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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ReviewsEwan Murray @ Telfer Gallery, Glasgow
Ewan Murray's Landscapes, People, Buildings is an insightful and sensitive collection of small paintings. Read more »| 26 Apr 2017 -
ReviewsCaribbean Queer Visualities @ Transmission
Transmission plays host to an exhibition curated by Small Axe Project, surveying the rich variety of different tones, disciplines and strategies amongst young, queer Caribbean artists presently. Read more »| 05 Apr 2017 -
ReviewsCurve of a Hill... @ Mary Mary
The left hand of a black glove greets you as you enter the newest exhibition at Mary Mary. Speckled with white acrylic, the glove could have been plucked fro... Read more »| 02 Mar 2017 -
ReviewsConor Kelly @ Queenspark Railway Club
Glasgow-based painter and installation artist creates an elegantly cluttered meditation on art-making as a parent and a middle-managed employee. Read more »| 24 Feb 2017 -
BooksSt Peter's, Cardross: Birth, Death and Renewal
The recently awarded A list status of Leith’s iconic Banana Flats shows just how much interest there currently is in the brutalist architecture of the ... Read more »| 21 Feb 2017 -
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Oliver Laric @ Tramway
Oliver Laric's new exhibition is a keen taken on internet transmogrification, in-between mental states, and technological reality. Read more »| 03 Feb 2017
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DCA Thomson @ Dundee Contemporary Arts
Beginning with original items from the archive, the DCA Thomson show brings out forgotten excitement and mixes it up with surprising responses from Beano / D... Read more »| 26 Jan 2017 -
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Poppies @ Gallery of Modern Art
Poppies brings together artists Joanne Robertson and Max Brand, who bring a quick and expressive abandon to Gallery of Modern Art's middle floor, making for a messier and immersive environment of expressive paintings, sound and sculpture. Read more »| 16 Jan 2017 -
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Ella Kruglyanskaya @ Tramway
Ella Kruglyanskaya's 11 years' worth of paintings cross different media, technique and styles. Throughout, she retains a singular skill and interest in the complexities of representation. Read more »| 09 Jan 2017 -
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The Inventors of Tradition II
A new publication and artist book incorporates documentary moments for each of the elements of The Inventors of Tradition II project. Conceived by the artist... Read more »| 06 Dec 2016 -
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Elinor Stanley @ House for an Art Lover
Elinor Stanley brings intimate paintings of bald heads and retreating figures to Mackintosh's House for an Art Lover. Read more »| 05 Dec 2016 -
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Sharon 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 -
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Three 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