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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ReviewsGrayson Perry: The Vanity of Small Differences @ Manchester Art Gallery, until 2 Feb
Why do we make the aesthetic choices we do? What influences where we choose to live, what we eat, what we read or wear? In 2012, artist Grayson Perry embarke... Read more »| 14 Jan 2014 -
ReviewsArt Turning Left @ Tate Liverpool, until 2 Feb
With over 300 works, Art Turning Left at Tate Liverpool is an undertaking owed a few hours of careful consideration. The exhibition is curated around key que... Read more »| 14 Jan 2014 -
ReviewsAlvin Baltrop and Gordon Matta-Clark: The Piers From Here @ Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, until 9 Feb
An abundance of space has always lent itself to cultivation of cultures away from social norms, allowing those who occupy it a chance to create living dreams... Read more »| 14 Jan 2014 -
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The Gifts of the Departed: Alinah Azadeh @ Manchester Craft and Design Centre, until 1 Mar
Alinah Azadeh's The Gifts of the Departed is poignant in its surroundings, encircled by studio-shops selling handmade homewares and accessories that, at... Read more »| 06 Jan 2014 -
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Collections Show @ Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool, until 18 Jan
Blackpool is a town known for its knickknack shops and bizarre paraphernalia, something that the latest exhibition at the Grundy Art Gallery is fully embraci... Read more »| 06 Jan 2014 -
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Time & Motion: Redefining Working Life @ FACT Liverpool, until 9 Mar
Under strip lights, a group of young people in blue overalls solder wires and pass plastic components along a conveyor belt. But these Chinese workers aren't... Read more »| 23 Dec 2013
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Hisachika Takahashi: Antwerp 1967/Brussels 2013/Liverpool 2013 @ LJMU Exhibition Research Centre, Liverpool
Glow-in-the-dark artwork seen under UV light is something usually associated with a trip to your local Laser Quest, but, in a unique exhibition experience, t... Read more »| 20 Dec 2013 -
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Emily Shepherd @ WASPS, Hanson Street, until 10 Jan
Un-discovery is the thematic basis for Emily Shepherd’s ambitious new solo show at Hanson Street; a confluence of seemingly disparate events, it plays ... Read more »| 16 Dec 2013 -
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Man of the Year @ CCA, until 26 Jan
Man of the Year at CCA brings together two excellent video artists: Glasgow-based Henry Coombes – perhaps one of the most interesting artists working i... Read more »| 16 Dec 2013 -
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Sonica 2013: Whispers @ Tramway
The title Whispers suggests a calmness and quietness that is to be found in Rob van Rijswijk and Jeroen Strijbos' sculptural installation at Sonica. The soun... Read more »| 06 Dec 2013 -
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Louise Bourgeois @ Fruitmarket, until 23 Feb
220 framed paper-works hang side by side on the ground floor of the Fruitmarket. This intense collection from Louise Bourgeois’ Insomnia Drawings forms... Read more »| 03 Dec 2013 -
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Dennis Reinmüller @ Summerhall, until 22 Nov
Seinfeld, the TV sitcom based loosely on the ‘real’ lives of its writers is often cited as ‘a show about nothing.’ Dennis J. Reinm&uu... Read more »| 03 Dec 2013 -
ReviewsWitches and Wicked Bodies @ Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
Witches and Wicked Bodies is an incredible exhibition that showcases the evolution of the witch, through five hundred years of artistic expression. Drawings,... Read more »| 22 Nov 2013 -
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Sonica 2013: Picture Window
In November, as part of Sonica, shop fronts in Glasgow became impromptu gallery spaces for the public art project Picture Window. Five venues welcomed a rang... Read more »| 20 Nov 2013 -
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Bedwyr Williams @ Welsh Pavilion, Venice Biennale
There’s something eccentrically humungous about the garden observatory cum shed that's been ceremoniously dropped into a small Venetian chapel by W... Read more »| 13 Nov 2013