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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FestivalsEdinburgh Art Festival unveils Dazzle Ship project
A dramatic overhaul of the historic former lighthouse boat MV Fingal by Turner Prize nominee Ciara Phillips has been announced today by Edinburgh Art Festiva... Read more »| 20 Jan 2016 -
NewsThis Week in Scottish Art: Glasgow Art Crawl
This week, catch new exhibitions from CCA, the Cooper Gallery and Glasgow Sculpture Studios, ahead of the latest edition of Glasgow Artist Guild on Sunday. Read more »| 19 Jan 2016 -
Emerging ArtistsChristopher MacInnes @ Generator Projects
Christopher MacInnes' Small Gate Infinite Field is well-executed take on the material conditions for digital existence. Read more »| 14 Jan 2016 -
ReviewsDelaying Tactics @ House for an Art Lover
Birthe Jorgensen's group show makes good use of the space and includes interesting work, but at times misses the mark. Read more »| 13 Jan 2016 -
ShowcaseThe Skinny Showcase: Amy Stevenson
Amy Stevenson is an artist based in Manchester whose practice often attaches itself to ideas of commodity fetishism. Sculptures multiply, often becoming imme... Read more »| 13 Jan 2016 -
ShowcaseStephanie Mann: The Skinny Showcase
Stephanie Mann graduated from Edinburgh College of Art MFA in 2013 and works from her studio at Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop. Upcoming show: The transparent... Read more »| 13 Jan 2016
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NewsScottish Art News: January 2016
Bargain Spot sees its last exhibition in its current space this month, while Transmission schedules three artist talks, and established painter Merlin James exhibits new work in the CCA. Read more »| 13 Jan 2016 -
NewsThis Week in Scottish Art: Embassy & GSA Openings
It's the first of the new year's art roundups, with new exhibitions in Edinburgh and Glasgow, performance events and the screening of a new work by Rachel Maclean. Read more »| 12 Jan 2016 -
FeaturesEvening & Weekend Courses, Scotland 2016
It's time to learn something new, and there are many, many opportunities to do so across the country. Try a new language, make jewellery, or find out exactly what Jahrobics is Read more »| 12 Jan 2016 -
NewsWhat Next! 2016 in Scottish Contemporary Art
Christen your new diary with all the latest plans for the year ahead in Scottish contemporary art. It's a blockbuster year with exceptional festivals Glasgow International and British Art Show 8 of particular note Read more »| 11 Jan 2016 -
NewsCCA Highlights – January/February 2016
Artists, musicians and documentarians mobilise against the January blues: we select some gems for the disenfranchised from the CCA's bulging brochure Read more »| 11 Jan 2016 -
ReviewsEnrico David @ The Hepworth, Wakefield
I am standing face to face with a tip-toeing bronze figure. Its bodily length, hands behind back, is leaning against the gallery wall, and it seems to be lis... Read more »| 08 Jan 2016 -
MusicThe Skinny Review of 2015
The Skinny team look back on 2015; it was a year of monumental art, genre-bending comedy, myth-shattering in the world of film, and one or two parties Read more »| 22 Dec 2015 -
NewsThis Week in Scottish Art: Radical Art Fund Launch
It’s mid-December, so this week is about catching shows before they close (with Scotland's galleries roughly syncing up for their winter breaks), Xmas parties with Paraphernalia and Transmission, and a little bit of shopping. Read more »| 15 Dec 2015 -
ShowcaseThe Skinny Showcase: Artists' Christmas Cards 2015
It's that time of year again: no, not Christmas, even better! Presenting: The Skinny's artists' Christmas Cards, contributed by the fantastic illustrators, photographers and designers who make the magazine look amazing every month. Happy Christmas indeed! Read more »| 11 Dec 2015