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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ShowcaseEunjoo Lee: The Skinny Showcase
We take a look inside the portfolio of illustrator and textile graphic designer Eunjoo Lee Read more »| 12 Feb 2018 -
Showcase
Three exciting Scottish design collaborations
Collaboration, both local and international, is a real strength in Scottish design. We take a look at three current partnerships creating exciting new products for 2018 Read more »| 10 Feb 2018 -
NewsMassive U-turn from Creative Scotland after funding row
After their contentious Regular Funding awards made last month, Creative Scotland reinstated long-term funding for five arts organisations, including theatre companies Catherine Wheels and Birds of Paradise Read more »| 06 Feb 2018 -
Interviews
Peripheral Visions: Interview with Rehana Zaman
London-based Rehana Zaman discusses instances of less obvious – but no less potent – forms of political resistance from people whose experiences are often marginalised Read more »| 05 Feb 2018 -
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Transmission Gallery respond to Creative Scotland funding cuts
The pioneering artist-run Glasgow gallery recently lost its three-year regular funding in Creative Scotland’s controversial round of funding awards last week. The gallery responds with a powerful statement Read more »| 01 Feb 2018 -
Emerging ArtistsAnne Collier @ The Modern Institute
Anne Collier's second show at The Modern Institute quotes to good effect the tropes of commercial photography, questioning its role in reproducing stereotypes of femininity and what it might mean to be 'post-picture' Read more »| 01 Feb 2018
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Creative Scotland Regular Funding: The winners & losers
Arts organisations across Scotland discover today if they are to receive awards from Creative Scotland's three year Regular Funding pot Read more »| 25 Jan 2018 -
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Rachel Maclean’s new film takes on gender equality
Part horror, part comedy, the inventive artist’s latest video work marks 100 years since women were first given the right to vote in the United Kingdom Read more »| 22 Jan 2018 -
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V&A Dundee has an opening date
The ribbon-cutting date for the much-anticipated £80m V&A Museum of Design in Dundee has been announced Read more »| 18 Jan 2018 -
NewsScottish Art Highlights & Opportunities: January 2018
Welcome to 2018 with a guide to Scotland's finest exhibitions and funding opportunities for January 2018 Read more »| 16 Jan 2018 -
ShowcaseBen Soedira: The Skinny Showcase
A look at the work of Glasgow-based photographer Ben Soedira, and his Foreign Sands project focused on his home city of Dubai Read more »| 11 Jan 2018 -
Reviews
Kate V Robertson @ Dundee Contemporary Arts
Kate V Robertson's installation in Dundee Contemporary Arts combines monumental scale with material precarity to provide insight into concepts of productive failure Read more »| 11 Jan 2018 -
Showcase
Scottish Jewellery Design: 6 more great designers
In part two of our spotlight on jewellery design in Scotland we explore the work of six exceptional designers. Read more »| 10 Jan 2018 -
News
John Byrne Award profiles: Katie Blair Matthews
In the latest edition of our series profiling recipients of the John Byrne Award, we meet 23-year-old Edinburgh photographer Katie Blair Matthews Read more »| 09 Jan 2018 -
Reviews
A Synchronology @ Hunterian Art Gallery, Glasgow
A new Hunterian exhibition tracks and celebrates some of the artists that have formed the programme of Glasgow gallery The Common Guild's first decade of programming. Read more »| 08 Jan 2018