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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FestivalsIgnite Dundee Festival 2015 preview
Throughout May, the Ignite Dundee Festival proudly celebrates the city’s wealth of creative talent and its cultural significance. We preview some of the ace events happening at this year's festival.. Read more »| 06 May 2015 -
NewsPrecious Debris, Fresh Air, and Concrete Ribs: This Week in Scottish Art
As well as lots and lots of art in Edinburgh and Glasgow's galleries, there are a number of interesting events to check out this week, spanning Lithuanian harmony singing, conversations about "sovereign lawlessness", and the launch of a new feminist zine. Read more »| 05 May 2015 -
FeaturesThe World in the Evening: The Skinny Guide to Manchester After Hours
Manchester comes alive under the cover of darkness this month as its museums, art galleries and cultural institutions give themselves over to the nocturnal shenanigans of Manchester After Hours. Our Art editor guides you through its programmes Read more »| 05 May 2015 -
Interviews
Liverpool'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
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ReviewsLi 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 -
News
Carol 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 -
Features
CCA 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 -
News
Inspiration, 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