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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MusicSonica: Dear Esther Live @ Tramway, Glasgow, 3 Nov
Whether or not you’ve played the videogame before seeing Dear Esther Live is irrelevant; it’s simply stunning on the big screen Read more »| 06 Nov 2017 -
NewsCCA Highlights – November / December 2017
CCA's latest programme of events mean there's no need to travel out of Glasgow to see everything from the remote Australian outback to pre-revolutionary Cuba Read more »| 03 Nov 2017 -
News
Hidden Door returns to Leith Theatre and new venue
The festival returns to Leith Theatre after the building’s glorious resurrection last year, with additional events at the iconic State Cinema Read more »| 03 Nov 2017 -
News
This Month in Scottish Art: November 2017
John Akomfrah's acclaimed contribution to the 2015 Venice Biennale comes to Talbot Rice, as Dundee showcases artist Ulay's long legacy of politically charged performance Read more »| 02 Nov 2017 -
Reviews
Sue Tompkins @ The Modern Institute, Glasgow
The energetic and vital career and works of Sue Tompkins are the focal point of a new exhibition in The Modern Institute. Read more »| 02 Nov 2017 -
MusicSonica: Infinite Lives @ Tramway, Glasgow, 27 Oct
Robbie Thomson's Infinite Lives is a sensory delight and a product of copious craftsmanship – part creepy, part silly, and all weird Read more »| 30 Oct 2017
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Festivals
NEoN Digital Arts Festival 2017 Preview
Entering its seventh year, Scotland's digital arts festival North East of North returns to Dundee with a hoard of eclectic events Read more »| 30 Oct 2017 -
Interviews
Points of Refusal: Camara Taylor on their new show
Camara Taylor is a prolific programmer, writer and practising artist, and one of the most active critics of poor representation within cultural institutions in Glasgow. Read more »| 30 Oct 2017 -
Intersections
Dead Women Walking: On May's Frida Kahlo Bracelet
Theresa May's Frida Kahlo Bracelet was more than an intriguing or misguided sartorial choice; it was another example of the worrying way we treat the faces of deceased female icons like Monroe, Winehouse and Princess Diana Read more »| 17 Oct 2017 -
InterviewsRavish the Senses: Sonica 2017 Preview
For Sonica 2017, Cryptic have assembled internationally renowned sound, performance, video and installation artists from across the world. Cryptic founder Cathie Boyd and associate artist Mark Lyken walk us through some of the vast programme Read more »| 13 Oct 2017 -
Showcase
Scottish Textile Design: Beyond Pattern
In the second part of our regular column mapping the Scottish design landscape, our Local Heroes curator takes a closer look at textile design Read more »| 10 Oct 2017 -
Emerging Artists
Timothea Armour on the future of the pub
Timothea Armour is one of this year's selected participants in the mentorship programme Satellites, by Collective Gallery. She has structured a series of events and publications around different Edinburgh pubs and the precarity of these establishments Read more »| 10 Oct 2017 -
Showcase
Graphic Design Festival Scotland 2017: The Skinny Showcase
As part of Graphic Design Festival Scotland's inspiring symposium of workshops, talks, panel discussions, exhibitions, live projects, competitions and music between 20-26 October they will be hosting an International Poster Exhibition Read more »| 05 Oct 2017 -
Reviews
Erica Eyres @ Queens Park Railway Club, Glasgow
Erica Eyres' exhibition Alone and I comprises subtly unsettling film and ceramic works, featuring different representations of body insides, limbs and trauma Read more »| 03 Oct 2017 -
Reviews
Kate Davis @ Stills Gallery, Edinburgh
In Kate Davis' solo show at Stills, she brings together multiple strands of her practice from the previous few years, including film, photographic and drawn works Read more »| 03 Oct 2017