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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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Reviewswho will be remembered here @ EAF Pavilion
An EAF25 X The Skinny Emerging Writer responds to a tender film that connects queer stories with Historic Environmental Scotland sites Read more »| 04 Sep 2025 -
NewsScottish Art Highlights: September 2025
Plenty of new exhibitions and curated events to keep you busy this month, including a pop-up installation by Lindsey Mendick in Dundee and Glasgow Southside Art Weekend Read more »| 02 Sep 2025 -
ReviewsRobert Powell: Hall of Hours @ Edinburgh Printmakers
Robert Powell's solo exhibition at Edinburgh Printmakers is a hypnotic and whimsical exploration of the passing of time Read more »| 01 Sep 2025 -
NewsCCA apologise for treatment of Palestine protesters
The Glasgow arts venue has publicly apologised for its recent decision-making and says it will make changes to its leadership Read more »| 13 Aug 2025 -
FeaturesOpen Studio with Olivia Priya Foster
Every Saturday during Edinburgh Art Festival, Olivia Priya Foster will open up their studio to the public. We caught up with the artist about slow making, queer rurality and their works-in-progress Read more »| 05 Aug 2025 -
FeaturesFierce Tenderness: Linder Sterling @ Mount Stuart
As Linder Sterling’s A kind of glamour about me is set to open Edinburgh Art Festival, Emerging Writer Peilin Shi reviews the performance’s otherworldly premiere at Mount Stuart Read more »| 04 Aug 2025
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NewsScottish Art Highlights: August 2025
Edinburgh Art Festival's programme is fuelled by communal reflection and queer resistance, while an exhibition in Dundee centres the Palestinian practice of tatreez Read more »| 30 Jul 2025 -
FestivalsPortrait of an Erased Estate: Aqsa Arif's Raindrops of Rani
At Edinburgh Printmakers, Aqsa Arif subverts the famous Sony Bravia 'Paint' advert that was filmed in her childhood council flat. Our Art Editor considers the necessity for creative expression in the face of growing threats to social housing Read more »| 28 Jul 2025 -
FestivalsThe Spectacle of History: Wael Shawky @ Talbot Rice Gallery
Holly Allan, an Edinburgh Art Festival X The Skinny Emerging Writer, considers what it means to observe Wael Shawky’s solo exhibition in a city with a colonial past Read more »| 28 Jul 2025 -
ReviewsMargaret Salmon: Assembly @ Hunterian, Glasgow
Artist-filmmaker Margaret Salmon compellingly examines the impact of austerity on Glasgow communities through an evolving installation at The Hunterian Read more »| 24 Jul 2025 -
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