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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ReviewsElla Kruglyanskaya @ Tramway
Ella Kruglyanskaya's 11 years' worth of paintings cross different media, technique and styles. Throughout, she retains a singular skill and interest in the complexities of representation. Read more »| 09 Jan 2017 -
FeaturesThe Skinny Scottish Art Diary 2017
We've rounded up all of the Scottish art info so far for 2017 into this one place, and it's as exciting as it is huge. There are birthday milestones aplenty,... Read more »| 06 Jan 2017 -
FilmFilm, art and visual programming at Storyhouse
In Storyhouse, you can watch cinema in a hanging box structure, and time-based art runs through the building's corridors and foyers. We speak to the visual programmers of Chester's exciting new arts centre Read more »| 20 Dec 2016 -
BooksIntroducing Storyhouse, Chester's new arts centre
Chester's brand-new arts centre, Storyhouse, opens in May 2017. A major renovation and extension of the city's old Odeon building, it houses two state-of-the... Read more »| 20 Dec 2016 -
News
This Week in Scottish Art: 13-19 Dec
New exhibitions this week from Pipe Factory and Kelvingrove, Transmission gives free truffles out tonight at its event on militant curating by the Radical Film Archive, then later in the week they invite Vince Tollitson for curated screenings and more... Read more »| 13 Dec 2016 -
Showcase
Artists' Christmas Cards 2016: The Skinny Showcase
The Skinny's artists' Christmas Cards, contributed by the fantastic illustrators, photographers and designers who make our magazine look amazing every month. Happy Christmas! Read more »| 09 Dec 2016
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NewsArtist Martin Creed releases a Christmas single
Turner-winning artist Martin Creed’s bleak Christmas carol It’s You is the perfect tune to see out 2016 Read more »| 06 Dec 2016 -
Reviews
The Inventors of Tradition II
A new publication and artist book incorporates documentary moments for each of the elements of The Inventors of Tradition II project. Conceived by the artist... Read more »| 06 Dec 2016 -
Features
Don't Miss: Helen Marten at The Hepworth Wakefield
Make sure to catch the Hepworth Prize for Sculpture exhibition, featuring work by 2016 Turner Prize winner Helen Marten, before it closes in February. Read more »| 06 Dec 2016 -
Interviews
Ian Skelly on The Coral: Distance Inbetween
As the curtain comes down on a triumphant year for The Coral, following the success of their eighth album Distance Inbetween, we chat with drummer Ian Skelly... Read more »| 06 Dec 2016 -
News
This Week in Scottish Art: 6-12 Dec
It's the second art weekly of December and so the season of Christmas Party fundraisers is upon us! With very affordable art and all-invited parties through 16 Nicholson Street, CASS Art and Rhubaba, find some art cheer where you are this week! Read more »| 06 Dec 2016 -
News
Helen Marten wins Turner Prize 2016
The 30-year-old artist from Macclesfield says she’ll share the £25,000 award with her fellow nominees. In less surprising news, Michael Gove is a dick Read more »| 06 Dec 2016 -
Reviews
Elinor Stanley @ House for an Art Lover
Elinor Stanley brings intimate paintings of bald heads and retreating figures to Mackintosh's House for an Art Lover. Read more »| 05 Dec 2016 -
Interviews
Dundee's Finest Export: DCA Thomson
Christmas time for many brings with it an Oor Wullie or The Broons annual, comics that are recognisably more Scottish than a saltire soaked in Irn Bru. To ce... Read more »| 29 Nov 2016 -
News
This Week in Scottish Art: 29 Nov – 5 Dec
A whole new week's worth of screenings, openings and exhibition openings with a restaged Strawberry Switchblade performance tomorrow, openings at Mount Florida Studios and Collective and a 12-hour symposium in Dundee. Read more »| 29 Nov 2016