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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Emerging ArtistsGlasgow School of Art Degree Show 2011
Perusing the offerings of tomorrow’s art stars is always overwhelming. We make our annual pilgrimage to the Central Belt degree shows, hoping to emerge with some senses intact Read more »| 24 Jun 2011 -
Emerging ArtistsECA Degree Show 2011
Perusing the offerings of tomorrow’s art stars is always overwhelming. We make our annual pilgrimage to the Central Belt degree shows, hoping to emerge with some senses intact Read more »| 23 Jun 2011 -
FeaturesHero Worship: LeithLate Special
LeithLate event curator Morvern Cunningham presents an ode to the women who've inspired her in her profession of choice Read more »| 15 Jun 2011 -
Festivals
Karla Black: Her Dark Materials
Glasgow-based sculptor Karla Black is representing Scotland at this year’s Venice Biennale – a massive, six-month-long festival of art. She talks to us about making on-site and her recent Turner Prize nomination Read more »| 01 Jun 2011 -
Features
LeithLate: Art on the Walk
On 16 June, for one night only, ten galleries, pubs and shops on Leith Walk will open late to host a series of free events, gigs and exhibitions ending with an afterparty. We've got the route map, and here LeithLate event organiser Morvern Cunningham introduces the programme Read more »| 31 May 2011 -
News
Edinburgh Art Festival Announce 2011 Programme
Ranging across 42 arts spaces from museums to galleries to gardens to Old Town stairwells, Edinburgh Art Festival (EAF) returns for an eighth year of visual ... Read more »| 26 May 2011
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ReviewsCara Tolmie @ DCA
Cara Tolmie's new show at DCA, Read Thou Art and Read Thou Shalt Remain, marks a welcome return to Dundee after graduating from Duncan of Jordanstone in 2005. Ben Robinson catches up with the artist to discuss what it's all about Read more »| 25 May 2011 -
NewsMicrostoria @ Talbot Rice
Scottish born artist and songwriter Momus once claimed “every lie creates a parallel world, the world in which it is true.” Its within this paral... Read more »| 25 May 2011 -
Emerging Artists
Dundee Degree Show 2011
It's degree show time again, and first up is DJCAD – replete with eggs and a weird ape-man Read more »| 24 May 2011 -
News
Take Me To Your Dealer @ Superclub
Set up in October last year, Superclub is an artist run studio complex off Leith Walk in Edinburgh. Established by ECA graduate Ross Christie, it is an affor... Read more »| 18 May 2011 -
News
Warm Struggle @ Studio 41
Opened not all that long ago, Studio 41 is a small shop front gallery near the art school in Glasgow. Unlike some artist run spaces, it seems less intent on ... Read more »| 13 May 2011 -
Reviews
Captain Hate and the Golden Babies @ HAUNT
A new art space is launched in a back alley off Argyle Street, Glasgow. Known as HAUNT, it’s a smelly little corner of the city perfect for doing things you don’t want others to know about and will play host to a new performance by Captain Hate called The Golden Babies and the New Aesthetic – which sounds in every way terrifying. We ask the Captain to shed a little light on the event Read more »| 12 May 2011 -
Reviews
Jeff Koons @ Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
It’s hard to decide if Jeff Koons is laughing with us, at us, or all the way to the bank. Despite his work comprising mainly of colourful kitsch, he&rs... Read more »| 10 May 2011 -
News
Manus Manus @ Project Rooms
Art enthusiasts keen to spot the next Tracy Emin or Sarah Lucus would be well advised to pay a visit to Manus Manus, an exhibition of work from the City of G... Read more »| 10 May 2011 -
Reviews
Kit Leffler @ Patriothall Gallery
What more suitable way for a late-April art show to open, than with a homage to the impending Royal wedding? In her work, Kit Leffler appropriates images fr... Read more »| 09 May 2011