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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Reviews
The Turner Prize @ Baltic
The Turner Prize exhibition is in the Baltic this year and features Karla Black, Martin Boyce, Hilary Lloyd and George Shaw. Read more »| 23 Nov 2011 -
Reviews
Lost Lake, Chalk Burst @ Generator Projects
At once poetic and arbitrary, Lost Lake, Chalk Burst is named after two colours of Dulux paint. The title would seem to cutely explore the gap between art an... Read more »| 22 Nov 2011 -
Interviews
Johanna Basford: Drawing From Experience
First term sees new students illuminating studios with bright ideas – but how switched on are they about industry that awaits them? Illustrator Johanna Basford helps us read between the lines of her 50 Things I Wish I’d Known In Art School Read more »| 17 Nov 2011 -
News
Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art Announce 2012 Programme
Glasgow's biennale, the Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art, have just announced the programme for their fifth outing, which will run from 20 Apr ... Read more »| 15 Nov 2011 -
Showcase
The Skinny Showcase: The Skinny Showcase Shop
From late november you will be able to buy limited edition prints online courtesy of The Skinny Showcase in collaboration with Culture Label (www.culturelabe... Read more »| 03 Nov 2011 -
Interviews
Torsten Lauschmann: The Machines of Loving Grace
Glasgow-based, German-born artist Torsten Lauschmann's star has been on the rise in recent years. We popped round his house for a chat ahead of his solo exhibition at Dundee Contemporary Arts Read more »| 31 Oct 2011
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Interviews
Once Were Warriors
Good Wives and Warriors were first Showcased in The Skinny in 2008. Now based in London, and making a name for themselves in Europe, they have produced a set of four limited edition prints for our new Culturelabel project Read more »| 31 Oct 2011 -
Reviews
Against Anti-Intellectualism @ SWG3
On the exhibition’s poster is written its title in block capital letters in black tape. Its visceral nature little correlates with what one imagi... Read more »| 25 Oct 2011 -
Reviews
Warp And Woof @ CCA
Artists Anna Barham (London) and Bea Mahon (Dublin) show together for the first time at CCA’s exhibition Warp and Woof. Both originally studied mathema... Read more »| 24 Oct 2011 -
Interviews
Prince of Darkness: An Interview With Norman Shaw
Artist Norman Shaw is showing at Edinburgh's RSA, a gallery supported by the Own Art scheme, as part of their Resident 11 exhibition. The Skinny asked him to tell us a little more about his work Read more »| 04 Oct 2011 -
Interviews
Martin Boyce: Urban Legend
Martin Boyce is one of two Scotland-based artists nominated for this year's Turner Prize. Showing at the Baltic, Gateshead, from 21 October as part of the prize's annual show, we hear how the venue, the city and design have impacted on his work Read more »| 03 Oct 2011 -
Emerging Artists
New Work Scotland: Group Effort
Firmly established as a development programme for emerging artists, New Work Scotland now wants its participants to talk to each other. The Skinny chats to Rhianna Turnbull and Gordon Schmidt about how the new cooperative focus went down Read more »| 27 Sep 2011 -
Showcase
The Skinny Showcase: Euan Robertson
Euan Robertson is a photographer based in Glasgow, originally from Ayrshire. He is primarily a music photographer who also dabbles in other genres including ... Read more »| 26 Sep 2011 -
Interviews
Resident Easel
RESIDENT: 11 brings together ten of the artists who've taken part in residency schemes across Scotland in the last year for an exhibition in Edinburgh's RSA. We caught up with two of them, Cheryl Field and Erica Eyres, to hear about their new work Read more »| 26 Sep 2011 -
News
Patria O Muerte @ Such and Such
Patria O Muerte (Homeland or Death). The subtitle, A Photographic Exhibition of Cuba, explains the seemingly simple premise behind this solo exhibition by Du... Read more »| 26 Sep 2011