 Oct 2014 -
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Manchester Contemporary 2014 @ Old Granada Studios, Manchester
Now in its fifth edition, Manchester Contemporary took up residence this last weekend in its new home at Old Granada Studios. An invitational fair, the Conte... Read more »| 01 Oct 2014