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.
-
NewsCCA Highlights: June 2023
In addition to its regular scheduling of some brilliant film screenings and exhibitions, the CCA will be extra lively this month with the arrival of two immersive arts festivals Read more »| 31 May 2023 -
NewsScottish Art Events & Exhibitions: June 2023
Art Night takes place in Scotland for the first time this month, alongside an array of festivals and exhibitions across the country Read more »| 31 May 2023 -
FeaturesA Fragile Correspondence: Scotland at the Venice Architecture Biennale
Our design correspondent heads to Venice to explore A Fragile Correspondence, Scotland's presentation at the Architecture Biennale Read more »| 26 May 2023 -
FeaturesSmashing Monuments, statues, and collective memory
The UK premiere of Sebastián Díaz Morales’ film Smashing Monuments questions the functions of monuments in our collective memory – but also whether our cities can really meet our everyday needs Read more »| 24 May 2023 -
InterviewsThe Joy of the Impossibile: Soorin Shin's 3D printing
Glasgow’s Soorin Shin explores the ambiguous border between the digital and the physical worlds, creating objects using 3D-printed recycled plastic that interrogate our relationship between technology and nature Read more »| 16 May 2023 -
FeaturesAncestral Meditations: Alberta Whittle interview
Alberta Whittle's create dangerously celebrates a vital and visionary artist whose expansive and generous practice shines a light on some of the most urgent issues of our time Read more »| 11 May 2023
-
FeaturesVisions of a Life: Uprooted Visions at Edinburgh Printmakers
With the Conservative government’s vicious anti-immigration policies continuing, a new exhibition at Edinburgh Printmakers emphasises the importance of elevating marginalised voices through international collaboration Read more »| 04 May 2023 -
NewsScottish Art Events and Exhibitions: May 2023
New exhibitions by Saoirse Amira Anis, Lis Rhodes and Kira Freije open across Scotland this month; here's our pick of May's best shows, events and exhibitions Read more »| 28 Apr 2023 -
NewsThe Skinny x Edinburgh Art Festival: Emerging Writers Open Call
We're joining forces with the Edinburgh Art Festival once again for an emerging writers' programme covering this year's festival Read more »| 28 Apr 2023 -
InterviewsPavilion Pavilion: The contemporary stained glass studio
We meet Jack Brindley, the artist behind Pavilion Pavilion, creating immaculate work in contemporary stained glass Read more »| 12 Apr 2023 -
NewsScottish Art Events and Exhibitions: April 2023
Major new solo exhibitions by Alberta Whittle, Jasleen Kaur and Zineb Sidera open across Scotland this April – here are the details Read more »| 29 Mar 2023 -
FeaturesArt Futures: RSA New Contemporaries 2023
The Royal Scottish Academy’s New Contemporaries returns to celebrate the artists and architects who graduated from Scotland’s art schools in 2021 Read more »| 28 Mar 2023 -
ReviewsPoor Things @ Fruitmarket, Edinburgh
Poor Things is a new group exhibition of 22 artists at Fruitmarket in Edinburgh, reflecting on the relationships between art and class Read more »| 27 Mar 2023 -
FeaturesCivic House: A 21st-Century Power Station
A former printing press for Glasgow’s political movements built in the 1920s, Civic House has been shortlisted for a prestigious AJ Retrofit Award after a radical transformation by Agile City in collaboration with Collective Architecture Read more »| 15 Mar 2023 -
FeaturesNaming the Money: repatriation and reparations
As Scotland’s museums begin the process of repatriating stolen goods, the absence of discussions around reparative justice is glaringly obvious Read more »| 09 Mar 2023