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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FeaturesShoving From All Sides: Edinburgh Art Festival Platform 2020
The annual showcase of emerging Scottish artists Platform returns for its 2020 edition, featuring four diverse practices. Mark Bleakley, Rhona Jack, Susannah Stark and Rabindranath A Bhose introduce their work Read more »| 30 Oct 2020 -
Things To DoCreative Edinburgh Awards 2020: The Shortlist
This year's Creative Edinburgh Award nominees are a cross-section of the city's creative scene Read more »| 19 Oct 2020 -
InterviewsLocal Heroes: Shweta Mistry
Shweta Mistry is a Glasgow-based designer and artist whose rich influences include historical and modern Indian art and modern European art and design Read more »| 12 Oct 2020 -
ReviewsThe Chimeral Sounds and Comforting Timing of Rowan McIlvride
The winner of Edinburgh College of Art's inaugural Cultural Criticism Prize – for critical responses to 2020's digital degree show – shares a piece of writing on Rowan McIlvride's You Know It Better Read more »| 01 Oct 2020 -
FeaturesSupport The Skinny with our limited edition T-shirt
If you like this month’s cover, you’re going to love this T-shirt – our support drive is back and this time it's got merch Read more »| 29 Sep 2020 -
ShowcaseThe Skinny Showcase: Tayo Adekunle
In this month's Showcase, we look at the work of Edinburgh-based British Nigerian photographer Tayo Adekunle Read more »| 28 Sep 2020
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FeaturesState of the Art: Tramway and The Common Guild
As the pandemic continues, cultural organisations have been taking up the possibilities of the digital like never before – we take a deep dive into Tramway's Instagram video series and The Common Guild's audio project In The Open Read more »| 28 Sep 2020 -
ReviewsRoss Little @ CCA, Glasgow
Ross Little explores the lives of the residents of a secret KGB settlement, and the geopolitical and personal impacts they face, in this video installation at the CCA Read more »| 28 Sep 2020 -
ShowcaseTamara Macarthur: The Skinny Showcase
A look at the beguiling and intriguing performance art of Tamara Macarthur Read more »| 17 Sep 2020 -
InterviewsLocal Heroes: Too Gallus
For the latest edition of our Local Heroes design column, we speak to Barrington Reeves about culture, creating creative experiences and the future for Too Gallus Read more »| 03 Sep 2020 -
ShowcaseMarilena Vlachopoulou's photos of lockdown Glasgow
Glasgow-based photographer Marilena Vlachopoulou shares some of the work she created in response to lockdown Read more »| 31 Aug 2020 -
NewsBarrington Reeves on the Black Scottish Business Fund
The head of Glasgow-based design and branding agency Too Gallus discusses the Black Scottish Business Fund, his address to the Scottish Parliament, and what it means to be a Black creative in 2020 Read more »| 03 Aug 2020 -
FeaturesBuilding Edinburgh better in a post-pandemic world
Creative producer Morvern Cunningham presents a manifesto on the cultural crisis facing the city of Edinburgh – 'You'll Have Had Your City?' Read more »| 29 Jul 2020 -
FestivalsEdinburgh Art Festival: Online programme for 2020
The EAF present work from ten artists, online and across Edinburgh Read more »| 15 Jul 2020 -
NewsCoronavirus: Creative Scotland launch new bursary
The new Creative Scotland fund, which can award up to £2,500 to people affected by the coronavirus pandemic, opens today Read more »| 30 Mar 2020