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The Skinny showcases the artwork of talented emerging artists from across Scotland. Artists reveal the insight into their inspiration and the stories behind their work; background and details on their artistic process can be found here.
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ShowcaseLocal Heroes: Scottish Design at London Design Festival 2019
Design curators Local Heroes scout out the best contemporary design from Scotland at this year’s London Design Festival Read more »| 02 Oct 2019 -
TravelVisiting Georgia
Torn between a city break in Budapest and a backpacking adventure around Northern India? Why not get the best of both worlds by visiting a country where Europe meets Asia – Georgia Read more »| 30 Sep 2019 -
FestivalsEdinburgh Art Festival 2019: Meet the Platform artists
Each year, the Platform exhibition presents four early career artists in the prestigious context of Edinburgh Art Festival. For 2019, the artists have been selected from an open submission by Monster Chetwynd and Toby Paterson Read more »| 11 Jul 2019 -
ShowcaseJames Dalley: The Skinny Showcase
James Dalley's dystopian architecture features in this month's Showcase Read more »| 03 Jun 2019 -
ShowcaseImagining the City: Dundee Design Festival 2019
How can a city use design to shape its future? Poised to answer this question is the Dundee Design Festival, back this month for its third iteration and with not one, but two energetic new curators at the helm in the form of design studio Agency of None Read more »| 13 May 2019 -
ShowcaseThe Skinny Showcase: Kieran Muir
We look at the work of Glasgow artist Kieran Muir in this month's Showcase Read more »| 21 Jan 2019
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ShowcaseLocal Heroes: A Very Contemporary Christmas
The concept for A Very Contemporary Christmas is very simple. Best friends Jenny Hazel and Stacey Hunter drew up a wish list of what they’d like for Christmas and turned it into a shop Read more »| 04 Dec 2018 -
TravelThe Skinny Showcase: Adam Wilson
Edinburgh-based graphic designer and photographer Adam Wilson captures the gorgeous burnt orange tones of The Trossachs Read more »| 05 Nov 2018 -
ShowcaseGraphic Design Festival Scotland: The Skinny Showcase
Celebrating its fifth birthday, we look at the programme for this year's Graphic Design Festival Scotland, featuring not one but two poster competitions Read more »| 09 Oct 2018 -
ShowcaseDavid McLeish: The Skinny Showcase
Greetings from the Costa del Prole Read more »| 17 Sep 2018 -
ShowcaseThe Skinny Showcase: Just Guts
We showcase the work of the Just Guts collective, fresh from their collaboration at this year's Edinburgh College of Art degree show Read more »| 01 Aug 2018 -
ShowcaseScottish Design: Collaborations
The collaborations keep coming in Scottish design – here are a few of 2018's newest offerings Read more »| 09 Jul 2018 -
ShowcaseAlice Rawsthorn on Scotland's design policy
It’s becoming a persistent question as Scotland’s design sector thrives and evolves: do we need a national design policy? This month, Local Heroes founder Stacey Hunter asks design critic Alice Rawsthorn for her opinion Read more »| 07 Jun 2018 -
ShowcaseKat Gollock: The Skinny Showcase
Edinburgh-based photographer Kat Gollock specialises in performance, portraiture and events, and has been shooting gigs for The Skinny for several years... Read more »| 04 Jun 2018 -
ShowcaseScottish Design: Cast, Thrown and Moulded Ceramics
In the second part of our survey of Scottish ceramics we meet five more ceramicists whose work contributes to this remarkably fertile scene Read more »| 14 May 2018