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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InterviewsLiverpool's Illuminations: The Skinny Guide to LightNight
Now in its sixth year, LightNight is more epic than ever. We chat to organisers Open Culture and some of the participating artists about what makes this city-wide festival so special – and select our highlights Read more »| 04 May 2015 -
Emerging Artists
What Remains @ Generator
Literally off-kilter, Hans K. Clausen sets the tone of What Remains with a skip hanging at a strange angle in middle of Generator’s exhibition spa... Read more »| 01 May 2015 -
Showcase
The Skinny Showcase: Darren Cullen
Showcase: Darren Cullen Darren Cullen is a self-unemployed artist, writer and occasional musician from Leeds who once studied at Glasgow School of Art and n... Read more »| 30 Apr 2015 -
Reviews
Li Binyuan: Social Behaviours @ CFCCA, Manchester
Social Behaviours is Li Binyuan’s first solo exhibition in the UK and it certainly makes an impact. The majority of the Beijing-based artist’s wo... Read more »| 30 Apr 2015 -
Festivals
Robert Burns Reggae: Interview with Graham Fagen
Graham Fagen discusses his new body of work, set to be exhibited in the 2015 Venice Biennale Read more »| 30 Apr 2015 -
Reviews
Hugo Canoilas @ Cooper Gallery
The reading list – slipped in the middle of the handout for Hugo Canoilas' gallery-saturating exhibition Someone a long time ago, now&nb... Read more »| 30 Apr 2015
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NewsCarol Bove / Carlo Scarpa @ Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
What do the Italian architect Carlo Scarpa (1906–78) and the contemporary Brooklyn-based sculptor Carol Bove have in common? The answer: quite a lot, r... Read more »| 30 Apr 2015 -
Festivals
To the Hills: Lakes Ignite brings interactive art to the Lake District
Celebrating 'imaginary journeys,' the Lakes Ignite festival brings four impressive new artistic commissions to the Lake District this spring. Curator Aileen McEvoy tells our Art editor more Read more »| 30 Apr 2015 -
FeaturesCCA Highlights May / June 2015
You there! Urbanite looking for artistic events to attend! Yes, you! From CCA’s third programme of the year, we’ve picked the highlights we think... Read more »| 29 Apr 2015 -
News
Fashion, Film and Free Society: Scottish Art News for May 2015
Two years on from his stunning show at The Modern Institute, this month Nicolas Party presents Boys and Pastel in Inverleith House, his first major solo... Read more »| 28 Apr 2015 -
Interviews
"It's All About Beauty": Interview with Maripol
Legendary photographer, designer and stylist Maripol is the subject of an exhibition in Dundee Contemporary Arts, part of this year's Ignite Dundee. Here she speaks about her 35-year career Read more »| 28 Apr 2015 -
NewsInspiration, Classical Art, and Getting Paid: This Week in Scottish Art
In this week's art news, there's a curator's job going in Edinburgh, Open House consumes Glasgow whole this long weekend, and there's a grilling of Glasgow politicians on the thorny issue of getting artists paid. Read more »| 28 Apr 2015 -
News
Pyramid Selling, Basketball and Psychosomatic Tourism: This Week in Scottish Art
In this week's Scottish art round-up, there are new shows at Telfer and Collective galleries, a pair of launches at Good Press, and a host of other events in Glasgow, Edinburgh and beyond. Read more »| 21 Apr 2015 -
News
Lights, Late Nights and Life through a Lens: This Month in Northwest Art
As the cities come to life under cover of dark for LightNight and Manchester After Hours, and LOOK/15 photo festival takes over Liverpool, plan your month in art with our pick of the best exhibitions and events Read more »| 17 Apr 2015 -
News
Dark Shadows, Uneasy Tension, and a Ford Ka: This Week in Scottish Art
In this week's art round-up, you'll find online and radio art works, new shows at a host of Glasgow and Edinburgh galleries, and a celebration of Hannibal Lecter. Read more »| 14 Apr 2015