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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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FeaturesHow Open is the Door?: Arts accessibility in Scotland
As COVID-19 threatens to increase the diversity deficit in the arts, it’s more important than ever to create an inclusive arts sector in the UK Read more »| 26 Nov 2021 -
InterviewsA Circle Has No End: Howardena Pindell interview
Howardena Pindell's exhibition at Fruitmarket brings together her diverse body of work for her first major UK solo show. Here she gives an insight into her studio practice, and the last 60 years of making social change as an artist and activist Read more »| 26 Nov 2021 -
TravelGlasgow Q&A: Govan Project Space's Alex Allan
Alex Allan, founder of Govan Project Space, on why an uninsulated warehouse near former dry docks is the perfect space for an arts venue Read more »| 11 Nov 2021 -
Emerging ArtistsFresh Fruit of the Loom: Tapestry Makers Talk
We've woven together interviews with 21 tapestry makers to bring some insight into what it means to work with a medium that's often more associated with antiques than contemporary art Read more »| 10 Nov 2021 -
NewsScottish Art Events: November 2021
Our November art highlights include COP26 responses from Glasgow's artists and galleries, as well as some exciting new exhibitions in Edinburgh Read more »| 02 Nov 2021 -
FeaturesLocal Heroes: Ploterre's designs inspired by the natural world
We meet Rebecca J Kaye, the designer behind Ploterre, an Edinburgh-based design studio creating prints, textiles and apparel informed by systems found in the natural world Read more »| 01 Nov 2021
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Emerging ArtistsDiscover Scottish Craft Talent
As Craft Week Scotland returns with a programme celebrating a wealth of craft talent across the nation, we select a few exciting makers to keep an eye on Read more »| 21 Oct 2021 -
Things To DoCreative Edinburgh Awards: The 2021 Shortlist
Check out the shortlist for this year's Creative Edinburgh Awards, celebrating creative practitioners from across the city Read more »| 06 Oct 2021 -
FeaturesNew Histories: Talking Statues with Scottish Storytelling Festival
The Scottish International Storytelling Festival returns with a hybrid programme including a strand, Talking Statues, which asks us to reimagine who we choose to publicly memorialise Read more »| 06 Oct 2021 -
InterviewsSharon Hayes introduces her Ricerche film works
Sharon Hayes' series of art films, Ricerche, see her interviewing large groups of people all at once. The simple premise belies the complexity of the work that emerges, and its sharp insights on sex and sexuality Read more »| 06 Oct 2021 -
InterviewsCat and Éiméar McClay on their Market Gallery residency
Cat and Éiméar McClay are recent graduates who are crafting a singular body of work surrounding religious oppression and queer ways of being, through a heady combination of experimental writing and cutting-edge digital media technologies Read more »| 05 Oct 2021 -
NewsArt Events in Scotland: October 2021
Our pick of October's best art events across Scotland, from Jupiter Artland's last month of 2021 to a host of IRL events in Dundee as part of The Ignorant Art School Read more »| 04 Oct 2021 -
Emerging ArtistsThe Future of Home at London Design Festival
Local Heroes presents a preview of innovative furniture, textiles and lighting from a new generation of Scottish designers at London Design Festival Read more »| 13 Sep 2021 -
InterviewsVideo Activism: belit sağ interview
Videomaker, visual artist and activist belit sağ discusses the inexorable link between image-making and violence Read more »| 07 Sep 2021 -
InterviewsThe War is Not Over: Chikako Yamashiro interview
Chikako Yamashiro's exhibition is now open at Dundee Contemporary Arts. Here, the artist and guest curator Kirsteen Macdonald explain that the works are complex expressions of the contested politics of Okinawa, but have a wider resonance, too Read more »| 06 Sep 2021