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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Reviews
Mounira al Sohl/Sarah Forrest @ CCA, until 10 Nov
This ‘double solo show’ sees two female artists take their departure from two male-authored classics. Taking centre-stage in the largest gallery,... Read more »| 23 Oct 2013 -
Reviews
There Is No Rewind @ Talbot Rice
Within the darkened Neoclassical interior of the Georgian gallery a single projector screen stands before a scattering of candlelit tables. It shows the fami... Read more »| 21 Oct 2013 -
Reviews
Karen Cunningham @ Collective, until 24 Nov
Contemporary art’s ongoing project to wean itself off philosophy and onto newer disciplines such as anthropology seems to be progressing well, particul... Read more »| 18 Oct 2013 -
News
The Bulletin: Arts & Culture Roundup | 11 October
The Scottish film industry takes the government to task; rare Nirvana interviews to stream; David Byrne blasts NYC's 1%; new music from Tyler the Creator, Gary Numan and Lauryn Hill; plus – support plans to erect a statue of Wiley! Read more »| 11 Oct 2013 -
Interviews
Sonica 2013 – Facing The Future
Breaking down the walls between live music performance, visual art installations and bleeding-edge technology, Sonica returns to Glasgow with a fascinating bill. We spoke to Sonica/Cryptic founder Cathie Boyd, and two of this year's featured artists Read more »| 03 Oct 2013 -
Interviews
The Doppelganger Effect: Mark Boulos at Abandon Normal Devices
Heading up a programme concerned with technology's effect on our enactment of identity, Mark Boulos' new work for Abandon Normal Devices festival presents viewers with a distorted version of themselves Read more »| 03 Oct 2013
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Interviews
Conditions of Life: Jeremy Deller presents All That Is Solid Melts Into Air
Collecting objects, artworks, audio and film, Jeremy Deller's All That Is Solid Melts Into Air considers the personal impact of the Industrial Revolution. He talks about his role as curator Read more »| 03 Oct 2013 -
Reviews
Ângela Ferreira @ Stills, until 27 Oct
Ângela Ferreira’s show Political Cameras is dominated by a number of fashionable structures; skeletal forms constructed from stripped wood adorne... Read more »| 02 Oct 2013 -
Showcase
The Skinny Showcase: Barry Steadmund
Showcase: Barry Steadmund Barry Steadmund is first and foremost an acclaimed medium and investigator of the paranormal; recently, however, he has come to be... Read more »| 01 Oct 2013 -
Features
Own Art: iota: One Stop Shop for Art
Operating from a busy street in Hyndland, iota is the corner shop of art galleries. Co-founder Monica McCarey gives us an introduction Read more »| 01 Oct 2013 -
Interviews
Lucy Skaer: A Brief History of Time
Back in town after four years in New York, Lucy Skaer gives us a few words on her biggest UK show since the 2009 Turner Prize Read more »| 30 Sep 2013 -
News
The Bulletin: Arts & Culture Roundup | 27 September
In today's Bulletin: Irvine Welsh talks Filth; new Batman spinoff in the works; Metallica invent EDM; Mark Lanegan and friends cover The xx; CHVRCHES cover Whitney Houston; Twin Shadow covers Tori Amos; plus first look at Avengers: Age of Ultron Read more »| 27 Sep 2013 -
Interviews
Jack Vettriano: The Art World's Barry White
Ahead of his major retrospective at the Kelvingrove, Scotland's most successful artist gets down to the nitty-gritty of human nature Read more »| 26 Sep 2013 -
Reviews
Andrea Büttner @ Tramway, until 13 Oct
Increasingly viewed as a hotbed for extremists, crazies, perverts and toxic small-mindedness, organised religion has some serious PR problems. Cleaning up it... Read more »| 25 Sep 2013 -
Showcase
The Skinny Showcase: Penny Davenport
Showcase: Penny Davenport Liverpool-based artist Penny Davenport makes drawings of characters and scenes. “I always struggle with the explanati... Read more »| 23 Sep 2013