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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ReviewsLaunch Pad: About Painting @ Castlefield Gallery/Agency
Bringing together eight painters from across the UK, Castlefield’s new exhibition Launch Pad: About Painting, explores the variety of abstract painting... Read more »| 09 Jul 2014 -
ReviewsSkin and Bones @ 1 Royal Terrace
Royal Terrace Committee Show Skin and Bones hosts the architecturally enhanced but bodily based sculptural installation from its founding artists Ruth Swital... Read more »| 07 Jul 2014 -
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Cornerhouse Projects / Ian McKay @ Cornerhouse Cafe/Bar, Manchester, until 17 Jun
Ah, summer. When you can’t move in Primark for flip-flops even though it’s raining outside and the hottest days are spent in freezing air-conditi... Read more »| 03 Jun 2014 -
ReviewsEbb and Flow: A Visual Chronicle of the Changes within Liverpool’s Chinatown @ Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, until 22 Jun
Ebb and Flow takes us through the history of photographers' enduring interest in Liverpool’s Chinatown, the oldest in Europe. The exhibition kicks off ... Read more »| 02 Jun 2014 -
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ARTIST ROOMS: Bruce Nauman @ The Harris Art Gallery & Museum, Preston, until 24 May
In 2008, art dealer Anthony d’Offay gifted his contemporary and post-war collection to Tate and National Galleries of Scotland in the form of the ARTIS... Read more »| 29 Apr 2014 -
ReviewsDavid McLeavy: Funhaus @ Toast, Manchester, until 6 May
Interactivity is at the centre of Funhaus, a solo project from Sheffield-based artist David McLeavy at Toast, Manchester – his first in the city. From ... Read more »| 29 Apr 2014
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Anne Collier @ The Modern Institute
As part of Glasgow International 2014, New York-based artist Anne Collier continues her feminist investigations into the photographic mechanics of gaze and s... Read more »| 28 Apr 2014 -
ReviewsPost-Military Cinema: Beatriz Santiago Muñoz @ Transmission Gallery
Beatriz Santiago Muñoz returns to Glasgow with Post-Military Cinema, part of Glasgow International Festival 2014. Her latest work is an anthropologica... Read more »| 28 Apr 2014 -
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Destroying Art @ GoMA
GoMA’s middle floor has been transformed into the bowels of curatorial constipation by Atelier’s modest selection of free materials and open in... Read more »| 28 Apr 2014 -
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Avery Singer @ McLellan Galleries
Commissioned by Glasgow International, Avery Singer’s work hangs in the upper echelons of Sauchiehall Steet’s McLellan Galleries. The five canv... Read more »| 28 Apr 2014 -
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The Negligent Eye @ The Bluecoat, Liverpool, until 15 Jun
A monochrome baby boy stares warily out at the viewer. The child is from another world, an alien or astronaut; lines run down his face in cosmic interference... Read more »| 28 Apr 2014 -
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Richard Hawkins: Hijikata Twist @ Tate Liverpool, until 11 May
Sadako crawls in jerking slow-motion out of the well and into her victim’s television set in Ring, and Kayako, a little less discerning, reigns disjoin... Read more »| 28 Apr 2014 -
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Stephanie Mann: Inherit This Mango @ Summerhall
Stephanie Mann’s ‘feel-good’ visual language radiates from Summerhall’s vast frontage; her installation literally casts a healthy glo... Read more »| 25 Mar 2014 -
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Tania Kovats @ Fruitmarket
The centrepiece of Oceans, All at Sea has been in progress since 2012, with the grand ambition of collecting water from all the world’s seas in th... Read more »| 24 Mar 2014 -
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Tipping Point @ CFCCA, Manchester, until 16 Mar
Bringing together three artists with ongoing relationships to both the Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art and each other, Tipping Point nudges us to consider the moments at which the slightest touch can alter the course of things. Read more »| 07 Mar 2014