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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Toulouse Lautrec and the Art Nouveau Poster
His contemporaries spoke of 'an artist conquering the streets of Paris' and it is easy to see why. Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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Marijke van Warmerdam: First drop
Somewhat radically in the world of contemporary art, Marijke van Warmerdam's First drop exhibition does not have an agenda. It appears to make no political s... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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Don't Forget: Art in the Mall!
Art in the Mall sees Ocean Terminal transformed into a giant art gallery for the duration of the festival Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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Kirsty Whiten - Schemie Centaurs
The plain ugliness of the eponymous Schemies, here depicted for our amusement as a threatening pack centaurs, comes across as rather patronising Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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Phoebe Cummings - Fragments
this exhibition certainly succeeds in conveying the rich mystery and history of the objects which surround us Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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Being There: Harry Benson's fifty years of photojournalism
This, Harry Benson's first solo exhibition in the U.K., is long overdue. Not only are Benson's photos all fascinating in their own right, but these highligh... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006
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Girlpower & Boyhood
On entering the Talbot Rice Gallery, the introduction helpfully informs us that, "Many of the artist…are hotly tipped for greater recognition" and that th... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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MOYNA FLANNIGAN 'well, Well'
At this time of year, when a walk down the Royal Mile leaves you feeling like a well-chewed piece of gum, it can be difficult to distinguish the entertainers... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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Rembrandt 400
A small dimly lit room downstairs and twenty-eight glorious etchings. 'Rembrandt four hundred: Masterprints from the National Gallery of Scotland' is utterly... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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Size Matters: Ron Mueck
Mueck's work can transport the viewer into Alice's Wonderland Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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Tracey Moffatt
Sexy sun kissed stereotypes adorne the walls of the Stills gallery as part of Australian artist Tracey Moffatt's kitsch, exotic environments that combine to ... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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Eoghann MacColl
There seemed to be a missing link which prohibited the works from being anything more than a documentation of varying landscapes Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
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Seamus Harahan / Bedwyr Williams
The way in which Harahan and Williams have risen to the presented challenge contrasts sharply Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
ReviewsEdinburgh College of Art Degree Show
Call me biased, but as usual it was the painting and sculpture work which set my pulse racing Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
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Test Transmissions
explores the idea of television, and its use for art, since independent production became a possibility Read more »| 15 Jul 2006