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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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 -
ShowcaseScottish 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 ArtistsTimothea 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 -
ReviewsErica 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
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Interviews
Put into Practice: Laura Mulvey interview
Renowned theorist and writer Laura Mulvey gives an insight into her and Peter Wollen's collaborative film practice of the 70s and 80s Read more »| 02 Oct 2017 -
Festivals
Krafta Doc: Scotland's newest film festival
The creative process is under the spotlight at Krafta Doc, a new documentary film festival devoted to the work of artists, craftspeople and designers, from world famous creatives to unsung artisans Read more »| 19 Sep 2017 -
Reviews
Jac Leirner @ Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh
In her newest exhibition at The Fruitmarket, Jac Leirner shows the beauty of obsession Read more »| 08 Sep 2017 -
Showcase
Scotland's Design Language: The Skinny Showcase
What characterises contemporary design in Scotland? What is our ‘design language’ – do we indeed have one? Read more »| 07 Sep 2017 -
Emerging Artists
Infinite Resistance: Sahej Rahal Interview
Ahead of his exhibition in CCA this month, Sahej Rahal discusses the protest politics and texts of resistance that inspired the work that he will show Read more »| 07 Sep 2017 -
Reviews
Plant Scenery of the World @ Inverleith House, Edinburgh
Taking its name from a suite of paintings by 19th Century artist-botanist RK Grenville, Plant Scenery of the World in the long-languishing Inverleith House u... Read more »| 06 Sep 2017 -
NewsThis Month in Scottish Art: September 2017
September brings new exhibitions in Dundee, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen, as well as events from artist Coco Fusco and renowned filmmaker-theorist Laura Mulvey Read more »| 06 Sep 2017 -
Features
CCA Highlights September / October 2017
From Sonica to Margaret Glaspy – our selections for the upcoming CCA Glasgow programme Read more »| 05 Sep 2017 -
Reviews
Polygraphs @ Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow
Polygraphs showcases renowned contemporary artist Hito Steyerl's video work Abstract as the basis for a group show of the Glasgow Gallery of Modern Art's collection Read more »| 04 Sep 2017