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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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InterviewsBury Bury Good for You: Lawrence Weiner and the launch of Bury Sculpture Centre
Bury Sculpture Centre opened its doors for the first time last month with the fourth edition of Bury Text Festival. The Skinny caught up with Sculpture Centre boss Tony Trehy and super-sculptor/conceptualist Lawrence Weiner Read more »| 03 Jun 2014 -
ReviewsEbb and Flow: A Visual Chronicle of the Changes within Liverpool’s Chinatown @ Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, until 22 Jun
Ebb and Flow takes us through the history of photographers' enduring interest in Liverpool’s Chinatown, the oldest in Europe. The exhibition kicks off ... Read more »| 02 Jun 2014 -
FestivalsA Walk of Art: LeithLate 2014
Returning for its fourth outing and newly expanded to a full weekend, LeithLate this year features Andrew Gilbert, King Creosote, Too Much Fun Club, Adam Stafford, Neu! Reekie! And more. Organiser Morvern Cunningham gives us the lowdown Read more »| 02 Jun 2014 -
Emerging Artists
DJCAD Degree Show 2014: Best in Show
This year's degree show season is in sombre mood, demonstrating an art world solidarity in reverence to the devastating events at GSA. 2014's graduate exhibitions kick off with Dundee's DJCAD Read more »| 29 May 2014 -
Emerging Artists
ECA Degree Show 2014: Making Space
If the thought of exposing your soul to the chin-stroking scrutiny of the public makes you want to curl up and hide then you will appreciate the feat bravely... Read more »| 27 May 2014 -
News
Nighthawks: Manchester After Hours & NQ After Dark
As the sun sets this Thursday, Manchester's cultural spaces open their doors for a night of art, music and literature Read more »| 14 May 2014
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NewsArt News: RIP 'Alien' designer H.R. Giger; plus exhibitions and events
In today's Art News, we mourn the passing of biomechanical artist H.R. Giger, designer of the xenomorph from the Alien films; and take a look at upcoming exhibitions and events, including the premiere of a new film by artist Phil Collins Read more »| 14 May 2014 -
News
Art News: Turner Prize shortlist and Edinburgh Art Festival Commissions revealed
Shortlist for the 2014 Turner Prize announced, featuring Glasgow-based artists Duncan Campbell and Ciara Phillips; Edinburgh Art Festival announce their comissioned works for 2014; plus news, exhibitions and openings near you Read more »| 07 May 2014 -
Interviews
Let’s Get Together, Yeah Yeah Yeah: Clifford Owens at Cornerhouse
Clifford Owens' new exhibition at Cornerhouse deals with performance and participation in its most extreme form. Curator Daniella Rose King and collaborator David Blandy talk us through Owens' engaging and complex process Read more »| 02 May 2014 -
Showcase
The Skinny Showcase: JONZO
The Skinny Showcase: JONZO JONZO is Liverpool's first risograph print, design and illustration studio, run by Lottie Brzozowski and Rachel Davey, one h... Read more »| 02 May 2014 -
Features
Own Art: RSA Annual 2014
Upholding a venerable tradition which dates back to the mid-19th Century, RSA members give new work an spring airing in this major annual exhibition which spans genre and style Read more »| 02 May 2014 -
InterviewsGENERATION: A History of Contemporary Scottish Art
As the eyes of the world turn on Scotland for the Commonwealth Games, one vast exhibition programme called GENERATION aims to present the stories of the nation's visual art in the last 25 years Read more »| 02 May 2014 -
Festivals
Street Art: Ascent at Chorlton Arts Festival
Leafy Chorlton gets a splash of bold colour this month when several of the Northwest's up-and-coming artists display work across the Manchester suburb during the Chorlton Arts Festival Read more »| 02 May 2014 -
Interviews
Go Toward the Light: LightNight 2014
From fire shows to dazzle ships, LightNight floods Liverpool with luminous displays of creativity in May. We take a look at the programme Read more »| 01 May 2014 -
News
Art News: Leith School Of Art celebrate 25th anniversary; new photography exhibition on John Byrne's King's Theatre mural
A round-up of art news, with details of a 25th anniversary retrospective at Leith School of Art in Edinburgh; an exhibition of photographs of the John Byrne-designed mural at the King's Theatre; plus the latest news, exhibitions and openings Read more »| 30 Apr 2014