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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NewsScottish Art Events: February 2020
Timely art exhibitions and events take place across the country all of this month by international and locally-based contemporary artists Read more »| 04 Feb 2020 -
ReviewsFrance-Lise McGurn @ Tramway, Glasgow
Painter France-Lise McGurn has created an immersive and alluring installation in Tramway. While it's a show full of immediacy and technical skill, at moments its sense of context feels lacking Read more »| 31 Jan 2020 -
ReviewsHal Fischer @ GoMA, Glasgow
GoMA's exhibition of Hal Fischer's work celebrates his renowned photography that documents a specific moment of 70s gay male history with conceptual cleverness and humour Read more »| 13 Jan 2020 -
NewsScottish Art Highlights: January 2020
New exhibitions at Tramway and an exciting programme around DCA's latest exhibition feature in this month's art round-up Read more »| 08 Jan 2020 -
ReviewsAlex Impey @ The Hunterian, Glasgow
Alex Impey's solo show in the Hunterian Gallery subtly heightens the perception of audiences to notice what usually goes unseen Read more »| 06 Jan 2020 -
NewsApply for the Diverse Critics scheme
We're teaming up with Disability Arts Online and Creative Scotland to offer support for four Scottish-based disabled writers and journalists Read more »| 19 Dec 2019
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InterviewsThis Queer World: Ursula Le Guin, art and sci-fi
The pioneering sci-fi of Ursula K Le Guin is the prompt for an ambitious new exhibition at Dundee Contemporary Arts; we talk to its curators, Eoin Dara and Kim McAleese Read more »| 11 Dec 2019 -
ReviewsBasma alSharif @ CCA, Glasgow
The Philistine by Basma alSharif is a diverse collection of work that uses fiction and active imagining to undo some of the habitual ways of speaking about past and present Palestine Read more »| 06 Dec 2019 -
FeaturesGo big, shop small: Local Heroes Xmas Gift Guide
The way to feel as good about shopping as a made-for-TV-Christmas movie is also the most sustainable – keep it local Read more »| 29 Nov 2019 -
FeaturesThe Skinny Christmas Gift Guide 2019
Find your ideal Christmas gift with the slightly idiosyncratic personal selections of our editorial team (things they love, with a local focus, plus some alpacas) Read more »| 25 Nov 2019 -
NewsNational Galleries Scotland dump BP exhibition
National Galleries Scotland announced that this will be the last time the BP Portrait Award will be hosted at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, citing BP's contribution to the current climate emergency as the reason for cutting ties Read more »| 11 Nov 2019 -
InterviewsArika Episode 10: Experimental Science, Radical Politics
Cutting-edge maths and physics is paralleled with experiences of Black, POC, Queer, Trans and Indigenous communities in Arika's latest programme in Glasgow Read more »| 11 Nov 2019 -
ShowcaseLocal Heroes: Jewellery in Scotland
We take a look at Scotland’s flourishing independent jewellery design scene with a focus on five new makers based in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Fife Read more »| 08 Nov 2019 -
FeaturesDundee Zine Fest, Good Press, and Scotland's Zine Scene
Ahead of this weekend's Dundee Zine Fest, we take the temperature of Scotland's zine scene Read more »| 08 Nov 2019 -
ReviewsAlberta Whittle @ Dundee Contemporary Arts
Alberta Whittle's DCA show is an urgent call for audiences to become conscious of the continuing effects of colonialism and the afterlife of slavery, as resources and attention are consistently diverted from natural disasters in Africa and the Caribbean Read more »| 05 Nov 2019