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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ArtSharon Hayes @ The Common Guild
Sharon Hayes makes a touching and complicated exhibition from extended engagement with different lesbian archives, including those at the Glasgow Women's Library. Read more »| 09 Nov 2016 -
ReviewsThree Cats, Nicolas Party @ The Modern Institute
Nicolas Party returns to The Modern Institute with wry humour that outdoes his countless art historical references Read more »| 25 Oct 2016 -
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Jess Johnson @ Talbot Rice
Jess Johnson brings together scifi and high technology with aplomb for her Talbot Rice solo show. Read more »| 26 Sep 2016 -
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Alice Neel @ Talbot Rice Gallery
The Subject and Me aims to narrate Alice Neel’s (1900-1984) turbulent life through her later paintings and drawings. Neel is showcased as a subject and... Read more »| 14 Sep 2016 -
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Theresa Duncan and Eddo Stern @ DCA
Though billed together, CD-ROMS and Small Wars are starkly different affairs. The former, a retrospective of American artist Theresa Duncan, is light-hearted... Read more »| 30 Aug 2016 -
ReviewsGerda Scheepers @ Mary Mary
Gerda Scheepers peels away at commonplace flat-packed disposable furniture to make unexpected allusions to the body and its heavy physicality Read more »| 05 Aug 2016
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Cathy Wilkes @ The Modern Institute
Cathy Wilkes assembles found objects and new works, but all with a certain layer of grime Read more »| 05 Aug 2016 -
FestivalsLiverpool Biennial 2016: first look report
A first look at Liverpool Biennial, opening this weekend, finds our writer taking in new work from Mark Leckey and Marvin Gaye Chetwynd Read more »| 08 Jul 2016 -
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GSA Degree Show: Leaky Beautification
It's only the second show in the Tontine, but GSA Fine Art graduates are taking full residence in their new digs and they're more than making do Read more »| 20 Jun 2016 -
ArtGray's School of Art Degree Show 2016: The Review
The most remote of the big four degree shows, Gray's opens this Saturday. 2016's graduates present strong works from across all media, and make for some of the highlights of this degree show season Read more »| 17 Jun 2016 -
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Sol Calero @ David Dale Gallery
It's all about the soap opera in David Dale, with an immersive and colourful set forming the backdrop for a new work by South American artist Sol Calero Read more »| 06 Jun 2016 -
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Lakes Ignite 2016: rainbows, Ruskin and real talk
On a visit to the Lake District for this year's Lakes Ignite programme, our Art editor discovers flickering rainbow bridges, 700 types of water and creepy sc... Read more »| 02 Jun 2016 -
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Accessible Dystopias: ECA Degree Show 2016
Staying down to earth, ECA Fine Art graduates intelligently and sharply address the most pressing political and social concerns Read more »| 31 May 2016 -
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Dundee Degree Show 2016: Getting Personal
It's the first Scottish degree show of the year, and the Duncan of Jordanstone graduates are taking it seriously, with ambitious and well-produced work Read more »| 20 May 2016 -
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Prem Sahib @ Grand Union, Birmingham
It’s the day Prince died. Now all our favourite cultural icons seem to be falling from the mortal realm pretty quick recently, so we should be used to ... Read more »| 10 May 2016