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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ReviewsRaqib Shaw @ Manchester Art Gallery, until 26 May
The Manchester Art Gallery has, since Valentine’s Day, been host to that which lurks in the murky depths of the human unconscious – in a collecti... Read more »| 01 May 2013 -
ReviewsMichael Landy: Four Walls @ Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, until 16 Jun
Michael Landy's Four Walls brings together a handful of 2004 works paying homage to the artist's father, Read more »| 01 May 2013 -
Showcase
The Skinny Showcase: Aliyah Hussain
Showcase: Aliyah Hussain Aliyah Hussain's practice encompasses photography, printmaking and performance. She experiments with the performative and technical... Read more »| 01 May 2013 -
Emerging Artists
RSA New Contemporaries: It's Always the Quiet Ones
Undaunted by life outside the institution, last year's art graduates are boldly tackling everything from state control and religious dogma to the secret lives of aubergines. We report back from the RSA's New Contemporaries Read more »| 01 May 2013 -
Interviews
Sarah Wright: Operation Inkjet
For anyone who’s studied at art school, the world is a wearying minefield of cultural signs and texts – cross them at your peril. Art made in del... Read more »| 30 Apr 2013 -
InterviewsPeles Empire: Dissolving the Past
What happens when you copy a copy of a copy, until no trace of the original remains? Since 2005, Peles Empire have recreated rooms from Peles Castle in Romania. Ahead of their show at GSS, we quizzed them about a work that disappears even as it expands Read more »| 29 Apr 2013
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News
The Bulletin: Arts & Culture News | 29 April
David Shrigley nominated for Turner Prize; listen to The Skinny's new netaudio podcast; more on the Boards Of Canada mystery; Grimes hits out at sexism; plus new music from Iggy & The Stooges, David Yow, The Pastels and Quasimoto Read more »| 29 Apr 2013 -
Reviews
James McLardy @ The Royal Standard, until 28 Apr
James McLardy: White Teeth in the Planetarium @ The Royal Standard, Liverpool Read more »| 23 Apr 2013 -
Reviews
Cough em if they can't take a choke @ Verge
What do you get when two Scotsmen, a Mexican and a Welsh woman spend three weeks together in a gallery space in Govan? Well, a pretty good show, actually. Th... Read more »| 19 Apr 2013 -
ReviewsNicolas Party @ The Modern Institute, until 8 May
In one of the still lifes alluded to in the misleadingly sober title of Nicolas Party’s solo show, Still Life oil paintings and Landscape watercolours,... Read more »| 19 Apr 2013 -
GalleriesThe Skinny Northwest Launch
The Skinny Northwest Launch So, you're launching a new monthly arts and culture magazine in the Northwest of England. How best to go about it? A small soir&... Read more »| 16 Apr 2013 -
News
Arika 13: Freedom Is A Constant Struggle
From 18-21 Apr, Arika return to Tramway with a weekend of events exploring radical black art forms. What are they, we hear you ask? Allow director Barry Esson to explain... Read more »| 10 Apr 2013 -
News
The Bulletin: Arts & Culture News | 8 April
In today's Bulletin: Watch an Alice in Chains mockumentary, new Killing Joke box-set, James Blake versus the Internet, new music from OMD, Cannibal Ox, The Asphodells, Balam Acab, Cat Power, The Besnard Lakes and The National, plus: Lunice on Boiler Room Read more »| 08 Apr 2013 -
Showcase
The Skinny Showcase: Kevin Hunt
Showcase: Kevin Hunt Kevin Hunt is a sculptor based at The Royal Standard, an artist-led gallery, studios and social workspace in Liverpool, and is a former... Read more »| 08 Apr 2013 -
Interviews
Declan Clarke & Andreas Bunte: Enter the Void
Curator Declan Clarke and exhibiting artist Andreas Bunte discuss the themes and sensitivities of Cornerhouse's ambitious summer group show, Anguish & Enthusiasm: What Do You Do With Revolution Once You've Got It Read more »| 05 Apr 2013