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: Christmas Cards 2013
The Skinny Showcase: Christmas Cards 2013 Some of our artist pals made us these lovely cards to share with you this festive season. We got so many we ran di... Read more »| 04 Dec 2013 -
NewsOwn Art @ Christmas 2013
Looking for the perfect gift for the art lover in your life this Christmas? Are the prices involved a little too high, given all the belt-tightening and budg... Read more »| 04 Dec 2013 -
InterviewsMANY: Lisbon Calling
All about winter sun and international cooperation, MANY sent a group of artists to participate in Portuguese art festival Guimarães Noc Noc. We asked Gordon Douglas and Conor Baird how they got on Read more »| 04 Dec 2013 -
Interviews
Andy Holden Interview: Seven Wonders
First brought to fame for picking bits off the Giza Pyramids, Andy Holden's polymathic art draws on diverse fields, from music to geology. We spoke to him ahead of his new performance at Hospitalfield House for their Winter Open Weekend Read more »| 04 Dec 2013 -
Reviews
Louise Bourgeois @ Fruitmarket, until 23 Feb
220 framed paper-works hang side by side on the ground floor of the Fruitmarket. This intense collection from Louise Bourgeois’ Insomnia Drawings forms... Read more »| 03 Dec 2013 -
Reviews
Dennis Reinmüller @ Summerhall, until 22 Nov
Seinfeld, the TV sitcom based loosely on the ‘real’ lives of its writers is often cited as ‘a show about nothing.’ Dennis J. Reinm&uu... Read more »| 03 Dec 2013
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Reviews
Witches and Wicked Bodies @ Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
Witches and Wicked Bodies is an incredible exhibition that showcases the evolution of the witch, through five hundred years of artistic expression. Drawings,... Read more »| 22 Nov 2013 -
ReviewsSonica 2013: Picture Window
In November, as part of Sonica, shop fronts in Glasgow became impromptu gallery spaces for the public art project Picture Window. Five venues welcomed a rang... Read more »| 20 Nov 2013 -
Reviews
Bedwyr Williams @ Welsh Pavilion, Venice Biennale
There’s something eccentrically humungous about the garden observatory cum shed that's been ceremoniously dropped into a small Venetian chapel by W... Read more »| 13 Nov 2013 -
Interviews
Creative Edinburgh: Capital Awards
On Tuesday 12 November Creative Edinburgh host their second awards ceremony and celebrate turning two. Director Lynsey Smith tells us a bit more about the organisation itself Read more »| 07 Nov 2013 -
News
CultureLabel: A Very Scottish Collection
A look at online art retailer CultureLabel's new Scottish collection, featuring such luminaries as Jeremy Deller, Martin Boyce and Rachel Whitehead Read more »| 05 Nov 2013 -
Festivals
Opening Culture: Warrington Contemporary Arts Festival 2013
A glimpse at the visual arts strand of Warrington Contemporary Arts Festival, which celebrates the best local talent alongside internationally renowned artists and is now in full swing Read more »| 05 Nov 2013 -
Features
Starter for 6: PeterWardDesign
Based in Glasgow, PeterWardDesign specialises in sustainable furniture and products which are all locally designed and manufactured in the city. "I've... Read more »| 04 Nov 2013 -
Reviews
With: @ Rogue Studios, Manchester
From artists Nicola Dale, Julie Del’Hopital, Annie Harrison, Sarah Sanders, Jenny Steele and Jacqueline Wylie, With: is the result of a series of discu... Read more »| 31 Oct 2013 -
Showcase
The Skinny Showcase: Glasgow League of Writers & Team Girl Comic
Glasgow Comics Glasgow is renowned for its comic book writers and artists. For the October Showcase, we take a closer look at a couple of the homegr... Read more »| 30 Oct 2013