Art
The Skinny art guide. We bring you the latest in emerging artists, art exhibition previews, reviews, interviews, and features. Find out the latest art news for Scotland with our news columns, and view emerging artists' portfolios in our monthly Showcase.
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ShowcaseThe Skinny Showcase: Katie Smith
This month's Showcase highlights the colourful and playful work of Glasgow-based illustrator Katie Smith Read more »| 13 Jan 2021 -
InterviewsWhy Making Matters: Curating in the Digital Space
Designers Morven Mulgrew and Stefanie Ying Lin Cheong discuss making and curating in the digital space with Instagram shopping channel Quality Craft Vision Read more »| 11 Jan 2021 -
InterviewsNwando Ebizie on Kink and Accessibility in The Arts
We meet artist Nwando Ebizie for a virtual chat on her work-in-progress, Kink and accessibility Read more »| 14 Dec 2020 -
SexualityHow statues became ideological battlegrounds in 2020
Statues have loomed large over 2020, from Edward Colston sleeping with the fishes to the recent Mary Wollstonecraft disaster. We take a look at how questioning statues has been a questioning of our collective memory Read more »| 10 Dec 2020 -
FeaturesLocal Heroes: Still Lifes at New York City Jewelry Week
With the largest and most diverse showcase of talent, ideas and jewellery in one virtual week, New York City Jewelry Week offered Local Heroes the perfect platform for their first international show Read more »| 07 Dec 2020 -
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
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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 -
Things To DoCreative Edinburgh Awards 2020: The winners
Creative Edinburgh celebrated some of the city's best creative talent at its annual awards – here's a rundown of the winners Read more »| 12 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 -
Things To DoCreative Edinburgh Awards 2020: The Shortlist
This year's Creative Edinburgh Award nominees are a cross-section of the city's creative scene Read more »| 19 Oct 2020 -
InterviewsLocal Heroes: Shweta Mistry
Shweta Mistry is a Glasgow-based designer and artist whose rich influences include historical and modern Indian art and modern European art and design Read more »| 12 Oct 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 -
FeaturesSupport The Skinny with our limited edition T-shirt
If you like this month’s cover, you’re going to love this T-shirt – our support drive is back and this time it's got merch Read more »| 29 Sep 2020 -
ShowcaseThe Skinny Showcase: Tayo Adekunle
In this month's Showcase, we look at the work of Edinburgh-based British Nigerian photographer Tayo Adekunle Read more »| 28 Sep 2020