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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ReviewsGego. Line as Object @ Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
In 1966, Gego gave a talk at the Tamarind Lithography workshop in California. In the draft for this, currently on display as part of a retrospective at the H... Read more »| 08 Sep 2014 -
ReviewsObject Recognition: Mishka Henner and David Oates @ Sale Waterside Arts Centre
‘There is no truth,’ Gustave Flaubert once wrote, ‘only perception.’ Exploring David Oates and Mishka Henner’s intriguing exhib... Read more »| 08 Sep 2014 -
NewsWhere Do I End and You Begin: The Art of Nations
As Glaswegians loiter in a post-Games zeal, curators of Edinburgh Art Festival reconceptualise the Commonwealth bonanza with a didactically international exhibition, Where Do I End And You Begin, at City Art Centre Read more »| 08 Sep 2014 -
ReviewsInternet Curtains @ Tramway
There’s an absence of straightforward flatness that comes up across the works in Internet Curtains. Iain Hetherington’s depiction of a Commonweal... Read more »| 08 Sep 2014 -
Showcase
The Skinny Showcase: Caitlin Hynes
The Skinny Showcase: Caitlin Hynes "I have been inspired by the concept of ‘pilgrimage’ – a journey which leads me, where the journey is t... Read more »| 03 Sep 2014 -
Interviews
You Would Cry Too If It Happened to You: Bob and Roberta Smith's Art Party
Artist Bob and Roberta Smith discusses his newly released film Art Party and the impact of changes to arts education – and we invite 12 artists, writers and critics from across the UK to respond to the film, the art and the afterparties they inspired Read more »| 03 Sep 2014
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NewsSiberia: At the Edge of the World @ Manchester Museum
The frozen plains of Siberia are a hot topic this year. In March, the Horniman in London opened the exhibition Whisper of the Stars: Traditional Life in Arct... Read more »| 30 Aug 2014 -
Interviews
New Weather Coming: Public Art
Part of GENERATION, Jacqueline Donachie's New Weather Coming is touring Scotland in a bid to engage the communities and day-trippers Read more »| 27 Aug 2014 -
Showcase
In Pictures: The Skinny Showcase @ Creative Exchange
In Pictures: The Skinny Showcase @ Creative Exchange The first annual exhibition of graduates from Scotland's art schools takes place in Leith's Creative Ex... Read more »| 26 Aug 2014 -
Reviews
Open Dialogues @ RSA
Featuring six newly distinguished names as an ode to New Contemporaries' six years in existence, the Royal Scottish Academy teams up with GENERATION to deliv... Read more »| 25 Aug 2014 -
Interviews
Be a Smarty – Go to an Art Party
With art subjects occupying an ever more precarious place within UK education, Bob and Roberta Smith's Art Party! campaign has been gaining momentum. With the release of his film Art Party!, we preview the art parties that are happening across the UK Read more »| 21 Aug 2014 -
Showcase
The Skinny Showcase @ Creative Exchange
Introducing a new development for the Showcase – an exhibition of a selection of this year's graduates as part of Edinburgh Art Festival. Read more »| 08 Aug 2014 -
News
Free for All: An Unlikely Intro to Open Access Courses
Did you know you can study a course set by Harvard while sitting on your couch in your pants? No, neither did we Read more »| 07 Aug 2014 -
Reviews
Cathy Wilkes @ Tramway
As part of the GENERATION series, Cathy Wilkes has curtailed the gigantic venue of Tramway 2 to create an intimately sensorial environment. Introve... Read more »| 07 Aug 2014 -
Features
Going It Alone: Northwest Entrepreneurs on Sharing Advice and Skills
Forget all this talk of switching career – fulfil that aspiration to be your own boss. But where do you learn the entrepreneurial skills to turn an interest or hobby into something more? Read more »| 07 Aug 2014