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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NewsArika 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 -
NewsThe 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 -
Features
Opinion: What's your Northwest?
The Skinny is new in the Northwest of England. We spoke to some of those involved in Manchester and Liverpool's arts scenes about place, community, and belonging Read more »| 04 Apr 2013 -
NewsJulie Brook @ Dovecot Studios
Julie Brook is an artist whose work is inextricably linked to the environment that she inhabits; she is drawn toward a physical connection to the landscape t... Read more »| 04 Apr 2013
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News
The Bulletin: Arts & Culture News | 3 April
In today's Bulletin: Rachel Maclean, Ilana Halperin and Collective at Edinburgh Art Festival, David Bowie is front-runner for Mercury Prize, Alec Baldwin interviews Thom Yorke, plus new music from Primal Scream, Flaming Lips, BEAK>, The Knife and more Read more »| 03 Apr 2013 -
Interviews
Tom Varley: The Sound of Silence
For New Work Scotland Tom Varley is getting back to basics with words and pictures. We chat to him about violins, lemons and what silence sounds like Read more »| 02 Apr 2013 -
Features
Own Art: RSA New Contemporaries
A grand and stately building on Edinburgh’s Mound, the Royal Scottish Academy looks every inch the beacon of intellectual brilliance that the term &lsq... Read more »| 02 Apr 2013 -
Emerging Artists
RSA New Contemporaries: Fresh Meat
Like a pack of wolves around the back of a diner, we wait eagerly for the pickings of the degree shows, siphoned off and served up in the RSA’s New Contemporaries. A few of them kindly agreed to spill their plans for the show Read more »| 02 Apr 2013 -
Reviews
Mick Peter @ SWG3, until 27 Apr
Mick Peter takes a certain hard-line approach to making art that has its origin in 20th Century experimental literature. A fan of novelist and poet B.S. John... Read more »| 02 Apr 2013 -
Interviews
Shona Macnaughton: Foiling the System
For Shona Macnaughton, making work is about navigating the economic and social situation she finds herself in. Ahead of her New Work Scotland show she told us why this means employing someone else to do it Read more »| 01 Apr 2013 -
News
The Modern Lesbian @ Contact, Manchester, Until 20 Apr
While there’s a lot of laughter in the faces of the ‘modern lesbians’ of Rachel Adams' new exhibition The Modern Lesbian at Contact, the ov... Read more »| 29 Mar 2013 -
Reviews
Threshold Festival, 7-11 Mar
Hidden between the wood warehouses of Jamaica Street and Greenland Street, Liverpool's Baltic Triangle plays host to Threshold, back for its third year for t... Read more »| 25 Mar 2013 -
News
The Bulletin: Arts & Culture News | 20 March
In today's Bulletin: Steve Albini pays tribute to Jason Molina, The Knife issue a manifesto, rare NIN live footage unveiled, new music from Vampire Weekend, Dope Body, Dinosaur Jr., Savages and Rustie, plus the latest festival news Read more »| 20 Mar 2013