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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NewsArt Events and Opportunities: February 2019
For February, there is a new programme of performance from Fruitmarket, as well as a very politically relevant show by Talbot Rice, and an exhibition on the nature of creativity in Tramway. There are also some exciting international residencies, too Read more »| 01 Feb 2019 -
IntersectionsWhy museums need to decolonise their collections
It's about time British and Scottish museums reckoned with their colonial histories. Here's why Read more »| 22 Jan 2019 -
ShowcaseThe Skinny Showcase: Kieran Muir
We look at the work of Glasgow artist Kieran Muir in this month's Showcase Read more »| 21 Jan 2019 -
ReviewsSisters, My Sisters: Tremble, Tremble
Artist Niamh Moloney makes a poetic response to her role in Jesse Jones' Tremble Tremble, a performance work that is now on show in Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh Read more »| 14 Jan 2019 -
Reviews
Jill Todd Photographic Award @ Street Level Photoworks
The Jill Todd Photographic Award 2018 brings together a range of recent graduates of Photography disciplines from across Scotland; their work is diverse, but with traceable intentions that bring the emerging practitioners together Read more »| 14 Jan 2019 -
Reviews
Ester Krumbachová @ CCA
Ester Krumbachová was a key figure in the Czech New Wave cinema in the 1960s before she was forced underground and all but prevented from making art during Soviet "normalisation" Read more »| 11 Jan 2019
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News
Scottish Art Events and Exhibitions Calendar 2019
Each year, before galleries head on their winter vacation, The Skinny asks what the Scottish art scene has coming up in 2019. Every year, the answers are surprising and exciting, and this is no exception Read more »| 09 Jan 2019 -
News
CCA Highlights: January & February 2019
Glasgow's Centre for Contemporary Arts is kicking off 2019 in fine style, with new work from Glasgow-based Danish artist Lotte Gertz, a smattering of Celtic Connection gigs and the return of Nicolas Cage celebration Cage-a-rama Read more »| 08 Jan 2019 -
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Art Exhibits, Events, Opportunities: January 2019
Escape the loneliness of skint January life with some free art exhibitions and events, or for the artistically inclined get planning for a residency or opportunity by keeping up with the big deadlines coming up soon Read more »| 08 Jan 2019 -
Features
The Skinny's 2018 Christmas Gift Guide
Ornamental, edible, large and small – here's our selection of some of the best Christmas gift ideas from Scotland's makers, designers and producers Read more »| 11 Dec 2018 -
FeaturesIndependent Art and Design Christmas Markets 2018
For anyone that's wanted to spend their Christmas gift budget (no matter how much or little that may be) on a unique and thoughtful present, and in a way that can support local art and design, look no further Read more »| 07 Dec 2018 -
Things To Do
2 Festive 2 Furious: Winter at Summerhall
Looking to fill up your December calendar? Look no further than Summerhall's Winterhall programme, featuring a series of music, film and visual arts events to warm you up on a winter's eve Read more »| 05 Dec 2018 -
Reviews
Jonas Staal @ CCA Glasgow
Jonas Staal provides a timely and appropriately sombre take on the excesses of Brexit Read more »| 05 Dec 2018 -
Showcase
Local Heroes: A Very Contemporary Christmas
The concept for A Very Contemporary Christmas is very simple. Best friends Jenny Hazel and Stacey Hunter drew up a wish list of what they’d like for Christmas and turned it into a shop Read more »| 04 Dec 2018 -
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Art Highlights: December 2018
December brings a new set of exhibitions from DCA, as well as opportunities from the major residency providers across Scotland Read more »| 03 Dec 2018