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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InterviewsNorthern Soul: The Skinny North bids farewell
The North's finest. The Skinny North says a final farewell by asking some of our favourite people, what makes the North so special? Read more »| 10 Jul 2017 -
FestivalsMIF 2017: Phil Collins brings Engels back to Manchester
Friedrich Engels is coming home! Artist Phil Collins tells us why he's dragged a Soviet-era statue of the Communist Manifesto co-author across Europe to be permanently installed in Manchester Read more »| 07 Jul 2017 -
ReviewsParasite Rex @ CCA, Glasgow
Rob Churm's solo show at the CCA stretches over video, a new comic book and dozens of drawings, lusciously cross-hatched and written with personal, erudite and rambling text. Read more »| 05 Jul 2017 -
InterviewsThis Will Ruin Everything: Recoat's 10th Birthday
As urban art specialists Recoat celebrate turning 10 with a 40-person exhibition in the Lighthouse, masterminds Amy Whiten and Alistair Wyllie assess the changing face of street art and design in Scotland Read more »| 05 Jul 2017 -
Features
Galvanize! Local Heroes returns at SWG3
For their second project, design-curators Local Heroes present Galvanize! in SWG3's back yard Read more »| 30 Jun 2017 -
Festivals
EIF 2017: Bloom details revealed
More information on the opening event for this year's Edinburgh International Festival have been revealed Read more »| 26 Jun 2017
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Emerging Artists
ECA Degree Show 2017: Free for all
Edinburgh College of Art's class of '17 hit a note of unexpected joyousness, combining free abandon and critical thoughtfulness Read more »| 21 Jun 2017 -
Emerging Artists
GSA Degree Show 2017: It's a riot
Once again the disconcerting labyrinth of the Trongate Tontine building has been invaded by the Glasgow School of Art, this year featuring a glorious array o... Read more »| 16 Jun 2017 -
Emerging Artists
Leeds College of Art Degree Show: Once More With Feeling
It’s that time of year again. Creeping up on the unsuspecting public it at once feels familiar, like the signal for summer to attempt to begin in earne... Read more »| 16 Jun 2017 -
Festivals
Is Inverleith House back in business?
An upcoming summer exhibition at Inverleith House means the much-loved gallery is back at the centre of Edinburgh's art scene after a period of uncertainty towards its future as an art space Read more »| 16 Jun 2017 -
Emerging ArtistsLiverpool John Moores Degree Show
Degree show season begins with Liverpool John Moores fine art show, which offers up transportative large-scale installations, screen-printed teepees and righteous fabric works, as well as pieces made using more traditional practices Read more »| 15 Jun 2017 -
Emerging Artists
Manchester School of Art Degree Show 2017
Manchester School of Art degree show doesn't mark the end for its final year students, but suggests a long and bright future for many of them in their chosen fields Read more »| 14 Jun 2017 -
Emerging Artists
Salford University Degree Show 2017
A trip to Salford's Create at Salford degree show reveals students with a strong visual language, and in the New Adelphi Building, a space in which these artists' creativity has been allowed to thrive Read more »| 13 Jun 2017 -
Reviews
Lucky Finds: DJCAD Degree Show
Dundee opens the degree show season with a multimedia array of sculpture, video, embroidery and a vastly diverse range of subject matters and concerns. Handmade looms sit alongside confrontational cross stitch, as well as DIY sculpture and painting Read more »| 08 Jun 2017 -
News
Leeds to host the UK's tallest mural
Street artist duo Nomad Clan are creating an epic mural that will end up being the UK’s tallest piece of street art Read more »| 06 Jun 2017