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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ReviewsPeles Empire @ Sierra Metro
Not often do you see contemporary art and marvel at its opulence – artists today are an ascetic bunch. Peles Empire, the ongoing project by Katharina S... Read more »| 29 Aug 2011 -
InterviewsVault: Market Shares
Opening at the beginning of this month, Vault gives audiences the opportunity to buy artwork from established and emerging artists – but it's more than just an art fair, as participating organisations IRONBBRATZ and The Mutual prove Read more »| 29 Aug 2011 -
NewsArt Late: Back With A Vengeance
The Edinburgh Art Festival will once again be going out in style with an after hours extravaganza of events tying together the different exhibitions across t... Read more »| 23 Aug 2011 -
Reviews
The Indirect Exchange of Uncertain Value @ Fettes College
There’s a snippet of academic art speak that can still bring me out in hives five years after graduating from Glasgow School of Art. The context is hal... Read more »| 23 Aug 2011 -
ReviewsIngrid Calame @ Fruitmarket Gallery
Unfortunately, identifiable with a style of modernism appropriated by every homeware store, you could be excused for thinking you’ve seen it all before... Read more »| 23 Aug 2011 -
News
LINE Magazine @ Wee Red Bar
In celebration of two new editions being launched this August, LINE magazine will be hosting a vibrant evening of culture and decadence in the form of a Vene... Read more »| 18 Aug 2011
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Reviews
SMILE @ Embassy
A spaced-out cosmic bliss suffuses much of the work at the Embassy’s new show. Channelling the spirits of Sienna Miller and the 21st century satirist M... Read more »| 17 Aug 2011 -
News
Vault @ The Briggait
Most artists would like to make a living from selling their work. Not having to do a boring job to supplement your art practice is for many the definition of... Read more »| 16 Aug 2011 -
Reviews
David Mach @ City Art Centre
The city has found God, or rather David Mach has found him, and decorated the City Art Centre with his image. Mach’s show Precious Light – unmist... Read more »| 16 Aug 2011 -
News
Peles Empire: Carmen Sylva @ Sierra Metro, 7 Aug-11 Sep
Peles Empire is a collaboration between London-Based German artists Katharina Stoever and Barbara Wolff. An ongoing project, Peles Empire takes its name from... Read more »| 04 Aug 2011 -
Reviews
National Museum of Scotland Reopens
It was a scene that would have had Jeff Goldblum’s heart racing. A little after 9am, on a temperate Friday morning in Edinburgh, a Tyrannosaurus Rex ca... Read more »| 04 Aug 2011 -
Interviews
Stephen Sutcliffe: Internal Monologue
Looking ahead to this year's Edinburgh Art Festival, we speak to Stephen Sutcliffe, an artist for whom every episode of Magnum P.I is never knowingly unrecorded Read more »| 03 Aug 2011 -
Festivals
Dundee Live Festival
Dundee Live Festival took place over nine days in July and was the brainchild of the artist and facilitator Jonathan Baxter. During the festival, a poetic and liberating response to the city emerged through a variety of artworks, performances, exhibitions and events. We caught up with Jonathan after the festival to discuss its impact and potential effect on Dundee’s art scene Read more »| 03 Aug 2011 -
News
Mystics or Rationalists? @ Ingleby Gallery
“Conceptual artists are mystics rather than rationalists. They leap to conclusions that logic cannot reach.” Number one in Sol LeWitt’s fam... Read more »| 02 Aug 2011 -
News
Big Fun At The Edinburgh Art Festival
There's a lot to choose from in the EAF programme – here are Art editor Andrew Cattanach's tips of what's unmissable Read more »| 01 Aug 2011