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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Reviews
Phoebe Cummings - Fragments
this exhibition certainly succeeds in conveying the rich mystery and history of the objects which surround us Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Reviews
Kirsty Whiten - Schemie Centaurs
The plain ugliness of the eponymous Schemies, here depicted for our amusement as a threatening pack centaurs, comes across as rather patronising Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Festivals
Edinburgh Art Festival
One of the most extensive and spectacular attractions during the festival promises to be Beyond the Palace Walls at the Royal Museum of Scotland on Chambers St. Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Reviews
Don't Forget: Art in the Mall!
Art in the Mall sees Ocean Terminal transformed into a giant art gallery for the duration of the festival Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
News
Chris Gibson - The New Works
Gibson's photographic style was born while mountaineering in the Rockies in Canada Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Reviews
Van Gogh and Britain: Pioneer Collectors
it is the unfamiliarity of these images, untainted by the aesthetic cudgel of mass reproduction, that allows us the privilege of feeling as though we are engaging with this behemoth of art history for the very first time Read more »| 14 Aug 2006
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News
Top Five Shows for July
1.Blurring the Neatline (Embassy Gallery, Edi) - Fifteen artists investigate the way in which we relate to the space we inhabit.2. Schemie Centaurs (Analogue... Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
Reviews
Helen van Meene
The emotional spectrum runs from unsettling to downright creepy Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
Reviews
Dada's Boys
The notion of questioned male identity is reflected in the works by the frankly stellar array of contemporary artists Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
News
The Glasgow Art School Degree Show
massive in its scope, almost impossible to fully digest, with work of potency often hung next to underdeveloped juvenilia Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
Reviews
Niall MacDonald and Jim Ramsey - That Old Subtle Foe
points towards several preoccupations, neatly sidestepping any chance for proscriptive interpretation Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
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Jonathan Scott and Fred Pederson - Demo
Jonathon Scott's ambition translates into true excellence Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
Reviews
Test Transmissions
explores the idea of television, and its use for art, since independent production became a possibility Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
Interviews
Local Artist - Steve Pool
...if you have the drive and belief in your work you will get noticed. Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
ReviewsEdinburgh College of Art Degree Show
Call me biased, but as usual it was the painting and sculpture work which set my pulse racing Read more »| 15 Jul 2006