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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ReviewsSonica: Palimpsest @ Tramway
Four robots, two artists and one large drawing space, illuminated on the floor. A projector in the ceiling casts images upon the floor and the artists respon... Read more »| 13 Nov 2012 -
ReviewsAndrew Black and Tony Swain @ The Duchy
The Duchy’s annual pairing of artists at different stages of their career, Aereated Bread Company presents work by Andrew Black, a recent Painting and ... Read more »| 12 Nov 2012 -
NewsScottish Art: Own Brand?
Hailing from Oz, Peter Drew shares his first encounter with the Scottish art scene Read more »| 08 Nov 2012 -
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Carpets of Distinction @ Dovecot Studios
From the mid nineteenth century into the early twentieth, the Arts and Craft Movement stood for artistic craftsmanship over the increasing superfluity of ind... Read more »| 06 Nov 2012 -
ReviewsUgo Rondinone @ Common Guild, Until 19 November
The first few sculptures in Swiss-born, New York-based artist Ugo Rondinone's debut Scottish exhibition, primitive – hand-made birds cast in bronze, be... Read more »| 05 Nov 2012 -
Showcase
The Skinny Showcase: Iain Hales
Showcase: Iain Hales Iain Hales is a Scottish artist currently living and working in London. He completed his BA in Sculpture at Edinburgh College of Art in... Read more »| 01 Nov 2012
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The Skinny Shop & Platform 7 @ Dickens Gallery, Liverpool 1-25 Nov
This November a unique exhibition is arriving in Liverpool; a collaboration between The Skinny and Somewhereto_, two organisations united by a love of emerge... Read more »| 01 Nov 2012 -
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Jill Todd Photo Award @ Whitespace
The Jill Todd Photographic Award is a new national award for emerging photographers in Scotland. Jill Todd was a talented young photographer who tragically d... Read more »| 29 Oct 2012 -
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Ellie and Oliver's Friendship Festival
There’s nowt like a right good blether with your chums. Artists, flatmates and bosom pals, Ellie Harrison and Oliver Braid set up their popular radio s... Read more »| 19 Oct 2012 -
Reviews
Olivia Plender @ CCA
Showing at CCA, the third and final installment of Olivia Plender’s show Rise Early, Be Industrious, utilises drawing, installation and historical... Read more »| 17 Oct 2012 -
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Dieter Roth @ Fruitmarket Gallery
“Dieter was heavy on collecting everything and including everything,” begins Björn Roth in a video accompaniment to his father’s colle... Read more »| 15 Oct 2012 -
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Scotland + Venice: Critical Dialogues
What is a fallow year for Venice Art Biennale is the big blowout for the architecture world. But as you might expect, the work on show at the 13th Internatio... Read more »| 11 Oct 2012 -
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Semi @ Rhubaba
It is a brave move to introduce an exhibition by quoting from Shelley's Ozymandias - ''Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!'' – but there is nothi... Read more »| 11 Oct 2012 -
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Edinburgh Printmakers – Own Art
Edinburgh Printmakers is a quiet, welcoming wee place to visit, despite its proximity to the hustle and bustle of the capital’s centre. You would never... Read more »| 10 Oct 2012 -
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DashnDem & Nikolaj Bendix Skyum Larsen @ DCA
DashnDem’s Imagine Being a World Leader adorns Gallery 1 of the DCA with all the artifice of the political Summit; a red carpet, the backdrop of a stat... Read more »| 08 Oct 2012