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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NewsThis Week in Scottish Art: Poetry, Parties & Sci Fi
Festival season's still in full swing in Edinburgh, but there's plenty happening in Glasgow and Dundee's art scenes as well. Read more »| 11 Aug 2015 -
NewsThis Week in Scottish Art: Lust & Fairytales
The Edinburgh Art Festival continues this week, and Summerhall unveils its new suite of exhibitions, while Glasgow and Dundee keep pace with new exhibitions and events from the Glasgow Print Studio, the Common Guild and Generator. Read more »| 04 Aug 2015 -
Emerging ArtistsOwn Art: Edinburgh Art Festival
We preview what's on at the galleries hosting the Own Art scheme in the Scottish capital Read more »| 04 Aug 2015 -
Emerging Artists
Integrity Painting Prize on How to Win at Art
The abstract voice of Integrity Painting Prize, a group show in Glasgow's Glue Factory, made for some deadpan cheek on the subject of art competitions Read more »| 02 Aug 2015 -
NewsScottish art news for August 2015: Ambiguity, ESP, and the EAF
August is all but dominated by the Edinburgh Art Festival, but there are still noteworthy openings and events in Glasgow and Dundee Read more »| 01 Aug 2015 -
Reviews
Roman Signer @ Dundee Contemporary Arts
Roman Signer’s particular vocabulary of objects is immediately recognisable: his ubiquitous red canoe, black rubber wellingtons and red tent all evoke ... Read more »| 01 Aug 2015
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Festivals
Charles Avery: Sail Away With Me
Charles Avery answers some questions about his work so far and his much-anticipated commissions for the Edinburgh Art Festival Read more »| 01 Aug 2015 -
Emerging Artists
Sketches from an Infinite Archive: France-Lise McGurn
France-Lise McGurn's practice ranges across club nights, sound, and sculpture. Here she talks about her drawing style, influences and her collecting habits Read more »| 01 Aug 2015 -
Interviews
kennardphillipps: Protest as Practice
kennardphillipps describe their beginnings rooted in political protest, the hours of work that goes into getting that incisive moment of montage, and their latest programme of public workshops as part of Edinburgh Art Festival Read more »| 01 Aug 2015 -
Reviews
Edwin Burdis @ Jupiter Artland
Entering the long narrow room of Burdis’ The Thickening is to be confronted immediately with a series of vividly coloured, large paintings. Subject mat... Read more »| 01 Aug 2015 -
Showcase
The Skinny Showcase: Victoria Ruane
The Skinny Showcase: Victoria Ruane Victoria Ruane is a photographer from Wigan, who graduated this year with a BA (Hons) Photography from Manchester School... Read more »| 31 Jul 2015 -
FestivalsThe Dennis and Debbie Club: On Holiday in the Hyperreal
The Dennis and Debbie Club is former Skinny Showcaser Dennis Reinmüller and Debbie Moody. Together they've made audiovisual reconstructions of various spots of glamour and infamy for the their EAF presentation Read more »| 31 Jul 2015 -
Festivals
Edinburgh Art Festival Platform 2015: In With the New
Edinburgh Art Festival is hosting its first emergent artists-dedicated show this year. We ask what the exhibitors are planning and what the festival means to them Read more »| 30 Jul 2015 -
Reviews
RESOURCE @ The Bluecoat
From tins of paint to a piracy library, The Bluecoat's current exhibition, RESOURCE, brings together a host of divergent practices offering audienc... Read more »| 30 Jul 2015 -
Features
Hanne Darboven at the Talbot Rice Gallery: A Quirk in the System
Talbot Rice Gallery curator Pat Fisher draws out the contradictions in the life and work of Hanne Darboven Read more »| 28 Jul 2015