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 Exhibitions & Opportunities: June 2018
Degree show time is underway, and there's also a whole host of exhibitions, opportunities and events taking place throughout the month Read more »| 04 Jun 2018 -
Emerging Artists
Betraying Expectations: ECA Degree Show 2018
This year's Edinburgh College of Art graduation show is an exciting showcase; full but manageable, it displays the wealth of talent finishing this year, and is peppered with moments of poignancy, confrontation, resistance and protest Read more »| 01 Jun 2018 -
ReviewsMinimal/Poor/Present @ Pearce Institute
For one evening, pioneering 81-year-old Spanish artist Esther Ferrer performed alongside emerging Scottish-based artists Read more »| 01 Jun 2018 -
ReviewsiQhiya @ Transmission Gallery, Glasgow
South African collective iQhiya's Glasgow International exhibition is a DIY-feeling show that considers the histories and reality of poor representation of black womxn artists across the Glasgow cultural scene and beyond. Read more »| 28 May 2018 -
Interviews
From the Ground Up: Scotland's Architecture Fringe
Architecture Fringe organiser Andy Summers and participant Gunnar Groves-Raines describe the exciting plans for this year's Fringe, and what makes it so distinctive from other festivals of its kind. Read more »| 25 May 2018 -
FestivalsEdinburgh Art Festival Announces 2018 Commissions Programme
The Commissions Programme for the 15th Edinburgh Arts Festival has been revealed, and will include work concerned with music, poetry, conversation and magic Read more »| 21 May 2018
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Emerging Artists
Dundee Degree Show 2018: Brilliantly bizarre
A brilliant showcase of work by Dundee's most exciting artists at the Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design (DJCAD) degree show Read more »| 18 May 2018 -
FestivalsFringe 2018: Summerhall announce massive programme
A lively programme of diverse and thought-provoking theatre, music and visual art from around the world will be coming to Summerhall in August. Expect projects from and inspired by Pussy Riot and shows marking the NHS's 70th year Read more »| 17 May 2018 -
Showcase
Scottish Design: Cast, Thrown and Moulded Ceramics
In the second part of our survey of Scottish ceramics we meet five more ceramicists whose work contributes to this remarkably fertile scene Read more »| 14 May 2018 -
Showcase
Ruairidh McGlynn: The Skinny Showcase
As part of our Scottish Adventure Guide, we showcase the stunning iPhone photography of Ruairidh McGlynn Read more »| 09 May 2018 -
Emerging Artists
They Had 4 Years: Generator Projects' annual graduate exhibition returns
They Had 4 Years is the annual graduate exhibition by Generator Projects in Dundee, when they select five fine art graduates – Lea (Ye Gyoung) Choi, Alice Martin, Yvette Bathgate, Jonny Walker and Kaitlyn Dunsmore – to exhibit one year after degree show Read more »| 09 May 2018 -
News
Scottish Art Highlights and Opportunities: May 2018
May starts with the final week of Glasgow International, and brings new sculpture in Jupiter Artland from Phyllida Barlow and the last few weeks of DCA's well-received show on Shonky: The Aesthetics of Awkwardness Read more »| 04 May 2018 -
News
CCA Highlights – May / June 2018
CCA's spring and summer programme has a panoramic selection of cinema and a bank holiday crowded with live music courtesy of Stag & Dagger Read more »| 04 May 2018 -
Reviews
House Party @ Project Ability, Glasgow
Renowned French artist Esther Ferrer's 1998 recording of her home, routine and chores, is put together with the work of several emerging artists as a means of drawing out the uncanny aspects from familiar settings and actions. Read more »| 03 May 2018 -
Emerging Artists
Marija Nemčenko on exhibition and event series BRUT
Marija Nemčenko's exhibition and event series BRUT tries to recontextualise the debates surrounding the beauty or ugliness of Brutalism, adding more nuanced philosophical, historical and artistic viewpoints Read more »| 02 May 2018