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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ReviewsNew Work Scotland 2010: Nicolas Party & Catherine Payton @ Collective
Successful conceptual art should (of course) contain a strong concept, but – crucially – it must convey that concept to the viewer. Unsuccessful ... Read more »| 05 Jan 2011 -
ReviewsTacita Dean @ The Common Guild
The Tacita Dean exhibition in The Common Guild is the artist’s first solo exhibition in Scotland in over a decade and it’s worth making the trip ... Read more »| 15 Dec 2010 -
ReviewsJonathan Horowitz @ DCA
For the screening of Jonathan Horowitz’s 20-minute film Apocalypto Now, the audience is seated in a chamber that’s declared entirely carbon-neutr... Read more »| 13 Dec 2010 -
ReviewsMidnight Clear @ Frame Creative
Another art gallery is exactly what Edinburgh’s New Town doesn’t need. However, Frame Creative marks an exciting departure from the stuffy, often... Read more »| 10 Dec 2010 -
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Be the Hammer or the Anvil @ Generator Projects
There’s an all new, all female, committee at Generator Projects, Dundee. Their first show, Be the Hammer or the Anvil, is a similarly all female affair... Read more »| 09 Dec 2010 -
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Laura Yuile @ The Duchy
As with many independent galleries in Glasgow, The Duchy is an old shop front in the east end. A five minute walk from George Square, the gallery and its adj... Read more »| 02 Dec 2010
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News
The Mutual Members Show
Defined negatively, the Mutual Members Show has been set up to stave off inertia. If it weren’t for the four graduates who first conceived of the fledg... Read more »| 01 Dec 2010 -
InterviewsArts Wars: A New Hope
An organisation aims to turn Edinburgh’s old Odeon on Clerk St (or The New Victoria, as it was originally named) into a multi-arts venue, restoring the Art Deco building to its original grandeur and opening up one of the city’s best loved spaces as a flexible environment that is both creative and profitable. Sound almost too good to be true? Artistic Director Helen Raw talks to The Skinny about how they plan to achieve their ambitious dream Read more »| 30 Nov 2010 -
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Another World @ Dean Gallery
More of a way of thinking than a style, Surrealism encompasses sculpture, painting, literature, photography and film. Spanning several countries and evolvin... Read more »| 26 Nov 2010 -
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Simon Starling @ The Modern Institute
Simon Starling's show at The Modern Institute is just the kind of essayist rubbish that I've come to expect from the 'vibrant' Glasgow art scene. I'm sure I'... Read more »| 24 Nov 2010 -
News
Gray's in Crisis
As well as being heavily criticised for plans to confer an Honorary Degree on controversial American tycoon Donald Trump, Robert Gordon University recently informed employees of plans to cut staffing levels at its Art School by around 20% Read more »| 05 Nov 2010 -
Interviews
Autopictography: A Study in Gray
Glasgow polymath Alasdair Gray is starting to receive the celebration his work deserves with a new book spanning his career and two exhibitions in the capital. The Skinny popped round his gaff to learn more about his prolific life in art and writing Read more »| 02 Nov 2010 -
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Robin Thomson @ Generator Projects
Duncan of Jordanstone graduate Robin Thomson returned to Dundee recently for a two-week gallery residency at Generator Projects, putting together an epic and... Read more »| 01 Nov 2010 -
Interviews
Neil Clements Sings Us Out
Artist Neil Clements runs intellectual rings around The Skinny in anticipation of his new exhibition at SWG3 Read more »| 29 Oct 2010 -
News
NWS 2010: Nicolas Party and Catherine Payton
New Work Scotland’s winter outing looks to be an eccentric one. Nicolas Party, painter and graduate of The Glasgow School of Art’s MFA programme,... Read more »| 29 Oct 2010