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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ReviewsRealism: An Exhibition @ The Gallery, Liverpool, until 28 Jun
Realism as an artistic movement is, by its nature, accessible, and free of artifice and romanticism. Featuring several contemporary British artists working w... Read more »| 03 Jun 2013 -
FeaturesOwn Art: Limitd
Limitd is a new Glasgow-based virtual gallery, presenting work online by emerging artists. Director Daniel Hearn gave us an introduction Read more »| 03 Jun 2013 -
NewsThe Bulletin: Arts & Culture News | 29 May
Edinburgh International Film Festival launches; Trent Reznor shocks fans with new Nine Inch Nails album announcement; music from CHVRCHES, Gold Panda, Glass Candy and Sparrow & The Workshop; plus the latest festival and tour news Read more »| 29 May 2013 -
FestivalsScotland in Venice: Duncan Campbell, Corin Sworn & Hayley Tompkins
Glasgow-based artists Corin Sworn, Hayley Tompkins and Duncan Campbell are representing Scotland at this year’s Venice Biennale. Tompkins and Sworn took time out to speak to us about watery allusions and cultural perspectives Read more »| 27 May 2013 -
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The Bulletin: Arts & Culture News | 24 May
In today's Bulletin: cast your vote for the 2013 Scottish Album of the Year; new music from The xx, British Sea Power, Shit Robot, The Underachievers, Beacon and more; the return of visionary film-maker Alejandro Jodorowsky; plus all the latest trailers Read more »| 24 May 2013 -
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Lucy Holmes-Elliott: Queer Window Project
Everyone’s pals with someone who’s queer, says Lucy Holmes-Elliott, it’s just that we don’t always know it. That woman you work with ... Read more »| 24 May 2013
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Emerging Artists
DJCAD 2013: Above and Beyond
Our Art Editor took a trip to Duncan of Jordanstone Degree Show and found many students already looking ahead to life after art school Read more »| 22 May 2013 -
Reviews
Stephen Sutcliffe @ Tramway, until 30 Jun
Stephen Sutcliffe’s video installation Outworks is difficult to assess. It gives rise to myriad seemingly contradictory adjectives – at once humo... Read more »| 17 May 2013 -
News
The Bulletin: Arts & Culture News | 13 May
In today's Bulletin: First look at Joss Whedon's S.H.I.E.L.D. TV show; new music from Raekwon, Queens of the Stone Age, Killing Joke and more; new book to examine the history of 4AD; those Death Grips movie rumours; plus the latest festival news Read more »| 13 May 2013 -
News
Arika 13, Episode 5: Hidden In Plain Sight
For their second outing of 2013, Arika take on the world of voguing, drag, clubbing and gender Read more »| 09 May 2013 -
News
The Bulletin: Arts & Culture News | 8 May
In today's Bulletin: Lauryn Hill jailed for tax evasion; stream the Killing Joke box set; new music from Queens of the Stone Age, David Bowie, Nick Cave and Adam Stafford; a look at Refugee Week Scotland; plus: the world's first 3D-printed handgun Read more »| 08 May 2013 -
News
Nocturnal Wonderland: Museums at Night and LightNight
Galleries, museums, art spaces and streets come alive late into the evening for Museums at Night and Liverpool's LightNight. Here's what not to miss Read more »| 07 May 2013 -
Festivals
Liverpool International Photography Festival: Through the Looking-Glass
The second biennial Liverpool International Photography Festival, or LOOK/13, boldly asks its participating artists and audience to interrogate their ideas of identity. It's an appropriate theme for an event with an increasingly strong sense of self Read more »| 03 May 2013 -
Reviews
85A: Chernozem and Renegade Maskerrade
Just as smells have the power to thrust you back into a place you haven’t been for years, so certain sounds can arouse instant, primal emotion. The wor... Read more »| 01 May 2013 -
Interviews
First Person: Drawing at a Gig
Jon Barraclough of Liverpool art freesheet Drawing Paper describes joining collectives Deep Hedonia and The Royal Standard – and Japanese techno producer NHK'Koyxen – to provide an evening of audio-visual collaboration Read more »| 01 May 2013