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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ReviewsAshanti Harris, Dancing a Peripheral Quadrille, Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop
Beth James responds to Ashanti Harris' exhibition Dancing a Peripheral Quadrille, in this piece commissioned as part of Edinburgh Art Festival's Emerging Writers programme Read more »| 05 Sep 2022 -
FestivalsStudio Lenca: The Invisibles @ Sierra Metro
Beth James reflects on Studio Lenca's exhibition at Sierra Metro, in a piece commissioned as part of Edinburgh Art Festival's Emerging Writers programme Read more »| 02 Sep 2022 -
FestivalsHazy Dream of Translucence: Lynsey MacKenzie
Isla Valentine Wade reflects on Lynsey MacKenzie's paintings, in a piece commissioned as part of Edinburgh Art Festival's Emerging Writers programme Read more »| 01 Sep 2022 -
ReviewsEdinburgh College of Art Degree Show 2022: The review
The 2022 Edinburgh College of Art Degree Show sees the ECA graduates focus on ideas of dwelling, belonging, space and place Read more »| 01 Jul 2022 -
ReviewsDuncan of Jordanstone, Dundee Degree Show 2022: The review
This year's DJCAD graduates present a colourful and immersive degree show in Dundee Read more »| 29 Jun 2022 -
ReviewsGlasgow School of Art Degree Show 2022: The review
Glasgow School of Art's 2022 graduates pull together an optimistic and energetic show full of bold, experimental energy Read more »| 28 Jun 2022
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ReviewsInvest in Love: Alberta Whittle @ Venice Biennale
Alberta Whittle's Venice Biennale exhibition is a cogent call to action against racist and colonial systems of domination Read more »| 09 May 2022 -
ArtThe Show Must Go On: Scottish Degree Shows 2021
After an impossible year, the graduates of Glasgow School of Art, DJCAD and Edinburgh College of Art share bodies of work that are – against all odds – considered, critical, poignant and memorable Read more »| 25 Jun 2021 -
ReviewsLife After Love @ Generator Projects, Dundee
Two solo exhibitions come together as artists Ross Fleming and Joseph Cotgrave envision the present and futures of queer clubbing, sex and socialising Read more »| 07 Dec 2020 -
ReviewsTrinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize @ Cooper Gallery, Dundee
The Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize is the largest open call prize of its kind, and the 71 works in this year's exhibition represent the expansive possibilities of drawing as a medium Read more »| 30 Nov 2020 -
ReviewsCaroline Walker @ Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh
Caroline Walker's neat compositions offer intimate insight, while allowing for their central character to remain enigmatic Read more »| 12 Nov 2020 -
ReviewsRajni Perera @ Tramway, Glasgow
Rajni Perera's visionary works project BIPOC bodies into a luscious, beautiful future of body modification and new forms of society Read more »| 02 Nov 2020 -
ReviewsThe Chimeral Sounds and Comforting Timing of Rowan McIlvride
The winner of Edinburgh College of Art's inaugural Cultural Criticism Prize – for critical responses to 2020's digital degree show – shares a piece of writing on Rowan McIlvride's You Know It Better Read more »| 01 Oct 2020 -
ReviewsRoss Little @ CCA, Glasgow
Ross Little explores the lives of the residents of a secret KGB settlement, and the geopolitical and personal impacts they face, in this video installation at the CCA Read more »| 28 Sep 2020 -
ReviewsIsabella Widger @ CCA, Glasgow
Literary and historical references come together across imaginative drawings, poetry and theatrical set installation in Isabella Widger's CCA exhibition Read more »| 06 Mar 2020