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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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 -
InterviewsNot 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 -
ReviewsConflict 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 -
ReviewsMen 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
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Tommy Perman (ex-FOUND) unveils Concrete Antenna project
Tommy Perman, one of the founding members of award-winning Edinburgh music and art collective FOUND, has unveiled his latest project – a sound installa... Read more »| 22 Oct 2014 -
Showcase
The Skinny Showcase: Lewis Loughman
Showcase: Lewis Loughman Lewis Loughman graduated from the University of Salford in 2014 with a BA (Hons) in Graphic Design. “I love The Simpsons, Po... Read more »| 22 Oct 2014 -
Showcase
The Skinny Showcase: Lesley Guy
Showcase: Lesley Guy Lesley Guy is an artist, writer and curator based in Sheffield, UK. She is a content curator for Axisweb and co-director of Bloc Projec... Read more »| 22 Oct 2014 -
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Tapestry, Turner Prize Past and Present, Black History Month: This Week in Scottish Art
From Dunbar to Dundee, Glasgow and Edinburgh, here are at least ten different exhibitions, lectures and events that would be well worth attending this week. Read more »| 21 Oct 2014 -
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Nominations open for Creative Edinburgh awards
Creative Edinburgh have opened nominations for their third annual awards, which aim to honour some of the key members of the capital’s creative scene. ... Read more »| 20 Oct 2014 -
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Anna Oppermann, Brian Cheeswright and 'The Glasgow Miracle' – This week in Scottish Art
This week in Scottish art, there's German conceptual work, some painting, a spot of Pop Art performance and the question: "What is contemporary art?" And it's all free. Read more »| 14 Oct 2014 -
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Jonathan Meese, Vanessa Billy and Briggait open studios – This Week in Scottish Art
Jonathan Meese rolls into Glasgow, Vanessa Billy's debut solo show lands in Edinburgh, and Briggait Studios throw open their doors – get all the details in this week's Scottish art news round-up. Read more »| 08 Oct 2014 -
Interviews
Nothing Under the Heavens: Manchester Asia Triennial 2014
Asia Triennial Manchester opens across the city and beyond this month. We guide you through it, and catch up with artistic director Alnoor Mitha and Harmonious Society curator Jiang Jiehong who share their ATM14 highlights Read more »| 01 Oct 2014 -
Reviews
ATM14: ReMix @ Bury Sculpture Centre
A plane hangs defiantly upward at the heart of Bury Sculpture Centre’s lofty exhibition space. Nearby televisions gurgle an asylum song that echoes the... Read more »| 01 Oct 2014