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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NewsNoise, light, and the principality of Sealand: This Week in Scottish Art
A summary of this week's art events and exhibits, including immersive sound art in Glasgow, poetic light sculpture in Dundee and, in Edinburgh, the digital animation of a North Sea principality. Read more »| 18 Nov 2014 -
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Creative Edinburgh Award winners announced
This year’s Creative Edinburgh Awards have been handed out, with an eclectic mix of winners across the eight categories. Tommy Perman and Rob St. John... Read more »| 14 Nov 2014 -
NewsPalazzo Flitting, The Pipe Factory and Protest Posters: This Week In Scottish Art
This week's summary of news, events and openings across Edinburgh, Dundee and Glasgow, with new shows at Glasgow's Tramway and Dundee's McManus among others. Read more »| 11 Nov 2014 -
InterviewsCurating the Cure: Innovative Art Space in Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
This month, a radical new initiative comes to fruition as Suttie Arts Space opens its doors in Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. Read more »| 10 Nov 2014 -
Reviews¡Viva la Revolution! Cuban Revolution posters at Glasgow School of Art
The Glasgow School of Art's exhibition of Cuban Revolution Posters was poignant, beautiful and raised issues of contemporary political communication Read more »| 10 Nov 2014 -
Reviews
Gregor Wright @ CCA
Is it weird to say the dinosaurs were down on their luck when the meteor hit? Prehistory and its misfortune come into contact in Gregor Wright’s Dinosa... Read more »| 10 Nov 2014
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Reviews
Josh Faught @ Kendall Koppe
There’s a familiar attraction to Josh Faught’s textile work: that of the well arranged colour palette of a high street shop. Even though there ar... Read more »| 10 Nov 2014 -
Showcase
The Skinny Showcase: Madeline Hall
Showcase: Madeline Hall Madeline Hall is an artist and former director of The Royal Standard, based in Liverpool. Alongside her practice Hall is working on ... Read more »| 10 Nov 2014 -
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Creative Edinburgh Awards shortlist announced
The shortlist for this year’s Creative Edinburgh Awards, which recognise the best contributions to the capital’s cultural scene, has been reveale... Read more »| 06 Nov 2014 -
NewsFrom Stan Douglas to Asparagus Piss Raindrop: This Week in Scottish Art
Here's the weekly rundown of what's on right now in contemporary art in Scotland. With film, photography, painting and “a crypto-conceptual science-fiction anti-band", there is more than enough to occupy enquiring minds. Read more »| 05 Nov 2014 -
Interviews
Not So Tatty: Playtime at Cornerhouse
Playtime marks the end of Cornerhouse and the beginning of HOME. The Skinny caught up with Cornerhouse's curator – and new Professor at Manchester School of Art – Sarah Perks, to find out what's planned for the exhibition and her thoughts on the future... Read more »| 04 Nov 2014 -
Interviews
First Person: Twisting the System
Liverpool’s Syndrome events programme experiments with the relationship of performance and technology. As they launch the third phase – exploring ‘Post-Humanities and Techno-Genesis’ – director Nathan Jones discusses his own conception of the ‘post-human’ Read more »| 04 Nov 2014 -
Reviews
Conflict and Collisions: New Contemporary Sculpture @ The Hepworth, Wakefield
A large leather phallic torpedo-like object hangs in the centre of the Hepworth Gallery. The all-consuming matte black colour is both dead and alive. I don&r... Read more »| 03 Nov 2014 -
Reviews
Men Who Like Women Who Smell of Their Jobs @ John Rylands Library, Manchester
Spread across two corners of the John Rylands Library, and as abbreviated as the micro fiction that it celebrates, Men Who Like Women Who Smell of Their... Read more »| 03 Nov 2014 -
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'We Stay Because We Like It' – This week in Scottish Art
Whether you're into the occult, public art or cycling on a monumental sculpture, there's something to see in Scottish art this week. Read more »| 28 Oct 2014