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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ShowcaseThe Skinny Showcase: Helen Wheeler
Showcase: Helen Wheeler Helen Wheeler is an artist based in Manchester. Apocalypse, the sublime, health and science are all areas of research that inform he... Read more »| 12 Jan 2015 -
Features
Hope Springs: The Northwest Art Scene in 2015
From the Whitworth reopening to a triple whammy of great shows at the Bluecoat, our Art ed previews the upcoming season's exhibition calendar Read more »| 07 Jan 2015 -
ReviewsVictoria Morton @ The Modern Institute
Seeing the small flyer for Victoria Morton’s show in Aird’s Lane, without any sense of scale the shiny reproduction gives the sense that the work... Read more »| 07 Jan 2015 -
News
CCA Event Highlights January 2015
Feeling a stitch overwhelmed by the hurricane of arts and culture hitting Scotland this month and unsure where exactly to begin? Fret not ye post-festive mes... Read more »| 06 Jan 2015 -
NewsMenthol Refreshment, Hasty Hanging, IKEA: This Month in Scottish Art
Across Edinburgh and Glasgow, there are blockbuster art shows ending soon and showcases of emerging artists – as well as a performance about the importance of oral hygiene Read more »| 06 Jan 2015 -
News
Revisionism, Radices and Reggio: This week in Scottish Art
In the first weekly events column of the new year, there's plenty of interesting events across Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow to kick off a cultural 2015. Read more »| 06 Jan 2015
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ShowcaseShowcase: Tine Bek
Showcase: Tine Bek Often working with a small handheld analogue point and shoot, much of Tine Bek's work comes from a constant scanning of her environment, ... Read more »| 05 Jan 2015 -
News
New Year News: Scottish Exhibition Highlights 2015
It's all set to be a happy New Year in Scottish art, with exhibitions of works by major international and Scottish artists, as well as emerging artists Read more »| 05 Jan 2015 -
Interviews
Towering Ambitions: Ponte City at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Mikhael Subotzky and Patrick Waterhouse explain how they directly address the architecture of apartheid and its appropriation in their Deutsche Börse Prize nominated exhibition, Ponte City Read more »| 05 Jan 2015 -
Reviews
Art from Elsewhere @ GoMA, Glasgow
Hayward Touring have two major exhibitions currently making the rounds in the UK. The first, Listening, explores the act of listening through 17 contemporary... Read more »| 01 Jan 2015 -
Reviews
Transmitting Andy Warhol @ Tate Liverpool
Rather than focusing on a particular genre of Warhol’s immense output, the packed Transmitting Andy Warhol exhibition includes more than 100 works and ... Read more »| 01 Jan 2015 -
Reviews
Alasdair Gray: Sphere of Influence II @ The Reid Gallery
As part of the Alasdair Gray season, Glasgow School of Art have mounted in their Reid gallery a small selection of works by Alasdair Gray, which is then lite... Read more »| 01 Jan 2015 -
News
Red Road, Civil War and Macho Maidens: This Week in Scottish Art
First off, let’s start with some news about a promising new initiative to support disabled artists in Scotland. The new initiative has been planned and... Read more »| 16 Dec 2014 -
ReviewsTrip Advisor: How Not to do a Northwest Christmas Art Marathon
One weekend, 30-odd shows, twinkling lights, a turkey dinner, crackers cracked with a partner in crime and... gin, a whole lot of cheery festive gin. That was the plan for the Christmas art section of The Skinny. And it seemed like a Really Good Idea... Read more »| 12 Dec 2014 -
News
Christmas parties, GSA students and art on eBay: This Week in Scottish Art
This week in Scottish art, the latest group of MFA students from Glasgow School of Art hit the road, Scott Massey launches a new project, and Transmission host a Christmas party Read more »| 09 Dec 2014