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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ShowcaseImagining the City: Dundee Design Festival 2019
How can a city use design to shape its future? Poised to answer this question is the Dundee Design Festival, back this month for its third iteration and with not one, but two energetic new curators at the helm in the form of design studio Agency of None Read more »| 13 May 2019 -
GalleriesCountryfile: Contemporary Art across Scotland
As the thought of leaving the house becomes more pleasant, let's take it a few (thousand) steps further and see what's going on in the art venues and galleries in the farther reaches of Scotland Read more »| 10 May 2019 -
FilmMargaret Tait to be celebrated with ten new films from Scottish filmmakers
The Orcadian filmmaker and poet Margaret Tait will be commemorated with ten new commissions, including films by Luke Fowler, Sarah Wood, Morag McKinnon and Mark Cousins Read more »| 08 May 2019 -
FestivalsTracking Shot: Charlotte Prodger on their Venice Biennale work
Charlotte Prodger's new work is a development of their enquiries into experimental artistic film movements, while at the same time prioritising queer subjectivity within a constellation of aesthetic, political, social and personal narratives Read more »| 07 May 2019 -
FestivalsCharlotte Prodger’s Venice Biennale work to tour Scotland
Charlotte Prodger’s new Scotland + Venice Biennale work will tour Scotland at the same time as it premieres at the 58th International Art Exhibition Read more »| 01 May 2019 -
NewsArt Events and Opportunities in Scotland: May 2019
May brings new exhibitions, events and the beginning of a five-month reading group in Market Gallery. There's also a top pick of the best opportunities for residencies and open calls with deadlines coming up soon Read more »| 30 Apr 2019
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FestivalsPhil Collins on his new Friedrich Engels film Ceremony
In Ceremony, Berlin-based British artist Phil Collins brings Communist Manifesto co-author Friedrich Engels back to Manchester, a city that helped form his socialist ideas. We ask Collins what Engels would make of the UK today Read more »| 26 Apr 2019 -
InterviewsShadi Habib Allah on his Free Rein exhibition at CCA
Artist Shadi Habib Allah discusses the social isolation of inner city neighbourhoods in Miami, where city planning failures have created food deserts and illegal economies centred around small convenience stores form an alternative infrastructure Read more »| 25 Apr 2019 -
GalleriesEdinburgh's Stills gallery at risk over council's rent increases
The future of Edinburgh gallery Stills – one of the UK's most vital photographic galleries – is in doubt after an exorbitant rent rise Read more »| 15 Apr 2019 -
ReviewsPrunella Clough @ 42 Carlton Place, Glasgow
Prunella Clough (1919-1999) created an expansive body of work as an abstract painter. 42 Carlton Place displays the enviable breadths of her practice and interests Read more »| 15 Apr 2019 -
FeaturesLocal Heroes: 5 Scottish Ceramics Makers
We continue our exploration of Scotland's vibrant ceramics community by examining the work of five more makers Read more »| 11 Apr 2019 -
InterviewsArt Against Ageism: Platform's Timefield exhibition
Platform in Glasgow host Timefield, a collaborative group show by five older artists who are above 50 but at the early stage of their art career, as part of this year's Outskirts festival Read more »| 10 Apr 2019 -
NewsScottish Art Events and Opportunities: April 2019
Petra Bauer and SCOT-PEP's work comes to a head at Collective this month, plus details of exhibitions at Rhubaba and Embassy, and a collection of opportunities to look out for Read more »| 06 Apr 2019 -
InterviewsDundee Contemporary Arts: The first 20 years
Turning 20 is a major milestone birthday, but what does it mean in gallery years? Dundee Contemporary Arts are finding out this month as the multi-functional arts centre moves into its third decade Read more »| 05 Apr 2019 -
FestivalsLeithLate 2019: First events announced
LeithLate is back! There's a Basque Country themed short film and food crawl planned for the end of April, ahead of a Weekender of music, art and dancing in June Read more »| 04 Apr 2019