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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ReviewsAugust Sander @ The Dean Gallery
Not content with just one exhibition of great German art in Edinburgh – that of Rosmarie Trockel at the Talbot Rice Gallery – The Dean Gallery pr... Read more »| 18 Feb 2011 -
InterviewsBienvenue Monsieur Bustamante!
Jean-Marc Bustamante talks about his retrospective at Edinburgh's Fruitmarket Gallery Read more »| 15 Feb 2011 -
NewsStephanie Cairns @ National Gallery of Modern Art
The modesty of Stephanie Cairns' work at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art is more a reflection of the gallery’s somewhat stilted gesture tha... Read more »| 14 Feb 2011 -
InterviewsHarun Farocki: In Comparison
Ahead of his show at CCA, The Skinny talks film, politics and bricks with German filmmaker Harun Farocki Read more »| 09 Feb 2011 -
Interviews
Adam Kennedy, Ship Painter
A 2009 graduate of the Intermedia course at Edinburgh College of Art, Adam Kennedy has successfully launched himself into the Scottish art scene. His mixed m... Read more »| 03 Feb 2011 -
Reviews
Rosemarie Trockel @ Talbot Rice
Talbot Rice Gallery eschews Rosemarie Trockel's multi-faceted work in film, sculpture and painting and begins with a meticulous survey of her considerable us... Read more »| 03 Feb 2011
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Interviews
The Atrocity Exhibition: Dan Miller & Alec Mackenzie
The David Dale Gallery and Studios is housed in an old college building in deepest, darkest Bridgeton, Glasgow. Later this month the gallery brings together Glasgow-based artists Alec Mackenzie and Dan Miller in a two man show called POINT/LINE/SURFACE/SOLID. The Skinny quizzed them on what to expect Read more »| 02 Feb 2011 -
News
Jean-Marc Bustamante @ Fruitmarket Gallery
With Jean-Marc Bustamante, the Fruitmarket is decidedly moving on from the visually striking Childish Things (Paul McCarthy’s zipped open doll, anyone?... Read more »| 01 Feb 2011 -
Interviews
Martin Creed: Yer Maw
The Skinny talks mothers with Scottish-born artist Martin Creed Read more »| 01 Feb 2011 -
Interviews
Men: Art Speed Dating Needs You
Artist Oliver Braid has teamed up with The Mutual in an effort to bring more love to Glasgow. Just in time for Valentine's Day, The Mutual will hold a p... Read more »| 28 Jan 2011 -
Reviews
SALONVERT @ Embassy, Until 30 Jan
‘Eclectic’ is an apt description of SALONVERT at the Embassy. Like all members shows, it offers an array of medium and messages. Oil paintings, d... Read more »| 28 Jan 2011 -
Reviews
Hannah James @ Rhubaba
Hannah James’s work functions beneath a guise of opacity. Her oeuvre consists of deliberately bad camera angles and hazy images. The past year of her p... Read more »| 27 Jan 2011 -
Reviews
Window to the West: The Rediscovery of Highland Art @ City Art Centre
Installing a contemporary art exhibition that self-professedly aims to “rediscover highland art” is certainly a risky strategy. After all, when s... Read more »| 27 Jan 2011 -
Reviews
John Goto @ Edinburgh Printmakers
John Goto’s exhibition at the Edinburgh Printmakers may be small but it certainly evokes an intense response from the viewer. His collection of Mosaic... Read more »| 26 Jan 2011 -
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Living Today @ Mackintosh Gallery, GSA
Sporting a title of almost limitless possibility, the group show Living Today at the Mackintosh Museum assembles works by contemporary artists who explore as... Read more »| 26 Jan 2011