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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InterviewsDavid Shrigley: A Catalogue of Ideas
Glasgow-based artist David Shrigley is a rare thing in the art world: someone whose work people – normal(ish) people – actually love. He's made sculptures, music videos, drawings and books too numerous to count, and much more besides. He kindly made time to have a chat with The Skinny about his new anthology, What The Hell Are You Doing? Read more »| 30 Aug 2010 -
ReviewsDown Over Up @ The Fruitmarket Gallery
Do you ever get the feeling that you’re missing something? Like the punch line of a joke you just don’t understand, and you’re the only one... Read more »| 24 Aug 2010 -
Reviews
Staged @ City Observatory
The title of Kim Coleman & Jenny Hogarth’s new Edinburgh Festival commission might suggest a work that is rather spectacular. ‘Staged’ ... Read more »| 23 Aug 2010 -
Reviews
Martin Creed: Ballet Work No. 1020 @ Traverse Theatre
Calling this work a ballet is misleading. There are some ballet dancers who do a few ballet moves but otherwise the piece transgresses the form’s other... Read more »| 11 Aug 2010 -
ReviewsJulie Roberts @ Talbot Rice
On the surface, the exhibition title – Child – seems solely to describe Julie Robert’s subject matter: kitsch and almost fashiona... Read more »| 11 Aug 2010 -
ReviewsNefertiti: New Works by John Squire
Working out of a converted barn seven days a week, John Squire made a point not to listen to music while painting. Quite ironic considering that he is arguab... Read more »| 10 Aug 2010
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News
Annual General Karaoke
You’ve doubtless heard of organisations holding an AGM or Annual General Meeting. In September, the Yuck ‘n Yum collective will be holding the first ever AGK where the K stands for karaoke, and this is your last chance to submit Read more »| 10 Aug 2010 -
News
A Word on the Art Festival
Let’s face it, festival time is a total nightmare for everyone. Stop pretending you’ll comprehensively see everything like you never managed to d... Read more »| 30 Jul 2010 -
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MAGAZINE 10 @ Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop
For many people, visiting Edinburgh during festival season is all about bagpipes, dodgy plays, experimental dance, and literally thousands of flyers extollin... Read more »| 30 Jul 2010 -
Reviews
FIELD: By Means of Matter @ Generator Projects
Field is a London-based artists’ collective united by circumstance and a common interest in space and materiality. This eight-strong unit journeyed fro... Read more »| 26 Jul 2010 -
News
Martin Creed @ The Fruitmarket Gallery
Martin Creed has a penchant for order. He likes to stack things according to their size, for instance. A stack of chairs, one on top of the other, might not ... Read more »| 23 Jul 2010 -
News
Black and White @ David Dale Gallery & Studios
Recently set up by embarrassingly young Glasgow graduates, the David Dale Gallery & Studios already looks to be a prominent part of the Scottish art scen... Read more »| 22 Jul 2010 -
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Markus Thorsen @ Edinburgh Music Library
Regular readers may be familiar with the photographs of Markus Thorsen. He’s worked for The Skinny for a while now, and if you’re into gig photog... Read more »| 21 Jul 2010 -
Festivals
Confraternity of Neoflagallants: City of Dead
As the festival gets into full swing the living dead take to the streets in a prefiguration of our dark future Read more »| 20 Jul 2010 -
News
Insert Tiara @ SWG3
Someone has thought it a good idea to show the work of Michael White and Lila de Magalhaes in an intimate two man show. Both these New Work Scotland veterans... Read more »| 20 Jul 2010