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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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NewsThis Week in Scottish Art: IC-98 at DCA & more
New shows open at Platform and Dundee Contemporary Arts and one-off events at Fruitmarket Gallery and Street Level Photoworks feature in this week's art round-up. Read more »| 24 Nov 2015 -
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Neu! Reekie! unveil Big Issue Christmas Art Heist
Edinburgh multi-arts curators Neu! Reekie! have joined forces with some of Scotland's top artists to give away unique artworks hidden inside copies of The Big Issue Read more »| 23 Nov 2015 -
FeaturesThe Whisky Bond: Meet the studioholders
We take a tour around The Distillery in Glasgow's Whisky Bond to meet some of the freelancers and organisations who make up the building's creative community Read more »| 19 Nov 2015 -
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This Week in Scottish Art: Gold Panning & more
In this week's Scottish art round-up, catch new exhibitions a-plenty in Glasgow, a talk on the art of collage in Dundee, and work centred on "vulgar adoptions of foreign words" in Edinburgh. Read more »| 17 Nov 2015 -
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Liverpool Biennial 2016: Artists announced
Liverpool Biennial have announced details of 37 artists from around the globe who will take part in next year's festival. Read more »| 16 Nov 2015 -
ReviewsTania Kovats: Evaporation @ MOSI, Manchester
“My job is to complicate things, to make things beautiful. The facts only mean things if they're also given imaginative space.” At a panel event... Read more »| 16 Nov 2015
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Creative Edinburgh award winners named
The winners of the 2015 Creative Edinburgh Awards have been announced at an awards ceremony this evening, with spoken word, film and music curators Neu! Reekie! and fashion designer Judy R Clark among the winners. Read more »| 12 Nov 2015 -
News2015 John Byrne Award winner announced
The 2015 winner of the John Byrne Award, which aims to encourage artistic expression among teenagers in Edinburgh, has been announced at a ceremony this evening. Read more »| 12 Nov 2015 -
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Niamh O'Malley at the Bluecoat, Liverpool
A new exhibition at the Bluecoat presents recent work by multidisciplinary artist Niamh O'Malley. We pay a visit and consider the concepts at the heart of her practice Read more »| 12 Nov 2015 -
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Christmas in Manchester: Enlighten Festival line-up
Enlighten Festival of Light and Sound Art promises to provide a haven away from the bustling Manchester Christmas Markets, with a celebration of light, sound and... Philip Pullman! Read more »| 10 Nov 2015 -
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This Week in Scottish Art: Simon Starling & more
Simon Starling previews two new bodies of work, a new show at Hospitalfield looks at the development of painting in Scotland at the turn of the century, plus details of new shows and events across Scotland. Read more »| 10 Nov 2015 -
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Jordan Alex Smith: The Skinny Showcase
Jordan Alex Smith "Not so much meat on the bones. An interview with my thoughts if my thoughts were wearing clear-frame glasses. The Swedish artist Tobias K... Read more »| 09 Nov 2015 -
FeaturesThe Skinny Gift Guide: Northwest Experiences
Objects are so 2014. It's all about the journey, man! With that in mind, we've put together a selection of experiential gift ideas, from foraging for mushrooms to, uh, scrambling up an ice wall, for the adventurous loved one in your life Read more »| 06 Nov 2015 -
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National Galleries Surveys Woman Artists 1885-1965
The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art gives attention to women artists not appreciated by a male-dominated narrative of Scottish art at the turn of the 20th century until the 1960s. Read more »| 06 Nov 2015 -
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CCA Highlights – November/December 2015
The CCA lives up to its name this autumn with a fine spread of contemporary art, music, and film events – we big up some faves Read more »| 06 Nov 2015