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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FeaturesVisible Girls, Invisible Spaces
A pair of new exhibitions in Edinburgh combine iconic images from the 1980s with an exploration of young people's environment in the modern day Read more »| 05 Nov 2018 -
TravelThe Skinny Showcase: Adam Wilson
Edinburgh-based graphic designer and photographer Adam Wilson captures the gorgeous burnt orange tones of The Trossachs Read more »| 05 Nov 2018 -
NewsCreative Edinburgh Awards 2018: shortlist revealed
Celebrating the creative arts in Edinburgh, the annual Creative Edinburgh Awards returns with another set of nominees who have achieved much in their chosen fields over the last 12 months Read more »| 31 Oct 2018 -
ReviewsSantiago Sierra @ DCA
Santiago Sierra plants the anarchist flag on the North and South Poles, and displays the documentation of this process in Dundee Contemporary Arts. Read more »| 29 Oct 2018 -
Reviewsektor garcia @ Mary Mary
Confounding expectations of weight, texture and surfaces, ektor garcia's solo show at Mary Mary combines metalwork with the stitches of crocheting to draw together materials and processes otherwise considered distinct Read more »| 26 Oct 2018 -
FilmGlasgow's CCA reopens with #WeirdHorror season
After an extended closure, the vital multi-arts venue is finally up and running again, and for starters it’s got four nights of #WeirdHorror planned to mark the Halloween season Read more »| 19 Oct 2018
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NewsNEoN Digital Arts Festival: 2018 Preview
North East of North returns next month to fill Dundee with cutting-edge digital art – here's a guide to the GM plants, avant-garde music and computer game-assisted parties in store Read more »| 17 Oct 2018 -
GalleriesV&A Dundee: First impressions
After years in the making, the much-anticipated £80m V&A Museum of Design in Dundee has finally opened its doors. But does it fulfil its architect's vision of a “living room for the city”? Read more »| 16 Oct 2018 -
ShowcaseGraphic Design Festival Scotland: The Skinny Showcase
Celebrating its fifth birthday, we look at the programme for this year's Graphic Design Festival Scotland, featuring not one but two poster competitions Read more »| 09 Oct 2018 -
FilmRachel Maclean on Make Me Up
Like razor-wire wrapped in candy floss, Rachel Maclean returns with Make Me Up, which imagines St. Peter's Seminary as a candy-coloured phantasia filled with women forced to compete against one another. She tells us more about this strange world Read more »| 09 Oct 2018 -
NewsLandmark Moments: Grassroots Art in Dundee
While the V&A Dundee heralds change for the city, we talk to some of those at the grassroots of Dundee's art scene, keeping a close eye on the direction of the museum's momentum Read more »| 01 Oct 2018 -
NewsArt News and Opportunities: October 2018
With autumn comes new exhibitions from Rhubaba in Edinburgh and Cooper Gallery in Dundee (including a "jamming studio"), and exhibition, grant and residency opportunities from Dewar Arts and Hospitalfield Trust Read more »| 01 Oct 2018 -
ReviewsThe 14th Berwick Film and Media Arts Festival
Berwick Film and Media Arts Festival brought together a diverse range of international and UK-based artists, with the transgressive work of young, queer and artists of colour forming the strongest elements Read more »| 01 Oct 2018 -
NewsGiant Game of Thrones tapestry heads to Glasgow
Winter is Coming... to Glasgow. Well it already has, as the city welcomes a huge Game of Thrones tapestry, which took over 5,000 hours to produce Read more »| 24 Sep 2018 -
MusicEdinburgh’s Hogmanay: a "love-letter" to Europe
Edinburgh's Hogmanay full three-day festival line-up is revealed featuring the Torchlight Procession, Franz Ferdinand and love letters to Europe with Message from the Skies Read more »| 19 Sep 2018