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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GalleriesThe Skinny Guide to Edinburgh 2025: Art Galleries
Edinburgh is filled with art spaces, ranging from the neoclassical grandeur of the national collections to Leith DIY displays in converted shopfronts, via vibrant workshops and hilltop galleries Read more »| 18 Jul 2025 -
InterviewsResident Advisors: Edinburgh Art Festival
Kim McAleese and Eleanor Edmondson of Edinburgh Art Festival – the UK’s largest (and most fun) visual art festival – share some of their local knowledge Read more »| 16 Jul 2025 -
FeaturesTatreez as a symbol of Palestinian culture
A tale of threads, travel, storytelling and collective histories form a pair of Scottish exhibitions which explore the tatreez – traditional Palestinian embroidery which shares the stories, lineages, hopes and dreams of the Palestinian women who create it Read more »| 16 Jul 2025 -
FeaturesReclaiming the Gallery: Alia Syed, migration, and the CCA
Alia Syed's solo exhibition, The Ring in the Fish, explores what role imagination plays in migration. The curator reflects on nurturing Alia's creative vision within an institutional framework that is, at present, stifling community expression Read more »| 01 Jul 2025 -
NewsScottish Art Highlights: July 2025
As we edge closer to August (AKA Edinburgh Art Festival), a flurry of exhibitions open across the capital Read more »| 30 Jun 2025 -
ReviewsPalestine Museum Scotland, Edinburgh
A permanent space for Palestinian art and stories in Edinburgh's New Town explores themes of resistance and perseverance in the face of brutality Read more »| 30 Jun 2025
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InterviewsHanna Tuulikki: Mimicry Migrancy
Ahead of the Folkestone Triennial, Glasgow-based artist Hanna Tuulikki tells us about her new sound-based work which traces the migratory path of the sampling marsh warbler Read more »| 19 Jun 2025 -
ReviewsSolange Pessoa, Pilgrim Fields @ Tramway, Glasgow
Brazilian artist Solange Pessoa’s exhibition at Glasgow’s Tramway probes humanity’s symbiotic relationship with the Earth through large-scale sculptural works created between Glasgow and Brazil Read more »| 05 Jun 2025 -
ReviewsECA Degree Show 2025: The Review
Emerging artists at the Edinburgh College of Art find inspiration in mythology, the natural world and the domestic sphere Read more »| 04 Jun 2025 -
FeaturesBuilt Exchange: Architecture Fringe 2025 preview
We meet Architecture Fringe co-founder Andy Summers to learn more about this year's programme and their core aims of working in support of progressive social change Read more »| 03 Jun 2025 -
ReviewsGSA Degree Show 2025: The Review
From hedonistic hook-ups to the dynamism of Glasgow's streets, the Glasgow School of Art students translate their personal perspectives into painting, film and sculpture Read more »| 02 Jun 2025 -
FeaturesGSA Degree Show 2025: Introduction
In collaboration with the Glasgow School of Art, The Skinny presents the GSA Degree Show 2025 supplement Read more »| 29 May 2025 -
FestivalsEdinburgh Art Festival reveals its 2025 programme
The UK’s largest annual festival of visual art returns with a programme featuring performance by Linder and Lewis Walker, film work by CJ Mahony and Lewis Hetherington, festival Jupiter Rising, and a new festival hub on Leith Street Read more »| 29 May 2025 -
NewsScottish Art Highlights: June 2025
June brings your annual reminder to check out the art school degree shows, plus two exhibitions foregrounding acts of resistance open in Edinburgh Read more »| 29 May 2025 -
ReviewsDJCAD Degree Show 2025: The Review
Students graduating from visual art courses at Duncan of Jordanstone in Dundee grapple with AI, climate change and shifting ideas of selfhood Read more »| 28 May 2025